ZERO HOUR & Co.

Streetside proofs courtesy of Jumbo Xerox for a project we'll reveal more on soon. In the meantime check out the slick fellow in the red.

We, the never-sleep crew, have launched some extra features on our mothership today. These include the I II III accordion, the carousel of updates and temporarily, the available for hire badge. Happy as larry we are. Let us know if you have any feedback.

Hemidactylus frenatus and Spodoptera litura.

If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have 4 years of life left.

— Albert Einstein

Access to cheap energy made us rich, wrecked our climate and left us lonely. We've evolved into a neighbourless lifestyle and on average we have half as many close friends.

We're constantly using IM clients like iChat and Skype to stay 'accessible'. Always just a message away. Sounds great in theory, however often a let down in practice, with regard to communication. And here follows a recent, retrospective observation.

Being mac aficionados  flavour of choice for IM is iChat. We have iChat open whenever we're not in close proximity (often), for quick sharing of images, text, ideas and sometimes big decision-making. Normally, messages are short and sharp with pestering kept to a minimum. However, on occasion the conservations are drawn out, and get a little deep. You know like deep house 'n' shizz.

And so unfolds a common and funny (in hindsight), albeit time-wasting scenario.

"So hey, I was thinking..."

A good intentioned, well mannered message is sent. A conversation blossoms. An opinion is thrown into the wind. A comment is taken out of context. It gets ugly-ish.

Y: So, what are your thoughts?

X: Yeah, it's fine

X: What do you mean by 'fine'

Y: Man, what I meant by 'fine' is that it's great.

X: Well I sort of take issues with the word fine, are you in a cranky mood? Just saying...

Oh snap!

There's a little angst in the air, but love is not lost. We can get through this. Lets just be sensible, wise, chaps, and resolve this in a timely manner. I am busy you know. But undetected, the conversation has gone way off track already. So what to do? Type faster of course! We've got this far, we can work it out. Eventually a hour has passed and you're kinda sorta in agreeance and roughly back on the same page. However time was wasted, fingers are sore, and deep down it didn't pan out the way you wanted to. We then blame technology... again. But, our adoption that made us too lazy to pick up the phone and do it verbally. Sad.

Is this a common situation? I imagine so. OR possibly we just spend far too much time online, connected, in a state of constant readiness for distraction.

A must see documentary: Encounters from The End of The World, Narrated & Directed by Werner Herzog

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