[flar]

It could be four letters at random. Perhaps a bit of journalistic flourish, but it sounds cool.

I actually get emails occasionally from people who decided to move to Hamilton based on the photo threads. My aim was always to dispel the myths about how bad Hamilton is and raise the city's collective self esteem a tiny bit. Around the same time I was posting photos, a lot of grassroots interest in urban issues was starting to gain traction. I like to think I was a part of that and hope it will continue (even though I had to move to a less interesting city).