Public Address | Cafe | Access: The long road to real space https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381273#post381273 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381273#post381273 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 10:19:11 +1300 tussock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381269#post381269 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381269#post381269 Any sources for this Autism plus ADHD thing? Google seems a bit vague. All I can find is it's about 30% prevalence of ADHD with Autism, and it could be the root cause of most of the Anxiety/Depression cycles which are otherwise hard to treat in Autistic folk.

Which is,…

]]> Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:12:10 +1300 mpledger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381195#post381195 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381195#post381195 Menz Shed? A lot of older guys happy to pass on their skills. It's probably more structural than what he's looking for but everything needs a base. And possibly the noise might be too much – sawing/routing.

At our local college there are after hours classes such as wood work/wood…

]]> Wed, 23 Jan 2019 13:49:38 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381165#post381165 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381165#post381165 For when you want to get away from it all

Noise-cancelling headphones – how far we have come.

]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 14:22:44 +1300 Jeanette King https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381163#post381163 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381163#post381163 latest podcast from the London Review Bookshop which is an interview with Simon Garfield about his book In miniature: how small things illuminate the world. ]]> Thu, 17 Jan 2019 11:27:03 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381152#post381152 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381152#post381152 For when you want to get away from it all…
The Isolator
The author at work in his private study aided by the Isolator. Outside noises being eliminated, the worker can concentrate with ease upon the subject at hand.

]]> Wed, 16 Jan 2019 14:20:27 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381134#post381134 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381134#post381134 kia ora Russell. If you are able to travel, taking a trip to the Tawhiti Museum in Hawera (South Taranaki) might be helpful.

Created in an old dairy factory, it features a myriad of intricate, miniatures of local history (well, versions of Pakeha and Maori history), all hand-crafted and painted.…

]]> Sun, 13 Jan 2019 07:31:48 +1300 Jason Kemp https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381133#post381133 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381133#post381133 Neil Gaiman @neilhimself Retweeted Philosopher Bean
BEAN HAS BEEN OFFERED A LIFETIME SUPPLY OF PEANUT BUTTER IF HE GETS 72,000 RTS TO HIS TWEET. Have a look at the thread to see the full story

]]> Sat, 12 Jan 2019 12:55:46 +1300 Jason Kemp https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381131#post381131 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381131#post381131 Lovely stuff. Being able to make things is wonderful and I trust that Leo carries on with that.

One of my family members was on the spectrum (actually more than one but another story) but since he grew up in NZ in the 40’s he just had to work out…

]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 20:09:18 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381130#post381130 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381130#post381130 Ooh, what software do you use?

Mostly DAZ Studio, with some Sketchup and Blender on the side.

]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 19:10:14 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381129#post381129 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381129#post381129 creating 3D art

Ooh, what software do you use?

]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:19:30 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381128#post381128 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381128#post381128 Not every ASD person is suited to coding – this becomes more true all the time, where coding has become well integrated with a noisy, business case driven world and the lonesome pursuit of uncommon solutions is a lesser part of the job than it once was. Most ASD people… ]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:52:26 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381127#post381127 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381127#post381127 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:40:05 +1300 Mark Thomas https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381126#post381126 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381126#post381126 Weta do games too ]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 11:08:22 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381125#post381125 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381125#post381125 but coding is also mathematical and logic driven and this is not to the taste of every ASD person, even if they are very mentally capable.

Yes, this is another common mistake: every ASD person is good at maths. Leo really wasn't, although we managed to get him caught up…

]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:24:39 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381124#post381124 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381124#post381124 another bandname

I prefer their older indie stuff.

]]> Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:20:59 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381123#post381123 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381123#post381123 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 10:00:47 +1300 Matt Woods https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381122#post381122 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381122#post381122 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:21:20 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381121#post381121 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381121#post381121 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 22:19:11 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381120#post381120 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381120#post381120 And I love the phrase anxiolytic defence system.

Me too :-)

It just sort of came out and I thought, oh, I like that.

]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:38:09 +1300 Gareth Davidson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381119#post381119 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381119#post381119 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 19:05:55 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381118#post381118 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381118#post381118 anxiolytic defence system. ]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:43:38 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381117#post381117 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381117#post381117 Has he seen this?

He's just about to!

]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:05:52 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381116#post381116 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381116#post381116 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:41:17 +1300 nzlemming https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381115#post381115 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381115#post381115 Your description rings bells with a lot of people I know at Weta.

Has he seen this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebQU7GipJcA

]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2019 17:16:32 +1300 B Jones https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381114#post381114 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381114#post381114 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:51:25 +1300 Mark Thomas https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381113#post381113 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381113#post381113 Perhaps a trip to Weta Workshop?

I remember watching the "making of" Lord of the Ring DVD featurettes and marvelling at the skills of their sculptors and artists. Of course that was 20 years ago now – I'm not sure what they do these days but it looks like [[https://www.wetaworkshop.com/about-us/our-departments/|they…

]]> Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:30:24 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381112#post381112 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/access-the-long-road-to-real-space/?p=381112#post381112 Discussion from blog post.

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