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Month: April, 2008

There Will Be Blood

This isn’t going to be about the movie There Will Be Blood, though I did watch that recently, and I have to say I wasn’t that impressed, although I did find the first part interesting just from a “history of oil drilling”-perspective.
Rather than movies I’m talking about shoes. New shoes. Two or three weeks ago [...]

Revealed

So, seems like a few people have found this site. Guess that means I’m staying put.

All in the details

Above are two versions of the same photo. The first is the original shot I took. The second is the result of some hocus-pocus I don’t fully understand involving multiple exposures at different settings. If you look around on Flickr you’ll find people who exploit this technique to great artistic effect, but I just like [...]

Antisocial?

So tonight I was supposed to go out with some people I know. Not that I’m really into the whole “going to a bar for a few drinks” thing–I don’t really like beer or bars. So, presented with an opportunity, I found an excuse not to go: unclear communication about where we were meeting combined [...]

The Name of the Game

Maybe it’s just me, but “Monopoly” doesn’t seem like the best choice of names for a real estate game. I mean, I guess you’re trying to corner the market, but usually when I think of monopolies I think of something more like Microsoft or Ma Bell. And the mechanics of the game could do a [...]

Another Berlin

Last week I saw a different Berlin. The Berlin one sees from the top of the TV tower, and from the glass dome of the Reichstag. Berlin by boat and tour bus. Not the Berlin I usually live in, a ground-level, sidewalk-heavy experience.
The Weather Channel thinks there’s another Berlin, too: the one they report weather [...]