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So far this year I've managed to hit the shutter button more than 4915 times. Since not all of those clicks turned out well, I've made a selection of the photos I think are worthwhile looking at and uploaded some of them to my Flickr account. There will no doubt be more appear there over time, but this is a good start after being behind in uploading for most of the year.
You can find photos from England, of course, as well as all our trips to other European destinations. You can check out the sites of Belgium in the... more
A miraculous thing happened today
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What makes today's happening even more miraculous is that you really wouldn't expect to require a miracle for it to happen. I know you might find it hard to believe, but today we managed, after an 81 day war with British telecommunication companies to have the internet connected at home in one of the largest cities in the world. I suspect some day soon, there is a post coming about how seriously unbelievable the problems have been, but I'll leave that for another time1.
As a result of this 81 day internet hiatus, I'm massively over stocked with holiday type ... more
Wedding Update
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Well, th' RSVP date has come an' gone, an' thar be only a couple o' stragglers; 't looks as tho we be goin' t' be havin' a pretty full restaurant fer th' reception. By me count we be havin' twenty swabbies who canna make 't, which be more than we thought we'd get but most o' them be havin' good excuses, so 'tis arrr.
Th' buck's an' hen's parties be held on th' weekend an' from what I've heard, sea dogs an' land lubbers seems t' be havin' had fun. Th' lasses had a cocktail party on Saturday night while ... more
Frangipani II
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So, the new design1 is on the field and so far, seems to be kicking ass. I'm pretty happy with this one, it's certainly the most fully fledged WordPress theme I've made, as well as being quite attractive. It basically came about because there were lingering issues with the last design in IE. Damn IE.
I'm particularly happy with the 1000 words section (which uses a new plugin, more on that later). You can basically browse my entire Flickr account on this website now, including comments, tags, and even notes2 which is ultra cool. Some of that was possible in ... more
The Heart Breaks
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When I got up this morning, Laura told me that today it has been one year since Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and I didn't think much more of it. While surfing around today I stumbled across a Flickr photo set that documents some of the devastation that still remains there.
To say I was shocked would be an understatement. I took the title of this post from one of the comments on the photo set. When you see the images, your heart might break a little too. It's difficult to believe such a prosperous nation could respond to such ... 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.
