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BREXIT

[BREXIT SHOW] Wherein the delusion continues

So it has been six weeks since Theresa May pulled the trigger and invoked Article 50. Good for her. Since then though, things have gotten even more bizarre. A strong mandate Theresa May seems to think that if she gets a stronger majority it somehow would impress her counter parts

tea

[Gear Review] Gourmia BT8000 Tea Maker

Introduction The Gourmet BT8000 is one of those “single use” kitchen devices that many of us have at home. In this case, it’s intended to make you two delicious cups of tea (or coffee). Oveview There are only four parts with the device, the machine itself, a metal filter

training

Training Log for April 2017

Summary Body Measurements: Start Weight: 85.8kg End Weight: 86.8kg Start Body Fat: 13.3% End Body Fat: 13.8% My weight / body fat has been fluctuating heavily, from anywhere from 84kg and 12% to almost 15% and 88kg, a lot of this was daily jumps, which makes me

April 2017

Movies Fiction The Founder (2016) “Based on a true story” so I put this one into fiction. McDonald’s next to Coca Cola is probably one of the most iconic American brands out there. They are pretty much everywhere. When the cold war ended McDonald’s opened up a restaurant

life

Life / Training Plan 2017 (and beyond)

This is long, would you like it to go? ePub / PDF Introduction Back in December of 2014 I decided to “restart” a huge part of my life. Until the end of 2006 I ran a lot, biked a lot and had gotten into Ultra Running. After a car accident with

culture

March 2017

Movies Fiction Fantastic Beasts and where to find them I never really got into the whole “Harry Potter” series. I tried reading the books but didn’t get too far. There wasn’t really a lot that caught my imagination. There was just too much other stuff that appealed to

BREXIT

BREXIT — Good Riddance and Good Bye

As a continental I have to ask: What took so long? I admit, the UK should have never been part of the EU in the first place. First and foremost because the ruling class in the UK still has not accepted, emotionally and intellectually, that the Empire is gone. At

February

February 2017

TV Fiction The Grand Tour Okay, this started way back in December, but I figured I wait until the series ends before I comment on it. Short recap: There once was a rather popular show that had something to with cars, called TopGear. Almost two years ago though the main

cross country

Sigge’s P’yak 2017 — Race Report

Intro I have never in my life before done any racing on skis. I have done some running on snow (and ice) but skiing sort of was never on the agenda. So, there’s always a first and this was it. I had been banding around the idea of doing

review

January in Review

Television Sherlock — Season 4 The Six Thatchers After more than two years, with the exception of a special last year, Sherlock is finally back and….. it was a bit underwhelming. The big problem in the return of Sherlock is that they now try to humanize him, he has lost his

Trailer for BBC Planet Earth II

[Music] LORN - ANVIL

LORN - ANVIL [Official Music Video] from Geriko on Vimeo.

animation

[Animation] Unknown Planet

Planet Unknown from Shawn Wang on Vimeo. At the end of 21st century, mankind were facing global resource depletion. Space Rovers were sent out to find potential inhabitable planets. Credits: Written & Directed by - Shawn Wang Modelling, Texturing, Animation, Compositing & Editing - Shawn Wang Music & Sound Design

jazz

Grace Kelly -- Blues for Harry Bosch

I always loved Jazz and Blues and so I am always delighted to discover someone new. In this case Grace Kelly, which I discovered due to a dialog in Amazon's "Bosch" series. If you like Jazz and Blues, check her out:

rdio

Goodbye, Rdio

Goodbye, Rdio. December 22nd may not be the day that the music died, but it is the day that the, in my opinion, best streaming service died. So what made Rdio so good? It wasn't the sound quality necessarily, they did stream up to 320kbps MP3s, which is

In a helicopter near Whistler

I got a chance to go on a helicopter trip today, here is as it comes in to pick us up to head back to base: And here is the shot from inside. You may want to jump ahead to 1:50 As there was a slight delay before takeoff:

Summer has arrived

The last sign that summer has arrived: The waterslide gets anchored in English Bay.

Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier

Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier from Alan Warburton on Vimeo.

Lanterns

Why I run (again)

Here's an admission: I never thought I could or would enjoy running. There are a few reasons for this, the main one being that I always struggled in school when it came to phys-ed. I hated it, on so many levels. What I didn't know back

Robot Restaurant in Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo

"Thai" Hoparazzi

Parallel 49th does infusions in their tasting room. Some more delicous than others. This one I haven't tried yet. It's the "Thai" version of their very hoppy IPA, and features Lemongrass, Ginger, Lime and Thai Chillies.

[Video] Graphene: Sketches of our Future

Saturday

Alexander Gerst’s Earth timelapses