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DPRK

By 6000 | 6000 | August 11, 2011

Off to have some more tests done today as the local medical profession charges me exorbitant rates to find out why I’m feeling so crappy (although I think we may be getting somewhere now). So I’ll leave you with this collection of photos from Inside North Korea: Earlier this year, David Guttenfelder, chief Asia photographer for the Associated [...]

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Out of the bad

By 6000 | 6000 | August 9, 2011

Out of the bad, and it is bad – ridiculously, stupidly, embarrassingly bad – comes some good. Step forward, photoshoplooter, whereby images of heinous acts committed over the last few days are turned, via the medium of Photoshop, into embarrassing identikits of the guilty parties. I could do stuff like this. All I need is [...]

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Tuesday ephemera

By 6000 | 6000 | July 26, 2011

ephemera – plural of e·phem·er·on [ih-fem-uh-ron, -er-uhn] –noun 1. anything short-lived or ephemeral. 2. ephemera, items designed to be useful or important for only a short time, especially pamphlets, notices, tickets, etc. And “borrowed” from David Thompson (the idea at least; not the content). I’ve got a bit of a busy week coming up, which may not [...]

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“Sky” poem by Anjali Ranu only slightly resembles lyrics of Robert Miles’ 1996 dance track “One and One”

By 6000 | 6000 | July 20, 2011

I was just reading through some of the wonderful work on the Literary India website when I happened across this fantastic poem by Anjali Ranu, entitled “The Sky Isn’t Always Blue“. It’s a deeply soul-searching piece in which Ranu demonstrates her understanding of the nature of life and the fragility of the human spirit; indicating [...]

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Brisbane: The Span

By 6000 | 6000 | July 7, 2011

Those of you who got in touch regarding this post and the incredible photography on the Silent UK site (there were a lot of you) may also be interested in this blog from a similar individual in Australia. Today’s post showcases the Story Bridge in Brisbane: There’s plenty more where that came from as well, [...]

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