Category: General

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On the Head of a Pin: How the Winchester Brothers Spin me round round round, round round like a merry go round round round round (original or remake, you choose) – Part I

April 5, 2009

I finally gave in. Some of you have been gently encouraging me (read: harassing me day and night via email, Facebook and telephone). Some others were a little more subtle; while you did see it coming, as evidenced by your emails, you didn’t outright say it, just sent me positive, encouraging and what you hoped… Read More On the Head of a Pin: How the Winchester Brothers Spin me round round round, round round like a merry go round round round round (original or remake, you choose) – Part I

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Populist rage: Any hope the 1789 French Revolution will become The 2009 Global Revolution? Part I

April 3, 2009

I was going through some old papers a couple of weeks ago (spring cleaning and all that jazz) and found notes I had taken on the French Revolution all the way back in High School. This is one of the very few things I had kept from that time, for the event had left quite… Read More Populist rage: Any hope the 1789 French Revolution will become The 2009 Global Revolution? Part I

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Did you know?

March 29, 2009

The statistics in this video are astounding; the capacity, mind-boggling. Take a look! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIDLIwlzkgY&e]

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Earth Hour 2009!

March 28, 2009

An event that started small only a couple of years ago is now spread out all over the world! Earth Hour is about raising awareness; on Saturday, March 28th, at 20h30 local time, people around the world turned off their lights. Here are a couple of pictures from the Earth Hour hosted by Sahar’s blog.… Read More Earth Hour 2009!

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IHT: ‘When stars Twitter, a ghost may be lurking’

March 28, 2009

Here is another reason why celebrities shouldn’t be role models: they are often the result of careful marketing strategies. What we think as coming from celebrities, i.e. what some people consider as the standards towards which they strive, are actually coming from a team of people manipulating that stars image. And, however obvious this argument… Read More IHT: ‘When stars Twitter, a ghost may be lurking’