Self portrait
Breathtaking picture by a Japanese astronaut on the ISS via. There’s another, much earlier one, here.
A Nice Line (in) Drawing
Whenever I do a post about anthropology in business – which is fairly often – I waste a few minutes looking for a nice picture of a pith helmet. Thanks […]
A shadow of our former selves?
I was given this postcard yesterday by some lovely people from Nas na Riogh Housing Association who are doing some great work in a Naas, county town of Co. Kildare. The donor […]
A Martian's Guide to Coffee
Next time you take a visitor from Mars to your local coffee shop, slip him this guide first:
From the Air
There's a piece in this weekend's FT magazine about a project that was conducted in the last days of the Shah of Iran's rule – to photograph the country from […]
Goodbye George
This was one of my favourite pictures from around the time of the Gulf War II protests. A simple statement made with a coder's sense of efficiency.
His Master's Voice
From a junk shop in India, found on an old hard drive. No idea what sort of publication it came from.
Light and Dark
At a dark time of year, it’s time for some light. A good excuse to reprise this photo of Olafur Eliasson’s installation in the turbine hall at Tate Modern in […]