Tag Archives: photoshoppery

Deep Dream Photos

This year is proving to be a difficult one and I’ve had little or no time to write or make anything. I did, however, manage to spend an hour yesterday altering some images with ‘Deep Dream’. This is an experimental … Continue reading

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Famous in China

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Long-distance Childhood

I grew up 5500 miles away from my wife. For her birthday, in a Stalinesque re-writing of history I’ve been editing myself into her childhood photos. No laughing at my poor photoshop skills, please. Here we are at two years … Continue reading

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Chinese Map Of Europe

If you know what this is, then you know what this is. Click image for bigger. Please leave your complaints in the comments box. Previously; “China, translated”

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China, Translated

Not an accurate translation in many cases – for example “Cloud South” is just an abbreviation of “South of the Cloud Ridge Mountains” – but these are the names of China’s provinces (and autonomous regions, municipalities, special administrative regions, and, … Continue reading

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Categorisation of cooking methods in English and Chinese

British English American English Chinese

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Categorisation of baked goods (and pancakes) in English and Chinese

British English American English Mandarin Chinese

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Invention

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The English Tea Ceremony

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Meat in popular music, part two; The Lady In Red (Is Dancing With Meat)

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