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25.10.07

Vilmar

Less is more ‘fun’


Remember those afternoons spent at home in the early 80’s having the stirring experience of playing with those gigantic pixels on the TV screen? That was Atari reigning supremely among kids. Read the rest of this entry »

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Design, Life

19.10.07

Matt

You’ve got a friend in Dave

Dave. The home of witty banter.
Everybody likes Dave. He’s a bit of laugh and he’s intelligent. He likes Top Gear and The Apprentice. Read the rest of this entry »

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Life

16.10.07

Jack

Watt’s up and running!

I’m happy to hear that the production of Wattson by DIY Kyoto is now in full swing. If you have not heard or seen this product and call yourself an eco-aware designer you need to get one and plug it in at home in order to measure how much electricity you use daily. My mother always use to tell me that education starts from home and she is definitely right! Read the rest of this entry »

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Life, Technology

15.10.07

Jack

Sim Daltonism - an insight to colour blindness

A friend always used to ask, “Hey Jack, what colour can you see because I can not see the correct colour”. Sim Daltonism is a colour blindness simulator for Mac OS X. In real-time it filters the area around the mouse pointer and displays the result just as it would be seen by a colour blind person. For us designers and artists, choosing the correct combination of hues either from the pantone book or from the swatches option in Photoshop is so important due to the fact that it plays a major part in the process of creativity. Read the rest of this entry »

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Design, Life, Technology

05.10.07

Sarah

Summit for the weekend

KilimanjaroI made it back from the mountain! I’ve had a fantastic experience, although at times it felt like I wasn’t going to make it back. But then it also felt like the whole world had disappeared and all that was left was me, my frozen extremities, a never-ending slope of loose rock and a few disembodied head torches. Read the rest of this entry »

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Life, Travel

29.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 7

Summit Day! Barafu Hut to Uhuru Peak: I made it! Left camp at 10pm Friday and got to Stella Point at 7am. Exhausted. Freezing. Hungry. Elated. Scree run back to camp after. 3 hours walk same day to last camp. Up at 5am today for 5 hour trek down. Knackered. S.

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Life, Travel

29.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 6

Karanga Valley to Barafu Hut: 3 and a half hour walk today. All gradual slopes. Last camp before summit. We set off at 10pm tonight. Tired already. Need shower and nice food. Fingernails look disgusting. S.

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Life, Travel

28.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 5

Barranco Camp to Karanga Valley: Today was only 5hr walk but difficult terrain. Lots of uphill scrambling. Had worst ever headache. V tired. Short trek tomorrow as we start summit walk at 11pm. S.

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Life, Travel

27.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 4

Shira Hut to Barranco Camp: Long tiring day. Over 8 hours trek. Steep uphill to 4400m. Huge headache which had me in tears. Mental agony. Body aching. Views stunning. S.

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Life, Travel

26.09.07

Sarah

Kilimanjaro: Day 3

Shira Cave One – Shira Hut: Todays trek good. 5 hours. Beautiful views. Headache. Hard to breath. Brief moments of elation followed by stretches of depression. S.

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Life, Travel

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