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I’ve begun publishing some of my older articles on Knol, Google’s answer to Wikipedia (of sorts). I figured either let them rot on my hard drive or give ‘em to the world to enjoy. So world: enjoy! The Knol concept is a bit different than Wikipedia: not everyone is allowed to correct articles, only the [...]
So my father received this email. Anybody else smell Nigerian Spam? ———————————– Attention Good day. I am the United Nations Presidential Task Force Chairman for Refugees here in Ghana. I here by pass this information to you that the Member of the Parliament is looking for God fearing person who can be the Ambassador to [...]
I just got this email. I thought you should read it. For your eternal mirth, here it is. Spelling and grammar is [sic]. Hello, It is well known that women from your country are very beautiful, have high moral and family values. Therefore now it became very prestigious amoung the Russian millionaires and rich people [...]
1982 actually. No, this is not a post about soccer (Football to you Americans, a game consisting of 22 skilled players, one impartial referee, two eagle-eyed referee’s assistants and one stupid ball). I realize there is this WorldCup thingy going on, but anyone who knows me knows that I couldn’t care less about who is [...]
Far back in 2006 I tried to do a video blogging series, back when I still had DoNotFeedTheMonkey.com. I had nothing to talk about and nothing to say. And it shows. Only managed a few episodes before I realize how pointless and nonsensical it was. Enjoy my failed attempts at Video Blogging! Any resemblance to [...]
“Your happiness grows in direct proportion to your acceptance and in inverse proportion to your expectations.” Michael J. Fox has always been a kind of hero to me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not someone who idolizes human beings, but I have always been admiring his work and his ability to stay above himself. I [...]
I was cleaning out my server when I stumbled across this site I created for some of my funky home-videos, ages ago (featuring often my parents, oddly enough). Back then when my editing skillz were mediocre to lousy, I did it all just for fun’s sake, and YouTube was but a site I’ve only heard of (thus [...]
I recently had the honor of writing the feature article for the fall/winter 2009 issue of the magazine InColor, published by the International Colored Gemstone Association. I had to dig deep into my knowledge of amber (of what little there is) and it’s history as relevant to the Caribbean, as well as do some very [...]
Inspiration, I have you now! I’m happy to announce my favorite singer Emma Shapplin has just released her newest album, and its a step in a new direction. After her previous pop-opera albums Carmine Meo and Etterna, she now released Macadam Flower, a new more modern approach to her style. And in English. While her [...]