Coming from a well known third world country, and being rather sensitive to these issues as a caring soul, the theory behind the designboom.com Shelter Cart competition struck me as very interesting.

The concept of the competition was to create a shelter cart to benefit those homeless who needed something that could benefit them during their daily lives.

Although this competition is quite old; one design, in particular, has stood out among the rest. Gregor Timlin with the help of Barry Sheehan of Sharc Design came up with this nifty invention that not only houses the homeless but makes their travelling and “collections” that much easier to handle.

It is not that uncommon to see homeless people struggling along, collecting bottles, cardboard and other various knick-knacks to help earn a few cents here and there; particularly here in Africa where millions of people are jobless and without even the basic day to day necessities that we take for granted, such as running water and proper sanitation.

While, Gregor Timlin has categorically stated that “the project is not seen as a solution to the social problem of the homeless but instead as a method of raising awareness about the issue,” one can only hope that such a great idea and concept will be put to good use in the future, perhaps as an advertising tool for companies, and in turn a fabulous way to protect the many homeless who need a place to call home.

Besides, these unsung heroes deserve something special as a thank you for their never-ending work on cleaning, clearing and general recycling in my opinion.

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Whilst, these days, game characters such as the Big Daddies from the Xbox smash hit Bioshock set gamers pulses racing, one can only imagine how truly unnerving the works of Hieronymus Bosch were in their time and, of these, his work The Garden of Earthly Delights serves as testament of his freakish visions borne, seemingly, on the fringes of a surrealist nightmare.

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The object was caught on the shuttle’s cameras purely by chance as the astronauts were conducting a last minute once over of the shuttle’s exterior prior to its planned return today. Resembling a jelly fish, the object could be any number of things which may or may not be considered critical for Atlantis’s safe return to Earth with NASA stating that it could be anything from an ice formation to piece of plastic trimming.

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This evening, for no apparent reason, I decided to enter my surname into a search engine to see what it would return.

I am not entirely certain as to what led me to do this, but I would venture that there is a fairly strong chance that you have either done exactly the same yourself already, or that you will think that I must be a particularly sad case in having done this, only to then go and do it yourself.

What was I hoping for? This I cannot answer, but I can say that even though I was not aware of having any particular expectations, I know that what I did find fell way below the expectations I was not consciously aware that I even had. It was as if, unconsciously, I had thought that the returns would somehow, in some strange and unfathomable way, perhaps serve to define who precisely I actually am – and I do appreciate that this in itself sounds at best bizarre, and at worst wholly ridiculous.

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