Did last Christmas seem to pass you by, barely registering its presence? Agnostic has been analysing a number of indications pointing to a growing loss of interest in Christmas, and has found, among other things, a decline in the number of special Christmas TV shows in recent years.
So as with the “dissing on ugly [...]
At this rate Christmas will not be televised this year
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 14 January, 2010 to the trends subset
Photo: the inter-connectedness of Christmas lights
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 12 January, 2010 to the snap shots subset
From the always studiously designed window display of landscape gardeners Secret Gardens of Sydney. I’m currently using this photo on my links page on account of the theme of inter-connectedness it seems to invoke.
Photo: a Christmas 2009 window display
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 4 January, 2010 to the snap shots subset
Christmas 2009 window display at “Live This”, The Spot, Randwick, Sydney.
Photo: Christmas bloom along Diamond Head drive, Budgewoi
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 25 December, 2009 to the snap shots subset
Flower in bloom in the early evening sunlight along Diamond Head drive in Budgewoi (larger image).
Merry Christmas, see you in 2010.
Photo: all this ant’s Christmases have come at once…
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 25 December, 2009 to the snap shots subset
My efforts at photographing Christmas lights (at night) still leave a lot to be desired, so I went about seeking out some more examples of nature related Christmas colours instead.
I’d say this ant enjoyed Christmas day though.
The deadweight loss of Christmas, nothing to do with over-eating
Posted by John Lampard on Tuesday, 1 December, 2009 to the comment subset
Joel Waldfogel, professor of Business and Public Policy at the University of Pennsylvania, has calculated the global cost of “deadweight loss” – the monetary value of unwanted or unappreciated Christmas gifts – to exceed $25bn annually.
Waldfogel’s central insight is that if I give you a £50 shirt for Christmas, and you hate the shirt, that [...]
Photo: almost on top of the world
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 20 February, 2009 to the snap shots subset
Yes all I did at St Anton was take photos from the chairlifts.
Photo: an Alpine vista, St Anton, Austria
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 18 February, 2009 to the snap shots subset
Another shot from the chairlifts at St Anton. I’ll get around to posting higher resolution images to Flickr at some point.
Photo: another day on the slopes, St Anton, Austria
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 16 February, 2009 to the snap shots subset
A great way to spend a Christmas Day, St Anton, Austria.
Ian visits an abandoned London
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 8 January, 2009 to the photography subset
Fascinating, photos taken by Ian Mansfield of central London on Christmas morning… I very rarely saw the streets of London this deserted while living there.
