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I'm going through the photos I took in Germany. Backwards. I've finished the last batch, from Berlin and Frankfurt. I thought I'd combine some of them with a writeup of the latter 4 days of the trip, something I've wanted to do for the last two weeks. ( Cut for the uninterested... )
N44° 26' 55.10", W-64° 22' 46.65", 20 MAY 2009
Wednesday, 10 February 2010 09:23 amHey! dan and I are on Street View in Mahone Bay, NS!
As I said at the time, a sweet birthday present from Google (the van drove past us on my birthday, May 20).
As I said at the time, a sweet birthday present from Google (the van drove past us on my birthday, May 20).
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No, I think Billy Bob Thorton isn't a likeness. So, gang, who do I look like: Chiang Kai-Shek? Or Tony Danza?
Nova Scotia trip in photos
Monday, 15 June 2009 09:15 amI edited and uploaded my favourite photos from our trip to Nova Scotia. I think the slideshow looks pretty good if I do say so myself.
Here's a few to whet your appetite. They all have Alt/title text, so hover over a photo without clicking if you're curious.
Here's a few to whet your appetite. They all have Alt/title text, so hover over a photo without clicking if you're curious.
Ni Pena Ni Miedo
Tuesday, 20 January 2009 08:44 amIn Pinochet's Chile, a poet held and tortured in the dictator's jails named Raúl Zurita imagined "writing poems in the sky, on the faces of cliffs, in the desert."
In 1993, this poem was etched into a mountain-base: Ni Pena Ni Miedo.
No shame nor fear.
It is three kilometers long. If you zoom in on the google map in that link, you can the attention to detail. The desert has been reclaiming the field, just as the thousands of victims of Pinochet were disappeared.
But it is said that every Sunday the children of the nearest village go out with shovels and turn the dirt inside the letters to refresh them. My mind is boggled at the scale of this.
(I originally saw this on Google Sightseeing; there was more info in their links, and more also in the translation translation of his wp page here.)
Happy Inauguration Day, everyone.
In 1993, this poem was etched into a mountain-base: Ni Pena Ni Miedo.
No shame nor fear.
It is three kilometers long. If you zoom in on the google map in that link, you can the attention to detail. The desert has been reclaiming the field, just as the thousands of victims of Pinochet were disappeared.
But it is said that every Sunday the children of the nearest village go out with shovels and turn the dirt inside the letters to refresh them. My mind is boggled at the scale of this.
(I originally saw this on Google Sightseeing; there was more info in their links, and more also in the translation translation of his wp page here.)
Happy Inauguration Day, everyone.
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Rover, age 4 months, taken just before Halloween 2002. In Elora Gorge, if I'm not mistaken. On a day with weather much like it was earlier today- warm enough, but most definitely Autumn.- - -
* Stop talking about politics for a moment or two.
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For you foodies and people into scary real-estate
Wednesday, 24 September 2008 06:51 pmSomehow, I expect the overlap set on my friends list is... kinda large.
So pretty:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/22/10
University of Manchester Library to share 14th-century royal cookbook online. Look at that pic. I can't wait for it to go live.
So scary:
http://lovelylisting.blogspot.com/2008/09/listing-listing.html
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lovely_listing (It's Lovely, I'll Take It) is "a collection of poorly chosen photos from real-estate listings". This one had me chortling out loud. Even now, after I've snuck looks at it all through the afternoon, it still makes me chuckle.
So pretty:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/22/10
University of Manchester Library to share 14th-century royal cookbook online. Look at that pic. I can't wait for it to go live.
So scary:
http://lovelylisting.blogspot.com/2008/09/listing-listing.html
lovely_listing (It's Lovely, I'll Take It) is "a collection of poorly chosen photos from real-estate listings". This one had me chortling out loud. Even now, after I've snuck looks at it all through the afternoon, it still makes me chuckle.Self Portrait meme
Thursday, 18 September 2008 10:18 am
Take a picture of yourself right now.
Don't change your clothes, don't fix your hair...just take a picture.
Post that picture with NO editing.
Post these instructions with your picture.
This photo's a bit unusual in that it's how I see myself; Mac Photo Booth automatically does a mirror on it. When I flip it back to how you usually see me, it looks way out of kilter.
So I heard we had rain warnings this weekend for 5-10cm/2-3.9" total. The first storm is due today; the second, tomorrow, the remnants of hurricane Ike.
That seems like a lot of weather activity, but Google Maps makes it seem more immediate with their Fall Hurricanes map.
( Hello there. )
In 30 minutes I'm supposed to go stand on a bridge in Victoria Park and get photographed. I wonder if the rain will hit before, or after?
That seems like a lot of weather activity, but Google Maps makes it seem more immediate with their Fall Hurricanes map.
( Hello there. )
In 30 minutes I'm supposed to go stand on a bridge in Victoria Park and get photographed. I wonder if the rain will hit before, or after?
Beautiful photos of London from the air at night
Monday, 1 September 2008 07:38 pmWow. 19 photos by London photographer Jason Hawkes, shot from a helicopter with gyro-stabilized mounts...
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/london_from_above_at_night.html
The photographer's site is pretty spectactular.
There's a BBC video about the making of the "London at Night" series (linked on the front page) but it's limited to UK viewers- maybe somebody over there can let us know whether the video's any good!
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/london_from_above_at_night.html
The photographer's site is pretty spectactular.
There's a BBC video about the making of the "London at Night" series (linked on the front page) but it's limited to UK viewers- maybe somebody over there can let us know whether the video's any good!
