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Happy holidays

We are thoroughly enjoying our holiday, although i am also looking forward to going home. We have been to many museums and visited many tourist attractions. We shall probably spend the remaining days...

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Talking about books

I thought i would upload holiday photos tonight … but now the time comes i just don't feel like it. So i'll save it for another evening, or possibly the weekend. There's no hurry. Instead i find myself...

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A strange scientific phenomenon

Is there a scientific law which states that clocks are more likely to stop when you're away on holiday than when you're at home to notice them stop? The last two times we have come home from a trip...

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Chaos

I finished the book "Chaos" by James Gleick today. It took me a while to get through it – such a heavy-going book, but i'm very glad i made it to the end. For about half the book i was thinking, "Well...

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A post of many dimensions

I am currently reading Hyperspace by Michio Kaku, and absolutely loving it! So fascinating, and so well explained. Who would have imagined that the physical laws of the universe become simpler and fit...

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Awakening

Now something inside is awakening, Like a dream I once had and forgot. And it's something I'm scared of And something I don't want to stop. Sara Groves – Awakening Stealing other people's lyrics in...

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Better blogging

So yesterday's post was actually not the last post of the year! :) A few nights ago i saw somebody's blog had little icons next to comments, showing the country, browser and operating system of each...

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CouchDB and data storage

Alexander Lang has written a great article about why CouchDB is not compatible with ActiveRecord, and why you should not try to coerce CouchDB into mimicking a relational database. It really is a very...

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How long will humanity survive?

I'm reading a book called "The Goldilocks Enigma" by Paul Davies. It discusses why it is that the universe seems to be so finely tuned to life. It explains all the 'coincidences' that have turned up in...

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Memories of BiCon 2010

BiCon 2010, the 28th annual bisexual conference/convention took place from August 26th – 30th at the University of East London, Docklands campus. It was combined with the 10th International Conference...

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