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Day May 10, 2006

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Origami Envelope – from Flying Pig

May 10, ’06 10:25 PM

This is the most exciting thing of the week (apart from the Braxton Hicks contractions, of course): an origami envelope.

I saw this in Make and it led me on to Flying Pig’s website and the download page.

I won’t post the full folding instructions PDF since they request your email address – only fair in this case. Suffice to say that I turned a piece of A4 into a lovely envelope, to many ooohs and ahhhhs. Result.

I love the suggestion that you turn the instruction sheet itself into the envelope and thereby post the knowledge to other people. Neat.

Viral Origami :)

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Scheveringen at the Kurhaus

May 10, ’06 9:19 PM

It’s a tough life! On a beautiful spring morning I found myself in the lovely seaside suburb of The Hague – Scheveringen. I was there for a workshop with Shell (very interesting) and couldn’t believe the splendid venue. The meeting was in the Kurhaus – think of the Brighton Pavillion on steroids – and the meeting room overlooked the shore and promenade…

This is my second trip to the Netherlands in a week and I’m struck again by the nice feel to the cities, the efficient transport system and just how polite and helpful everyone is.

I must find some time now to do a bit of research on the land reclamation and dykes. The burning question for me at the moment is what you do with the pooled rainfall when the land is below sea level? Come to that, why don’t the rivers flow in from the sea?

I’m just off to google those very questions, but in the meantime here’s another view of the beach from the promenade.
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“Kiss en go”

May 10, ’06 9:14 PM

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How cool is this? Spotted today at Rotterdam Airport, just in front of the taxi rank.

This is a place to drop off loved ones, with a strict 5 minutes limit: drop and go. With humour and good observation I suppose the area’s called the “kiss and go” area. Wonderful.

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