Seattle — “FAGGOTS!” Hand in hand we laughed at one another, and agreed with the passersby. Let’s hope for their sake one day they can be as comfortable with queer as we are.
Toronto — There are two types of people who shop for souvenirs: those who are visiting or those who are planning a visit. As someone who likes to share a bit of “Canadiana” whenever I travel, I like to visit s...
Seattle — Taking the ferry from the Olympic Peninsula to Seattle. Boarding – the rush of movement – the air turns to blustery rapids as people walk-run through the tight tunnel. They reach the opening and spr...
Manarola — The mountain roads between Riomaggiore and Manorola are ill-defined, to say the least. I took this sight as a tentative sign: “You’re almost there.” ;)
Berlin — An opening at Peres Projects, where they specialize in “new media.” This means: slander, vulgarity, violence, YouTube, and video projections. There was a tall M&M painted black with the words EAT ...
Rīga — Lielu daļu bērnības es pavadīju operas aizkulisēs, blakus pūtējiem un sitējiem, kur tika nemērīgi pīpēts un vēlās pokera sesijas parasti pārcēlās pie kāda uz dzīvokli. Tikai dažreiz sanāca ielūkoties ...
Berlin — This morning we woke early to go mushroom foraging in Brandenburg; remote, cloaked forests full of secret things. Hans father picked us up in a tiny car with a miniature bulldog in the backseat and w...
Tokyo — The building manager will start repairing and repainting the external wall this coming Tuesday. The work will last until the mid December. I had no choice but transferred all the plants to my parents’...
Tsuzuki ward — Daihatsu sells the Copen a small 600 cc sports car. Saw 3 lined up in a parking lot and thought they were cute.
North vancouver — On and off rain. Grey skies. Just enough chill in the air to bring out the sweaters. The days darken earlier and earlier, speaking to the coming holidays and the future. I like fall.
Paris — Glass of wine arrived, food ordered and wifi connected. Surrounded by these familiar touch-points I feel at home. Apart from the dessert menu in the corner of my eye, I could be anywhere. The little c...
Paris 8eme arrondissement — A heart juddering trip down the winding cobbled streets. The bus driver puts his foot on the accelerator and I grin at my fellow riders as the bus rattles up a hill. They look unimpressed. I don’t car...
Pirou — The Normands are famed, and mocked, for their inability to decide between yes and no, surf or turf. On their western shore, their grow carrots in the sand, meters from the sea, and mussels in the wat...
Charlottesville — Phoebe spent the evening in her cage, because she was caught barking to guests and stealing food. Poor Phoebe.
Gentofte — We surrounded by things. New, not so new, useful or not, pretty or not, things we need or things we’ve got just because we’ve… we can buy things. Some of them came to our homes through our parents gr...
Saskatoon — My mother’s physiology & hematology mentor died about 20 years ago but last year his widow gave my mother some boxes of books from his library. In February I helped her sort through these treasur...
Berlin — A subtle note of dog pee. Darkness. Worn down carpets. Heavy, grey curtains. Hotels don’t die in dignity – they bite the dust.
Berlin — I woke up in Berlin this morning and, as promised, had hot coffee and a cup of Bircher muesli from the coffee shop around the corner. The German boy I’m staying with came along, but he has only lattes...
Nueva valencia — Or not.
Nueva valencia — As typhoon Odette is on a rampage in Northern Philippines and affecting the rest of the country, this won’t stop me from swimming in this pristine white beach.
Iloilo city — If you live in a big city like Manila where pollution and traffic are staple, you just have to get away once in a while. So, I hitched with the family if my cousin on their trip to Ilo-ilo, one of th...
Naperville — He must have missed the day at trade school upon which they covered “vital supplies for a window guy” and high on the list most certainly had to be “Windex or other glass cleaner.” So I rooted around...
Boston — stay up late into the night talking about white sails over cheap wine. Ponder about why there is a gradient of blue that lightens as it hits the horizon, understand briefly that there is a scientific ...
Naperville — It’s an interesting mix: Steve Jobs’ widow; Jimmy Fallon; Thomas Friedman of NYT; Anderson Cooper of CNN; Duke Basketball; a college newspaper (Auburn); Kings of Leon; Kerry Kennedy, who heads the RFK...
London — An unexpected daydream. “I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine.” Mid...
Chapel hill — “‘You’re a Muslim!’ ‘No, I reject and am rejected. I am not a believer, but not an atheist either.’ ‘You’re a communist?’ ‘No, but not a capitalist.’ ‘You’re a rightist?’ ‘No.’ ‘You’re a leftist...
London — “There, but for the grace of God, go I” is a pompous old thought, but it’s hard not to entertain it sometimes. I’m in Castle Cary, in south-west England, not a million miles from where I grew up, and...
Manchester — Image is all I have. Stolen moments captured by the lens in hope of abating the tide of time. This is my life within a Northern land of visual desire.
Wellington — I was drawn to this painting as soon as I walked into the gallery. It’s taken from a family photo and the men are the artist’s uncles. Her family are from Tehran and Shiraz, but she is born in Christc...
Tokyo — The soy milk donuts are great, but it’s really the quiet environment that’s enjoyable. It’s also a two minute walk from home.
Chico — We spent the afternoon in court, trying to fight for our right to free speech over a review we posted on Angie’s List over which the business is suing us. Fortunately, we were able to stop for pizza ...
Aireys inlet — Still, lemons are good.
Melbourne — Writing technical documentaton for websites in not just about writing for your developers. It’s a delicate balancing act between your client, your developers and various other internal stakeholders wh...
San francisco — She reads through the final draft, slowly checking for typos. “Design looks good,” she says. Whew. Then her forehead starts to wrinkle. “Umm.. One more thing.” Yeah? “Check this. Do pirates say ‘...
Saskatoon — Purple walls. Purple sheets. Pens with purple ink. Purple music (synth arrangements of classical music). She runs the reception area and the color scheme. Sometimes she influences his choice of shirt...
Waverley — Wylie’s Baths is an ocean pool at Coogee, NSW. There is a website http://www.wylies.com.au/ that shares the history of the pool. My wife, Sue, and I have swam there most days for the last month in be...
Columbia — I understand the social importance of sports. The theory of it, at least. Sports are a modern iteration of our historical battles and territorial scuffles. A way to tribe-up and compete, with slightl...
Woodland park — Alone yet connected across wires, across miles, across air, news from another part of the system comes across a screen: “Service suspended: trespasser fatality.” The meeting would be delayed. This me...
City of pasig — On a normal day we’re both too bogged down with work to converse constantly. At most we update each other: “I’m at work already” / “I’m about to have lunch” / “I’m grabbing a coffee” / “I’m heading ho...
New york — If I hear about the Oreo commercial — dunking in the dark — one more time, my head is going to explode.
Caledon — Yesterday I went to a lovely place called Black Creek Pioneer Village. At first, I wasn’t sure what to expect but I soon realized that (explained by the name) twas, in fact, a legitimate pioneer villa...
Paradise — Hi is great in the new version of Mobile Safari, with its streamlined browser chrome. But it’s even better in Chrome for iOS (or Android, for that matter), with its full screen view. I’d really like t...
Seattle — The process of mourning is lost on me. I can’t really say much about it, but that I always feel I’m doing it wrong. I know you understand this part of me. I know this because by extension I’ve learned...
Seattle — Despite my current setting I always seem to be drawn towards water of any kind. Feels like home. However, rainy days might be the only way to coax this bearded lion into a bath. Perhaps astrology has ...
Longmont — In the middle of those towns that have been underwater for days is a long stretch of land surrounded by faraway ridges that sweep like waves. It’s been (so thankfully) safe and still under a deluge th...
Neihu district — Tucking into some deep-fried frog on my 42nd birthday. Two years ago, I saw my upcoming birthday as a death sentence. I just knew that all fun and discovery in my life would disappear forever. Glad I ...
New york — On my way to grabbing a sandwich at Bottino across the street on the corner of 24th Street and 10th Avenue - Gallery owner Paul Kasmin displays “Sheep Station,” featuring the work of the surrealist s...
Paradise — Once I updated it kept telling me it couldn’t connect to the activation server, so that took another couple of hours. Then there was another matter: I changed the email address for my Apple ID in the ...
Paradise — The autumnal equinox isn’t until Sunday. Usually in the North State, autumn weather arrives around Halloween, but today it’s breezy and cooler than usual. The Sycamores are a total mess when they dro...
Berlin — Martha comes with me everywhere. I scotch-taped the cover shut, but the introductory pages and the third section about the horror journey in China still fall out. They’ve dropped in my eggs twice and ...
Addis ababa — The Laphto mall is a very surreal sight, nestled between the Bisrete Gebriel church and several office complexes under construction. The main attraction is the Shoa supermarket. As with most ‘superma...
San francisco — Momentos que conectan, inspiran y cargan de energia. Mientras mas largo el recorrido, mas grande la experiencia…..
San francisco — It’s the sound I wake up to on these particular days— the clunk of metal punished by falling objects, the rising sound of the monsters breath, pulling forward and collecting methodically down the str...
Tokyo — View from a room in the Red Cross Hospital in Hiroo. Right after the typhoon passed the skies over Tokyo were clear, clear blue. A day later the clouds are back, but they don’t seem to be able to kee...
Tokyo — Writing a book? Starting a family? Throwing a pizza party? Overthrowing a government? Building a company? Organizing a race? Playing a show? Serving tea? Designing a house? Embarking on any endea...
San francisco — I’ll tell you a secret about myself, something I’m not proud of. There are lots of times when I just can’t get out on the sidewalk.
Tokyo — We met our two best friends in Japan via personal ad. ‘American expats seek English-speaking couple for friendship…’ After just a pair of emails and a phone call they invited us to stay two nights...
Paradise — Tomorrow I will have to update my iPad and iPhone…
Southsea — (Being British, mathematics is plural!)
Midvale — Toby and Dad rocking the fancy clothes for a night out on the town.
Tokyo — And before he can react to my French sarcasm, I produce my bike’s registration certificate. He doesn’t even unfold it, abruptly stopped in his tracks, apologizes for wasting my time and we’re done jus...
London — Walking up the street. Late. Trying to catch up with myself; with my notion of when I should be in the office. Nothing will happen if I’m not there on time. Yet I’m already planning for the next day...
Dublin — Dublin is an old city, with old paths and old ways. There’s no grid and lots of one-way streets — leave the car and just wander. Or Hailo if you’re in a hurry. In the rain modern repairs of 18th Centu...
Turin — This is the road for my coworking office, “Toolbox”.
Wellington — A site responsive art school project. The puddle is made of vinyl with silicon edging to hold the water in. It’s a collaboration between my wife and three other students. One of many such final year B...
Addis ababa — Of course there are many other white kids around here. And the international school here has of course plenty of kids from other African nations or rich Ethiopian families. But a white kid actually W...
Laguna niguel — As luck would have it, nature graced us with not one, but two breathtaking events at Old Faithful. Minutes before the earth’s sphincter let out a wild ~100ft gush of hot water, I hear amongst the lig...
Laguna niguel — Obligatory on the road shot.
Laguna niguel — Just a friend hanging out in Yellowstone.
Laguna niguel — Magnificent blues
Laguna niguel — One of the handful of places you could swim at in Yellowstone. Me and Jon took a dip here Wednesday morning. Just as I was missing my morning coffee, the chilly crystal clear waters proved to be just ...
Laguna niguel — Yellowstone National Park
Laguna niguel — The first day of exploration.
Laguna niguel — After about 20 hours of traveling, we arrived in Yellowstone late Tuesday night. Threw our perishables in a bear box and enjoyed a sleep in the car.
Laguna niguel — We left Omaha at 4 AM and eventually reached our long stretch of road on I-90. Almost halfway between the I-35 / I-90 junction and Yellowstone, we took a break in Rapid City, South Dakota at around no...
Laguna niguel — It all happened basically overnight. I left my apartment, stuffed my life in a bag, and set off for California. These posts will be tagged from our current location, Laguna Niguel, because we’ve arriv...
Addis ababa — As if you take a any picture and then take a mud water colored brush to it. Everything looks dirty. Every corner shows poverty in the midst of hustle-bustle activity. Everyone seems to be busy with so...
Laguna niguel — We rolled into Yellowstone later than expected. Mainly because we had to stop and marvel at places like this along the way.
Addis ababa — When you think about Africa, you think about heat, desert, maybe those who realize that South Africa is on the other hemisphere know that it can snow in August. But Ethiopia is actually just 8˚ north ...
Frederiksberg — Early morning at the offices of Copenhagen Business Schools IT Management department. I’m a lonely bird at the office as I arrive before 6 am to put last hand on an application for a research project ...
Doylestown — I don’t get this. Can you please explain to me Cassie?
Seattle — Collin wants to draw together sometime, so we plan to meet up at a friend’s house I’ve never been to. I knock on a door, but its the wrong house. Middle aged couple slams the door in my face. Colli...
Tokyo — I spent hours this weekend sifting through piles of books in the countryside. This in itself is nothing unusual—as a part-time self-initiated design researcher, I find myself knee-deep in books regula...
Chapel hill — Class, work, class, homework. The well-oiled hum of this college life. There was a time, not so long ago, when none of that mattered. There were still classes, still homework, still exams. But they...
San francisco — Gorillaz is playing. “Clint Eastwood.” my coworker remarks, “remember when this song was like… the jam?” i remember. it’s that time of day when you wonder whether you really do need that last cup o...
Tauranga — Soon it will be a new beginning. This guy is getting out on his own! Can’t wait. Terrified and excited all at once!
Calgary — Saturday was an adorable wedding. Sunday we cleaned and organized our apartment for other people to live in. Today we are back at work, cashing cheques, printing commissions, and doing mural stuff. Th...
Aireys inlet — They’ve all been around for decades. Of course they are only objects. That might break at any time. I like the idea that I will have this pic as a keepsake. On the other hand, they may be around l...
Aireys inlet — bikes and cars
Reykjavik — A local book store released a new knitting book, so the author decorated the space with some interesting knit diamonds hanging above your head.
New york — I guess a lot of people don’t like me. Relationships with women, especially, are strange; they falter and slip off. Suddenly something is different and a certain kind of warmth is gone. “What happene...
Urayasu — The difficult part about calling a fast-paced city your home while not living there is that the she tries to distance herself from you every time you leave. Upon return I’m not greeted with a warm hug...
Port townsend — Hundreds - sweating in motion - cycle on and off the slatted dance floor… bare feet pounding a heart-beat-drum to new-age/glitch DJs. Broad Waltz strokes turning to heated Blues intimacy, then back...
Surbiton — These are giant sunflower seeds, but I’ve only managed to grow mini ones - and this one plant has five heads!
Wellington — This platform has got me thinking. Sure, my focus on my city is sharpening, but I wonder if the detail I’m finding is authentic, or whether my antennae are searching for moments that aren’t there, or...
Accra — It’s sad, I dont have a picture of this moment that I am about to extend. I wish it was possible to capture the scene from my head and then tell you the story. But it’s not. It’s my third week on a n...
New york — So, if I see two Turrell exhibitions in two different time zones on concurrent Saturdays does that make me a groupie? BJ and I have gotten so used to standing in line for an hour prior to dinner at S...
Hakodate — Boyd and Takao usually lead the way when we venture outside our comfort zone (from Tokyo down the along the bay and around the Miura peninsula). This time we were on our own, and our first afternoon/...
Higashi ward — Harry’s a Tennessee boy who grew up here and there (Navy family) with dreams of (a) being an architect and (b) living in Japan. The former took a few years. The latter took a few decades. In the inte...
Newark — Many people think that airline lounges are the brass ring of airport living, and sometimes they are right. Thai’s Royal First Lounge in Bangkok, Singapore’s Private Room, and for many the ultimate Lut...