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On Making
I thought of myself as a ‘creator’ before the YouTube community owned the word, because I see creativity as a link to God. Now I call myself a maker, which has a earthier feel, suggestive of craftsmanship. This…
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… For The People
Shoutout to John Magufuli, president of Tanzania and father of the ‘WhatWouldMagufuliDo?’ meme. In his first week in office, he stripped expense budgets and cancelled his inaugural ball. Later he cancelled the Independence…
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2016!
On 31st December, 2015 — also known as last week Thursday — I joined the billions of people who sacrifice sleep every December to make sure that we make it safe into January. You’d think by now…
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On Common Nonsense
You better hope you’re fallingWhen you look up and see brown… That’s the first two lines of a song that almost came to me on Saturday. I have no idea what it means. I have a vague idea,…
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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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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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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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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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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…