Monday, July 06, 2009
Blog moved!
This will be the last post I make here. In honour of my impending trip to Taiwan and a travel-filled year so far, I'm moving my blog to my main web site. Please update your RSS readers!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Cacilhas
This picture is not tweaked at all, it's exactly how it came out of the camera.
Cacilhas is on the opposite side of the Tagus to Lisbon and has its own decrepit charm. There's a long stretch of derelict warehouses between the ferry terminal and the old town which are just gagging to be redeveloped into restaurants and bars.
Oh, it's lovely.
Cacilhas is on the opposite side of the Tagus to Lisbon and has its own decrepit charm. There's a long stretch of derelict warehouses between the ferry terminal and the old town which are just gagging to be redeveloped into restaurants and bars.
Oh, it's lovely.
Friday, June 19, 2009
The Queen's fern glade
If you ever go to Lisbon, go to Sintra. Fairytale castle and amazing wooded grounds. Something to do with Byron. They took hilly scrubland and afforested it with trees and ferns from around the world and now it's the sort of place elves would hang out.
Cream of Mushroom flavour crisps
Spotted these in a grimy cornershop at the base of an apartment block in Lisbon. First impression is a definite mushroom overtone and a deep inhalation gives quite an intense cream of mushroom soup essence, maybe one of those cubes you make soup from. From then on though, it's downhill. The overwhelming impressions is of very musty salt. Not a sensation.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Cais do Sodré
The overall background smell in Lisbon, besides the occasional overwhelming sulphurous pong of sewers, is grilled sardines.
However, rounding a corner, I was assaulted by the really strong smell of pee. Initially, I suspected the seedy looking men lounging around but then realised it was the blossom from these trees whose honeyed scent carried a faint ammoniac overtone.
However, rounding a corner, I was assaulted by the really strong smell of pee. Initially, I suspected the seedy looking men lounging around but then realised it was the blossom from these trees whose honeyed scent carried a faint ammoniac overtone.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
LCC Summer show
Some GREAT work on show by the BA's and MA's. I've no idea if it's public, but if it is, GO! Very little of it pissed me off.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Not blogging much
Sorry for not blogging much recently. I've been turned inwardly on twitter and facebook. A couple of things I've set up recently:
1. The cockbucket, a repository of woo and stuff that pisses me off.
2. Speedbeaver, a music photography portal site.
I'm off to portugal shortly. Expect pix on my Flickr.
1. The cockbucket, a repository of woo and stuff that pisses me off.
2. Speedbeaver, a music photography portal site.
I'm off to portugal shortly. Expect pix on my Flickr.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Cyclists you lose.
Cyclists, when some of your people insist on running red lights at speed with people crossing then you will NEVER get the good will you need to make the country a better place.
Fix yourselves.
That's all.
Fix yourselves.
That's all.
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