Okay, so I asked Bard, the Google AI/large language model, to summarise my blog posts, and also reference my LinkedIn profile. I am suitably amused by the result, and it made a couple of errors, one understandable given the web-site context, one slightly less obvious. The first is my that Read more…
Photos from a trip to the Poor Knights Marine reserve with New Zealand freedivers from around the country. As usual, I have tended to get enamoured with light, geology, bodies in space, as well as the organisms. All photos on breath hold.
On treenails, drawknives, and the first experiment with a new tool.
Green woodworking part two. As we have cleared around the section, we have taken out some awkward branches, and in one case, a tree; a ribbon wood (I will edit this later with the species). I’ve been using the ribbon wood branches and logs as trials as I learn to Read more…
Today was all about lasting. With some new grips to come to grips with, and some weird interactions with objects, tools, and limbs. And skin.
Day three was a continuation of preparing the pieces and components of the shoe, and coming to grips with tools, and for the first time, some machines. Sewing machines mainly. Plus brogueing. To fit together, the pieces of leather need to be cut with allowance for sewing; small extra edges Read more…
So this is all happening because of a chance bit of searching on the basis of finding something old, namely, some boots I had made years ago. These were made by Sue Engels of Something Shoetable, which at the time was based in Upper Cuba street, Wellington. There were various Read more…
There are a number of things about motivational language that annoys me. Firstly motivational talk is often meaningless in a practical sense. “Confront your fears” tells me nothing practical. It offers only an emotional imperative. “Do epic shit” is probably the height of nonsensical language that tells me nothing about Read more…