Johncymru’s blog Vox 2007-03-16T10:28:51Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22521801bf219/ Doesn't THAT remind you of a lyric... ? tag:vox.com,2007-03-16:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900d414264dcc6a47 2007-03-16T10:25:28Z 2007-03-16T10:28:51Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

slime, video, Zappa

Walking along, and chanced upon this.... which reminded me of that Zappa slime-video-propoganda song: "I may be vile and pernicious But you can't look away I make you think I'm delicious With the stuff that I say I'm the best you can get...

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]]> Wish upon a star... tag:vox.com,2006-11-18:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900cd9787d67bf9cc 2006-11-18T08:28:35Z 2006-11-18T22:37:38Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wish upon a star...

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]]> The Collectors Cabinet: Port_Talbotism tag:vox.com,2006-10-14:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900c2252b1c1b549d 2006-10-14T09:21:32Z 2006-10-14T09:48:24Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Port Talbot Towards Port Talbot Dreaming... Brazil

Port Talbot: Some more specimens from the Collectors Cabinet 1 See Interview with Reynolds: NG: Chasm City is a diseased metropolis, a utopia gone radically to seed. What inspired your vivid portrayal of this warped locale? AR: I can't, and w...

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]]> LLanmadoc tag:vox.com,2006-10-13:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900c2252beafa8e1d 2006-10-13T11:18:50Z 2006-10-13T11:23:35Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Rhossili Ryers Down Ryers Down From Llanmadoc Hill LLanmadoc Hill Rhossili Towards Worms Head Fall Bay Rhossili Down Rhossili Down

We were going to discuss a project on art, landscape and memory. We arranged to make an early start and head for the Gower. The rest was up to the weather. A superb Ocotber's day meant that nothing short of a full route beyond Llanmadoc Hill to ...

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]]> It was a sunny October day in Cathays Park... tag:vox.com,2006-10-09:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900c2252a5abc8fdb 2006-10-09T13:38:14Z 2006-10-09T14:42:20Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cardiff City Hall, Clock Tower Villa Cardiff, 1905 Innovation? Wales? Festa Della Madonna

I was on my way to a conference, where I attended a debate on Innovation Narration of the nation- and the future of innovation. How come efforts to focus on "a national story for Wales" leads to cul de sacs? Whither the indu...

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]]> Red Latvian Riflemen tag:vox.com,2006-08-29:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900c22523f80f549d 2006-08-29T23:47:49Z 2006-08-30T00:08:13Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Latvian Riflemen | Red Latvian Riflemen | Latviešu strēlnieki | Latviešu sarkanie strēlnieki | Latvian Riflemen | Red Latvian Riflemen | Latviešu strēlnieki | Latviešu sarkanie strēlnieki | Latvian Riflemen | Red Latvian Riflemen | Latviešu strēlnieki | Latviešu sarkanie strēlnieki |

Part of the frustration when visiting a new country for work-related activities such as a conference, is that you rush by interesting sights bereft of any historical commentary. In the case of this monumental sculpture, Wikipedia proved a usefu...

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]]> Twilight tag:vox.com,2006-08-20:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900c22522718c8fdb 2006-08-20T15:08:05Z 2006-08-20T15:25:16Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Cory's Buildings

Cory's Buildings | Bute Street, Cardiff "Several more opulent banks and offices opened around the square - Baltic House, Ocean Building, Cory's Buildings, Cambrian Buildings..." ( X ) "But around the turn of the twentieth century, south...

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]]> Flaky GPS shit tag:vox.com,2006-08-14:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900c2252189a28fdb 2006-08-14T23:17:15Z 2006-08-14T23:21:49Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom ... its become a catchphrase. * * * Locating locative media? Bearing point # 1 Art of ... (Wired News) "There is an explosion of art projects using wireless -- "locative media" is a buzzword -- a lot of it is banal, fetishizing GPS techn...

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]]> Glamorgan Canal tag:vox.com,2006-08-14:asset-6a00c22521801bf21900c225217a6c8fdb 2006-08-14T16:32:44Z 2006-08-14T23:39:53Z Johncymru http://johncymru.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Heron Iron Bridge Gelynis Farm Vineyard

Yes - thats a heron, centre frame. Taken on the Glamorgan Canal at Forest Farm nature reserve. Signs of the industrial past saturate the landscape- but one needs the eye of an industrial archaeologist to render them visible. F...

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