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Archive for January, 2012

Dialogues with the Dead – 45

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012

From the story ‘Svans in Georgia’… Series started last All Saints Day. In Western culture All Saints Day is traditionally a time to remember the deceased. As it turns out I seem to have quite a few pictures relating to funerals and rituals related to the deceased. In the following posts I will take you […]

The Quest for Land on an iPad/2

Monday, January 30th, 2012

Definitely better to meet Robert Starkweather from K4Media on a sunday at Java Café instead of at my ‘office’ to iron things out for the ‘Quest for Land’ iApp. The Blueberry Berry Smoothie is a treat. There is air-con and Wi-Fi. The glasses may be empty but the very first test flights of the iApp […]

Borei Keila follow-up

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Several families have left the forced relocation site at Phnom Bat. Land is being measured out and 4 poles to start building a new home is being distributed to those who remain. Haven’t figured out if the poles are deducted from the compensation money they are supposed to receive from Phanimex… A door-to-door salesman with […]

The Quest for Land on an iPad?

Friday, January 27th, 2012

Yep… We are working on it: 11 years of evictions bundled into one iApp for the iPad and hopefully for the iPhone/iPod later on. And we are working on it since quite a while in fact. If I remember well since June 2011… ‘We’ is Robert Starkweather, web designer from K4Media, Robert Carmichael and myself. […]

Dialogues with the Dead – 44

Thursday, January 26th, 2012

From the story ‘Laos: Selection’… Series started last All Saints Day. In Western culture All Saints Day is traditionally a time to remember the deceased. As it turns out I seem to have quite a few pictures relating to funerals and rituals related to the deceased. In the following posts I will take you to […]

Dialogues with the Dead – 43

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

From the story ‘Belgium before I left’… Series started last All Saints Day. In Western culture All Saints Day is traditionally a time to remember the deceased. As it turns out I seem to have quite a few pictures relating to funerals and rituals related to the deceased. In the following posts I will take […]

Dey Krohom 3 years on…

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

Today, 3 years ago, the Dey Krohom community was brutally levelled to the ground. That story here… What happened after the eviction here…

Dialogues with the Dead – 42

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

From the story ‘Germany: Berlin 10 years after’… Series started last All Saints Day. In Western culture All Saints Day is traditionally a time to remember the deceased. As it turns out I seem to have quite a few pictures relating to funerals and rituals related to the deceased. In the following posts I will […]