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Flickr Favourites - June

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on August 1, 2008
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I've been looking at Flickr a lot again recently, probably as a result of having too much free time as the school term winds down. A lot of the shots I have enjoyed the most this month too have been taken with Leica's and Hasselblads. Really starting to get hungry for one. Anyway, my favourites among these are probably this one from Tommy Oshima and this one from drewvalenti. This shot of the Floating Mosque in Malaysia is basically perfect, and one that I wish I had taken. Oh, to be somewhere like that, with that sky and a camera!

Flickr Favourites - May

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on July 7, 2008
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I didn't post these last month, so here are my favourites from the previous month. A lot of lovely photos here, the ones I like best are probably this one from CK22 and this one from *kit*. This shot of London is also beautiful and a good example of how HDR doesn't have to be blown-out unreality. Recently, I find that I like Leica and Hasselblad shots more and more. I may have to investigate a 30th birthday present to myself in one of those areas!

Flickr Favourites - April

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on May 22, 2008
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I've found myself favouriting less photos this month than the couple of month's previously. I'm not sure why - probably partly due to being busier at work than I would like. These are my favourites from April; I think my favourites are the "Riding the Skies" shot from "ezee" and the untitled shot from "nsbkaizen". Good work. I haven't been taking many photos myself lately either, other than snapshots, but I need to start again. No time right now.

Flickr Favourites - February

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on March 11, 2008
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Once again, here are my favourite photos from February. Enjoying Flickr a lot at the moment, although I am still unable to understand their "interestingness" thing, where a couple of my photos, despite having more views/comments/favourites than a lot of others, are still rated lower than them. Seems to make no sense...

Top Row: 1: Intrerpretation by Zeissism 2: Untitled by recep-bg 3: Untitled by Bill Gomez 4: Þingvallavatn by Olgeir 5: She likes bokeh by -robez- 6: Untitled by ~Chiaroscura~
Second Row: 7: 1 by Avi Abrams 8: Reed Flute Cave by Robbik 9: Slippery When Wet by Mugley 10: Kamela's Blur by ad r i a n a a h 11: Apple Of My Eye by Phamalamb 12: Snowy Toronto by Jaycan*
Third Row: 13: Sacrifice: The Milan Suomo by Mugh 14: Droplet by Miqul 15: Illuvia | Holga by Subexposicion 16: Isolation by Nachosan 17: Multicolored by Leonid Yaitsky 18: Crossing in Fog by Everyday Okay
Fourth Row: 19: Spectacles by Everyday Okay 20: But out here, I am distracted by Uchujin 21: Agape by Manny Santiago 22: City Lights by Manganite 23: good night, Friday by Lucy_nka 24: Soho 1 by Saciii
Fifth Row: 25: Bedroom Scene by Handwriting 26: Alone by Lille_my 27: ...goodbye 2007 by .ultraviolett 28: Untitled by p.h.y. 29: 日が暮れる by Zeissism 30: Let Go by Rockmenow48
Sixth Row: 31: This is (not) an American Apparel advertisement™ by j.fralin 32: Profil by zoe.madeinchina 33: The Northern Line, 6am by Henry.B 34: White Romance by Vincént Celebrates the Grey 35: Above The Clouds by michi.p 36: Below Zero In Seoul by Riceboy

Flickr Favourites: January

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Electric Pig
on February 5, 2008
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These are my favourite photos from January. I've been spending quite a lot of time on Flickr recently; it's one of the best places on the web to go and get information about cameras and lenses and also to check out good places to visit. Unfortunately it's also inspiring some serious wanderlust in me right now too...click the picture above to see the gallery of individual photos.

Top Row: 1: An Ordinary Bay by Nico in the Bus (Nicolas Monnot) 2: North Korean Soldieress by Nataliebehring.com 3: Happy New Year by Nico in the Bus (Nicolas Monnot) 4: Breach by Dstrukt 5: Bésame Mucho by ®ominitä 6: Untitled (...) by Nachosan
Second Row: 7: Untitled by Soleá 8: Toronto Time-Lapse by Narphorium 9: Quiet Place by Ghitgeta 10: City of Arts and Sciences at Dawn by Salvita_42 11: Untitled by Zo- 12: Beat by Jasonshogreen
Third Row: 13: Through by Melindsayc 14: Crayon Lips by Grandylion 15: (Black and) Whiteout by Darren C. 16: Japanesque by Zeissism 17: lost to the world he knew as a boy by Uchujin 18: House of the Rising Sun by Panoramatic
Fourth Row: 19: Blast-Off! by Vincént Celebrates the Grey 20: Little Girl by Lomokev 21: The Drama! by Ilina S. 22: Bringer of Seasons by TimKruskamp 23: West Pier by Lomokev 24: Untitled by Willpower
Fifth Row: 25: Little White Thang by Brian O'Mahoney 26: Golden Eagle by Khosey1 27: More is Less by Lomokev 28: Deep Blue: Speed by Manganite 29: Photographer Always Awaits Patiently by Quizz... 30: San Francisco Fog by Wiggum03
Sixth Row: 31: Mountain Mist by Mark Burdett 32: Tokyo Dream 8b by Mark Burdett 33: tap_drop?dark by Gitdwon 34: Untitled (...) by Motionid 35: SKYscraper by Ernie@TPE 36: Cowgirl by Manny Santiago

New Sneakers

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Electric Pig
on January 24, 2008
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My new sneakers finally arrived last night, after UPS had proved their uselessness by being, in my experience so far, the only courier/postal services provider who refuse to re-deliver something on the same day, unless notified by 3.30pm. Both DHL and the normal Japan Post (Post Office), do this, which is very useful for me and everyone who actually works during the day. Anyway, after another multitude of frustrating trips to shoe shops where they laugh at me for being a UK 11, I decided to buy shoes from a shop in a country that apparently is also populated by non-club-footed people like myself. I've quite liked these vintage Elites for a while, but this was the first time I had seen them in my size and in an internet shop that would deliver internationally. Very pleased with them, but am slightly concerned with colour-matching/clashing with current clothes...oh well.

My Hitotoki

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Electric Pig
on January 22, 2008
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I just got emailed an invite to this event next week, organized by the folk who run the great Hitotoki, a site dedicated to short written snapshots of Tokyo (and now also New York & London), generally, but not exclusively, written by foreigners. I had sent them this story about a little girl on a train a while back and not heard anything from them since. I figured that the story didn't really fit in with their usual kind of "Tokyo as bittersweet, peach sunrise train station" style, which was fair enough, the story I had sent was a bit depressing. The invite suggested though, that there was an opportunity for Hitotoki writers to read or perform their stories live. I checked the website, and it seems, that they had published my story, which is quite a nice surprise. Reading it again after 6 months or however long it is, there are a lot of things I would like to have changed before submitting it, but I suppose that that's always the case. I'm not sure I will be able to make it to the event next week though as it falls on the day of me and the missus' anniversary, and some things are more important than non-existent legions of fans. Click the picture below to get to my story on the site:

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