Showing posts with label sheep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sheep. Show all posts

Monday, July 22, 2024

An aesthetically designed… WOOLSHED?

Farmer meets architect…

Edward: I like the house. But I need a woolshed.

Michael: For?

Edward: You know. Shearing sheep. Handling the wool. Getting the fleeces ready for collection.

Michael: How big?

Edward: A few shearers. Flocks of a hundred sheep.

Michael: Out of the weather?

Edward: Oh yes. 

Michael: (producing a simple woolshed on CAD) Something like this?

Edward: Can’t you add a more style? Like you did for my house?

Michael: OK. (producing a fancier version on CAD) More like this?

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Voice-over

Michael argues with his client emphasizing that the design of a grand house centers on luxury and aesthetics which contrasts with the functions of a woolshed as being driven by agricultural functions. Edward eventually accepts that low maintenance and practicalities of shearing sheep are not easily rendered into a luxurious aesthetic woolshed. He ends up with corrugated iron.

Monday, June 22, 2020

Facial recognition app for sheep and goats

Separating the sheep from the goats…

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Disciple: What’s the meaning of the parable of sheep and goats?

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Priest: Sheep, by their meek and docile behavior, shall inherit God’s kingdom. Goats, however, are more aggressive and independent and are sent to the other place.

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Disciple: So God can tell a sheep from a goat.

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Priest: Of course. He has an app on his smartphone. He points the phone camera at the applicants and the app makes a decision on who can enter the kingdom, or not.

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Voice-over
There really IS an app for smartphones to distinguish between sheep faces at least. Here. Surely there are ne’er-do-wells even among sheep?

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