Archive for November, 2004



This weeks’ HUMO gift

  HUMO magazine regularily gives out free gifts with their weekly issue; now that I’m living in the US, I have am missing out on some great items. And look what I’m missing this week! It’s HUMO’s big pairing-up action. Not 1 but 2 free condoms included!

Turkey and cheese in Kentucky

Unfortunately, Thanksgiving weekend is almost over. We’ll soon be benchmarking caches and attending classes again in Chapel Hill, but atleast I’ve spent a great time in Kentucky. On the left is a snapshot of Henry’s family and me, enjoying the smoked-Turkey-and-cheese-platter we had on Thursday night.

Bart’s California 2004 trip pictures

Bart has put his California 2004 trip pictures online. You can view them using an uber-cool popup-map. Just click the places he visited, and you get the matching pictures. I remember I wanted to do something like that for my Bolivia trip a few years ago. Maybe I’ll still do it someday… Atleast now I know how…

Over in Lexington

Tonight I arrived in Lexington, Kentucky, at Henry’s grandparents for Thanksgiving. Tomorrow we’ll dig into the turkey.. I’ll be over at his parents place for the rest of the weekend…

Belgians have never spent less on food.

According to De Standaard, a leading Belgian newspaper, Belgians have never spent less on food (requires e-registration). One particular result from the study struck my attention: “Een kwart van de ondervraagden eet ook wel eens rechtstaand.” Translated: “A quarter of the asked people has eaten while standing before.” I wonder what the percentage would be in the [...]

New claim on location of Atlantis

One more reason for me to have a break from work in the Mediterranean; the first being the continuous attraction by Anselmo’s changing desktop wallpapers from the National Geographics website. The BBC has a story on the new claimed location of Atlantis. It’s off Cyprus, the setting is stunning.