What do Cyrillic Graffiti, Anti-Americanism in Europe and wikipedia edits have in common? Let’s find out. Cyrillic Graffiti Sofia, Bulgaria is 12 hours bus ride from Istanbul, a journey which facilitates extensions of 1 x Turkish VISA, a necessary process … Continue reading
by j p, August 31, 2007 0 comments
Aside from skynoise posts and the weekly technoscape column at threedworld, have found myself with a few other places to send words while in Istanbul. Currently working on a piece for a new Australian publication, Greenpages magazine, who asked for … Continue reading
by j p, August 9, 2007 0 comments
Albert Einstein – grinning bicycle lover, scientist and fond of reminding people that ‘imagination is more important than knowledge’. Were his animated head floating in a jar on a shelf somewhere today, no doubt it’d be smiling at the lateral … Continue reading
by j p, August 2, 2007 0 comments
Like some mechanoid Arab Godzilla, Dubai emerges from the desert haze and Persian Gulf coastline, super-sizing itself as it goes. A mega-project studded spectacle that unavoidably boggles the mind. Audaciousness on such a scale, and yet alongside that arab saying … Continue reading
by j p, July 20, 2007 2 Comments
The Segway, invented by Dean Kamen, is a uniquely self-balancing two wheeled transport device. Using hi-tech gyroscopics it balances you on a platform one foot off the ground, and drives at speeds up to 25km/h – which you activate by … Continue reading
by j p, May 24, 2007 2 Comments