Month: July 2007

  • Last night dinner

    Just before Paul and Joanne left we went up into the mountains close to our home for a last dinner together. What a fabulous place. An old Chinese country family house. The kitchen was across the road. Not a busy raod thanfully, so dinner arrived OK. After lots of good food, and of course, planty…

  • Around Taipei as a tourist

    These are some interesting pictures taken while being tourists around Taipei. In one of the night market / tourist places called snake alley (‘cos they drain blood from live snakes for you to drink) there was an artist doing character work on fans and paintings. Who could resist (the fans – not the snakes blood)?…

  • Green Island with the Freers

    We spent 3 days at Green Island, off the SE coast of TW in the Pacific, about 40 minute ferry ride from the port on TW Island.Upon arrival at Green Island the first order of the day was, of course, drinky poo’s. There were some interesting things around the small island, the rocks above are…

  • Taroko Gorge, Taiwan

    We spent a long w/e in July at the Taroko Gorge. It was fabulous.

  • the new morality

    “…we have a joint obligation to preserve [the commons]. That’s because future generations will need them to live, and live well, just as we do. And our generation has no right to say, “These gifts end here.” This shared responsibility introduces a moral factor that doesn’t apply to other economic assets: it requires us to…

  • world playground project opens up

    For the past month or so, I’ve been working on a website for World Playground Project. I developed the logo for them and then proceeded with the website. The logo is an expression of the playful side of the charity organisation’s goals: to use drama as a method to act out tough situations the target…

  • canada day geekout

    Happy Canada Day! I had loads of fun making the graphic above (click to view the full-size version). I first did a few Google image searches to find photos of land and landmarks from all across Canada. My search took me from Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, and onward to the Prairies, a bit north…