Ramblings

It’s uncanny. The courts must have read my blog. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050507/ap_on_hi_te/digital_tv_piracy

I just realized that for the past three hours my apartment could have been mistaken for the residence of some chant-crazed Gregorian monks. This is a bit strange, as both Ann and I are devout atheists. The culprit is CNN, which we generally have on in the background at all Read more

What is it about a slow, televised death that is so fascinating? I come home from MBA class, turn on the TV, and find out that what everyone has been speculating for two days is now official: Pope John Paul II is near death from advanced Parkinsons. Now, as the Read more

Ann left two days ago. Guess how long it’s been since I left the apartment. You guessed it. Two days. Actually, today I went to Utrecht with my bike to go to a pickup game of ultimate. Utrecht is an hour away by train, and I hadn’t been to the Read more

I would just like to send a shout-out to Sony, the makers of the Micro Vault USB memory stick. Thank god that they designed that thing to go through a washing machine cycle and still operate. Without corrupting any of the files or damaging the memory stick in any way. Read more

CNN has just published its list of the top 10 events of 2004. Here’s my brief opinion on them: 1. Election 2004 – I still feel like someone ripped out my heart and beat me over the head with it. At the same time I want to say “I’m not Read more

The election is coming. It is less than a week away. It dominates every newspaper headline, it is on every newscast of every Dutch, German, and Belgian TV channel that we get. There are more articles about who’s leading in the polls than any other topic. Even an ocean away Read more