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Are We Becoming the Eloi?
Are we becoming the feckless race from The Time Machine? Can we resist the temptation? Background This article is the result of convergence of two separate prompts. About a week ago I was bemoaning our increasing dependency on automation and … Continue reading
Are We Becoming the Eloi? The Academic Version
Introduction This is an appendix to a more complete article, see https://www.andrewj.com/blog/2026/are-we-becoming-the-eloi-the-academic-version/ I was recently bemoaning our increasing dependency on automation and our general inability to take charge and either fix or work around broken things, and I thought of … Continue reading
Evolution of an Image
My photography mentor, Bob Kiss, recently posted an image of his, taken in Tuscany, of a Tuscan field scene shot through a window, with the light carefully balanced so that you can clearly see both the exterior, and the interior … Continue reading
The Unhelpful Amp-hour
I spent much of the last few years working on a large company’s Net Zero project, within which a significant element of my role was trying to educate people to understand electrical power and emissions calculations. It was hard enough … Continue reading
Just Get On The Train – Updated Again!
Do you prefer drama where they talk about getting on a train, or where they actually have to do it? I’ve just updated my list of “getting on a train” films: https://www.andrewj.com/blog/2012/just-get-on-the-train/. Have a laugh, and see if you think … Continue reading
Review: A House of Dynamite
Warning: contains spoilers. I had been looking forward to Kathryn Bigelow’s new film for Netflix, A House of Dynamite. On the face of it this should be exactly our sort of film. Vantage Point, the 2008 film which shows an … Continue reading
Adjustable Architecture and Minimising Waste
Rescue, Don’t Replace One of the things which attracted us to our house about 30 years ago was a great feature: what is known as a “Chinese Circle” in the courtyard end wall, which provides a view into, from and … Continue reading
Acceptable Update Strategies
Excellent Example: Microsoft Visual Studio. You finish your work, and when you exit from Visual Studio, it prompts you with “Updates are available, would you like to install them now?”. There are Yes and Cancel (= defer to next time) … Continue reading
I Wuz There!
I don’t think anyone took a single photograph of me in Zimanga, apart from the group shot which I initiated, so I made damn’ sure that there were some photos of me in Mongolia. Fortunately not only did other members … Continue reading
The World’s Worst Panorama 2025
Here’s my now-obligatory group panorama for the 2025 Mongolia trip. From the left: Vince, Oyu, Mike, Yours Truly, Denise, Marco, Bayar, Ebu, Yasmin, Ann, Lee, Sarah, Christian, Steph Continue reading
Thirsty Friday
Friday starts with another late breakfast. One could get used to this. The group then divides, several electing to stay around the hotel for the morning, but I join a group who go across town to a viewpoint which is … Continue reading
Cows to the Left of Me, Gers to the Right
Lee must be losing his grip. We have a morning off! Most of us lie in for a late breakfast around 9, then spend the morning pottering. I walk out to try and find some shops, but completely miss the … Continue reading
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