marginalia
is the Latin word for 'things in the margin', and refers to writing or decoration in the margins of a manuscript. I am exploring the edges and margins of our world through photographs and writing....from February 5, 2011...
I was too busy writing elsewhere to write here this time last year. So many words, so little time...
Roughly translated...
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Monthly Archives: April 2006
I don’t know much about art. Thank goodness.
In an effort to encourage V to stop talking about how bad her drawings are, and to demonstrate that what’s required is just more drawing and more drawing, I dug out some of my life drawings from around 2000. I … Continue reading
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more aussie poetry
My writing pal in Perth, Kate, reports on the results of her poetry writing expertise. You’ve seen the t-shirts ‘will write for money’ – Kate needs to get a ‘Will write poetry for software’. Postmodern bartering? Congrats, Kate, you go … Continue reading
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australia needs psychic healing
Straight up, I’m an aussiephile. I like Australia. I love Dorothea Mackeller’s 1904 poem ‘My Country’. She writes first about the love of other landscapes – probably referring to England… and then the second verse cuts to the core of … Continue reading
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color (it’s like colour, but with fewer vowels)
Lots of life has been attacking recently, and the color drains out of my life. I don’t know if other people feel or notice these things, but for me when I start to get a bit overwhelmed by the day-to-day … Continue reading
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if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em…
Beware of ghouls, ghosties, and long leggity beasties, and things that go bump in the night… Or so they say. But if you do have these things going on in your life, please be nice to them, because they could … Continue reading
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Side Bar Soap Opera
Once upon a time, there was a far, far off land where most of the countryside was covered in fir trees. The fir trees covered the top of the hills and the bottom of the valleys. Some of the land … Continue reading
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design issues mostly resolved
It’s probably tacky to write about one’s own writing spaces, but I’m feeling very happy with the header images and general look and feel of the content at aquaculture.ako.net.nz. I’ve had a great deal of fun gathering the images – … Continue reading
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usability II
Following on from my writing about usability and its various forms, I was thinking about usability and excel in the shower this morning. I hope that idea isn’t excessively frightening – but yes, I think about things in the shower, … Continue reading
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usability
My blog pal, Mark Bernstein, has been thinking and writing about usability and style – words that pretty much encapsulate Mark himself, by the way – as applied to software. As usual, Mark puts up a compelling argument, and, as … Continue reading
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بابا غنوج
The other day we had a morning tea shout at work – as you do. My colleague had had a domestic goddess moment and made Baba ganoush or Babaghanoush (depends on which school you went to). I begged the goddess … Continue reading
Posted in can't boil water café
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