Who? The orphans? It is the most used computer and the last salvaged one. They where both brutally discarded. To the left (in the picture); my everyday companion and trustworthy HP ProBook 6475b indeed it is the same machine that has the unique feature of having the top grinned down to bear metal. Please see:… Continue reading The Orphans
Category: Archaeology
UK Supremacy
Skynet + Stakka – Voyager – Audio Blueprint – 1998. It was ruthless then and it is as ruthless today in a Decoder kind of style. “- We be no takin’ any prisoners today” kind of style. My Lord, it is still completely uncompromising music right there. It is the definition of “Tech” in a… Continue reading UK Supremacy
La Cité IV
Continued…
La Cité II
There are strange things going on in central city right now. They are reconstructing everything, yet it will look pretty much the same. I’ve seldom seen as few people on a Saturday night ever (and it was not due to outside temperature). I actually started to wonder if I might have mistaken the day of… Continue reading La Cité II
Flat Against The Stones
Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek ἀμέθυστος amethystos from ἀ- a-, “not” and μεθύσκω methysko / μεθύω methyo, “intoxicate”, a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness. The ancient Greeks wore amethyst and carved drinking vessels from it in the belief that… Continue reading Flat Against The Stones
Long Shadows
In the north the sun casts long, very long shadows…
This Is Not Where We Live
That line used to be drawn somewhere in the Old city in the fair city of Stockholm – the so-called Venice of the North. Me and my lost army are located on the other side to the South… That would be: Sudermania (in Latin) or Södermanland that is where we dwell. You can trust me… Continue reading This Is Not Where We Live
D’où Je Viens Or My Creed
The things you need to be learned*: Tape down all the cables – you need to do it with duct tape and don’t try to be ‘economic’ about applying it – someone will trip or spill, guaranteed. If the connection breaks or is disrupted in any way there will be an abomination, it equals silence.… Continue reading D’où Je Viens Or My Creed
De-construction II
It just had to be added… Elektroindustrija television. Yes, yet again it is nothing but the Brutalist concrete of old Yugoslavia that inspires a new (and old) generation. © BBC News Please see: A Thing Of Beauty VIII.
Paris
Obélisque de Louxor. The Place de la Concorde (French pronunciation: [plas də la kɔ̃kɔʁd]) is one of the major public squares in Paris, France. Measuring 7.6 hectares (19 acres) in area, it is the largest square in the French capital. It is located in the city’s eighth arrondissement, at the eastern end of the Champs-Élysées.… Continue reading Paris