16.5.06

procrastination tools

having been in university for almost 10 years i have had many procrastination tools at the ready when deadlines loom, but the difference between those deadlines and my new deadine is that the prostination tools are crazy these days!!!! and they can be accessed by one stray click of my mouse (oops, i meant to click word).

if you like photography, or even if you possess eyes, you will be able to spend a lot of time on Flickr. its a huge group of photographers from all over the world, and the newest pictures with the most buzz float to the top. i can hit reload for an hour and keep following pics down to others in the set or by the same photographer or in the same category...

my other new favourite procrastination tool is google earth. check out these satellite photos of a bus and matatu park in kampala, uganda. this was the central point for all of kylie and i's travels in the country. if you want to go anywhere in uganda outsite greater kampala you go to the bus park and get herded onto a bus to sit in the back corner squeezed in between an old lady and her chickens and a giant rust hole in the side. if you are trying to get somewhere closer to kampala you cross the street to the matatu park and walk around bewildered as 5 or 6 people simultaneously try to give you directions. finally someone yanks you onto a matatu (which wont move until it is full - like seriously full) and you slowly edge out of the crazy multimatatu nexus and into the equally crazy city traffic. here is a conventional pic of the same park.

2 comments:

c-haynes said...

I remember that bus park...sometimes I wish I could just hop into a matatu and be squished to my next destination

m+K said...

hmmm... matatus could be the solution to vancouver's traffic congestion problems, although the er's are crowded enough as it is.

looking at those satellite pics again, it must have been early morning... traffic doesnt look too crazy and there are no huge throngs of boisterous people milling everywhere