Greenflame

Jottings on science, religion, technology, pop culture, photography and faith from the Aotearoa New Zealand

Category: General

  • Home Library Software

    Kim’s reorganised all the fiction books in the house, bought two new bookshelves, and we’re now at the point where we’ve run out of space for books in the interim. (Barring building a new room or putting the kids in a tent.) Looking at all the books (plus the non-fiction and my own work-related library)…

  • Ecological Suicide – Ecocide

    Thought provoking article at Seed Magazine: Science is Culture – Collapse on ecological suicide–ecocide. At first, a critic, noting the obvious differences, might be tempted to object: “It’s ridiculous to suppose that the collapses of all those ancient peoples could have broad relevance today, especially to the modern United States. Those ancients didn’t enjoy the…

  • Tolkien’s writing has religious ring

    From the latest Science & Theology News : Real Life Religion: Tolkien’s writing has religious ring

  • Water, rock and forest

    Here’s a snap of Tarawera Falls not far from where my in-laws live in the Bay of Plenty that I took a few days ago. After a drive into the forest you get out and walk through the bush beside the Tarawera River for about 20 minutes to these awesome falls. There’s an outlet from…

  • Dictionary of the History of Ideas

    Links in with the previous post : Dictionary of the History of Ideas.

  • In Our Time

    Thoroughly enjoying the series BBC – Radio 4 – In Our Time with each week podcasted as an MP3.

  • A Whitewashed Earthsea

    I was so looking forward to this mini-series. Now I don’t know. I guess I’ll go back to the books (which I love). A Whitewashed Earthsea – How the Sci Fi Channel wrecked my books. By Ursula K. Le Guin

  • Planting with native ferns can save devastated land

    From the NZ Herald, Research into indigenous New Zealand species is cutting the time it takes to rehabilitate devastated land with native plantings by a decade or more, says a company developing the plants. Full article at: The New Zealand Herald: Planting with native ferns can save devastated land.

  • DIY Large Panorama Prints

    As I’m still playing around with my digital camera and the panorama mode on it I was interested to see this posting on printing and framing panorama photos : DIY Large Panorama Prints.

  • Presentation software and rules

    Nouslife: slide presentations -the rules broadens (and includes) Andrew Jones insights) on “rules” and observations on using presentation software. Some helpful stuff there. Almost a year ago I blogged Greenflame: PowerPoint Is Good/Evil on similar themes. I’m still looking for my “killer app” for presentations. Inspiration comes close and I’ll probably buy a copy in…