Monthly Archives: February 2009

Metaphysical questions

Lunchtime conversations with my work mates revolve around all sorts of topics, from food to dreams to siblings to every possible aspect of the lives of young, geeky geneticists. Whatever the topic however, we always seem to be able to find a resemblance with something that happened in a TV show. Friends, Seinfeld, House, The...

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Seven pounds

This is one of the best movies I have seen. After “The Pursuit of Happiness” I knew Will Smith had a lot to offer, more than Independence Day and Men in Black that is. But it’s not only Will’s amazing performance that makes this movie so awesome. What did it for me was the story....

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Keyboard for blondes

This is too good! I like how the windows key has a little flower drawn on it, how the F1-12 keys are ‘USELESS KEYS’, how the  ‘.’ key on the NumPad has a big arrow pointing to it, how the parentheses and the ‘:’ are circled so that the blondes don’t get confused and can...

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$4 worth of pampering

Yesterday D wanted to install Ubuntu on one of the servers. I asked why and he gave me a detailed explanation which unfortunately I am unable to reproduce here. When he realized he needs a blank CD for this he wasn’t too happy because we didn’t possess any which meant he’d have to go to...

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Watches and clocks

I am desperately looking for a watch and a clock for the living room. I found very funky ones on No Quedan Blogs. The Average Day watch from Mr. Jones Watches. Dali clock, not sure from where. Race clock by Ignacio Pilotto.   Pop Quiz clock from DCI Product. IQ Fortis watch by Rolf Sachs. 

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