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Those crazy royals! If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my year and a bit here in jolly ol‘ London, it’s that for pure entertainment value, the monarchy just can’t be beat. The latest was today’s headline in several large newspapers, which screamed: Prince Charles Says Ban McDonald’s Food.
Charles is well known to favor organic […]

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I recently bought a new Nikon D50 camera to bring along to India. The idea being that I’d take a million pics and potentially want to blow some up or print them in the future. I’m loving it, but still figuring out how to get it to work. The first batch is on flickr.
Yesterday, Anna […]

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Last night over dinner and a few drinks, a few friends and I got into the topic of safety & security on the internet. It’s a topic that holds a particular fascination for me. Namely, how do you protect the safety of vulnerable surfers without completely cutting them off from the wonders of the web? […]

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Last night, I was an accessory to a highly-detailed and flawlessly-executed plot: a covert marriage proposal. Months in the planning and hours in the preparation, the end result was successful — she said yes and my buddy’s getting hitched.
It all started a few months back when my friend Rafael IM’d me from New York. His […]

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It began with a moustache…
A few friends took a shot of me with a fake ’stache on at a summer party last year, which we’ve been laughing about for the last 9 months. Last week, while goofing around at work, Meg and Chris pasted the face onto a Canadian Mounty, only to find it worked […]

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India planning is in full swing this week. We booked our flights from London, as well as most of our hotels in the north and south. The main things left to do now are trains and an internal flight. It’s starting to feel real.
I’m starting to understand why people keep reacting with “only 2 weeks?!” […]

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Anyone who hangs out with me for more than a day or two will invariably figure out that I’m a big fan of red wine. After all, what’s not to like? It’s tasty, you can cook with it or drink it while preparing a meal AND its good for you! Heck, it may be the […]

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Last night while watching BBC’s Planet Earth, I got to thinking about life as a self-fulfilling prophecy. That is, things essentially cause themselves to become true by virtue of setting out to do them.
The thing that set me off on Planet Earth were these small crabs that live around super-heated vents on the floor of […]

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My god, the things people do! This morning I came across a page dedicated to people playing the Super Mario Bros theme song on various instruments. They range from a “beatboxing flute” to accordion and a Capella.
Some of them are really great. Others, like the rock band, are pretty funny. Here are two of my […]

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Just got the news that my vacation request has been approved, so it’s official: I’m finally going to India!! This place has been on top of my must-see places for so long, yet somehow I’ve never made it. Something always comes up: budget, time, weather — you name it. This March, it’s on and I’m […]

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