Four balls is lots harder than three. I first learned to juggle three balls about 25 years ago – I was inspired by my older sister, who was definitely the performer in the family. She could juggle balls, clubs, rings… So at 34, I decide to move to four balls – I’m up to about...
Upstairs it was over 40 degrees. I’d been laminating these composite test panels for weeks now. The Queensland heat was on by 8am, causing the resin to “go off” way too fast. The panels were 1m x 1m square mock-ups of laminations that would be used on boats – after I made them, we would...
“We don’t know wherewe get our ideas from. What we do know is that we do not get them from our laptops.” – John Cleese Often I write about “blocking” for Energy Generation and habit tweaking. However this is also a powerful tool for Idea Generation. If we are looking to innovate, what we do know is that the new idea...
The love warrior traveller walks a different path. Over time, she has learned to listen to her heart, and is watchful for the traps in everyday life that can rob her of her energy. While each warrior is unique and has a different energetic makeup, all warriors see they must fight to maintain their personal...
When your friend finally starts their business, one of three things will happen: It’ll fail (not as high probability as the “stats” will have you believe)It’ll take off.It’ll flatline at the point where they are almost comfortable, but still have scope to hope for things to pick up. Number three is far more likely. In...
Your lungs will shrink to about the size of your fist. At depth, almost every aspect of the human physiology will change for the freediver. The heart rate slows as soon as the face enters the water, blood leaves the extremities, CO2 levels are increasing by the second and of course, the size of the...
It was 8:05am and the guy answered the phone with an air of frustration. They had just opened. I said I wanted to inquire if he could send out a spear for a speargun from Auckland to Great Barrier Island before the weekend. I needed a new spear for a speargun building project we are...
At university, one of the final projects was designing a regional aircraft. In aircraft design, there is one huge question that lies at the front end: “What’s it for?” What kind of aircraft do we want to build? For a regional aircraft in Australia, we have a certain group of runway lengths, and desired baggage...
