Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia photographed and
heavily reworked by SHAPESHIFT in Flickr
CARF is Brazil’s Children at Risk Foundation, which
provides activities and protection for streetkids. Its Flickr album contains astonishing portraits,
and there are thousands of them.
1972, dig?
We went to a party at our friend Keith’s last night. Hundreds of bikies, surfies and musicians were there.
Then tonight we went to The Artist, by which time I was out of my brain on bacardi. We all sat on the floor and I was completely freaked; can’t remember what the music was like. What a scene, man. Then to Ray’s place and the usual band crowd.
Night work is a real drag now but I hope P uses my work nights to get some songs together. Man, he’s got the ideas. Right now I’d dig to do something for him — a painting, poem or something. Wish I could find The Prophet. He’d really dig that. — Kahlila Gibran 1972
Have you ever seen these whimsical little collectibles?
Very grim she was too, Nana — the swaps were certainly light relief.
Still searching for a new place to call home
I didn’t find an exact fit to replace Stumbleupon when I wandered away a few months ago, but Tumblr was (and still is) beguiling.
However I’ve become quite lethargic about it in recent weeks and days. I just feel any effort applied here is wasted, as people value an attractive pic way out of proportion to everything else.
EG, I wanted to “play” 12-13 hours ago but no-one else seemed to be around; no-one followed up anything I said and I might as well have been in an empty room. The same was true earlier tonight (my time), when I was ready and waiting … only a trickle came into my feed; not enough to stay interested. Then I came back about an hour ago and found a torrent of new items, more than I can keep up with — so I’m thinking either this is peak hour right now, or there was a logjam in the traffic flow earlier. When I was in SU’s thrall it was like working two jobs — demanding, but good intellectual exercise with good friendships made along the way.
I was kept on my toes and it felt less ephemeral than either Tumblr or Facebook. I do still miss it … but a network is only as good as its active membership, and SU’s declined seriously during the course of 2009.
Now it is rare to find anyone writing a useful review of a website, though I still hit that (blandly renamed) “info” button when visiting an unfamiliar site in the hope of getting some insights.
It very rarely delivers.
Happiness is a butterfly which when pursued is just out of grasp… But if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (via tapwaterjackson)
OK David, I’ll sit and wait then
A long-lost baby pic confirms what many of us had always known — Eustace Clogiron was a little terror with an affinity for eggs and anything that “goes”
(found in a curiosity shop by wackystuff)



