Archive for the ‘General’ Category

November 15, 2011 | In: General

On creativity and education

If you have any interest in the aforementioned topics, I think you should watch this talk... ...and read this...

March 10, 2008 | In: General

New (old) car

Last summer I sold my beloved 1992 black Audi 80. It was slow as a turtle (a rather hefty car with a measly 1.6 liter engine doesn't exactly make for a sprinter) but had technology that surpassed its contemporaries, superb build quality and a very nice...

April 8, 2007 | In: General, Internet

Spring cleaning

As you might have already noticed, my blog has received something of a digital makeover to clean up its begrimed facade. Just to make myself feel better about the Friday afternoon I spent fixing things on my website, I am going to dedicate a full post to...

After checking out a little more of Amsterdam, I went to the train station 90 minutes early. I met two American girls who seemed to be hopelessly lost, had the backpacker conversation and showed them where to validate their rail passes. On the train I sat...

Spent the day wandering the streets of Brussels. Well at least Central brussels. The Grand' Place-Grote Markt area is awesome. The architectural attention to detail in the Gothic buildings is mind-blowing. You can just stand there and stare for 20...

August 10, 2006 | In: General

June 27 2007, Paris, France

First rule of budget travel: make advance hostel bookings in the high seasons to avoid unnecessary hassles as exemplified below. Arrived in Paris and headed straight to the hostel as planned. They had no available beds. Nice. I should've made the...

I was just thinking how much I hate long flights and how I don't mind excruciatingly long train rides (especially in Euope). Rail travel in Europe is a pleasure. 10 hours of good scenery, a good book, my music and plenty of time to think about anything...

February 13, 2006 | In: General, Internet, Technology, blogs

Moblogging

It must be the lack of sunlight for like 5 months a year that forces the Swedes to stay indoors most of the time and come up with all these cool stuff like Saabs, smoked fish and Mobilblogg. I stubled upon this website while searching for a moblogging...

A survey on World66 ranks the Egyptians number 7 out of the top ten most travelled people of the world, with an average of 21 countries visited. According to the survey, the Swiss are the most travel savvy, and Americans are the least (not the ones I...

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