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Soul of Athens

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date May 30, 2007

I’m in Athens today at Ohio University, so it seems appropriate to give props to Soul of Athens, a new site spawned (I think) for the OU VisCom Department. But what I like most about it is the mix of folks involved. It’s good to see academia slipping out of its silos and spreading its wings. And the content is very cool.

The site is Flash-driven and sucks some bandwidth. The wireless connections I’ve been viewing it on are barely enough to render it, but it does work. And it errs a tad on the side of being too image driven. But given the abundance of text centric sites out there, I think I’d sooner err on the side of photos and video, most of which are beautiful on Soul of Athens.

I particularly liked the Die Donkey Skull piece. Dawn2Dusk also is a nice look at Athens from sunrise to sunset.

For interactivity, they’ve made it very easy to share each piece, and they have a blog and a Flickr group featuring user-submitted images of Athens.

All in all, great stuff. I’m looking forward to seeing where it goes from here …

Peru Bob Travel Bob

Hijos de Peru

Post author By Bob Benz
Post date May 19, 2007

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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

These kids followed us around at the lake In Peru like a pack of puppies, and unlike the children in Cuzco, they never asked for anything. They were just out having fun on a Saturday afternoon when the stumbled upon a pair of giant Gringos and decided to make the most of it. They really made the day special.

I’ve pulled together some of the better shots of kids that I took while I was in Peru, and you can see them here

Peru Bob Prankster Bob Travel Bob

LBJ at Machu Picchu

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Originally uploaded by Suffering the Benz.

America’s littlest president, LBJ, also made the trip to Machu Picchu with me and Wes, where we wreaked a little havoc and shared tales of tequila, Texas and the American way.