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photography

Keong Saik Cat

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quotes

Expectations

What and how much had I lost by trying to do only what was expected of me instead of what I myself had wished to do?

Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man.
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photography travel

Oxford, United Kingdom, July 2007

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Oxford is a lovely city. Filled with Gothic towers and noble schools. I went to Oxford on a Sunday afternoon to take photos because I wanted to visit the colleges in the late sunlight, which in July means around 7 PM. I forgot that all the colleges close to visitors at 5 or 6. So I ended up with few photos or anything. C’est la vie. It was still fun to walk around the city. To Blackwell’s miles of books, traditional ales at The Turf Tavern and of course the great only-appearing-in-the-evening Donner Kebab Vans! They even serve Veggy burgers!

You can see the rest of the Oxford, United Kingdom, July 2007 photoset on Flickr [flickr.com].

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ranting

Down time

If anybody noticed (other than Nich), yes Confusion was down for almost a week. Still not sure what happened but there does not seem to be any loss of information—except maybe some emails that bounced too much while the server was down. Things might be a bit flaky for a while as I try to clean things up and figure out what has happened. The server was having problems for a while before that.

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quotes

Empires

“…empires rise only to fall.”

Guy Gugliotta, ‘The Maya Glory and Ruin’, National Geographic, August 2007