I found these icons the other day on JeonjuHub.com  done by designer, Liu Young. She was born in China and raised in Germany. Some argue these are China meets Germany icons. I don’t know, I guess they could be. They’re stereotypes anyway and simplifications of diverse groups. I thought they were clever and interesting. They made me think about my experiences in different countries. I’ll let you guess what color represents what.

Opinion

Way of Life

Punctuality

Contacts

Anger

Queue When Waiting

Sundays on the Road

Party

In the Restaurant

Traveling

Handling of Problems

Three Meals a Day

Transportation

Elderly in Day to Day Life

Moods & Weather

The Boss

What’s Trendy

Getting bored with my camera , I gave it a makeover. If you own a Canon Rebel Xti/400 camera and would like to give it a similar makeover visit my instructional tutorial at eHow (will be posted soon). Pictures, parts sheets and pictures are also provided.

*Warning: You must love the thrill of risk (of turning your $camera into trash), not mind voiding your perfectly good warranty, and enjoy blowing an entire weekend by unscrewing a hundred tiny screws.

*photos coming soon

• Fifi Trois
• Thuperbot
• Freego-nator
• The Chicken
• Miss L.E.D.

It’s bricante season in France. I guess you could say its when France cleans out its closets. Townspeople get together and have a huge sale. I can’t say if its all over France but at least in the northern part, there were bricantes going on each weekend. (There’s a regional guide book for this.)

This weekend I went out to see what I would discover. I found the one above there. The owner initially said 50 euros, then came down to 30 euros. I couldn’t do it. Perhaps if I had returned at the end of the day I would have got a cheaper price. Instead, I decided to take a picture. It was impressive.  This was no painting. This ouvre d’art was crosstitched. Click on it to get the finer details. Wow!