Adam J Taylor

Breakfasting in Selwyn College gardens.

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:53:42 +0100

Breakfasting in Selwyn College gardens.

"Why did Constantinople get the works? That’s nobodys business but the Turks."

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:18:07 +0100

“Why did Constantinople get the works? That’s nobodys business but the Turks.”

- Istanbul, not Constantinople.

The choir processing into Selwyn College chapel for Comem’...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:55:40 +0100

The choir processing into Selwyn College chapel for Comem’ service. Sadly we didn’t have tickets for the epic black tie dinner that is still going on in hall (at 22.55).

A real Italian coffee shop, with Italian papers and a stainless...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:42 +0100

A real Italian coffee shop, with Italian papers and a stainless steel bar, in the heart of Cambridge.

For everyone who doesn't understand why I hate talking on the phone: this explains it perfectly.

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:41:12 +0100

For everyone who doesn't understand why I hate talking on the phone: this explains it perfectly. :

furrowedbrow:

allthingsalishan:

missashleyjheidler:

(via heylaney)

I couldn’t agree MORE.

so true. I’m the WORST.

I couldn’t disagree more. An actual conversation is so much more rewarding than anything that mere electronic text can provide.

“God smiles on my little sister, inside and out,...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:53:46 +0100

“God smiles on my little sister, inside and out, she’s better than I am.”

Congratulations, Jo, on your graduation and first class honours! You’ll be a great doctor.

Copter Combat I found this old Pocket Arcade game as I cleared...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:05:00 +0100

Front

Back

Third screw wouldn't budge

First layer of internals

Inner cover removed exposing tiny cogs

Cogs and target assembly removed

Missile carrier and targets

Targets

Missile carrier

Targets with springs and mechanisms

Copter Combat

I found this old Pocket Arcade game as I cleared my childhood bedroom in preparation to move house. Looking like a clockwork GameBoy I couldn’t resist dissecting it.

The aim of the game is to shoot down all three helicopters using a yellow missile that travels downrange to the static targets along a cellophane strip. You aim shifts from left to right as the sprung-wound action slowly releases. Having shot all three helicopters, revealing ‘bang’ symbols, you can flip the ‘reset’ switch for another round of clockwork fun!

More graduation pics, courtesy of the new multiple post option...

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:34:00 +0100

More graduation pics, courtesy of the new multiple post option on Tumblr.

GPOYW, graduation edition.

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:56:00 +0100

GPOYW, graduation edition.

"I love looking in other people’s baskets at the supermarket checkout and silently judging them."

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:07:57 +0100

“I love looking in other people’s baskets at the supermarket checkout and silently judging them.”

- Rob, Rambling:

"An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate..."

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 10:37:13 +0100

“An elegant sufficiency, content,
Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,
Ease and alternate labour, useful life,
Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!”

- James Thompson. The Seasons. Spring. Line 1158.

Residents of Vernon Terrace plus a few friends. It’s been...

Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:15:36 +0100

Residents of Vernon Terrace plus a few friends. It’s been a great year, living with fantastic people, and I’m sad to leave.

Wow! Look what the postman delivered today. Clinet 1990 and...

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:40:20 +0100

Wow! Look what the postman delivered today. Clinet 1990 and 1961! Friday’s WineSoc masterclass, lead by Ronin from Chateau Clinet, is going to be epic.

St. Mary’s, Totness

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:43:54 +0100

St. Mary’s, Totness

"And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it. I won’t fear love. And if I feel a rage I..."

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:52:00 +0100

“And if I shed a tear I won’t cage it. I won’t fear love. And if I feel a rage I won’t deny it. I won’t fear love.”

- Sarah McLachlan

The fastest guys out there

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:06:33 +0100

The fastest guys out there:

A day in the life of an SR-71 crew:

It all had lasted for just moments, but in that short, memorable sprint across the southwest, the Navy had been flamed, all mortal airplanes on freq were forced to bow before the King of Speed, and more importantly, Walter and I had crossed the threshold of being a crew. A fine day’s work. We never heard another transmission on that frequency all the way to the coast. For just one day, it truly was fun being the fastest guys out there.

(via @chockenberry)

"This above all: To thine own WORLD be true."

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:22:03 +0100

“This above all: To thine own WORLD be true.”

- prot

China Forbes (She of Pink Martini fame) — ‘78

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:25:00 +0100

China Forbes (She of Pink Martini fame) — ‘78

12minds: The Big Picture - Dance Around The World Wow! I...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 20:35:00 +0100

12minds:

The Big Picture - Dance Around The World

Wow! I really need to go to the Ballet again soon. It’s too easy to forget what a magical and trancendental art-form dance is.

"When men are employed, they are best contented; for on the days they worked they were good-natured..."

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:27:03 +0100

“When men are employed, they are best contented; for on the days they worked they were good-natured and cheerful, and, with the consciousness of having done a good day’s work, they spent the evening jollily; but on our idle days they were mutinous and quarrelsome.”

- Benjamin Franklin