Monthly Archives: September 2006

September 29, 2006 | Belgium

An Eye in the Sky

Exploring the increasingly addictive and entertaining Google Earth, I found my way towards the Kleine Brogel air force base in…

September 29, 2006 | Politics, Religion & Philosophy

A Step Too Far?

Spiegel Online have a rightfully indignant opinion piece on the slippery slope Europe is navigating in its treatment of muslim…

September 28, 2006 | Fun & Humour

Disturbing Image of the Day

The Van Aukens are billed as “The World’s Greatest Horizontal Bar Performers” in this classic Vaudeville poster. But something about…

September 28, 2006 | Fun & Humour

BeOS is_computer_on_fire()

BeOS truly was the greatest OS ever. Its system info functions include the following: get_system_info() Yup, quite logical. is_computer_on() Check,...

September 20, 2006 | Point Of View, Religion & Philosophy

Brothers in Arms

Pope Benedict XVI really put his foot in it when he quoted the words of Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus:...

September 18, 2006 | Belgium, General Geek Culture, Point Of View, Science & Technology

Belgian Court Hankers For Stone Age

A Belgian court has decided that Google News is a news portal rather than a search engine (and we know…

September 7, 2006 | Language, Literature & Linguistics

Fluent Foreign

This is what happens when you leave non-native English speakers in charge of your translation into English: online Expat publication…

September 7, 2006 | Language, Literature & Linguistics

Pet Peeve

My pet peeve of the moment: people who write “I am loathed to admit it”. http://www.google.com/search?q=%22I+am+loathed+to+admit+it%22 Yes, you are loathed….