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Word of the day: House

July 12, 2008 – 12:59 pm

Wood, it is either boring, or a little naughty… and you are unlikely to ever need to know it, unless you are a builder. And if you were, you might use it to build a house; today’s word is “House”. The first word was “Sun“, a basic word and many languages less than 4 characters. […]

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Word of the day: Water

July 11, 2008 – 12:57 am

You might wonder why the word of the day is so simple, it is an attempt to build an understanding of other languages. I figure that with a word a day, I might understand a dozen different words in written form… The first word was “Sun“, a basic word and many languages less than 4 […]

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Word of the day: Beer

July 10, 2008 – 8:43 am

You might wonder why the word of the day is so simple, it is an attempt to build an understanding of other languages. I figure that with a word a day, I might understand a dozen different words in written form… Yesterdays word was “Sun“, a basic word and many languages less than 4 characters.
Today’s […]

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Currently in Amsterdam

May 17, 2008 – 6:14 pm

I’m still being lazy, because internet access is much less available than I thought and my girlfriend doesn’t seem that impressed when I dodge looking at museums to log into the web.
I guess that’s ok and the strain in my mouse hand seems almost completely gone. Amsterdam is a lot smaller than I thought it […]

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Hong Kong day 1

April 27, 2008 – 5:22 pm

Arrived in Hong Kong this morning, after 11 hours in the air, very little sleep, a roast lamb dinner, several Steinlagers, many movies and a hotcake breakfast. The meals on our flight were surprisingly pleasant. 
I’ve not been in Hong Kong long, but I’ve been impressed with excellent customs processing; highly efficient, easy to use and […]

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