An at-a-glance understanding of which buttons are pressed most, based on the patina of the two left-most options – at the Shanghai customs checkpoint. To what …
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In the lane near my Shanghai apartment.
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A “small, high resolution graphics embedded in a context of words, numbers, images“. The mountain stages of the Tour de France highlighted in the window …
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Some wonderful (paraphrased) quotes from the essay ‘The Camera Fiend‘ by Bill Jay on the early adoption of the camera, and in particular the rise …
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The little touches that suggest this is going to be something good. That increase the anticipation. But then which falls flat – this was a poor tasting …
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I’ve always thought of iodine coming in a bottle. These post-op DIY iodine swabs, are pre-dipped for easy application. Wounds healing nicely, thus far, ta.
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Our acceptance of displays in urban environments, and how our current assumptions will shift as displays increasingly observe and react to what’s in front of …
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Spurred on by the reaction to the cutting of the internet (and other forms of communication) during the Egyptian revolution – I’ve penned this piece …
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Today’s office involves jumping between the design studio and an operating theatre for a little slice and dice. There’s nothing like first-hand experience of an …
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Beautiful detail on the operating theatre lights, and some reasonably graceful degradation – even though the mid-light handle is unscrewed, the nurses can still pull …
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