Pátzcuaro bound

I have to say that I haven’t, but at least 900,000 Brits per year have according to this spurious report (in Spanish). That’s why, if you ever move to Mexico, pick yourself up a pay-as-you-go phone from OXXO or similar for about 20 quid (40 bucks) and buy fichas (credit) every now and again to keep it juiced. They’re sturdy, have a long battery life, come with Snake preinstalled and once you work out how to turn off Spanish predictive text you’re laughing.

So of late there’s been a bit too much navel gazing going on so this post is an attempt to redress the balance by sharing some links away from the agaveweb empire…

I really enjoyed this article on 10 common photography mistakes. Most of them are pretty self evident but when driven home with good examples it’ll make you think before your next trip out with a camera. Next time I’m in an agave field (Saturday, I think), I’m going to try a fair few shots lying on my stomach… Also found some good advice for taking group shots.

One of b3ta’s finest moments is this picture evidence showing evolution to be lie. Behold the Microsoft Big-assed-table, Chilean Lake Missing, and The Onion’s back on form too.

And this just in today, JWood’s coverage of El dia de los Locos in San Miguel de Allende, is great. Especially the Osama bit. Well worth a read, today and every day.

Alright, self-absorbtion should resume with the next post prob’ly. A bientot.

For a few pix and a fine description of last night’s nonsense, hie thee hence to Monica’s blog. An evening that involved Monica uttering the immortal words, Work Shmerk…

Here’s a slightly photoshopped pic of monica’s of the Peripatetic Electric Shock Bloke:

Today we’re off to Californialandia for all kinds of fun. As ever, wish us luck. Looking forward to catching up with family, old friends and pets… Blogging might become even more sporadic than usual. Pa’que sepas…

has now finished so I find myself browsing my various web feeds and here are the highlights:

Why can’t you buy cashew nuts in their shells?
Balloons, balloons, balloons. Balloons!.
Mavis Beacon’s typing tutor this ain’t.
Jon Stewart doing what he does best.
Possible engineering project for my new office.
Jeebus knows what myth they were busting here.

And this one reminds me of coming to the states and getting looks for not clearing up my table after eating in fast food establishments. Good to be reminded I’m not the only one. I do now though. Promise. And I was at Starbucks today again. Really must stop doing that especially given the extremely good coffee and wifi available at La Estación de Lulio and Mondo Café or many of these independant coffee shops.

And finally links to some other peeps on the photo tour. We’ve some suspiciously similar photos… de Eliazar, y El Charro Negro,. Can’t believe I missed out on the “abrazos gratis”…

Once again, don’t forget snap.com will show you previews of any links when you hover over them. And if you’re sick of that particular effect, click on the “options” at the top right of the bubble to turn them off completely.

I’m thinking of phoning…

More HERE… Happy weekend
Off to Oakland soon to catch up with Meg, Matt, Monica, and the non-alliterative Daniel soonish. And not before time, neither.
b3ta.com‘s weekly round-up of internet nonsense included a link to this Face Transformer– you upload a picture of your face and then tell it to morph it into ape, child, drunk, or (below) boss-eyed-beardy-manga-man among others.
. Email me any good transformations and we can have a guess-the-nerd competition.