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Peter Lamborn Wilson

Submitted on Sep 18, 2009, 3:13 p.m.
Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey) on the intentional community: “the thin edge of the wedge of resistance” to “technopathocracy” ...how to adopt people into the confederation - either as a...

Think Tank Streetwalker Pro Review

Submitted on Aug 24, 2009, 1:21 a.m.
Think Tank Streetwalker ProI’m really impressed with what Think Tank have created in their Streetwalker backpack series. The Streetwalker Pro in particular is the perfect bag for my setup – holding an incredible amount of...

The River

Submitted on Jul 16, 2009, 10:36 p.m.
Guinea pig in the Chao Phraya RiverA few weeks ago I was out taking pictures around the Rama VIII bridge in Bangkok. I was on the Pin Klao side, having walked from the Rama VIII bridge to the Phra Pin Klao pier. It was early Sunday...

Nikon ViewNX – You Suck

Submitted on Jun 12, 2009, 7:57 a.m.
Some applications deserve ‘outing’ and Nikon ViewNX is one of them. I’ve used at least a dozen image editors, viewers, managers over the years – and the one that potentially means the most to me –...

A Day of Contrasts

Submitted on Apr 14, 2009, 1:59 a.m.
Thai Army in Victory Monument, Bangkok, ThailandApril 13th 2009 will be remembered by me as one of the strangest days yet here in Thailand. I think the pictures pretty much tell the story; pictures of the last moments of a running skirmish...

The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness

Submitted on Mar 20, 2009, 3:57 a.m.
I figured it was about time I blogged about this book (following on from Hans Rosling’s superb TED lecture - below). A few years ago a friend recommend a book by Erich Fromm called ‘The Heart of...

Hans Rosling and Culture

Submitted on Mar 15, 2009, 9:54 a.m.
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Luang Prabang Revisited

Submitted on Mar 10, 2009, 11:48 a.m.
Por and Leh riding a bicycle near their home.Well at least I can’t be accused of lazy journalism. I went back to Luang Prabang on the 5th of March – and took with me many of the pictures I’d taken there on my previous trip. I was able to find...

Export Quality

Submitted on Feb 23, 2009, 2:10 a.m.
Is it just me – or is there something slightly odd about advertising export quality on a food product sold locally (like there should be any difference between domestic and export quality in the...

Four Days in Luang Prabang

Submitted on Dec 22, 2008, 2:49 a.m.
An apprentice monk crossing the bridge to Luang PrabangI've just returned from a four-day visit to Luang Prabang. Four days is hardly enough to get to know a place and the people that live there, but it was all the time I could spare on this occasion....