Monthly Archives: July 2014
SHEDNOTES 5 – Seeing the future in chaos
Sometimes in The Shed we just read and file our notes and today is one of those days. Just finished Crazy River: Exploration and Folly in East Africa, a report published in 2010 of a trip in 2009 by Richard … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 4 – The secrets of Earth
Once upon a time, life was simpler, but more dangerous. It looked like a simple job for The Shed to fix up a couple of old table or bedside lamps which an uncle made for my parents as a Christmas … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 3 – ORDER CRISIS FOR SHED
The last big contract in The Shed was for some sort of cabinet for vinyl. It came just in time to rescue the entire workforce from having to get a job. I argued it this way – an Ikea or … Continue reading
SHEDNOTES 2 – SUCH A THING AS TOO MANY POCKETS
When I’m preparing to go fishing, my starting point is to zip up all the pockets in my fishing bag and all the pockets in my fishing jacket, while they are still empty. Left open, they are a temptation to … Continue reading
NOTES FROM THE SHED 1
The Shed operates mainly on second-hand nails and screws, of course. When I moved in, I therefore filed, with satisfaction, a small inheritance from my predecessor including a couple of pounds of soft copper tacks with a washer incorporated under … Continue reading
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