Friday, July 14, 2006
venetian design classic
venice's floating bus stops present a unique set of problems to their engineers
the bus stop is designed so that it rises and falls with the tide
every approaching water bus will necessarily collide with it and then be tied up
millions of people use them without falling over or off in all kinds of weather
someone somewhere must be taking good care of an unsung solution to a complicated problem
the bus stop is designed so that it rises and falls with the tide
every approaching water bus will necessarily collide with it and then be tied up
millions of people use them without falling over or off in all kinds of weather
someone somewhere must be taking good care of an unsung solution to a complicated problem
Friday, July 07, 2006
niche habitat opportunists
brighton has had a problem with homelessness for some time, as do all towns around the world
there have been a number of settlements of new age travellers in buses and vans around the city's boundaries for years
i have the impression that new age travellers first multiplied at about the same time that the poll tax was introduced and when people in local and national government tacitly agreed to stop building enough council houses because it was thought that market forces would allow the problem to solve itself
so-called travellers frequently park their glossy fleets of expensive caravans and vehicles on the city's playing fields & brownfield development sites ... this week there is a huge encampment at patcham place by the london road
tents are harder to site because individuals are more vulnerable to harassment and vandalism, but a few have appeared on this little unwanted triangle of pebble beach next to the marina
it can't be much fun living in a tent
is this a symptom of this government's inability to deal fairly with the poor ?
perhaps being new labour isn't the same thing as being a socialist
there have been a number of settlements of new age travellers in buses and vans around the city's boundaries for years
i have the impression that new age travellers first multiplied at about the same time that the poll tax was introduced and when people in local and national government tacitly agreed to stop building enough council houses because it was thought that market forces would allow the problem to solve itself
so-called travellers frequently park their glossy fleets of expensive caravans and vehicles on the city's playing fields & brownfield development sites ... this week there is a huge encampment at patcham place by the london road
tents are harder to site because individuals are more vulnerable to harassment and vandalism, but a few have appeared on this little unwanted triangle of pebble beach next to the marina
it can't be much fun living in a tent
is this a symptom of this government's inability to deal fairly with the poor ?
perhaps being new labour isn't the same thing as being a socialist
firewood
someone has been stockpiling treetrunks on the quay at shoreham harbour next to the new gas fired power station
you can see only about half the length of the pile in this picture
perhaps they are expecting to run out of gas
you can see only about half the length of the pile in this picture
perhaps they are expecting to run out of gas
Thursday, July 06, 2006
current reading material, long delayed
it is better than tristram shandy ! no, really !
i wish i'd read it years ago
i might be a couple of chapters further on by now but i couldn't get comfortable on that iron bench by the river in wandsworth park ... why can't they make one in my size ?
lionel trilling & nabokov on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldpj_5JNFoA
i wish i'd read it years ago
i might be a couple of chapters further on by now but i couldn't get comfortable on that iron bench by the river in wandsworth park ... why can't they make one in my size ?
lionel trilling & nabokov on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldpj_5JNFoA
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
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