The World has $54 trillion of external debt: who is the World indebted to?

Very insightful video on banking and how it developed. The animation is pretty terrible (seems to be made in Flash using lots of Swift 3D), but it does communicate well. It’s on the long side for watching on the internet at 47 minutes but it’s worth it. Alternatively, you can download it and watch it [...]

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IXUS 70 with RAW Support

screenshot of RAW files

As you can see in the image above, I can now get RAW photos from my Canon IXUS 70! Actually that’s not clear at all from the image above, but that’s what it is – RAW DNG photos produced by my little IXUS. How? By using the latest version open source firmware, Canon Hacker’s Development [...]

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Back

My favourite photos from New York City Well I’m back from New York City – had a really great time. Having only spent a couple of days there previously I was left wanting more. After spending 5 days this time, I still want more. I was almost afraid I wouldn’t like it as much and [...]

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Going to New York. BRB.

Church

In the meantime, here are a few shots from a short walk up Malden Road. There were more, but my connection isn’t working properly and won’t upload the rest.

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My Top 5 Flickr Photos

Helvetica

5. Helvetica This one kind of surprises me. I wouldn’t have counted it as one of my top five photos – even from the other photos in that area I didn’t think this was the best. I do love the capital R in Helvetica, though. The swirls in the graffiti seem to match the rounded [...]

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No time like the present

Speng Bab

Too bad i don’t have time at present. I’ve spent too long looking at wordpress themes to actually get any content. Tomorrow i guess.

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