Category Archives: General

Originally posted on Tropical Smog:
I’m getting ready to leave Brazil for the holidays, and maybe 10 days or so before my flight, I start to get emotional. Even though I’ll only be gone for a couple of weeks, I…

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
This 2013 video is called True Facts About The Tapir. From Wildlife Extra: Dramatic discovery of new tapir species in south-west Amazon Tapirus kabomani is the largest land mammal to be discovered in…

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
This video says about itself: Eyes Everywhere: NSA‘s second tier spying partners identified 19 Dec 2013 Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and several other EU countries were named among “third party partners” in the…

Originally posted on Suburban Citizen:
There is a funny story on the RIBA Journal website about Philadelphia architect Louis Kahn’s unlikely trip to Manchester, where he encounters funk/soul group the Commodores. The story also mentions Kahn’s tour of Manchester architecture. He spots the Barton Arcade…

Originally posted on Dan Packwood:
{Minor updates 15th January 2014 to correct a point around the signalling system in use and on future service frequencies} I met with the Director of Metrolink, Peter Cushing, on 19 December after contacting him…

Originally posted on The Visit Manchester Blog:
Everyday Relics at MOSI Well folks it’s the last weekend before Christmas and if you are all shopped, wrapped and ready to roll Manchester has plenty to keep you entertained until the big…

Originally posted on Rio Then:
(Deixa Falar, the first samba school) The following comes from the slightly controversial book “Politically Incorrect Guide to the History of Brazil” (I’m translating the title, and I did the same with the excerpts below).…

Originally posted on the vibes:
Somewhere amongst the madness of the Christmas crush, I bumped into a giant silver mannequin. And completely forgot what I was shopping for. Managed to get a rear view too. In shopping, as in photography,…