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Usufruct in Fitzroy

Phil Lees — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:30:21 +0000

Usufruct, the right to derive benefit from the property of others, is generally best (and in most societies, only) displayed by the example of picking fruit from trees that overhang the boundary of a private property into public space.

A Google User named kirsten has begun compiling a map of all of the overhanging fruit in the suburb of Fitzroy.

It’s collaborative, so the map could easily become a guide to all the free fruit in the whole city.

Map (1)
The sultry sounds of Queen Victoria Market (3)
Pancakes at Fandango (2)
Sensory Lab, Melbourne (2)
Sapa Hills, Footscray (3)

Khao soi street view

Phil Lees — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:24:38 +0000

I’m sure that when people develop mapping applications, their idea is not for people like me to use them to point out where you can get the best khao soi in Chiang Mai. But that’s what I’m doing. Promising startup MapJack has started mapping cities from street level (just like Google Street View) and their two cities of choice are San Francisco, and Chiang Mai. So, here is where to get your khao soi on: Khao soi Lamduan. It makes me homesick for a place that is not home.

The Other History of Khao Soi (8)
The road to Mae Hong Son (15)
A lurid display of biscuitry (4)
Scraping the bottom of the pork barrel (5)
The Long Shot (0)

We look like ants from space.

Phil Lees — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:54:37 +0000

After much tinkering over the New Year break, maps are go! See where I eat from space, as provided by Google. I’ll be updating posts with map coordinates where possible.