A Pocket Terraced Grape Farm in Central Portugal for under 50K USD
It's been quite a while since I wrote up a piece of rural Portuguese property, but this little gem jumped out at me a couple of days ago...
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Justus Hayes
- Feb 25, 2022
- 2 min
Bits of Portugal
As I was putting this design together, it struck me that it serves as a kind of pocket virtual tour around Portugal using the web-based...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 25, 2021
- 2 min
Portfolio: Trump - Torn Posters
One of the very first designs I made with this stencil-style used a Gage Skidmore photo of Trump as its source. I needed a graphic for...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 12, 2021
- 4 min
Booking a Room at the Memory Palace, part 1: The Determined Wee Man
I got my first job as a busboy at the Captain's Palace Restaurant when I was 14, back in 1981. I started waiting tables when I was 17, a...
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Justus Hayes
- Apr 24, 2021
- 2 min
Kumpupintil Lake, aka Lake Disappointment
Kumpupintil Lake: "Kumpupintil Lake is about 160 kilometres long and located 300 kilometres east of Newman. The 33,000-hectare...
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Justus Hayes
- Mar 25, 2021
- 5 min
Turning a Corner: The Beneficial Effects of Relentless Jolliness
This, as many of you will know, is Rowan, our youngest son. He just turned 12, and I have been his (and his brother, Alex's) primary...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 15, 2020
- 3 min
The Ghost Tree at Vancouver's Abandoned Insane Asylum, Riverview Hospital
Riverview Hospital is a sprawling institutional complex in Coquitlam, BC. It's about a thirty minute drive from our house in South...
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Justus Hayes
- Nov 1, 2020
- 7 min
Hostel Owner Drinks Himself into the Hospital, Gives Me the Keys, and I Visit Verano Cemetery: Prt 2
Please see Hostel Owner Drinks Himself into the Hospital, Gives Me the Keys, and I Visit Verano Cemetery: Part 1 for, well, Part 1. Once...
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Justus Hayes
- Oct 2, 2020
- 5 min
Hostel Owner Drinks Himself into the Hospital, Gives Me the Keys, and I Visit Verano Cemetery: Prt 1
Italy was the last country on my itinerary during the Great Big Trip to Europe, 2005. In order - Rome, Venice, Florence, Naples, and then...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
Gelatinous Masses of Humanity Wait to See the Crown Jewels
After finding some great examples of Human Shadow Residue at the base of the Sagrada Familia (see previous post), I began looking at...
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Justus Hayes
- Sep 9, 2020
- 4 min
Human Shadow Residue Soils the Feet of the Sagrada Familia
La Sagrada Familia is undoubtedly one of the architectural wonders of the world. I've had the privilege of visiting it twice, once in...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 28, 2020
- 1 min
Cheddar Gorge, UK
I like doing these pairings of photos I took with the closest I can get using Google Earth. Clicking on the Google Earth view will...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 28, 2020
- 3 min
Granada, Multiple Ways
Photos I took in Granada in 2005, along with Google Earth views of the same subject. Click on the rendered images to trigger that view...
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 21, 2020
- 1 min
Naples - Through a Glass Darkly
Clicking the images will trigger the new, web-based Google Earth for oddly-rendered views of each.
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Justus Hayes
- Aug 14, 2020
- 4 min
Zones of Exclusion - Pixelated Rendering Blast Areas in Paris
Bégin Military Teaching Hospital, Paris, France I found this interesting. I was well aware that Google Earth has only rendered portions...
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 21, 2020
- 4 min
Render Unto Caesar the Things that Map Poorly / Where We're At
Bom dia, everyone and anyone. I'm coming to you whatever-the-blog-equivalent-is-of "live" from the living room of Casa de Hayes, in...
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Justus Hayes
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1 min
As the Seasons Change, So Does the 3D Mapping
The new, experimental version of Google Earth has seized my attention and will not let it go. I was using it to zoom around the Algarve...
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Justus Hayes
- Jun 28, 2020
- 8 min
Game Changer: the New Google Earth
I haven't used Google Earth for at least four months. Google Maps suited my purposes, and I liked aspects of its functionality. About a...
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