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Monthly Archives: May 2008

It’s all Greek to me

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Yes! Today this very afternoon we will take flight for the land of rebetika, ouzo, tzatziki and philosophy. Expect many photos on our return (end of next week), but I doubt very much we’ll be spending much time online before then.

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Subtle

Thursday, May 15, 2008

In my inbox this morning:

Office of the Honourable Minister Of Information Federal Republic Of Nigeria Tel: 234 703 440 0879

REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

This is to inform you that we have verified your payment, Nigerian 419 scam practiotioners where Arested,your name has been shortlisted and approved for this payment as one of the 419 scam victims,get back to me [...]

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Birds are weird

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Birds in general are weird, but our friendly neighbourhood reiger (heron? crane? stork? whatever) is especially so. What in the name of all that’s feathered is he doing on the roof of the houseboat next door, spreading his wings, wobbling his throat and stepping around in circles?

A couple more pics below the fold.

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Archive-to-rss

Sunday, May 4, 2008

This idea I give free and gratis to teh internets, in the hopes that somebody more technically adept will implement it: a converter to turn a sequential archive into a delayed-update rss feed.

Ever discover a new webcomic? And have your productivity drop to zero while you rampage through an archive backlog of several hundred episodes [...]

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Bardcore!

Saturday, May 3, 2008

The awesome design is by Hanna de Vries, from an idea of mine (actually I misread “hardcore” on someone’s hoody…). Now I’m going to try to put it on a t-shirt — if anyone local has experience or tips I’d love to hear ‘em.

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Punk ducklings

Friday, May 2, 2008

Just down the canal lives a family of meerkoeten. They’re nauseatingly cute.

Mama takes good care of them.

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