Tag: modernity

  • How Old Fashioned A Petrol Engine Seems

    How Old Fashioned A Petrol Engine Seems

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteEvery single time I go from driving an EV to driving a petrol car I am struck by old fashioned and smelly old cars are compared to new ones. In this context an old car is any car that has a petrol engine rather than an electric motor. I had to…

  • On The Caribana and Bad Sound Design

    On The Caribana and Bad Sound Design

    Reading Time: 5 minutesThis morning I noticedd that a wine Cave is having an event where they will make noise but it will stop at 22:00 because the law requires them to stop at that time. In the 21st century anyone can buy a loud sound system that could fill a village with noise pollution,…

  • The Lost Art of Silent Material Cutting

    The Lost Art of Silent Material Cutting

    Reading Time: 3 minutesFor years now the noise in this village has been frustrating me. It is the noise of industrial cutting. The noise of an angle grinder on metal, of a circular saw on bricks, stone and wood. It is the constant wail of a circular saw cutting into something, every few seconds, or…