In Hong Kong

IFC2 now dominates Hong Kong’s skyline. It stands at the western edge of the harbor. It is an awesome, towering presence, and at the top, it pierces the sky with claw-like structures. Its smaller partner building, IFC1, also sports talons. Together they glow at night like a pair of alien craft landed for an unclear purpose. As mist and light mingle among the talons of the larger tower, it seems that some kind of communication or interaction is taking place with the heavens. The lines, windows and details of both are so subtle, perfectly proportioned and resonant with each other that they stand apart from the rest of the skyline, making their neighbors look blocky and primitive by comparison. They cast off a beautiful but vaguely threatening aura. They are the future of Hong Kong, looking north, beautiful but in a state of readiness, with claws.

The Asgharis

Check out that psychedelic computer

At Last...

The blossoms finally begin to appear, three weeks later than last year. A long, cold winter followed by a relentlessly soggy, cold "spring."

We love winter

Squash

Hallowe'en 2010

Harry Potter, the Grim Reaper, and Little House on the Prairie...

...and the devil's pumpkin

Brother John's wedding

NY State Fair 2010

In Bavaria

Brussels ICANN meeting

Fouad Bajwa at the Tuesday June 22 meeting of the Noncommercial Stakeholder Group of ICANN, and a view of the Grand Place.

Delft train station

January in Hong Kong

Sharm el Sheik, Egypt (IGF09)

The Milton army

Out in force at the Seoul ICANN meeting, October 2009

At the Berlin Holocaust memorial

Max at the Pergamon (Berlin)

High Profile

Thanks to Angela Siefer for the pic

My Dutch Bike

Its a Strida, a 10 kg folding bike, perfect for toodling about Deflt and other Dutch cities

Freedom not Fear

The King of Hopstraat

Istanbul, Turkey

Galata Tower in Istanbul, Turkey. I spent a fun two days in that city with the PIR (.org) Advisory Committee. I was surprised to learn that with a population of 16 million, Istanbul is one of the largest cities in the world. Wikipedia ranks it 4th.