new years … and happy … and lots of them

And so on…
OK, just be happy and make the best of it.

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links for 2007-12-31

Leading surveillance societies in the EU and the World 2007
State of Shock ?
(tags: privacy surveillance world ranking stats)

Amazon.com: How to Fossilize Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments for the Armchair Scientist: Books: Mick O’Hare
Want one
(tags: books hamster science howto)

Albumart.org – CD and DVD cover searchengine
(tags: music art album cover free)

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sunday afternoon tunes – sampled! the Pushlist overview

From June 1991 until Januari 1995 the people at Lintfabriek ran a bi-monthly zine called “Sampled!” to report their activities, utter creative work and run all kind of interviews with bands who played there.
There was also a list of the 20 most popular records picked from club member submissions called “Pushlist”.
As I have all the [...]

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know your internets

I bested at the internettest
Ok, no cum laude but still 93%. I made 2 errors : I choose Orkut over Friendster and forgot the first email guy’s name so that was a guess.
But still better than the source.
Maybe a sign that I spend too much time online.

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links for 2007-12-29

Whats Its Color
(tags: color design reference matching)

17 home remedies for bites, aches and burns – TODAY 101 – MSNBC.com
Should try some of them to reduce my intake of pills
(tags: Health remedy tips diy home)

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bye bye Lintfabriek ?

This evening I went to the (second to) last show ever in Lintfabriek. The place was packed and all of the regular visitors over the years were there.
Off course my stomach and bowels choose that moment to go out on a limp on me so after the second band I really had to head back [...]

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links for 2007-12-28

Open Source Living
A bunch of nice tools all open source
(tags: opensource software list online)

Untangle 1.2 by Chris on Nonoba – Nonoba.com
A good pass time, but better turn off the music.
(tags: flash game untangle)

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housewife

After I decided, yesterday evening, to re-arrange my interior a bit I got to cleaning first this morning. After a few minutes of using my vacuum cleaner, I smelled that familiar “burnt-electro-motor-smell”. The ozone alike odour convinced me not to use the by now 20 years old machine anymore.
So off to the shop.
After staring for [...]

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links for 2007-12-27

What Really Slows Windows Down – ThePCSpy.com
Why am I not surprised?
(tags: windows anti-virus slowdown)

FlyakiteOSX v3.5 – Modify . Simplify . Aquafy [The Official Site]
OSX-ify your Windows
(tags: mac osx windows themes)

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links for 2007-12-25

The ‘Myth of Market Share’: Can Focusing Too Much on the Competition Harm Profitability? – Knowledge@Wharton
Goes to show your priority as a company should be maximizing profit, not trying to be number one at all cost.
(tags: business marketing competition marketshare research)

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fugazi – keep your eyes open

A welcome gift I got for my Christmas:
“Keep Your Eyes Open: The Fugazi Photographs of Glen E. Friedman by Glen E. Friedman”
As a long time Fugazi fan and always having admired Glen E. Friedmans photos, I really had to have this one.
For your copy, check out www.fugazibook.com

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links for 2007-12-24

How to Improve Your Skills at Office Politics
or how not to suck at office politics
(tags: career business office communication lifehacks psychology)

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links for 2007-12-23

Stop making sense of this business of music | MetaFilter
David Byrne’s Wired interview in a few short lines with good references
(tags: music industrie business models Wired David Byrne)

David Byrne’s Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists — and Megastars
(tags: music business distribution davidbyrne wired)

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sunday afternoon tunes – the sonics

From 1960 till 1968 The Sonics played a big role in what would become the garage/rockabilly/punk scene. Nearly every second song of theirs is now either a known hit single or a cult hit.
In the eighties there was a real revival thanks to The Fuzztones who ended each of their shows with a set of [...]

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fast years

This year-end came rather sudden for me. Most years you feel the winter period, Christmas and New year creeping up to you and slowly manifesting itself in several forms.
This year however all of a sudden temperatures dropped below zero, rather unexpectedly. Next I had a bunch of appointments and when they were over my working [...]

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