Archive for the “Germany” category
The Grocery Geography.
by Pippa on February 28, 2010
Over the last year, one of the things I’m most proud of is having stayed put. I didn’t move to a new country*, I barely took any planes and apart from regularly visiting the bearded maths captain [BMC] in Linz, …
Amazing Kunstdinge
by Pippa on September 10, 2009
Amazing Kunstdinge, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.
Back at the start of April I bought this for €1 from some kids running a stall outside the front of their building.
They had a box on a piece of …
it tastes like burning
by Pippa on August 15, 2009
- an electric can opener
- an old vacuum cleaner
- a blender
Maybe it’s just because there was a bunch of smoke, but I actually enjoyed tonight’s interpretation of John Cage’s Variations VII. Apart from the smell of some really hideous …
California by FBZ
by Pippa on May 26, 2009
California by FBZ, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.
Fabienne (aka FBZ) of fabienne.us and HardHack (May 28, 29, @ C-Base) drew a map of California for the nottoscale project. The first Berlin Geek Picnic was rained out as …
Visitors!
by Pippa on May 19, 2009
I am having a marvellous time.
This week I’m overwhelmed with visits by half a dozen lovely people primarily from Adelaide band Brillig. It’s an absolute pleasure to be showing the first arrivals, Matt and Elizabeth around my new …
Frühling
by Pippa on April 14, 2009
Altogether I’ve spent about 3 years in Europe since 2002, but I’ve never been in one place to watch the whole transition from deep winter to spring before.
It’s been a lovely couple of weeks here in Berlin. From the …
DIY Masters on the Bank of Common Knowledge
by Pippa on March 21, 2009
During January I recorded a video about starting a DIYMasters degree which has recently been uploaded to the Bank of Common Knowledge.
I met Olivier and Ninon from Barcelona based cultural co-operative system Platoniq while they were running a …
150Things: #4 On becoming Friends
by Pippa on March 6, 2009
One of the reasons that I’ve become so interested in the process of friendship creation is that over the last 3 years I’ve been moving from place to place. I’ve stayed in Helsinki, Sheffield and Berlin for a minimum of …
March Forward
by Pippa on February 23, 2009
Primarily it’s the fact that I’m pretty tired of cold, wet weather but my thoughts are turning to magic portals and instant travel back to Adelaide in the next couple of weeks. While I love Spring in Adelaide and would …
150Things: 2.0 Friend List One
by Pippa on January 13, 2009
150Things: 2.0 List One, originally uploaded by Fighting Tiger.
I’ve been thinking that in a community with a size of 150 (commonly cited as Dunbar’s Number), not all of those people will be friends.
Even though I have …
