Message for Obama, originally uploaded by Caroline. Add your own to the Message to Obama pool on Flickr

Spent some time on Zandvoort beach, early Friday morning. Not a lot of people there and I soon felt the pull of the city.

Excellent! Flickr slideshows are now very easily embedded using a 'Share' link in the top right corner. Read more about it on the Flickr blog. I like how the slideshow also plays the video's you might have in your set.

It's not April 1st, is it? Because this is funny enough to make me switch to Nikon. Crunchgear reports Canon is releasing the Powershot E1, a camera for women. It comes in 'vanilla white', 'aqua blue' and 'cotton pink' (i.e. baby colours), and has fewer 'unnecessary' buttons... 'cause the little lady ...

Cranes in the Antwerp docklands I nearly got my head kicked in taking pictures this weekend in Antwerp. I escaped with a few bruises, mainly to my ego. I don't want to go into the whole sordid tale, but the moral of the story is: ask people's permission before you take ...

Red reader, originally uploaded by Caroline. No, I didn't need another lens. But I thought it was an ok deal, exchanging my 3rd-hand 50mm + 175 euro for a pristine Canon 28-105mm. It's the Japanese version, which is supposed to be better than the ones made in Taiwan. I think it's a ...

Morning, beautiful, originally uploaded by Caroline. Although my hotel on Osborne Street in London gets bad reviews on travel sites, I didn't have a problem with it at all. Yes it's a little run down and I'm sure some people may not find the area attractive. But I like Brick Lane ...

Martha Wainwright @ Rogue's Gallery, originally uploaded by Caroline. One of the highlights of the 4-hour journey that was Rogue's Gallery London. Martha Wainwright, a striking blonde with killer pipes belting out Lowlands Away, which her brother Rufus and mother Kate McGarrigle had sung on the Rogue's Gallery album. By the way, ...

Rum, sodomy and the lash, originally uploaded by Caroline.Pictures of the Rogue's Gallery show at the Barbican in London last Monday. Not as good as the Dublin ones, circumstances were a little more difficult and restricted. Created with Admarket's flickrSLiDR.

Efterklang , originally uploaded by Caroline. My guest pass for the Rogue's Gallery festival also gave me access to the second day of the Analog Festival. Three bands I'd never heard of before were on the bill. The concert started with Liars, an American band with an Australian singer. I've filed them ...