Nature as redeemer, nature as escape, nature as the solace for our "gridded, controlled, mannered urban lives." So far so romantic. Well, nature is on the road, and she’s gunning for the lot of us. We’ve poked the beast, and now it really is waking up. On a quiet day, you could hear it snoring.... Continue Reading →
No system, as the adage goes, is fool-proof to a sufficiently determined and talented fool. Computer help-desk people have an acronym for it - 'PEBCAC', which stands for Problem Exists Between Computer And Chair. A serious amount of mental effort gets spent on human-computer interfaces (there are journals, conferences etc etc). In another life, I'd... Continue Reading →
So, at the September 1997 "South Pacific Forum" in the Cook Islands some of the locals/hosts were mildly peeved that Australia was opposing emissions reductions. Ms McDonald, who headed the greenhouse task force in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, last week took on officials from Pacific island countries who feared their low-lying atolls... Continue Reading →
