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Sidewalk scholar

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

I almost fell out of the taxi, holding baby J under one arm and dragging out her buggy behind me.
Source of great amusement to the devout beggars lining the sidewalk around the mosque. Baby J waved wildly at the old men and got big smiles in return.
Having broken the ice, I asked the nearest guy […]

Chez Ali Baba

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Here is one of the few photos I’ve squeezed off since arriving two weeks ago.

Chez Ali Baba, central Dakar (click to view large). The best shawarma wraps around town.
And there’s a long overdue header added to the page. In case you don’t see it immediately and can’t be bothered to hit reload eight times, a […]

Photos in motion

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Here are a couple of examples of a very neat little program called Sqirlz, which makes water-related animations out of photos. In the first example, of Villa Sonsbeek in Arnhem, I tried to capture the slow swell of a breeze-blown lake. I’d give it 5/10.

In the second example, more appropriate for this time of […]

He’s coming!

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

Future anterior

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

Here’s another neologism for you — premem — similar to my previous new word, and also triggered by one of my children. It means “pre-memory”, and while sounding like something out of a Philip K. Dick story, my meaning refers to a more intimate epiphany, one of those “golden moments” when you can already visualize, […]