A Jakarta alleyway at 36 degrees centigrade, 65% humidity. DRIVERLESSCROC: Glances at sky. It’s hot. DELIVERYMAN: Squints upwards. Grins at DC. You keep getting redder,… Read More »Seeing and Describing (Jakarta Edition)
Here’s the point: even if your parents or caregivers had almost nothing, even if all they could give you was love and care, a bit… Read More »This is poverty, Jakarta edition
She smoothes her hair with automatic hand,And puts a record on the gramophone. I. Chaucer Chopped Whan that Aprille with his shoures soote,The droghte of… Read More »Unreal City: T. S. Eliot’s Wasteland Jukebox feat. Dall-E [known to be the wisest woman in Europe]
Bongkar pasang: Indonesian. To dismantle and reassemble (e.g. an engine) It’s like taking apart a bike… One of my side projects is rebuilding an old… Read More »Bongkar Pasang
Some questions to bear in mind: Who’s it for? (Who is your project- or organisation, or life – supposed to be serving? What’s the official… Read More »God’s Servant [Jakarta edition]
I’m in the process of building a manually controllable air filter using an Arduino and an SDS-11 particulate sensor. I wasn’t sure whether to be… Read More »Quiet, low cost, low noise, no-solder DIY air filter that keeps PM2.5s below 10 in a medium-sized bedroom
McDonald’s gets a lot of stick, much of it deserved. But critics of McDonald’s are often blind to the value it adds – in large… Read More »McDonald’s miracles and me