Images
Research Paper
The above picture gives a pretty accurate account of my winter vacation.
(Via Why that’s delightful. Original source unknown.)
Warner Taiwan Image Collection
This Japanese Era water and ink drawing of the Su-hua highway (which links Hualien with the North of Taiwan) was found on The Gerald Warner Taiwan Image Collection.
High ISO
When I was telling people I wanted a compact camera which could perform well at a high ISO, I think many misunderstood. What I really should have said is, I want to be able to take low-light pictures without a flash. This picture was taken using my DMC-LX2’s intelligent ISO mode, which selected an ISO […]
Wide Angle
After much deliberation I finally got a Panasonic DMC-LX2. The main competitor was the yet-to-be-announced LX3, and what finally made my decision was spending some time looking at this timeline of camera product announcements which made it pretty clear that it was unlikely for any new camera to be announced before the new year, and […]
2007 Chharanagar Photos
I finally finished editing and uploading my photos from last February’s shoot in Chharanagar. I did a lot of portraits this time, but haven’t yet updated the information about who is who. You can see the slideshow here (or click on the photo).
Moon Map
Via How Design: “Moon Mapping from the U.S. Geological Survey Astrogeology Research Project.”
{design, maps, moon, astronomy}
No AIDS Love Only
I liked the graphics on these Taiwanese AIDS awareness flyers:
{AIDS, graphic design}
Mountain Air
As I said in my last post, owning a dog has gotten me out and about a bit more. That and the fantastic weather we’ve had the last few days. There is a mountain path right behind the house, and from here you can see a panorama of the entire valley surrounding Hualien city, with […]
Kerala Pics
With my dissertation, job hunting, filmmaking, moving to Taiwan, starting a new job, etc. we haven’t had a vacation since our honeymoon seven years ago … so we decided to take a break and visit Kerala after working on the film last month. It was just 10 days, but we had a fantastic time. I’ll […]
Script Map
I love this map of South Asia, showing the names of each of the various countries and states in the local language and writing system. Image from Wikipedia, found on Language Log (which also remarks on some errors in the map).
For a more detailed linguistic map of the region, see here.
{Scripts, Maps, South Asia, India, […]
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