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Sync Sink

Seems like all I’m doing these days is sync stuff. I’m syncing my Google personal calendar with my iCal and my Google work calendar. I’m syncing my Outlook work calendar with my merged Google calendar. I’m syncing my Office with … Continue reading

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MIX

Yesterday, the European tour of MIX Essentials, the watered-down version of the Microsoft tech event, hit Belgium. Since the focus there was on Silverlight, I thought it would be cool if I dropped by. Silverlight is what MS hopes will … Continue reading

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Download, Print, Create

One of my most popular posts ever, is the one I wrote about notebooks (paper that is) and which ones make you look cool. Somehow, in this deluge of online collaboration tools, workspace platforms and social networking, people seem to … Continue reading

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How I Got Hooked on the Mushroom Juice

A few weeks back, I was introduced to a beverage called kombucha. It’s supposedly quite the healthy drink, and is said to cleanse the body and restore energy. However, it has its side effects as well. I briefly suffered from … Continue reading

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Give Away Your Day

Next Friday is February the 29th, a leap day — or as we call it down the pub: a bissextile day. New Shoes Today is a Belgian Dutch site that I struggle with to describe, but which I’ll call “a … Continue reading

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Euro vs Dollar: I Should Pay Less

I was reading Joe Anderson’s post on Webby’s World called Stop Using the Dollar recently. Joe noticed how his revenue from AdSense and TLA may grow nominally, his earnings after conversion seem to be even less. He quite rightly wonders: … Continue reading

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Not Posted Through Utterz.com

So now that you’ve had your laugh, let’s concentrate on the issue at hand. Utterz, it seems, may be the service I’ve been waiting for. Plain as that. I’ve often talked about how being away from the computer, implies being … Continue reading

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There Died a Myriad

There died a myriad, And of the best, among them, For an old bitch gone in the teeth, For a botched civilization, Charm, smiling at the good mouth, Quick eyes gone under earth’s lid, For two gross of broken statues, … Continue reading

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A Branding Mistake

There used to be a sandwich bar near to where I live. It wasn’t that good. Its menu was limited to a couple basic baguettes and you got served filter coffees. It was cheap and looked the part. Last summer, … Continue reading

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Pink for What?

I forget the exact date, but it was a sunny day in May 1994 when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. It was 29 July when she died. She never knew what hit her, I think. It was unclear what … Continue reading

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