✈ The Lesson of the Pantheon Roof

Originally posted on The Global Mink:
Pantheon Roof, a photo by webmink on Flickr. Probably the most amazing artefact of the ancient world I have seen, the Pantheon in Rome, started life as a Roman temple to all the gods around 27 BC. When it became a Christian church in 609 AD it was already…

✈ New Travel Blog

If you aren’t following my new travel blog, do give it a try!

✈ Eco Mower

Originally posted on The Global Mink:
Eco Mower, a photo by webmink on Flickr. Cows are respected as a symbolic spiritual presence in India. They roam the streets freely and are described as “sacred”. I took this photograph on the Raj Path in Delhi. One of the gardeners there was using the cow to pull…

✈ Available For US Engagements

I expect to be in the USA in early-to-mid May (and possibly again in July). If you would like me to speak at a private or public event, or to provide consulting services, I would be pleased to hear from you.  Combining multiple engagements saves money, saves energy and is good for us all!  Please […]

✈ Modern Hero Revisited

About a decade ago I started a “spool” of the comments I had been making on my personal website (which had been running since the late 90s – I actually started editing web pages in 1992, for IBM’s Person to Person product). It became a regular feature, and I decided I needed to manage it […]

✈ Getting Online Abroad

One of the best travel purchases I have made is an unlocked high-speed USB 3G modem. It allows me to get broadband-speed internet access for the duration of each trip abroad for a per-trip price comparable to one night of internet access at a hotel, using a locally-purchased pre-paid data SIM at each destination. The […]