Following a brief existence of mmott.com 1.0 we completely redesigned the site to provide easier access to the portfolio. We also took the opportunity to make the site completely AJAX driven. Using jQuery we animated the site and load the contents in the background directly into the page. The site, however, works both with and without javascript, in the latter case reverting to a static website again.
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I just corrected the proofs of my upcoming chapter ‘Limits to Systems Engineering’ in Philosophy and Engineering (I. van de Poel, D.E. Goldberg (eds.), 2009 with Springer). The volume, coming out of the first Workshop on Philosophy and Engineering (for which mmott did the design (see here and here)) contains chapters on Philosophy, Reflection and Ethics.
In my paper I explore the concept of boundary in systems engineering methodology. (more…)
For a long time I wanted to try making bonbons. During my stay in Cambridge, MA, I came across vast amounts of delicious chocolate and when my friends asked me to cook for their wedding the path seemed clear. My partner would bring me kilos of the chocolate and I would have a legitimate reason to experiment with making bonbons. Given that I had to make about 200 of them for all the guests, there would be plenty of room for experimenting with different combinations.
In answer to the needs of a good friend I decided to make him a bag. Given that the bag had to be ready prior to his recent out-of-state move, I had to rely on our fabric chest for a suitable material. Fortunately we had just the right fabric in stock. Unfortunately the piece was not very big and a bit odd sized. Not to be defeated by the size of fabric, I moved forward to aid my friend in need and created a bag folded out that one piece of fabric, without cutting the material in separate pieces, as to use every bit of the material and create not just a bag, but a unique piece. (more…)
