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Just a quick note to point out that there is further discussion of the design codes and the implications of Prince Charles’ carbuncle speech in this weeks copy of Building Design (subscription required). There’s a history of the Prince’s Foundation’s influence and it includes a comment about how West 8’s project in Borneo and Sporenburg …
I bought this a few years ago and then promptly forgot about it until this evening when I walked past my book shelf. I turned to the essay with the most promising title – Aesthetic Experience and the Problem of Evil by Margaret Knight – and found this: The basic principle of ethics states that …
Since a few visitors to the site have recently commented on my lack of comments, I’ve decided to add the necessary plugin to allow people to write responses and leave trackback connections. The result – writebacks – can be seen at the bottom of each entry and you can click on it to read or …
I’ve been reading Peter Tesugen’s blog for several weeks now, so I was both surprised and delighted to find my own words staring back at me a couple of days ago. For those of you who haven’t read my previous entry, it would do you no harm to just visit Peter’s entry instead, as he …
I am, according to John Massengale at Veritas et Venustas, a schmuck. Of course I understood this was derogatory, but I was inspired to look it up. Originally, schmuck meant decoration or ornament in German. It’s easy to see how that would become a word for jewelry, but what about the other meaning? In Yiddish …
I’ve been sent an apology: Dear Rob, Thanks for your note. I am very, very sorry for the error that meant the email addresses were filed under bcc. I want to offer my profuse apologies. I am very sorry. Gareth
Ok, hang on, my enthusiasm has waned. It doesn’t work with Mozilla: The site you have tried to enter requires Internet Explorer 5 (or better) with Windows Media Player 7 (or better) on Windows XP, 2000, Me or 98. Not only that, but the mail shot that I received had everyone’s address in the CC …
Just received in my e-mail and posted here as an addendum to a conversation I was having with a friend last night. Today is the launch of bignoisemusic.com. Oxfam’s music download service – www.bignoisemusic.com – is now live. Pick from over 300,000 tracks to download – including exclusive downloads from Coldplay, George Michael and Faithless. …