Archive for January, 2008
word of the day
the czech word for bread, chléb (pronounced something like “rrleyb”), is my favourite czech word yet!
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Kutná Hora
Yesterday, my friend Skye and I hopped on a bus and went on a day trip to the Czech town of Kutná Hora.
Kutná Hora, an old silver-mining town, was the second richest city in Czechoslovakia during the 13th century. But a series of wars and environmental disasters destroyed the mines, and by the mid-16th century [...]
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Slezska
They’re here! Pictures of my room in Slezska (from left to right as you enter the room):
… aaand the view from the windows:
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Dobrý den!
today was my third day here in the czech republic—and what a day it was! i went on a tour of the old town, i had potatoes, sausage and beer for lunch, and i sat in on a really great lecture about the czech national identity. oh! i learned a little czech as well:
strè prst [...]
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the internet is my favorite!
Google’s image search engine has long-been a useful and well loved tool, but my guess is that only those who truly appreciate the art of “GIS” – or google image searching – will enjoy this post…
the thrill of GISing is like the thrill you get on a treasure hunt; you’re egged on and on by [...]
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Photobooth
I love it when you’re just browsing around and you find something really cool. It hadn’t happened in a while, but it happened today…
Sifting through Real Groovy’s (limited) book shelves, I stumbled upon an ephemera book titled Photobooth, by collector/dealer/photographer Babbette Hines.
Hines has put together an awesome collection of over 700 photobooth images from the [...]
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No money, no problemz!
Having walked up and down Cuba Street a few times, ducking into several shops and finding many, many desirable things that i couldn’t afford, i eventually landed in the $2.00 shop.
Four dollars’ worth of stickers later, and I had made this beeeautiful mobile for my nephew.
If you would like me to make a customized sticker [...]
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My family is amazing.
My brother, sister and i are working on our first album. Our band – which only very recently expanded to include my brother – is called Sista Resbian, and our debut LP is titled Hardoventcha (hard adventure). Watch this space…
Oh, and here’s the piece de résistance. Behold my nephew! All hail… NAYOUCORN!!
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