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Entries from October 17th, 2006

Dymaxion

October 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Technology

Today I found out all about Dymaxion and Buckminster Fuller. Such an interesting character: I can't believe I had never heard of him before. Fuller was an American designer, architect and inventor – and much more.  He coined the phrase 'Spaceship Earth' and invented the geodesic dome. But he did so much more. In a […]

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A political statement nobody could disagree with!

October 17th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Politics

I was reading about Gerald Ford today. Not being a political anorak, and being only 11 at the time, I did not realise that when he took over from Nixon it was after he had previously taken over from Spiro Agnew, so he wasn’t elected at all.

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Assignment

October 17th, 2006 · Comments Off on Assignment · Work

There has been an abandoned chair outside our office for a few weeks now. It appeared one day in the middle of the roundabout,and then migrated to the pavement. Today there was someone sitting in it.

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