Scales of tragedy
How tragic is a ‘natural’ disaster? Does it depend on what is lost? Or when it happened? Is sadness about natural disasters another tilt at preventing inevitable change?
Author: Jane Shearer
What’s in a Font?
The USA is mandating all diplomatic documents use Times New Roman 14 pt font, reversing the previous administration’s change to Calibri 15 point. Why the fuss?
Change is (not) good
Things can’t stay the same forever but humans have a tendency to wish they could. Like the Catholic church maintaining that women can’t be deacons. Hell, no?
AI with Purpose
This week I had to come up with a publishing imprint; I invented the name and AI helped me with the logo. […]
Mirages & politicians
The news of the week in New Zealand has to be Jacinda Ardern’s resignation. The above photo is as close as we […]
Time for change
All good things must change, or they stop being good. To coincide with the lead-in to the release of my novel ‘Broken […]
Solar Powered – Next Level
I previously wrote about why we installed extra solar power on our house, beefing up our panels to a total of nearly […]
Eggspensive
The great egg crisis has hit New Zealand. Changes in the regulations around chicken farming, together with upcoming supermarket restrictions, have created […]
Cleanliness culture
In the realm of New Year’s resolutions (or lack of them as I don’t find them helpful), I have been musing on […]
Recognising faces
How many of the cats pictured above are real cats? The correct answer is one (Luna on the right). How many of […]