Pica the cat
The cat came with his name 'Pica'. He'd belonged to some South Africans who lived in Walthamstow, who were moving back home. The house he used to live in had lots of dogs.
Red Dot
There is a red dot on the object's perspex mount. Along with other numbers and cataloguing references, this has been added at some point in the object's history.
Towards a futurology of the object: Part 2 - Dowsing
A conversation with the object, through the medium of dowsing.
Yes= Back and forth
No= Circle
Miniature Worlds 2 - The Twilight Zone
“Miniature”, The Twilight Zone
Miniature Worlds 1 - Scale Models
A selection of websites which document various miniature worlds, including works by artists, scale models, video works and dolls houses.
http://www.miniatureworld.com/
The Miniature
While thinking about the notion of toys as miniature versions of objects from the adult world I came across this curious relation between our object and the etymology of the word ‘miniature’ which
The 30-Second Effect: An Experiment Revealing the Impact of Television Commercials on Food Preferences of Preschoolers
DINA L.G BORZEKOWSKI, EdD , THOMAS N ROBINSON, MD, MPH
Abstract
Objective: To examine whether televised food commercials influence preschool children's food preferences.
Do as I say, not as I do: the Nemours Mission.
Assuming, as I have seen many people do, that "mental retardation" is an outdated and outfavoured term, I explored its current usage in online health-related information sources.
Boy X
I am giving the boy the name Boy X in an attempt to redress the racism he suffered at the hands of the British medical profession in being defined as “of non-European extraction”.
Lead detroit
I was reminded of the chapter in Bill Bryson's book, A Short History of Nearly Everything, http://www.randomhouse.com/features/billbryson/bb_title/display.pperl?is...