January 25th, 2006 | by popagandhi | published in glbt, travel
Exactly a year ago today, I was rather taken aback when a lady asked me: “How do I get to Bangkok from here without flying?”
“Why don’t you fly?” I replied. It had never occurred to me this was possible or even desirable. “And there’s that problem in the South.”
She went ahead anyway, though not before [...]
January 25th, 2006 | by popagandhi | published in travel
Otto’s Guesthouse, Koh Kong
It requires a bag of tricks and should be first rehearsed before being attempted. You will need a large plastic bag, and plenty of courage, for such an experiment. Let it first be said that the only reason this experiment awaits you is that you are a cheap bastard, or a poor [...]
January 24th, 2006 | by popagandhi | published in travel
Mr. Sanguine took a few days off his work and packed himself off to Kolkata, and shot a documentary of (the NGO) Calcutta Rescue. His pictures can be found here. Why is this link here instead of on my sidebar links?
from Mr Sanguine’s Calcutta pictures
Because Calcutta, as some of you know, is very close [...]
January 24th, 2006 | by popagandhi | published in tech
Canon users have always said we were ahead in R&D — well, I buy it now. I totally and completely buy it now.
(link at Gizmodo, link at Dpreview discussion board)
January 22nd, 2006 | by popagandhi | published in general
A fortune cookie told me: “Pineapple Tart Explosion starting.. soon”.
