I obtained two rolls of exposed Kodak Verichrome Pan film in the obsolete 620 format from eBay, figuring that if nothing else, I can always use the spools for my vintage cameras. The rolls were only loosely taped over and I had my doubts if there were any photos left after probably bouncing around some [...]
While visiting our good friend Diana in Berkeley, she showed us this garden in her neighbourhood where huge sunflowers grow right at the side of the street. Out of all the pictures I took on this day, this one captures best the feeling of a hot summer day in the Bay Area. Taken on Agfa [...]
the book of beginnings is an amazing tour de force through 3D rendering and short story telling. The author, Gilles Tran, has created an intricate world full of some of the best 3D renderings that are linked togther through a web of unfinished short stories that range from thoughtful and interesting to the outright bizarre. [...]
Well, for the last few months I seem to have posted mostly rants about the current situation in the world. And why not – I’m currently paying taxes in a country that seems to spend quite a lot of that money on blowing up other people’s countries and then torturing the unlucky inhabitants. But now [...]
So sometime in 2002 somebody in the White House thought that it is a good idea to do some research on torture and on how to avoid to break federal laws while doing it. Here is the result, courtesy of the Wall Street Journal. This is “How to Avoid War Crime Tribunals For Dummies” as [...]
Back to Iraq 3.0 is a new weblog, only 3 weeks old, by Christopher Allbritton who is currently working as journalist for the Time magazine in Baghdad. It is the honest and open diary of a young western civillian in Iraq and provides many interesting insights into the current situation in the country. Christopher has [...]
15 years ago in a very different world. Millions of people in China were demonstrating for a free society, for an end to corruption and for some semblance of a democratic process. It was one of these moments in time that is hard to describe, when everything seemed possible and everybody you see seems to [...]