Increasingly as I accept more and more my own fleeting corporeality I begin to ponder deeper and deeper the meaning of life, my Raison d’être as it where. It’s a clichéd question I know, but it really has no answer. I will spend my life trying to define what it means to be a sentient [...]

To me, this is sandwich perfection. Every now and again during the week myself and my better half don’t want to go through the trouble of making a complicated dinner so we want something quick, filling yet enjoyable (I hate eating just for the sake of it). Toasted ham, cheese & onion sambos is it, [...]

Being an engineer by education I guess I tend to see the form and function of objects first, and nothing pleases me more than an invention that effectively accomplishes both. An invention that innovates and makes something better while retaining a form that is pleasing to the human eye.

At a recent expo, unrelated to engineering, I needed to use the facilities and found they had removed the old hot air hand driers and drag down towel dispensers with a Dyson Airblade. The name sounds pretentious and overly markety (Bill Hicks would have a field day), but it’s function more than makes up for this.

Found this on the internet the other day and thought I’d share. It’s the complete collection of every Calvin & Hobbes strips released. In my opinion, Bill Watterson is a genius and has shaped the humour of a generation. What I find truly excellent about Calvin & Hobbes is that it resonates through all age groups.

There wasn’t much food in the apartment the other night, and not wanting to traipse out and pick something up I decided to just rustle myself up with something from what we had… which turned out to not be a lot. Anyway, whilst looking around I just buttered a slice of bread, rolled it up and continued opening and closing the same cupboards, as if magically hoping food would appear, whilst munching away on my piece of bread and butter.

How can forgetting something good be a pleasure? Well because it makes remembering that thing even better. Like, it’s been a good few months of moderate and sunny weather, but then suddenly it takes a turn and you have to pull that winter jacket out of the closet and face the bitter cold on the way to work.