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Flicking through my feeds this morning, I discovered (via skipp.net) that today is International Day of Awesomeness. Looking through Scott's list of things that are awesome, I realised I too have a bunch of things and people in my life that I think are awesome and/or regularly perform feats of awesomeness. While this realisation seems pretty obvious in retrospect, it's one of those things that just needs pointing out before you take the time to think about it.
Reading a little further, I discover that the day is at least partly inspired by The Show with Ze Frank, probably the ... more
Tilt shifting in the extreme
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I've seen some awesome tilt-shift photography before, but this takes it to a level of awesomeness never before seen.
Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Hi from London
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Greetings everyone! Happy holidays to all my teacher friends (remember I’m not one of you anymore, so you'd better enjoy.) How are the rest of you? I know the weather has been quite mild, except for Toowoomba of course.
We have obviously had some excitement in our lives this past week, although it’s certainly resulted in a desperate bout of homesickness. It seems everyone but us has met my lovely new nephew Charlie. Simon and I were absolutely thrilled with his arrival. After seemingly taking so long to get around to being born, he was suddenly in a tremendous hurry. ... more
Brisbane Traffic Signal Box Art
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I love Brisbane for a lot of reasons, one of them is the traffic signal box (TSB) art. For a long time now I've been meaning to start a photo collection of the traffic signal box art in Brisbane. Luckily, I don't have to bother because someone has already done all the hard work and are sharing it on Flickr!
I was really disappointed that I missed the opportunity to take a photo of this one1 (which I walk past every day) before it was cruelly painted over only shortly after it was done. The box is now the most ... more
This is sw'as, the digital home of Simon Elvery - a 26 year old Web Developer with too many extra curricular interests. Usually written from Brisbane, Australia, sw'as has entries dating back to 2004 on subjects including politics, photography, books, music, and many other flights of fancy.