<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575</id><updated>2011-07-30T12:39:47.860-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The Optic Merv</title><subtitle type='html'>Days in the life of a digitized Dad</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>376</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-1595493637149236673</id><published>2011-04-05T04:38:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T04:38:09.716-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Old or new? Wine list or restaurant's own iPad app?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5591459501/" title="Old or new?  Wine list or restaurant's own iPad app?"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5148/5591459501_9c4e300bc5.jpg" alt="Old or new?  Wine list or restaurant's own iPad app? by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5591459501/"&gt;Old or new?  Wine list or restaurant's own iPad app?&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;There were disastrous consequences!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-1595493637149236673?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/1595493637149236673/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=1595493637149236673' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/1595493637149236673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/1595493637149236673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/old-or-new-wine-list-or-restaurant-own.html' title='Old or new? Wine list or restaurant&amp;#39;s own iPad app?'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5148/5591459501_9c4e300bc5_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-2270712980413855769</id><published>2011-04-05T04:35:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T04:35:40.952-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Everyone wants Chris Patten's favorite dan taat.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5592047574/" title="Everyone wants Chris Patten's favorite dan taat."&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5592047574_f0418e2b53.jpg" alt="Everyone wants Chris Patten's favorite dan taat. by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5592047574/"&gt;Everyone wants Chris Patten's favorite dan taat.&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-2270712980413855769?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/2270712980413855769/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=2270712980413855769' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/2270712980413855769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/2270712980413855769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/everyone-wants-chris-patten-favorite.html' title='Everyone wants Chris Patten&amp;#39;s favorite dan taat.'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5065/5592047574_f0418e2b53_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-8284115992807511195</id><published>2011-04-05T04:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-05T04:34:07.251-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's official! Done Hong Kong.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5591452463/" title="It's official!  Done Hong Kong."&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5591452463_59932d8d97.jpg" alt="It's official!  Done Hong Kong. by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5591452463/"&gt;It's official!  Done Hong Kong.&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-8284115992807511195?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/8284115992807511195/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=8284115992807511195' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/8284115992807511195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/8284115992807511195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/it-official-done-hong-kong.html' title='It&amp;#39;s official! Done Hong Kong.'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5026/5591452463_59932d8d97_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-4969326453013810061</id><published>2011-04-04T06:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T06:28:11.624-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rest for the weary. Ladies Market.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5588959866/" title="Rest for the weary. Ladies Market."&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5588959866_9c295d1a9d.jpg" alt="Rest for the weary. Ladies Market. by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5588959866/"&gt;Rest for the weary. Ladies Market.&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-4969326453013810061?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/4969326453013810061/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=4969326453013810061' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/4969326453013810061'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/4969326453013810061'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/rest-for-weary-ladies-market.html' title='Rest for the weary. Ladies Market.'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5258/5588959866_9c295d1a9d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-7797551599784395273</id><published>2011-04-04T06:27:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T06:27:25.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Side street Ladies Market</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5588364843/" title="Side street Ladies Market"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5588364843_d0038a619d.jpg" alt="Side street Ladies Market by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5588364843/"&gt;Side street Ladies Market&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-7797551599784395273?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/7797551599784395273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=7797551599784395273' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/7797551599784395273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/7797551599784395273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/side-street-ladies-market.html' title='Side street Ladies Market'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5270/5588364843_d0038a619d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-6749442920442592426</id><published>2011-04-04T06:26:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T06:26:09.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ladies Market night scene Hong Kong</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5588954456/" title="Ladies Market night scene Hong Kong"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5588954456_8f3c7bbea0.jpg" alt="Ladies Market night scene Hong Kong by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5588954456/"&gt;Ladies Market night scene Hong Kong&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-6749442920442592426?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/6749442920442592426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=6749442920442592426' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/6749442920442592426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/6749442920442592426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/ladies-market-night-scene-hong-kong.html' title='Ladies Market night scene Hong Kong'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5253/5588954456_8f3c7bbea0_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-9133037415622633197</id><published>2011-04-04T06:24:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T06:24:39.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stoking up for consuming, Ladies Market</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5588950620/" title="Stoking up for consuming, Ladies Market"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5588950620_a13d664a6c.jpg" alt="Stoking up for consuming, Ladies Market by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5588950620/"&gt;Stoking up for consuming, Ladies Market&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-9133037415622633197?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/9133037415622633197/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=9133037415622633197' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/9133037415622633197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/9133037415622633197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/stoking-up-for-consuming-ladies-market.html' title='Stoking up for consuming, Ladies Market'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5145/5588950620_a13d664a6c_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-7239837816032464066</id><published>2011-04-03T05:55:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-03T05:55:05.811-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eileen with Mr. Huang.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5584559539/" title="Eileen with Mr. Huang."&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5584559539_b69995506d.jpg" alt="Eileen with Mr. Huang. by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5584559539/"&gt;Eileen with Mr. Huang.&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-7239837816032464066?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/7239837816032464066/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=7239837816032464066' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/7239837816032464066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/7239837816032464066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/eileen-with-mr-huang.html' title='Eileen with Mr. Huang.'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5256/5584559539_b69995506d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-7387846130440195812</id><published>2011-04-02T01:22:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-02T01:22:45.063-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Terraces in the mist at Ping An Zhuang</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; 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padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5579135061/" title="Xingping port, Li River"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5579135061_09430b2994.jpg" alt="Xingping port, Li River by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5579135061/"&gt;Xingping port, Li River&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-3393326758341812092?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/3393326758341812092/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=3393326758341812092' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/3393326758341812092'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/3393326758341812092'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/04/xingping-port-li-river.html' title='Xingping port, Li River'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5579135061_09430b2994_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-5810855972155238116</id><published>2011-03-30T00:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-30T00:30:14.249-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Damp day in Hong Kong for the trams</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5573736058/" title="Damp day in Hong Kong for the trams"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5223/5573736058_53c6ce19bb.jpg" alt="Damp day in Hong Kong for the trams by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5573736058/"&gt;Damp day in Hong Kong for the trams&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-5810855972155238116?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/5810855972155238116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=5810855972155238116' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/5810855972155238116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/5810855972155238116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/03/damp-day-in-hong-kong-for-trams.html' title='Damp day in Hong Kong for the trams'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5223/5573736058_53c6ce19bb_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-6415250312478939442</id><published>2011-03-29T16:29:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-29T16:29:31.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>View fro Hong Kong hotel not quite up to Marina Sands...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5572818176/" title="View fro Hong Kong hotel not quite up to Marina Sands..."&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5572818176_9836cbe3f3.jpg" alt="View fro Hong Kong hotel not quite up to Marina Sands... by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5572818176/"&gt;View fro Hong Kong hotel not quite up to Marina Sands...&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-6415250312478939442?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/6415250312478939442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=6415250312478939442' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/6415250312478939442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/6415250312478939442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/03/view-fro-hong-kong-hotel-not-quite-up.html' title='View fro Hong Kong hotel not quite up to Marina Sands...'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5263/5572818176_9836cbe3f3_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-5627152061837591967</id><published>2011-03-28T16:54:00.003-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-28T16:54:46.790-07:00</updated><title type='text'>One way to watch sunrise over the ships in Singapore harbor</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; 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Financial district in background</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5563937976/" title="Sir Stamford and Eileen. Financial district in background"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5091/5563937976_e8a609a47a.jpg" alt="Sir Stamford and Eileen. Financial district in background by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5563937976/"&gt;Sir Stamford and Eileen. Financial district in background&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-6360280186640955265?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/6360280186640955265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=6360280186640955265' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/6360280186640955265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/6360280186640955265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/03/sir-stamford-and-eileen-financial.html' title='Sir Stamford and Eileen. Financial district in background'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5091/5563937976_e8a609a47a_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-8115771138921772313</id><published>2011-03-27T03:28:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-27T03:28:05.298-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cricket on the Padang. Supreme Court in background</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5563359261/" title="Cricket on the Padang. Supreme Court in  background"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5055/5563359261_3a2e48a16e.jpg" alt="Cricket on the Padang. Supreme Court in  background by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5563359261/"&gt;Cricket on the Padang. Supreme Court in  background&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-8115771138921772313?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/8115771138921772313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=8115771138921772313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/8115771138921772313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/8115771138921772313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/03/cricket-on-padang-supreme-court-in.html' title='Cricket on the Padang. Supreme Court in background'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5055/5563359261_3a2e48a16e_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-2822058819623866490</id><published>2011-03-26T17:34:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-26T17:35:00.032-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eileen takes to the waters</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5562848014/" title="Eileen takes to the waters"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5562848014_a8e53d8a58.jpg" alt="Eileen takes to the waters by opticmerv" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/5562848014/"&gt;Eileen takes to the waters&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Merv&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-2822058819623866490?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/2822058819623866490/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=2822058819623866490' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/2822058819623866490'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/2822058819623866490'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2011/03/eileen-takes-to-waters.html' title='Eileen takes to the waters'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5187/5562848014_a8e53d8a58_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-2420402594757423435</id><published>2011-03-25T17:09:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-25T17:09:18.918-07:00</updated><title type='text'>photo.JPG</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; 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ArthroOil in the bag.</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4138683730/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4138683730_a8a98bcf10.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4138683730/"&gt;Eileen &amp;amp; friend at teashop in Kerala. 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ArthroOil in the bag.'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2687/4138683730_a8a98bcf10_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-8881670926214618072</id><published>2009-11-26T17:33:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T17:33:27.660-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Today's catch Fort Kochi</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4136672069/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2768/4136672069_ab04527048.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; 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margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4074000219/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/4074000219_ed1461d823.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4074000219/"&gt;View from my hotel in Sao Paulo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-2072127835951437129?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/2072127835951437129/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=2072127835951437129' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/2072127835951437129'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/2072127835951437129'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/11/view-from-my-hotel-in-sao-paulo.html' title='View from my hotel in Sao Paulo'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2766/4074000219_ed1461d823_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-6731144890582444753</id><published>2009-11-04T00:40:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2009-11-04T00:40:29.529-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Flying in to Sao Paulo. It's big!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4073994677/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2719/4073994677_8720571815.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4073994677/"&gt;Flying in to Sao Paulo. 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margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4009414651/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/4009414651_652d07a8f5.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/4009414651/"&gt;England hopeful #1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-334479865925335841?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/334479865925335841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=334479865925335841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/334479865925335841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/334479865925335841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/10/england-hopeful-1.html' title='England hopeful #1'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2455/4009414651_652d07a8f5_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-9039160648521598479</id><published>2009-10-13T17:33:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T17:33:42.901-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Trifle at Twickenham</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; 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Maeve survey their handiwork</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3980937653/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2440/3980937653_3df6f33463.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3980937653/"&gt;Ryan &amp;amp; Maeve survey their handiwork&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-8349595134980017430?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/8349595134980017430/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=8349595134980017430' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/8349595134980017430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/8349595134980017430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/10/ryan-maeve-survey-their-handiwork.html' title='Ryan &amp;amp; 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A Norwegian cruise galleon loaded with doubloons!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-3408652646189644189?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/3408652646189644189/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=3408652646189644189' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/3408652646189644189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/3408652646189644189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/09/avast-norwegian-cruise-galleon-loaded.html' title='Avast! 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I be at the helm maties!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3938977748/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3938977748_2b01c79c2d.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3938977748/"&gt;Yarrrr!  I be at the helm maties!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-3940786520772325264?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/3940786520772325264/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=3940786520772325264' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/3940786520772325264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/3940786520772325264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/09/yarrrr-i-be-at-helm-maties.html' title='Yarrrr! I be at the helm maties!'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2597/3938977748_2b01c79c2d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-1972012046688114294</id><published>2009-09-06T14:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T14:43:43.290-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Captain Gaeton with crew Stan, Alan, Richard and Melanie. 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Thanks, team!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;IMG_3186&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-1972012046688114294?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/1972012046688114294/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=1972012046688114294' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/1972012046688114294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/1972012046688114294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/09/captain-gaeton-with-crew-stan-alan.html' title='Captain Gaeton with crew Stan, Alan, Richard and Melanie. Thanks, team!'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3471/3893733399_64749f8fca_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-3622746614414843988</id><published>2009-09-05T00:40:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T00:40:03.880-07:00</updated><title type='text'>'Bye Stan!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3889326160/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2457/3889326160_a6f3020572.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3889326160/"&gt;'Bye Stan!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-3622746614414843988?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/3622746614414843988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=3622746614414843988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/3622746614414843988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/3622746614414843988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/09/stan.html' title='&amp;#39;Bye Stan!'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2457/3889326160_a6f3020572_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-6087861406411378058</id><published>2009-09-05T00:39:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T00:39:13.490-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Melanie! Bye!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3889325100/" title="photo sharing"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3497/3889325100_0736ddd3a1.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3889325100/"&gt;Thanks Melanie!  Bye!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-6087861406411378058?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/6087861406411378058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=6087861406411378058' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/6087861406411378058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/6087861406411378058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/09/thanks-melanie-bye.html' title='Thanks Melanie! 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margin-top: 0px;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/26263067@N05/3887435162/"&gt;Clouds roll away....&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Originally uploaded by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/26263067@N05/"&gt;opticmerv&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br clear="all" /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5180288590474642575-2792419938617740480?l=opticmerv.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/feeds/2792419938617740480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5180288590474642575&amp;postID=2792419938617740480' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/2792419938617740480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5180288590474642575/posts/default/2792419938617740480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opticmerv.blogspot.com/2009/09/clouds-roll-away.html' title='Clouds roll away....'/><author><name>optic merv</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07772481300535326217</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/3887435162_880a95bb3f_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5180288590474642575.post-8332114307043564803</id><published>2009-09-04T08:17:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-04T08:17:34.656-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Appealing to a higher authority to stop the rain...</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="float: right; 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