I'm doing something interesting on Sunday, this was at the end of the invite, more on Sunday
Thank you for wanting to be a part of my art!
I could not make my work without you,
so I am extremely grateful for your participation.
This is going to be a great, beautiful, new experience!
Looking back to highlight my friend Vic's funny post on inappropriate mobile phone mispellings, obtained via predictive text.
I've found that she has explored the contents of her bag and posted the results, it reminds me of the boing boing article from a while back on the contents of your pockets, I'm more of a bag person rather than stuffing lots in my pockets.
So, my turn:
Apple Powerbook G4 15" 1Ghz
Willowfield Designs vertical slipcase for powerbook
3 books - Reasons to be Cheerful (about half way though)
The Tipping Point (to read in work or when I finish the above)
Cultural Studies (to read in work, my new area of interest)
stopesso stickers
sunglasses and case
glasses and case
notebook, A5 in size
20G external firewire drive in jiffy bag
bag full of cables and power adaptor for PBG4
two pens, one blue and one black
luggage labels for Delta (silver) and BMI (blue)
migraleve tablets
cold and flu tablets
L'Occitane handcream in metal tube
Driving licence
Little A-Z west end london foldout map
receipt for TV repair for £96, with phone number for me to chase them
last issue's MacUser CD
two first class stamps
another smaller notebook, sort of 3" x 5"
my and headphones
a USB bluetooth adaptor
seldom used clipon camera for t68i phone
my securID fob for remote email access
nivea lip care tube
old copy of TimeOut
Amazon receipt for 6 books for £95
no camera, as Lucy has it
fluff
all in a podsacs super teardrop rucksack with a anti-war button badge on the back.
Not really sure what that lot says about me, maybe I carry too much stuff about. It does vary a bit in terms of magazines and books, but the core is laptop, glasses and something to read, plus the small light stuff that never gets taken out.
Sort of marks me out as a product of western civilisation, I'm sure it varies a bit in the rich economies and then there is a sudden break when you move to the poorer economies. Where I expect that food and tools of your trade predominate and there is less commuting and less possessions.
I got paid for my reviews for Macuser and Macworld of NetNewsWire and Cleaner6. I bought a new camera, a Canon Powershot A70, (buy it on Amazon) to close the loop, I'll write a short review next week when I've had time to play with it.
It is lovely and sunny in London and looks like it will continue over the weekend. Some day I'll build one of these too, Backyard rollercoaster, from Mefi via Matt
I'm off to take some pictures...
Being balanced about what we do in live means that hopefully this planet will recover from our excesses in the twentieth century. Vic reminded me about the future forests campaign to make your activities neutral in terms of your carbon emissions. Quite a few music bands and artists have become carbon neutral. To see how you fare have a look at the carbon neutral calculator, I'm a sinner for the number of flights I take.
Living in the UK means that I pollute the equivalent of 15 trees worth, just being here. The idea of the scheme is that you pay around £8 per tree to put yourself in balance. Seems like a good idea, a sort of voluntary green tax. The forests get planted in various places worldwide, from Scotland to Mexico.
