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Overheard at Body and Soul
Who's that guy... was in Waterworld and the Postman... Oh shit, I didn't want to have to remember Kevin Costner ( Read more... ) -
Primavera Sound 2012
For the record, here are the bands I saw in Primavera 2012 ( Read more... ) -
Choice lyrics from Watch The Throne
"I mean I might even make [my son] be Republican, So everybody know he love white people"
"Usually you have this much taste you European"
"I paid for those titties, get yo' own"
"Ix-nay off my dix-nay, That's pig-latin, Ich-Bay"
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Roomba Rhumba
Thrilled with my new Roomba iRobot vacuum cleaner. It was very easy to set up and I had the little guy driving around the sitting room, eating dust and hair like a pro, within minutes of getting it out of the box. Fortuitously that day I'd been off sick (just back from Tallinn) so I had the full day to get him to try out most of the rooms in the ( Read more... ) -
Thoughts on China
The world is industrialising in an onrush of factories, roads, apartment blocks, vacant lots, car parks, toll booths, and railway lines, like a hyperactive SimCity goon who fills every tile in the game space with hastily tacked-together developments. Power lines thread their way across the landscape. Rivers turn brownish shades from effluent. The ( Read more... ) -
Adventures in Belgium
Back in November, I had a great 3-part holiday in Belgium. The first part was hanging out in Brussels with Tee and our friends. The third part was attending a business conference on SQL and databases. The second part was the most interesting. I rented a car and tried to fulfil a lifelong ambition to go on a tour of Trappist beer-brewing monasteries ( Read more... )