Reading time: ~2 minutes. Writing time: ~30mins (i.e. not using ChatGPT)
Another weekend is upon us.
Roam and board.
It’s been a busy month. The Cotswolds, north Wales, Kent. Mountain climbing, kickboxing, hockey, mountainboarding.
However one of the things the boys and I enjoyed the most was roaming the strange, end-of-the-world landscape of Dungeness on my new longboard, the Globe Prowler Classic.
(*radiator not included)
It is remarkably smooth and the rubber almost glutinous 70mm 78a Conical Cruiser wheels deserve a special mention. The kids also realised that in the 40MPH that blew continually during our stay on the south Kent coast by simply unzipping and holding their coats open they could transform the board (and themselves) into rudimentary land-surfers.
Architectural play.
I posted about my Seinfeld Lego set a few months ago, and as fun as these things are they highlight a fundamental shift in Lego towards larger, adult-orientated models intended less for play, than for display. We have literally hundreds of sets of Lego in the house, some in display mode on shelves and desks, many in various stages of dismantlement in boxes and tubs. However the Lego set that, without question gets the most use is my Lego Architecture Studio, now sadly retired by Lego.
It’s 13,000 plain white or transparent pieces allow you to build buildings and whole cityscapes. And it comes with a 272 page book featuring various architecture and design firms who share a concepts used by professional architects and designers followed by a section for hands-on exploration using the Lego bricks to furthetr explore the concept.
Whilst it is recommended for 16+ years old (and not necessarily a hit with actual architecture students), it is truly open ended, with limitless possibilities, perfectedly suited to children of all ages (and failed architects).
A good sniper, when you most need one.
For a certain type of person, doing a certain type of job, this will almost certainly be the most useful recommendation you will find in the Undignifed Organ back issues.
Textsniper allows you to extract text from images and digital documents, paste it to your clipboard and use it elsewhere. Niche, but I can not tell you how much time I wasted perviously doing this manually.
Whilst it is Mac only (sorry), it’s only $9.99 for 3 licences and there is almost a not working day that goes by that I am not grateful to it.