Category Archives: Life
Common Dutch English Mistakes
Despite (or rather because of) being very good English speakers, I’ve noticed many Dutch people making the following mistakes: price versus prize: While both things are represented by the word prijs in Dutch, they have separate words in English. You … Continue reading
Why can’t I own a Canadian?
This is a real screenshot I took last week.
This is what totalitarianism looks like
a senior North Korean general relayed Mr. Kim’s order through a broadcast to intercoms fitted at most North Korean homes via North Korea Cuts All Ties With South as Tensions Rise – NYTimes.com.
Travel Tote
Lowe Alpine Backpack Travel Cover Tote Bag I’m doing all my moving with this bag. It’s incredible.
Travel is a human right
The European Union has declared that tourism is a human right and all Europeans are entitled to subsidized travel. via An Important Human Right – Freakonomics Blog – NYTimes.com. I’m cutting edge: we wrote a manifesto in my Utopias class … Continue reading
The indefatigable man
Yet Robic does not excel on physical talent alone. He is not always the fastest competitor (he often makes up ground by sleeping 90 minutes or less a day), nor does he possess any towering physiological gift. On rare occasions … Continue reading
I like it
Maybe if I find myself at some hip party in Williamsburg and someone asks me what I do, I’ll respond in an open ended and mysterious way that I am a ”code writer” or maybe even a “writer of code.” … Continue reading
Love It
“We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things.” – Herb Kelleher, Southwest Airlines
Donate to MSF
I just donated $50 to Doctors without Borders (Médicins sans Frontières). I suggest you do too.