My Take on Mark Cheret - Maker. Artist. Sculptor.

my take on the Brexit

Sun, 26 Jun 2016 21:04:11 +0000

In the wake of the recent referendum of the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union which in short was just called “Brexit” for those in favour of leaving the EU, there has been a lot of buzz online and elsewhere. This of course was to be expected of a vote with the potential of having wide ranging consequences. I’d like to call a lot of what’s been going on merely “noise” while trying to distil the essence of it which I’d like to call “signal”.

my take on "Caprica"

Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:25:59 +0000

After having recently finished the “Reimagined Battlestar Galactica” Series (=BSG), it’s only logical to carry on watching one of the two prequels that were produced after BSG has aired. These are “Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome” and “Caprica”. I decided to watch Caprica first and Blood and Chrome straight after that. As I recently finished watching “Caprica”, here’s my write-up of thoughts on that particular show.

Background information

The pilot episode of Caprica is set 58 years before the story of BSG and was released direct to DVD on 21st April 2009. The series was canceled after one season on 27th October 2010, with the remaining episodes airing first on Canada’s Space channel and then on Syfy in a marathon on 4th January 2011.

my take on "The Reimagined Battlestar Galactica"

Sun, 12 Jan 2014 19:26:49 +0000

my take on paper and metal for quenching your thirst for commodities

Sat, 16 Nov 2013 13:01:56 +0000

I rarely carry around money , as I believe that money-transfer with paper and metal is way too complicated to be taken seriously. There are all these kinds of problems with exchanging currencies, paying, receiving change (having ready the correct amount of coins), getting your hard earned {insert currency here, i.e. dollars, euros} from your trusted bank to your pocket burns fuel and time, carrying around vast amounts of paper or metal only for the purpose of exchanging CASH for GOODS. Well guess what: that can be done without the need for paper. Take plastic. Painless, simple, effective, trustworthy. Now come the guys claiming that plastic is a security nightmare. Ever been hacked when buying online? Well. The exact same problem exists with your piles of paper. If anybody decided they wanted your belongings, well, they will find means to accomplish just that. Others will tell me that currency is a fragile thing and the circulating banknotes receive trust and are equal to whatever their government has in real value stored in some vaults or invested in real estate and all that makes the foundation of our economy. Foundations ought to be shaken from time to time. If you cannot trust in what is in your bank account then who do you trust? In greenish-blue banknotes? Look at you… to be continued…