Jeremy Rifkin on Global Issues and the Future of Our Planet Just discovered this guy, great stuff. Below is a little rant. I am thinking aloud on this blog and everything is far from refined, however, it seems now that this blog is becoming a place for me to ‘get my ideas out’. It is [...]
Whereas I am most certainly not in a position to give advice to anyone else yet I wanted to start a post detailing important little notions I have picked up over my years, if only for myself to have a place to store them. Some of these I adhere to, some of these I understand and [...]
In light of flicking through Richard Dawkins’ book “The Selfish Gene” I have come to realise that our genes want to perpetuate and therefore it is in our nature to be natural innovators so that we might overcome any environmental obstacle that genes cannot ‘design’ for. Making best uses of our form and features is [...]
Did I ever mention how much I love burl wood? No? Well I do. It’s great for small, technical pieces as the erratic grain gives it structural strength, although you do sometimes get some ‘flaws’ of softer wood or bark running through them that can make it weak. However, if you work with these flaws [...]