The swales of Sam Downing

Anyone who’s interested in water and the Australian landscape will be fascinated by

can i have a pet quoll?

Listening to an episode of background briefing, where they’re talking about how the Eastern quoll was wiped out in the…

Massive improbability of life

Apparently life on Earth is very unlikely. i’m re-reading chunks of Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything”. In…

macbook at the tip

One day i went to drop off some of my ex-boxes, and discovered the Reservoir Tip computer recycling facility. Masses…

Albert on war: sticks & stones

Nice one Albert. i get an Einstein quote every day in my iGoogle feeds. This one made me jump. i…

from desert to oasis

Time for some good news. i’ve just been reading Pitchfork Design .. where Sam talks of a new project up…

gazillions of gigalitres

Just before new year, i was listening to the heaviest rain i’d heard in melbourne for years. Such a delicious…