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Letter from Zimbabwe

September 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment

Quite a while ago I got in touch with a fellow blogger named Nick, who I met via the wonderful StumbleUpon community. He’s a young guy who got in touch with the United States justice system at a rather early (but common) age. He blogs about how this all happened and about life in prison. [...]

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Tags: activism · politics · world

Ramadan starts tomorrow

August 31st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Ramadan, Islam’s month of fasting, is set to start tomorrow. Since Turkey’s population is said to be 98 to 99% Islamic, I expect the Ramadan to be rather noticeable. Hence my decision to start an article about it and introducing the topic, since I’m sure it will be a returning topic over the next month or [...]

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Tags: life · religion · society · thoughts · travel

EntreCard my way

August 12th, 2008 · 2 Comments

While using EntreCard, I’m doing a couple of things to add even more value to my actions or drops. Since it’s rainy and grey outside (can’t wait to go to Turkey), it’s a perfect day to write about it.
Firstly, I’ll explain what EntreCard is. Secondly, I’ll go through some of the basics for all the [...]

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Tags: internet · marketing · thoughts

Sandals vs flip-flops

June 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment

So, I’m about to embark on my holiday to Bulgaria. Pushed forward from Saturday, to Wednesday, to Thursday, to Friday, I’ve been preparing for the trip for a while now. Seeing as it will be very warm in Bulgarian and Macedonia, I don’t want to wear my shoes all the time. So I told my [...]

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Tags: life · thoughts · travel

Eco-Idea: Solar powered Bit-Stage

May 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Yesterday was Liberation Day in The Netherlands. Because of Liberation Day (or ‘Bevrijdingsdag’ as we call it), there a lot of free open-air music festivals in parks all across the Netherlands to celebrate our liberty. Since the weather was awesome and there was free live music, I had to be there. The coolest thing I [...]

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Tags: activism · ecology · leisure · life · media · pictures

My Interview about Wilders

April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment

A few weeks ago I was interviewed about my views on the Geert Wilders movie Fitna by Alex, a PR professional, journalist and blogger from Bulgaria. I have a strong opinion about this, so when he asked me, I immediately told him yes and we made it happen. It was published a while ago and [...]

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Tags: life · politics · religion · society · thoughts · world

Google Bans Ecocho on Earth Day

April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Ecocho allowed users to using Google and used the profit from sponsored ads to plant two trees. Google put a stop to this though, on Earth Day, of all days.

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Tags: activism · ecology · thoughts

A Time Experiment

February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

As some of you will know, I recently moved back to The Netherlands from Bulgaria after finishing my placement with the Bulgarian National Radio. This meant that I was moving from a GMT +2 timezone, to a GMT +1 timezone, so in Bulgaria it’s always 1 hour later than here. I had no trouble adjusting, [...]

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Tags: life · mindhacks · psychology · thoughts

Why I hate coffee (and other warm beverages)

February 11th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Although coffee has (and other warm beverages have) a particular value, there is also a downside to them. Therefore my relationship with them can be described as a love-hate relationship, moreso than a purely mutual hate-hate relationship.
Why do I hate it? I call it The Coffee (and other warm beverages) paradox.
When you are consuming something, [...]

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Tags: philosophy · society · thoughts

Wow Czech Airlines, wow!

January 25th, 2008 · No Comments

DEAR MS -last name spelled wrong even though it was at the bottom of the email they’re replying to-
YOU HAVE TO DECLARE EXTRA LUGGAGE AT CHECK-IN DESK AT THE TIME OF DEPARTURE.
PLEASE BE INFORMED 1/ONE/ EXTRA KILO COASTS EUR 16,-
BEST REGARDS
CSA CZECH AIRLINES SOFIA-D.SKENDEROVA
Caps Lock + misspelling my name + calling me Ms. while I’m [...]

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