cartoon plane that actually flies

Posted on December 21, 2015December 21, 2015 Posted in love/hate, vulture cultureTagged Moebius, Stipa-CaproniLeave a comment

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check this lovely cute plane straight out of a Moebius cartoon – and it flies!

The Stipa-Caproni was an experimental Italian aircraft designed in 1932 by Luigi Stipa (1900–1992) and built by Caproni. It featured a hollow, barrel-shaped fuselage with the engine and propeller completely enclosed by the fuselage—in essence, the whole fuselage was a single ducted fan. Although the Regia Aeronautica (Italian Royal Air Force) was not interested in pursuing development of the Stipa-Caproni, its design was an important step in the development of jet propulsion.

the last bookshop

Posted on December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 Posted in vulture cultureTagged the last bookshopLeave a comment

a poignant little movie confirming the importance of “story” in our mad dash to automate and computerize everything we loose something wonderful, bookshops.

yum yum face mites

Posted on December 15, 2015 Posted in illustrations, vulture cultureTagged Demodex Mites, face mitesLeave a comment

woke up to these guys this morning – as I do every morning and so do you it seems. got a subject for this afternoon drawing at least.

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/your-face-is-covered-in-mites-with-secrets-to-tell/

chatting with Barbie

Posted on December 11, 2015 Posted in shiel yule, vulture cultureTagged barbie, Bill Buchanan, chatting with Barbie, hello barbie, the cyber academyLeave a comment

well that was an enjoyable afternoon learning about all the gaping security flaws we are ignoring in the rush to get everything “connected”. hats off to Bill Buchanan and team for an entertaining display of gadgets, ideas and the very obvious risks associated. @TheCyberAcademy

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“Using WiFi and speech recognition technology, Hello Barbie™ doll can interact uniquely with each child by holding conversations, playing games, sharing stories and even telling jokes!”

Looks like, after ditching Ken, Barbie has become a little promiscuous with her friends, and you know what they say “it was her friends leading her astray” http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/26/hackers-can-hijack-wi-fi-hello-barbie-to-spy-on-your-children

christmas lecture

Posted on December 11, 2015 Posted in shiel yule, vulture cultureTagged christmas lecture, cyber academy, edinburgh university, internet of everythingLeave a comment

off to get some education during this season of consumption.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/iet-christmas-lecture-edinburgh-the-internet-of-everything-tickets-17619048047

addicted to story

Posted on December 7, 2015 Posted in quotes, vulture cultureTagged Jonathan GottschallLeave a comment

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“we are, as a species, addicted to story. Even when the body goes to sleep, the mind stays up all night, telling stories.” Jonathan Gottschall

blizzard let down

Posted on November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 Posted in Game Cat, vulture cultureTagged battle.net, blizzard, blizzard=pain, blizzardgamesdonotwork, hugeletdownblizzard, starcraft2Leave a comment

was so looking forward to the full version of StarCraft 2 but Blizzard seem unable to get their servers or client download to work – 3 days of pain, Blizzard and the game still do not work. #hugeletdownblizzard.

my advice is unless you WANT to waste hours waiting on downloads that don’t work or you enjoy having to completely change your machines settings so nothing else runs then go for Blizzard games otherwise get a xbox or playstation – at least those games work.

winter coats for the homeless

Posted on November 25, 2015November 25, 2015 Posted in love/hate, vulture cultureTagged Andrea Lisa Robson, winter coats for the homelessLeave a comment

what a great idea and am about to dig out some old coats and see what Jay has left in her room. hats off (coats off) to Andrea Lisa Robson, from Sunderland, who first came up with the idea and posted it on facebook – https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10153342700464150&set=o.155734271426&type=3&permPage=1

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BP portrait awards

Posted on November 22, 2015November 22, 2015 Posted in vulture cultureTagged BP Portrait Award 2015, Genesis, Jerome LagarrigueLeave a comment

it is that time of year again for mooching galleries, and the portrait gallery in Edinburgh is a gem which just happened to have the BP Portrait awards on. Lucky me.

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more here https://www.nationalgalleries.org/whatson/on-now-coming-soon/bp-portrait-award-2015/

image = Genesis by Jerome Lagarrigue, 2014

fly on the wall – another “Literal Quote”

Posted on November 19, 2015 Posted in illustrations, shiel yule, studio, vulture cultureTagged fly on the wall, Literal QuoteLeave a comment

just dropping this off at the Design Exchange in Ocean Terminal if anyone fancy’s a permanent “fly on the wall” – a mini camera can be mounted behind the pic.

Shiel Yule

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