The War Inside

Mmm, the title sounds a bit dramatic, doesn’t it? But there is literally a war or two inside the house of one collector, Mr Gus Lopez in Seattle. His passion for collecting things from a galaxy far, far away has consumed him, and pretty much all of his house. Star Wars has led him on [...]

Living in a box

This morning I came across an article regarding the Pope, who has decided that seven deadly sins aren’t really enough. In moving the Church with modern times and thinking, he’s added a few more to the list. Now missing from that list, from an ardent collector’s perspective, is removing a collectable from its packaging. [...]

A paradoxical box of Pandoras

People and their collecting habits are a fascinating window to the human psyche, a real paradoxical box of Pandoras. On the one hand, there are people who collect to highlight their individuality. On the other, serious collectors can exhibit almost fanatical camaraderie with those who also appreciate what they treasure. A collector can be a [...]

Close to me BK

Yesterday around noon I was in a rush. I didn’t have time to make a decent lunch, so I went to Burger King instead. While I was waiting to order my #3 meal from the staff member whose life ambition was to take the ‘fast’ out of ‘fast food’, I noticed a large LCD [...]

News 8 – Oxygen release

After more feedback from our members, it was time for another release of functionality! There’re some big things happening in this release… so pay attention please

Group Talk – when you visit a group you’ve joined in Kollecta, you’ll now notice a new tab – ‘Group Talk’. On this page, any Group member can [...]

News 6 – Carbon release

12.2.2008 #6 – Carbon release
We started a message board at kollecta.yuku.com, should members want to use it. If it becomes incredibly popular and the nice people at yuku.com ask us to leave because we’re nailing their bandwidth, we’ll look at bringing it in-house.

Mark and Microphonies

Collecting is different things to different people. Am I a collector, gatherer, hoarder, accumulator, or none of the above? Hmm. Some people collect to make a profit, some to simply ‘get the whole set’, others to step back in time. Yes. The act of thinking, searching, finding, evaluating, remembering a specific object… that is also [...]

Collecting Chemicals

Last week we dealt with collecting insects, which were simple to collect in light of this week’s potential collection: the chemical elements.
Sure, there are hundreds of thousands of insects, so you’d need a big house and a lot of patience to build your collection, but at least you can see everything you’re collecting. Insects aren’t [...]

The second post

This is the second post. Hopefully it’s not going to be as painful as an author struggling through that difficult, second novel. What does one write about, in this terrifying second post? The weather? (16 degrees Celsius, light nor-westerly, some cloud developing with a 60% chance of showers in the evening). How your pet looks [...]