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The city of London
The story of the City of London (pop. 11000) never ceases to amaze me. This small video explains how it works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrObZHZZUc
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Fixing my ugly PHP code
As I think I mentioned before I have written some ugly PHP pages to simplify my testing work (seriously, thanks to a couple of fairly simple pages I have tak...
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Musical dilemmas (Lowlands edition)
I'm going to the Lowlands festival soon, and as I should, I'm looking forward to it immensely. I have been told by people that have been there before that yo...
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Micro review: Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Movie: Nick and Norah's infinite playlist Synopsis: Michael Cera is typecast as Michael Cera in a teenage movie that tries to mix High Fidelity and Before Su...
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Underground New York Public Library
I know I have been neglecting my blog again. It seems like I'm never really able to keep up blogging, because there is always so much to do and so much to fo...
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Cool participation videos
Interacting with people is fun, and this guy manages to engage crowds of people to go dance walking with him. This really brings a smile to my face, especial...
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My kind of religious experience
The other day Neil deGrasse Tyson was tweeting to some nicely produced videos that pair his voice with beautiful footage. The first (which echoes sentiments ...
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The eye of the storm
Tonight, during dinner with colleagues, we were discussing many things, among others the fact that I am generally very loud and very present. While thinking ...
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On happiness
Recently I was asked what I wanted, and semi-jokingly I replied that I want to be happy, as I'm wont to. They then repeated the common wisdom to me that you ...
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Pride and Prejudice
Like any self-respecting gentleman (and closeted romantic) I love LOVE love Pride and Prejudice in almost all shapes and forms. Of course the BBC miniseries ...
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