sorry

Je suis désolé = i am sorry (french) Lo siento = i am sorry (spanish) Ik ben droevig = i am sad (Dutch) Sono spiacente = i am sorry (italian) Perdóname = forgive me (spanish) I’ve heard it all before I’ve heard it all before I’ve heard it all before I’ve heard it all before …

Waterproof cameras… What to select?

I want a waterproof camera, and an old friend of mine once borrowed a Lumix (pictured) and it worked great. But at one point it got condensation INSIDE and as a consequence, no longer worked. It was repaired under warranty, but since he’d borrowed it, he bought his own anyway. On another trip, this one …

Transit Maps and Harry Beck.

Harry Beck was the original designer of what most cities these days use for transit maps. He first produced a map of the London underground back in the 1930s after realising that people weren’t too concerned about the physical geographic location of a station, but rather, their relationship to each other on any given (inter)connecting …

Food Preparation, Hygiene and Safety

Having been born and raised in a western society (Australia), where food preparation and service of same have some pretty (what I would consider) rudimentary laws; I am constantly surprised by what I perceive to be inadequate in other countries, and yet the only time I have ever been sick was due to food cooked …