“Everything is both simpler than we can imagine and more entangled than we can conceive.” JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749-1832)
Category archives: Writings
Squonk
My beautiful little mate, Squonk, was killed on the road a fortnight ago. I miss her and so does her sister. Squiggle’s now coming to me more than she used to and sitting in my lap. I’m getting the head-butts Squonk would have got. It still seems empty putting one lot of food down and …
Taxi!
I followed a taxi home from work today. It had the registration BU5 2 PUB I thought that was rather neat.
Plane Language?
I was watching BBC News this morning and there was a report on the tragic loss of another helicopter in the North Sea off Aberdeen. The spokeswoman for the Coastguard detailed the resources they had out searching for wreckage and survivors. This included “fixed wing assets”. I can only presume she meant aircraft. The word …
BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Life-like walking female robot
It’s not quite life-like in its gait but it’s spooky. Life-like walking female robot BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Life-like walking female robot