Comments on: Function Beats Form? http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/function-beats-form#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=function-beats-form I Came, I Saw, I Suffered Immensely Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:33:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/function-beats-form#comment-598 Mikeachim Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:59:31 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=652#comment-598 <b>Yorkshire, not cold and dreary? Might have to wait 6 months for that one. ;) Unless it snows, in which case it's transformed into something magical and crisp. Fur underwear? Well, there are places round York where that kind of thing is encouraged, but I'm afraid I know little about them. And haven't been invited. (Not bitter, though. No). I have it on good authority that in the dead of winter, Yorkshire people took to wearing sheep, live sheep, tucked into specially reinforced belts. All that woolly struggling kept a body nice and toasty. Tend to kick, though. So I'd need stuntmen for that movie. And security, to keep PETA at bay. But it's doable, certainly. Thanks for the suggestion...</b> Yorkshire, not cold and dreary?

Might have to wait 6 months for that one. ;) Unless it snows, in which case it’s transformed into something magical and crisp.

Fur underwear? Well, there are places round York where that kind of thing is encouraged, but I’m afraid I know little about them. And haven’t been invited. (Not bitter, though. No).

I have it on good authority that in the dead of winter, Yorkshire people took to wearing sheep, live sheep, tucked into specially reinforced belts. All that woolly struggling kept a body nice and toasty. Tend to kick, though. So I’d need stuntmen for that movie. And security, to keep PETA at bay. But it’s doable, certainly. Thanks for the suggestion…

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/function-beats-form#comment-582 Mikeachim Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:44:40 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=652#comment-582 <b>No 'we' about it. It's just me saying it. ;) *readers sidle away from Mike* Nope, I don't think office workers should have to suffer concrete monstrosities - in fact, nobody should. It shouldn't be either/or. Crappy is crappy, and crappy buildings shouldn't be inflicted on anyone. Office buildings don't have to be vile. I've seen some terrific office space that looks good inside and out, yet is thoroughly modern - the Aviva headquarters at Wellington Row by Lendal Bridge is a good example. Once the sandstone colouring loses its just-minted look, it will blend in beautifully, and inside, it's arranged round a central hub of plate-glass elevators. Impressive stuff. But returning to the real world, there are lots of awful buildings that need to be filled. I'm not saying that they should be filled by administrative employees. (That would half-damn myself, and therefore be half-hypocritical). No, what I'm *actually* saying is that I'm jealous of people in HH because I currently work in a concrete box with no air-con. I'd hate anyone to think I was offering some kind of coherent general philosophy here - it's specific sour grapes, and nothing more. Yep. Ta.</b> No ‘we’ about it. It’s just me saying it. ;)

*readers sidle away from Mike*

Nope, I don’t think office workers should have to suffer concrete monstrosities – in fact, nobody should. It shouldn’t be either/or. Crappy is crappy, and crappy buildings shouldn’t be inflicted on anyone. Office buildings don’t have to be vile. I’ve seen some terrific office space that looks good inside and out, yet is thoroughly modern – the Aviva headquarters at Wellington Row by Lendal Bridge is a good example. Once the sandstone colouring loses its just-minted look, it will blend in beautifully, and inside, it’s arranged round a central hub of plate-glass elevators. Impressive stuff.

But returning to the real world, there are lots of awful buildings that need to be filled. I’m not saying that they should be filled by administrative employees. (That would half-damn myself, and therefore be half-hypocritical).

No, what I’m *actually* saying is that I’m jealous of people in HH because I currently work in a concrete box with no air-con.

I’d hate anyone to think I was offering some kind of coherent general philosophy here – it’s specific sour grapes, and nothing more. Yep. Ta.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/function-beats-form#comment-581 Mikeachim Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:23:19 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=652#comment-581 <b>Heheh. Although 'wrought with biro' isn't so ridiculous when you see <a href="http://www.heraldleaderphoto.com/2008/09/18/man-decorates-basement-with-10-worth-of-sharpie/" rel="nofollow">this</a>... Nothing more poignant that a mostly abandoned building. Even sadder than a fully abandoned one, I'd say.</b> Heheh. Although ‘wrought with biro’ isn’t so ridiculous when you see this…

Nothing more poignant that a mostly abandoned building. Even sadder than a fully abandoned one, I’d say.

]]> By: Mikeachim http://mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/function-beats-form#comment-580 Mikeachim Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:14:02 +0000 http://www.mikesowden.org/feveredmutterings/?p=652#comment-580 <b>Sounds grim. That kind of wanton disregard for the underlying architecture makes my flesh crawl and my blood-pressure spike. No excuse. There are ways to modernize without traumatizing the aesthetic. Always. I'm deeply jealous of your new TouchPro 2, which I was checking out the other day in reviews, and by checking out I mean drooling over. Personal review, please. :) </b> Sounds grim. That kind of wanton disregard for the underlying architecture makes my flesh crawl and my blood-pressure spike. No excuse. There are ways to modernize without traumatizing the aesthetic. Always.

I’m deeply jealous of your new TouchPro 2, which I was checking out the other day in reviews, and by checking out I mean drooling over.
Personal review, please. :)

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