my favorite sport
swimming
in palawan, el nido, philippines, June 09

end of year

12/26
maya here and off to bolivia

Philippines and Hong Kong

just returned from asia...2 weeks plus in Philippines plus a few days exploring (yawn) Hong Kong

this is a place we loved...Ilocos Norte region of Philippines and this is Saud beach in a P..a well planned area with few resorts and lots of good people with a great vibe...had lunch with ex mayor..Pagudpud





I only did one real media related thing in Hong Kong


besides take this picture with timer from our hotel room at the Conrad International Hotel
















we ordered food via the internet and fresh direct so that after 3 weeks in Asia we would have something to eat today while recovering from Jet Lag...the internet allowed us an easier transition..why weren;t there more successful companies popping up over the past few years? will the stimulus plan provide more growth and buid business while trying desperately to catch up with crumbling infrastructure?
In Hong Kong, they are anticipating a need for another bridge to the airport so they are building it..their subway is easy and clean..unlike the poor excuse we have for the NYC subway...a prime example of a wonderful system which truly needs repair and rebuilding...

anyway the food ordering online was cool...and really represented a transition,,I also paid mortgage and lots of other stuff online; but it was the IMMEDIACY of the food order and the timing between one time zone and another 13 removed ..that fusion of communication and delevery worked.

nyc parking facility snow maintenance

lic

today

we are off to the philippines on sat for 3 weeks

warm weather ahead

ahoy 2009

Kimono Girl Returns to LoftMedia Central

This is my home office and lostmedia studio queens LIC circa Dec 2008
We have three of my fictional charaters here: Kimono Girl, Juan from San Antone (Alamo) and Super JO wild coffee can from Japan...there's also a sale cup and a japanese ceremonial brrom facing higashi EAST so now Kimono girl feels more at ease than she facing west in another room..she loves the rising sun, neh?

my media circa 1970

Lancaster PA
F and M College
Spring 71




















1971 taken in Loudonville NY on a break from F and M and Lancaster PA canon TL camera





blue princess phone






my room and clock radio now on display in queens loft



so what was analog is now digital....this progression in technology has been profitable and useful vs. the american auto makers looking for bailout now...seriously; if it weren't for the web, microsoft, apple and some great silicon valley companies, the USA would be and still is a real mess...we have no manufacturing base to speak off...hundreds of thousands of people are losing their jobs weekly...

anyway it is so cool that I can take these old photos, scan them and save them in different formats...

family reunions in a digital world

email helped bring about a cousin's reunion for me at a wedding reception in upstate new york
on this lake

crooked lake
averill park, ny







with this lovely group of people

















and others I hadn't seen in 30 or forty years; now I have a list of email addresses

and photos

mila and i had a great trip to albany as well...see below for a few pix










washington park, albany













and what's a trip to albany without a visit to the state capitol on a holiday?





















looking towards the hudson, state street and d and h building in background