Or maybe the fruit is doing all the rushing, while you're just a part of the room?
Day 89 - Photo 89
Distilled Life
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Rush rush rush
But is it you rushing around the room, or the room rushing around you?
Or maybe the fruit is doing all the rushing, while you're just a part of the room?
Day 89 - Photo 89
Distilled Life
Or maybe the fruit is doing all the rushing, while you're just a part of the room?
Day 89 - Photo 89
Distilled Life
Blooming hell
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day,
Or stick it up thee straight away?
Day 88 - Photo 88
Undead
Or stick it up thee straight away?
Day 88 - Photo 88
Undead
Just missed it
Come on class, settle down, haven't you seen the hand of god before?
(note the lack of capital letters.)
Day 87 - Photo 87
Not the messiah
(note the lack of capital letters.)
Day 87 - Photo 87
Not the messiah
More than meets the eye
Ever catch something at the edge of your field of vision, and not known whether you really saw something, or it's just your mind playing tricks on you?
Now imagine your whole day is like that.
Day 86 - Photo 86
Undepth
Now imagine your whole day is like that.
Day 86 - Photo 86
Undepth
Low-level
Look at life from another angle, and sometimes you'll see the better view.
Then again, it might just be the pavement rushing up to meet you.
Day 83 - Photo 83
Bad funk stripe
Then again, it might just be the pavement rushing up to meet you.
Day 83 - Photo 83
Bad funk stripe
Grindstone
Some people reckon two monitors is just overkill.
I personally think it's fantastic when you're working.
Now I just need to get that second desk installed so I can get rid of the chair.....
Day 82 - Photo 82
Swamped
I personally think it's fantastic when you're working.
Now I just need to get that second desk installed so I can get rid of the chair.....
Day 82 - Photo 82
Swamped
Monday, March 22, 2010
Gurgler
Little bit wet today. In the same way that the sun is a little bit hot, or Hitler was a little bit mean.
But it makes for some nice shots of the leaf litter. And I guess the beetles and ducks like it....
...well, the ducks that dodged the hail anyway.
Day 81 - Photo 81
Spouting
But it makes for some nice shots of the leaf litter. And I guess the beetles and ducks like it....
...well, the ducks that dodged the hail anyway.
Day 81 - Photo 81
Spouting
The End
Another weekend over, another week begins. Nice way to finish up though.
Day 80 - Photo 80
Peaceful Rest
Day 80 - Photo 80
Peaceful Rest
Success
Is about not resting on your laurels, and taking every chance that comes your way. Better luck next time Taj.
Day 79 - Photo 79
Carve
Day 79 - Photo 79
Carve
Spinout
Those lights have been up to it again. This time I caught the computer monitors trying a dual-slalom event across the living room. The larger one was winning, but then they saw me with the camera and ran off to the background again. But I've got them on camera now. So there's no denying it.
Day 77 - Photo 77
Duality
Day 77 - Photo 77
Duality
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Acute
It has been said that your artistic leanings reflect on your mental state.
Agreed.
Day 75 - Photo 75
Pipe Dreams
Agreed.
Day 75 - Photo 75
Pipe Dreams
Monday, March 15, 2010
Speed of Spend
It seems that as much as things are developed for improved speed and efficiency, they also seem to burn an ever-increasing hole in our pockets.
Today's subject would have cost a pretty penny back in the day, but these days it would be hard to give it away. And so the pile of equipment that has depreciated grows.
That said, it is nice to have things that work well, and are as good as you can afford. I guess that's the crux of it - living comfortably inside your means.
Day 74 - Photo 74
IDE(a)
Today's subject would have cost a pretty penny back in the day, but these days it would be hard to give it away. And so the pile of equipment that has depreciated grows.
That said, it is nice to have things that work well, and are as good as you can afford. I guess that's the crux of it - living comfortably inside your means.
Day 74 - Photo 74
IDE(a)
Oh no!
Another relaxing shot. Make up your own stuff here, I'm all chilled out.
Day 73 - Photo 73
Lightly Sanded
Day 73 - Photo 73
Lightly Sanded
Natural Attraction
Things often appear to happen by accident, but maybe there's a grand plan in place somewhere?
Day 72 - Photo 72
Fond Erosion
Day 72 - Photo 72
Fond Erosion
Soothing
There's something strangely relaxing about watching the waves roll in, the clouds roll by, and the hours roll away.
Day 71 - Photo 71
Chilled
Day 71 - Photo 71
Chilled
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Economies of Scale
If you take the smallest and largest objects on this planet, you'll find they have the same basic structure, and are similar in more ways than they are different. Mountains vs Sand Grains, Oceans vs Raindrops, Planets vs Atoms. It's all just a matter of where you're looking from.
Today's photo is a tribute to this Scaleism. If you knew the original image, you'd know this was a representation of a much smaller part of it.
But given it's a rather abstract piece, it could be a bit tricky...
Day 70 - Photo 70
Size This!
Today's photo is a tribute to this Scaleism. If you knew the original image, you'd know this was a representation of a much smaller part of it.
But given it's a rather abstract piece, it could be a bit tricky...
Day 70 - Photo 70
Size This!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Infinite Loop
It's random rant time.
I'm not going to try and relate todays writings to any kind of higher meaning or purpose (or lower ones either for that matter). Nor is this going to be some great philosophy that life is like a sweat mark slowly building up on a keyboard, before being wiped away by the spray-on detergent of doom.
Today is simply a bit of free-writing.
right now I'm thinking of a little white rabbit sitting on a hill. You know, one of those typically English scenes, white fuzzy rabbit on the greenest of lawns. There aren't any rabbit holes around this rabbit, which means he's (yes, I've decided it's male, deal with it) either very respectful of the care and love which has been lavished on that lawn, or he's wandered a long way from the safety of the warren.
My mind twitches/blinks (something like that, I can't think of the right word to describe it), and now theres a red, fiery moat. around a lone outcrop of rock. And while the moat is all red and fiery, it's calm at the same time. Sure, the impression is that you'd probably die if you set foot in the moat. But the liquid itself is simply lapping gnetly at the old weathered rock, carefully insinuating its way into the various cracks and crevices.
Another blinktwitch, and it's a festival scene. Thousands of people thronging as a mob to the throbbing beats of a musical act on stage. The crowd a sort of barrier between the act and reality, the real world.
And all at once, the image fades into a shade of blue. Not a vibrant, exciting, electric blue. More the kind of blue you'd see after downing 10 pints while listening to a soul-wrenching blues performer. The kind of blue that just floats at the edges, and almost disappears into black at the centre.
But the centre has a smile. The warm, caring smile that is both new and familiar. The kind of smile that infects you with an inner warmth. A smile that's as much with the eyes as the mouth.
And now I will stop. For the smile has warmed me to peace.
Day 69 - Photo 69
Relationless
I'm not going to try and relate todays writings to any kind of higher meaning or purpose (or lower ones either for that matter). Nor is this going to be some great philosophy that life is like a sweat mark slowly building up on a keyboard, before being wiped away by the spray-on detergent of doom.
Today is simply a bit of free-writing.
right now I'm thinking of a little white rabbit sitting on a hill. You know, one of those typically English scenes, white fuzzy rabbit on the greenest of lawns. There aren't any rabbit holes around this rabbit, which means he's (yes, I've decided it's male, deal with it) either very respectful of the care and love which has been lavished on that lawn, or he's wandered a long way from the safety of the warren.
My mind twitches/blinks (something like that, I can't think of the right word to describe it), and now theres a red, fiery moat. around a lone outcrop of rock. And while the moat is all red and fiery, it's calm at the same time. Sure, the impression is that you'd probably die if you set foot in the moat. But the liquid itself is simply lapping gnetly at the old weathered rock, carefully insinuating its way into the various cracks and crevices.
Another blinktwitch, and it's a festival scene. Thousands of people thronging as a mob to the throbbing beats of a musical act on stage. The crowd a sort of barrier between the act and reality, the real world.
And all at once, the image fades into a shade of blue. Not a vibrant, exciting, electric blue. More the kind of blue you'd see after downing 10 pints while listening to a soul-wrenching blues performer. The kind of blue that just floats at the edges, and almost disappears into black at the centre.
But the centre has a smile. The warm, caring smile that is both new and familiar. The kind of smile that infects you with an inner warmth. A smile that's as much with the eyes as the mouth.
And now I will stop. For the smile has warmed me to peace.
Day 69 - Photo 69
Relationless
A light in the black
Or just a fear of the dark?
This little gem was found while driving home from an open-mic night (no I didn't sing). And only because we were lost did we even find this place.
Silver linings and all that....
Day 68 - Photo 68
Meaning Full
This little gem was found while driving home from an open-mic night (no I didn't sing). And only because we were lost did we even find this place.
Silver linings and all that....
Day 68 - Photo 68
Meaning Full
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Ideal
Ever had one of those days where things just go from good to better?
That was this day. Thankyou to everyone who kept the upward trend going.
Day 67 - Photo 67
Pinnacle
That was this day. Thankyou to everyone who kept the upward trend going.
Day 67 - Photo 67
Pinnacle
Into focus
Look beyond the immediate scene, and glimpse the far-off paradise.
It's closer than you think...
Day 66 - Photo 66
Rats
It's closer than you think...
Day 66 - Photo 66
Rats
Monday, March 8, 2010
Outlook
Take a step back. Raise your eye-line. Expand your field of view. And don't forget to breathe.
Day 65 - Photo 65
Vista
Day 65 - Photo 65
Vista
Holey
A bit like a hole.
Some days you're on the outside of the hole, looking down at the depths and thinking "I don't really want to be down there".
Some days you're halfway in the hole, looking out and thinking "I can still see over the edge, so it's not that bad".
And then there's those days where you're at the bottom of the hole with the filth and the muck, thinking "how did I end up here, and how do I get out".
And that's when you find out what you're really made of. Do you have the skill and mental ability to get yourself out of the hole? or are you going to be stuck there for a while, until someone else gets you out?
Personally, I'm aiming to stay out of the hole altogether.
Day 64 - Photo 64
Unholed
Some days you're on the outside of the hole, looking down at the depths and thinking "I don't really want to be down there".
Some days you're halfway in the hole, looking out and thinking "I can still see over the edge, so it's not that bad".
And then there's those days where you're at the bottom of the hole with the filth and the muck, thinking "how did I end up here, and how do I get out".
And that's when you find out what you're really made of. Do you have the skill and mental ability to get yourself out of the hole? or are you going to be stuck there for a while, until someone else gets you out?
Personally, I'm aiming to stay out of the hole altogether.
Day 64 - Photo 64
Unholed
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Stereo
I'm experimenting with this whole phase shift thing. If you own 3d glasses, you might want to pop them on.
So that the rest of us can laugh at you for looking a little bit silly.
Day 63 - Photo 63
Unvision
So that the rest of us can laugh at you for looking a little bit silly.
Day 63 - Photo 63
Unvision
Hotter
Just a quick question - how did the very early inventors get on with the matter of making electricity? By all accounts (well, my dodgy memory), they turned a magnet around an iron core, and made a current flow. And then they thought 'wow, this is really hard work, lets get something else to do the turning'. And so you had the basic steam-generator born.
The idea is pretty simple. Put a fan on the thing you're trying to spin. Now put a pot of water under that. And then heat the water, causing the steam to turn the fan, turning your generator, making your electricity.
The thing I don't understand, is why has this not changed in the past 100+ years? We've basically been making electricity the same way for ages. So why has no-one come up with something better? Sure, people have proposed better and better ways of heating the water. First it was coal, then oil, then gas, and now nuclear reactors. But they're still just really neat ways of heating water. Heck, I'm fairly sure that the 'green' alternative in Spain (this shiny bugger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PS10_solar_power_tower_2.jpg) is essentially just a solar oven, heating water to turn a turbine.
I'm not saying scientists have been lazy. I know they've been busy doing all sorts of really cool shit. But come on, if the entire fabric of society has completely changed in the past 100 years, why haven't we done something better than heating water?
I can hear you saying 'what about solar/wind/tidal/hydro energy'. Which I agree, should be utilised far more than they currently are. And yes, these are excellent examples of how electricity can be generated without resorting to the whole 'heating water to spin stuff' idea. However, until they become widely adopted (to the point of being the norm), I'm afraid I'm still a little bit underwhelmed by scientific advancement.
Day 62 - Photo 62
Taking off?
The idea is pretty simple. Put a fan on the thing you're trying to spin. Now put a pot of water under that. And then heat the water, causing the steam to turn the fan, turning your generator, making your electricity.
The thing I don't understand, is why has this not changed in the past 100+ years? We've basically been making electricity the same way for ages. So why has no-one come up with something better? Sure, people have proposed better and better ways of heating the water. First it was coal, then oil, then gas, and now nuclear reactors. But they're still just really neat ways of heating water. Heck, I'm fairly sure that the 'green' alternative in Spain (this shiny bugger http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PS10_solar_power_tower_2.jpg) is essentially just a solar oven, heating water to turn a turbine.
I'm not saying scientists have been lazy. I know they've been busy doing all sorts of really cool shit. But come on, if the entire fabric of society has completely changed in the past 100 years, why haven't we done something better than heating water?
I can hear you saying 'what about solar/wind/tidal/hydro energy'. Which I agree, should be utilised far more than they currently are. And yes, these are excellent examples of how electricity can be generated without resorting to the whole 'heating water to spin stuff' idea. However, until they become widely adopted (to the point of being the norm), I'm afraid I'm still a little bit underwhelmed by scientific advancement.
Day 62 - Photo 62
Taking off?
Warmth
I'm not talking about the weather here. More that inner warmth you get when you're half asleep, just enjoying laying there.
Day 61 - Photo 61
Calming Fire
Day 61 - Photo 61
Calming Fire
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Perceptionism
Time for another long-winded rant about the MoL (42).
Perceptionismis a pretty basic concept, and goes something like this.
Everything we (sentient beings) experience in our lives (period of sentience) is entirely related to our perception of those things. The actual events and actions could be something completely unrelated to what we perceive is going on.
In which case, is our reality really what's going on? Or are we just distorting things to suit?
And if you follow that further, are our delirious moments really the exception to the rule? Maybe they're the real reality, and we're just out of our skulls most of the time?
Day 59 - Photo 59
Endorphins
Perceptionismis a pretty basic concept, and goes something like this.
Everything we (sentient beings) experience in our lives (period of sentience) is entirely related to our perception of those things. The actual events and actions could be something completely unrelated to what we perceive is going on.
In which case, is our reality really what's going on? Or are we just distorting things to suit?
And if you follow that further, are our delirious moments really the exception to the rule? Maybe they're the real reality, and we're just out of our skulls most of the time?
Day 59 - Photo 59
Endorphins
Setup
It makes the world of difference. The outcome of any given situation is largely pre-determined by the setup that takes place beforehand.
Take any activity or subject you like (education, politics, riding, sex, flight), and think about that for a moment. If the setup for any of these is done well, the outcome is likely to be positive. If, however, the setup is ignored, or done badly, then the end result is likely to be less than satisfactory.
And so here's the weekend setup. 450+ riders. Mostly on one campsite. And all having a ball.
Day 58 - Photo 58
Primed
Take any activity or subject you like (education, politics, riding, sex, flight), and think about that for a moment. If the setup for any of these is done well, the outcome is likely to be positive. If, however, the setup is ignored, or done badly, then the end result is likely to be less than satisfactory.
And so here's the weekend setup. 450+ riders. Mostly on one campsite. And all having a ball.
Day 58 - Photo 58
Primed
Relief
Apologies for the huge delay in the posting of some of these. Life got in the way. Deal with it.
Relief is when you've made it to the end of the week. And there's a whole 4 days to enjoy all that you can without the worry and stress that go along with work.
And while I'd usually be heading to the beach for a long weekend, I've had to make do with this instead. In my mind these are swell lines charging in from the big blue. And the banks are primed and perfect. And it's a clear day. And I'm sharing it with the people that matter.
Day 57 - Photo 57
Flat-day Blues
Relief is when you've made it to the end of the week. And there's a whole 4 days to enjoy all that you can without the worry and stress that go along with work.
And while I'd usually be heading to the beach for a long weekend, I've had to make do with this instead. In my mind these are swell lines charging in from the big blue. And the banks are primed and perfect. And it's a clear day. And I'm sharing it with the people that matter.
Day 57 - Photo 57
Flat-day Blues
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