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The excellent folks over at Schmap guides, producers of very interesting interactive travel guides both online and as a desktop app, have shortlisted one of my photos for the next edition of their guide to Cologne! Yay my camera! Yay my shutter finger!

Even if it doesn't make the final editorial cut, I am flattered. I'm further inspired to keep snapping and posting.

Thank you, Schmap!

"We know exactly what you've been searching for!"

A couple of photos from the Cologne "Street" Carnival that exploded into five days of beery, costumey goodness and action today.

I was taking some time out of my home office last week and got a huge day's work done in a hip Web 2.0-stylee café in downtown Cologne. And had coffee ... and some more coffee and a bagel ... and then I spotted it! Vista! In the wild! My first sighting! And it got better! I was able to observe some of its security rituals! Read on for details ...