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oracle April 9, 2004

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oracle oracle

i was reading somewhere

a fount of knowledge or just

grey

reflection under the head of the river twin tracks post is arriving but still, no sound

They say it wears off.

This is very old technology indeed natural language like word based queries command line interface every time you draw from the atm it registers but you can only interrupt the fixed logic in a few permissable places bring back cobol

Clocks April 7, 2004

Posted by Andy Roberts in : Flickr , 7comments

clocks

I took some photographs of interesting clocks one day recently. I wonder if anybody can recognise where they are?

reflective-ripples April 7, 2004

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ripples of reflective light from the water to the ceiling at the head of the river

16 short films April 4, 2004

Posted by Andy Roberts in : transport, movie clips, Art, London , comments closed

together they make a whole

I’m still exploring the themes of motion, transport, bridges again - the relationship between private people and public spaces.

Some are longer than others, some are smaller than others.

Silently explore, and meditate

16 short films 16shorts

which is your favourite.

Save the Orchards April 3, 2004

Posted by Andy Roberts in : wildlife , comments closed

Urgent threat to ancient orchards

save the orchards logo

My ukcider website has transformed overnight into a campaign centre since being alerted by a newspaper article in The Guardian to an urgent threat to ancient apple orchards in England. The UK government’s proposed replacemnet for the Common Agricultural Policy leaves orchards and hop farms out of the flat rate farm subsidy, which means that farmers have a financial incentive to destroy orchards and plough them up before the end of this year.
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fixing a laminator April 2, 2004

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fixing a laminator

fixing a laminator

Laminating machines are always breaking down or getting jammed. But the good news is that they don’t have any computers in them yet, so you can fix them with a screwdriver, rather than have to wait 3 months for a firmware upgrade or anything like that. It’s just a heater, a pair of rollers and a motor connected by a bicycle chain.