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On Resolution
Pixels are atoms of colour. It’s always distressing when I have to do image manipulation. When you zoom in on that crisply defined outline, suddenly the skirt begins to melt into grass, and the masking…
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in Art
Picture: Witold Pilecki, Legend
Happy New Year to you- if you’re so inclined. If you aren’t, Happy Wednesday. I’m happy I got to do a second one in the Legends series. It’s always inspiring to see physical fortitude and…
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in Essays
On God
God is eternal. I do not say this as a compliment. Often we compliment people with things which are slightly beyond their actual merit, and it is sometimes annoying to discover that they have…
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in Essays
On Sharing
I’ve been musing too much, it seems. I had plans for this blog. It was supposed to be two months of randomness, with blueprints for impractical architectural projects, and infographics detailing the seven characteristics…
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in Essays
On Doing Things
Thinker, tinker. Use your hands once in a while. From your cave you have eaten miles And swallowed kingdoms, have you? Have you? Tinker, thinker. Recently it’s been whispered that my country has…
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in Personal
On Books
For a while now I’ve been having spells of nostalgia for childhood. It’s been made worse by all the old school-mates I’ve been running into recently. (Sorry I couldn’t remember your names in time, all…
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in Essays
On Being Funny
According to the plan, this blog was supposed to be funny. I know. It’s very hard, trying to be witty. I might have some success if I took my time, but this is supposed to be…
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in Writing
Story: Rest (A Fragment)
A regular person would say it was a nice town. The capital city was arranged to make regular people think this. Everything was arranged along the main street from the airport to the economic…
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in Essays
On the Economy
Two days ago, in terms of population, the world’s second-largest economy was four times the size of the largest. Even now, though China has overtaken the USA, there hasn’t really been any change…