World War II-Modern Day photos

I found this LiveJournal page by a Russian photographer called Sergey Larenkov that uses computational rephotography that combines modern and World War II photos. The photos are amazing and haunting at the same time.

Here are some examples of his work found on the page:

Good day at BookXcess; Bookfest@Malaysia is coming

I only visited BookXcess on 14 August (Sat) out of the three-day celebration, but I still managed to get some good books at crazy prices.

I reached the bookshop before noon and was surprised to meet a colleague with her sister. We headed out separately to hunt for our books. I hit the RM3 book section first and chose five books, "American Gangster and Other Tales of New York", "Blame it on the Rain" and "50 Ways to F**k the Planet" for myself, and two Sudoku books for my mom.

I also bought "'Tis: A Memoir" for RM 17.90. Previously I bought "Angela's Ashes" also from BookXcess but has yet to read it as there are still a lot of books on my to-read list. :P

Despite the anniversary sales with many titles selling at 30% discount plus other books selling at RM3 or less, I only bought four books. But it was a good thing, as I saved money for the upcoming Bookfest@Malaysia 2010 in September to buy more books, probably targeting on Chinese books. I've been reading so many English-language books lately that I felt I need to balance things out by reading more Chinese-language books, and the Bookfest@Malaysia is just what the doctor ordered.

4-12 September 2010 at KLCC

There were a few Chinese books listed in the Bookfest Catalogue that caught my interest, including: