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Borobudur or bust!

I’ll be catching a plane in the wee hours of the morning for Yogja, central Java. I’ll be there for about a week, with or without ‘net access. I’m bringing my laptop, but only because I need to download the hundreds of photos taken – I’m not sure if I’ll have a satellite connection in the mountains where I’ll be. If I manage to get a signal, I’ll be sure to upload some photos and words. It’s odd that I’veRead more
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Role Model

I’ve decided to remove the contents of this post. I have good days and bad – as everyone does, and I hope that people will realize that as often as I may criticize Indonesia, I also praise it. If I didn’t have a place in my heart for this country, why would I spend so much time capturing it in images?Read more
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Brown-nosing Flickr.com

What’s my latest addiction? Flickr.com How many of you have tried sites like friendster, hotornot, or other “group” websites? Ok, how many of you have joined sites like usefilm.com for photo critique? Now, how many of you have spent hours reading over travel blogs, photoblogs, and other weblogs searching for new experiences and perspectives? Flickr is almost all of them combined. Where some other sites like friendster have failed, I believe this will succeed. We as an online community areRead more

Artifacts From the Living Room

One of the awesome advantages of living here are the beautiful, intricately sculpted woodcarvings and furniture readily available. I was just playing around with the new camera, but I thought I’d share some of the sculptures I’ve picked up in Indonesia. Each piece has a significant history and a story to go with it. I just hope I can get it all home someday!Read more

New Obsession

Ok, well it’s not what you think. But this is a definite weakness of mine. I find something that I want and I completely devote myself to learning about it, researching about it, comparing it with other similar things. I’ve applied this formula to everything from mountain bikes, rollerblades, cars, stereos, laptops, and video cameras to things like taking trips to the best spots, and finding the best of everything. The problem is that I educate myself to the pointRead more