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Chinese New Year 2010: February 21, 2010; Lions and dragons and dogs in baby-carriages, oh my! It's Chinese New Year in New York again.
Ice on the Hudson: February 7, 2010; Photographs of ice on the Hudson River, New York.
Twentyten Vision: January 5, 2010; Introducing TwentyTen, a 'one photo per day' project for 2010.
Paris 2000: January 1, 2010; A small set of photographs taken 10 years ago, in Paris on the Eve of the year 2000.
First snowstorm of the winter: December 22, 2009; The first snowstorm of the winter hit New York on Saturday, and left behind a few inches of snow.
NaNoWriMo 2009: November 1, 2009; National Novel Writing Month ... another month grappling with self-doubt and writer's block.
Mimes: October 29, 2009; The mimes have moved into the neighborhood ... and they're playing kickball.
Fish time: August 13, 2009; Snorkeling in the Perhentian Islands, with fish, sea turtles, squid and more.
Perhentian Islands: August 12, 2009; Photographs from the Perhentian Islands in Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur: August 10, 2009; A small collection of photographs taken in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Obstacle course: August 10, 2009; In which I make my flight to Kuala Lumpur after all, despite the best efforts of Delhi airport.
Flawed Timing: August 8, 2009; Plagues, insurrections? Guess where I'm going on my vacation ...
Runny: July 20, 2009; Photographs of New York local band 'Runny' playing at Pianos on the Lower East Side.
Big Sur: June 19, 2009; Photographs of Big Sur landscapes taken along Route 1 in California
Mission to MARS: June 19, 2009; Riding along on MBARI's research vessel 'Point Lobos', on a mission to recover an experimental module from the bottom of the undersea Monterey Canyon.
Lagarto: April 30, 2009; An encounter of the reptilian kind on the road to San Felipe.
Rhapsody in Pink: April 29, 2009; Photographs of flamingos in Ria Lagartos, Yucatan, Mexico
Attack of the killer swine: April 29, 2009; Swine flu has closed archaeological sites in the Yucatan.
Cobà: April 28, 2009; Photographs of the Mayan ruins at Cobà in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Tulum: April 28, 2009; A small collection of photographs from the Maya ruins at Tulum.
Another swine mess: April 25, 2009; Vacation in the land of swine flu - what's not to like?
"In C": April 24, 2009; The forty-fifth anniversary performance of Terry Riley's "In C" at Carnegie Hall was like no other piece of orchestral music that I've ever heard.
Pillowfight: April 4, 2009; The NYPD shut down the Manhattan pillowfight early ... but smaller pillowfights broke out anyway.
Barking Beauty: March 22, 2009; The Barking Beauty Pageant - thirty dogs, three changes of costume, and more than a hint of insanity.
Free Tibet Protest: March 10, 2009; Some photographs from the Tibetan protest march commemorating the March 1959 uprising against Chinese occupation.
Signs of Winter: December 20, 2008; Video of an underground electrical short circuit in New York probably caused by salt corrosion.
Vigil: December 17, 2008; Photographs from the 2008 Vigil to End Violence against Sex Workers held in Washington Square Park, New York.
Inflation - Thanksgiving 2008: November 26, 2008; Eavesdropping at the balloon inflation the night before Thanksgiving confirms what most children know: parents don't listen.
Mumbai terrorist attacks: November 26, 2008; The news from Mumbai is ugly, but it may get worse still if the attacks trigger inter-ethnic violence.
Democracy 2K8: November 4, 2008; Democracy is coming to the USA; in bite-sized pieces, once every four years.
November again: November 2, 2008; It's November. Do you know where your novel is? More to the point, do I?
Halloween Parade 2008: October 31, 2008; A small selection of photographs taken at the Halloween Parade in New York's West Village, 2008
What's in a name?: October 25, 2008; Your neighborhood bar is the place where people know your name; if we could just get them to remember the bar's name as well, we'd be onto something.
2008 Vendy Awards: October 18, 2008; Pictures from the 2008 Vendy Awards, a street food event organized by the Streetvendor Project of the Urban Justice Center.
Lost in translation: October 17, 2008; It turns out that my neighbors don't do irony.
Cross Bones: October 15, 2008; The Cross Bones graveyard in London was the burial ground for prostitutes working in the licensed brothels of Southwark.
Incident on the LES: October 4, 2008; A shooting on the Lower East Side brings the police out in force.
Betelnut Girls: October 3, 2008; Annamarie Ho's installation 'Betelnut Girls' has come to Manhattan.
One Fish Two Fish: September 27, 2008; The bluefish are running.
Notting Hill '08: August 29, 2008; Some photographs and observations from London's Notting Hill Carnival.
Photowalk: August 23, 2008; Some pictures from the NYC Chinatown photowalk, part of Scott Kelby's worldwide photowalk.
Useful number: August 21, 2008; Brian Conley and other citizen journalists are being held in Beijing: here's a number that you can call.
Detained in Beijing: August 20, 2008; My friend Brian Conley from Alive in Baghdad has been detained in Beijing.
Precision: July 26, 2008; What exactly is precision brow planing, and why would you want it?
Disoriented relaunch: July 21, 2008; disoriented.net relaunches with a new look.
Fourth of July: July 4, 2008; What I did on my Fourth of July holiday.
Olafur: June 28, 2008; Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has installed four giant waterfalls in New York
Mermaid Parade 2008: June 21, 2008; Photographs from Coney Island's annual Mermaid Parade.
Midget: June 17, 2008; You see some strange things in New York
Toy Tower: May 12, 2008; The Toy Tower, a ramshackle wooden structure towering over Avenue B on Manhattan's Lower East Side, is due to be taken down.
Study war no more: April 25, 2008; Internet startups blip.tv and Pando face off on the paintball field, and everyone gets covered in yellow paint
Band Rampage: March 28, 2008; Photographs from various bands that played New York in the first part of 2008.
Pomelo: January 27, 2008; The softest kitty in the world is no more.
Carol Jenkins (1945-2008): January 22, 2008; American anthropologist Carol Jenkins has died at her home, aged sixty-three.
Mumbai: January 11, 2008; A small collection of photographs taken in and around Mumbai.
Mumbai Rail: January 10, 2008; The suburban railway system in Mumbai may be the most complex and heavily loaded in the world.
Mahalaxmi: January 10, 2008; A small set of photographs from Mumbai's open-air laundry at Mahalaxmi Dhobi Ghat.
Amber: January 9, 2008; A small collection of photographs taken at Amber Fort near Jaipur.
Jaipur: January 8, 2008; A selection of photographs from Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Indglish: January 7, 2008; English as she is spoke and written, Indian-style. The subcontinent has some interesting variations on standard English.
Sacred cows: January 6, 2008; India's roads have everything. Really everything.
Orccha: January 3, 2008; Photographs of the palaces and temples of Orchha in northern Madhya Pradesh
Tea with the sadhu: January 2, 2008; A tea break with the residents of a Hanuman shrine in Khajuraho.
Khajuraho: January 1, 2008; Photographs from Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh.
Juhu Beach: December 30, 2007; Photographs from Juhu Beach, northern Mumbai
"Alive in Baghdad" reporter killed: December 15, 2007; Ali Shafeya al-Moussawi, a journalist working with Alive in Baghdad, has been killed in his home by the Iraqi National Guard.
Atmosphere: December 5, 2007; Two pictures of unusual atmospheric phenomena - a 'sun pillar' and a 'fallstreak hole'.
Fire on the Bowery: November 29, 2007; Pictures from a fire at a lighting store on the Bowery.
Picture of an underachiever: November 14, 2007; It's November again, and that means it's novel-writing time.
Halloween: November 1, 2007; Some pictures from New York's Halloween Parade.
Strange days indeed: October 11, 2007; Only in Tajikistan can a ride in a shared taxi turn into an industrial spelunking expedition.
A tale of two trucks: October 11, 2007; A short truck ride in the Fan Mountains.
Dushanbe: October 8, 2007; A small collection of photographs taken in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
The Gray Plague: October 8, 2007; The police in Dushanbe are everywhere ... and they have too much time on their hands.
The road back: October 7, 2007; A small collection of photographs taken on the Tavildara Road from Khorog to Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Pamir Highway: October 5, 2007; A small collection of photographs taken on the Pamir Highway east of Khorog, Gorno-Badakshan.
The view from Bulunkul: October 5, 2007; Bulunkul, in the Pamiri desert: dry earth, a handful of houses, no future.
In the Pamirs: October 4, 2007; Photographs taken in the Pamirs, near the Khargush Pass
Checkpoint: October 4, 2007; Chance encounters in the desert.
Wakhan Valley: October 3, 2007; Some pictures taken in the Wakhan Valley, Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast, Tajikistan
Bibi Fatima: October 3, 2007; A visit to the hot springs of Bibi Fatima in the Wakhan Valley, Tajikistan.
Howo Kush: October 2, 2007; Strange things happen on the road from Kalai Khumb to Khorog.
Tavildara Road: October 1, 2007; Taking the old road from Dushanbe to Khorog.
Bag: September 30, 2007; The Curse of Heathrow strikes again.
Valve: September 29, 2007; Engine valves: can't live with them, can't cross the Atlantic without them.
Photo Exhibition: September 20, 2007; Some photographs taken during a recent photography course.
San Gennaro: September 16, 2007; The Feast of San Gennaro comes to Little Italy.
Relaunched: September 10, 2007; Another day, another website makeover.
Fireworks: July 4, 2007; Photographs of the 4th of July firework display seen from the Lower East Side.
Reverend Billy: July 1, 2007; Reverend Billy has reportedly been arrested.
Sarasota: June 26, 2007; A handful of pictures from a trip to Sarasota, FL.
Birds and the Bees (and Crabs): May 31, 2007; Love is in the air (for wild turkeys and mind-blowingly ancient arthropods).
(It's a) Burning Car: May 24, 2007; A car spontaneously combusts in the street outside.
Dance Parade 2007: May 19, 2007; Dancers vote with their feet (hips, hands and other body parts) to protest New York's archaic cabaret laws.
Great Saunter 2007: May 5, 2007; Here we go round the island of Manhattan with the Shorewalkers again.
MoDo Madness: April 30, 2007; The mourning doves have landed, and the cat is going insane.
Fire and Police: April 4, 2007; High drama - and a touch of farce - on the streets of New York.
Eclipse: March 3, 2007; Some photographs of the March 3rd lunar eclipse.
Dissenting opinion: March 1, 2007; Vandals have taken to defacing anti-authoritarian wall art in my neighborhood.
Gung hei faat choi: February 25, 2007; Photographs from the Chinese New Year parade in Manhattan.

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