Book Review: The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

June 27, 2010

What do you get when you mix hard science fiction, a spy thriller, a loathing for bureaucracy, a computer hacker as main protagonist, Lovecraftian horror, a wicked sense of humor and set it all in an alternate history? Answer: The Bob Howard or Laundry series by Charles Stross.

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May 2010 In Pictures

June 5, 2010

What was May 2010 like? Some rain, a lot of sunshine, but also very cold. All pictures, photos and videos, were taken within 15 minutes cycling distance from my home.

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Interspecies Copycat Behavior Among Birds In A Winter Garden

May 30, 2010

A lot of people with a garden put out food for the birds during the Winter. So do we. The food can be fat balls, peanuts, breadcrumbs, sunflower seeds, a grain mix, and fresh water. But over a period of 30 years some things have changed.

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Book Review: Watchmen By Alan Moore And Dave Gibbons

May 23, 2010

I wasn’t a big fan of the superhero comics (Batman, Spiderman, X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Hulk, …), but I had a friend who was so I read quite a lot of those comics during my teens. They provided a nice pastime, but nothing more. I was much more a fan of Guust Flater, Durango, Rode Ridder, Soda, Jeremiah, Blake & Mortimer, … which non-Belgians probably never heard off. Your loss.

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April 2010 In Pictures

May 2, 2010

Pictures taken during April 2010: birds, Oostende, village of Stene, village of Leffinge, Himmunitas Foundation and sunsets.

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Reducing The Noise With The Facebook Feed Filter For Firefox

April 25, 2010

I would be exaggerating when I say that I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook; a mix of curiosity, boredom and irritation describes my feelings towards it much better.

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March 2010 In Pictures

April 3, 2010

This just won’t do. The intention for this series was to show how I expand my horizons; from being city-bound by a debilitating disease to slowly being able to visit neighboring cities, towns and nature reserves on my own. Alas, subsequent infections left me nearly neighborhood-bound.

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Book Review: Kingmaker, Kingbreaker Duology By Karen Miller

March 21, 2010

Why write a review for a mediocre fantasy duology? Because the story reminded my of a much better fantasy trilogy I once read.

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Book Review: The Wee Free Men by Terry Pratchett

March 14, 2010

This is the first book of the Tiffany Aching series by Terry Pratchett. This series is about a young girl who wants to become a witch and is part of the discworld series.

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February 2010 In Pictures

February 28, 2010

Again I wasn’t able to expand my roaming range due to the weather. We had another 2 cold spells with snow and temperatures below freezing, and a lot of dark, cloudy, windy, rainy days. Again not a lot of good photo opportunities, but I managed to take some good bird pictures.

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