December 2006 Archives
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No nonsense site design. Like it.
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"pieces written by Dutch composers on the theme of Christmas."
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Most popular Dutch babynames of the year
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Captain Jack gets hitched
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"Who would you put in the Celebrity Big Brother House?"
Think am possibly the only person who can't stand Dara O'Briain. Though a quick search online reveals other Dubs say he's 'a big fat Southside cuntbag'. That explains it then. The thing that puts me off the Leno-like pushing of each of his punchlines with a prolonged 'eeeehhh'. Wish someone else would host Mock the week.
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Pat McCabe about his latest novel, Winterwood. Mentions GF.
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Hotpress redesigns
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Two 'free' songs, if you have an e-music account
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Replaces existing API
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"Reginald simply hated being fawned over by passing humans clad in long winter coats, wrapped in even longer winter scarves, and carrying shiny, shiny gifts through the snow."
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Had dinner here in November. Good food, great service.
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Where we had dinner back in October. Fun, waiters a little overbearing but then so was my partner.
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Tiny, but good home cooked lunch place on Dame Street.
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Just had drinks here, no food.
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Had drinks here of an afternoon. Dark, loungy. Members only.
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"Mr Wales believes that Google?s computer-based algorithmic search program is no match for the editorial judgment of humans."
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"I don't do frills."
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My Coffee Company picture on Dunglish.nl
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"Various common graphic design elements in modern web ("2.0") design style"
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"Create gift lists that work with every shop on the internet." Two-column design.
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"As a special Christmas treat, Blogorrah bring you a veritable Silent Night-a-thon!"
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WTF?
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"some shameless Catholic idolatry in the form the Calendario Romano"
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"WADIEST?! WADIEST?! EI? EI?"
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Comes with brief interviews with all the musicians involved
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The Cocker's new video
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From upcoming album Neon Bible
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Radio rip
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ROOtv review of the Freecom DVB
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Specs
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Clinton's got a new gf?
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Free MP3 downloads from Sub Pop Records.
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"despicable folk-rock cabaret with the mission to end all music"
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Two faux training videos for Microsoft UK employees featuring Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant
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I got one too, it arrived today by FedEx. From comments online it seems it's not worth it trying to get it to work.
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(via Low) American comments on Dutch Sinterklaas
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Firefly fans at 'back up' convention check out the vibe on our site
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"A clutch of seemingly viable eggs, despite having no mate."
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"Long before Santa, Bing Crosby and toy companies stole the occasion, even before Christianity itself kidnapped it, the Winter Solstice was celebrated with seasonal ritual. One ancient solstice custom is Mummering."
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Scott Walker's Drift at 10? Ambitious album, but are you seriously listening to it more than once?
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Awesome little gadget our company gave to all its employees
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Add tools to your own tool box
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Irish culture, media, gossip blog
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Been there, done that. Muwahahahahah.
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At first glance perhaps a little too basic for me.
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As seen on Twitter
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More G/G/B pictures from Japan. Interesting one of G&B in front of altar/cross of light
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"D*ck in a box"
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Picture of the Funky Trinity visiting a church in Japan
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The uncensored version
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"It works fine with Ella, partly as it keeps it in the family, and partly because Fairytale is meant to be a song from an older man to a younger woman. And I knew her before she was born."
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"How times change. Now they are supersized, indie gone grand. Let's call it 'grandie'."
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Classic Dutch dish. Trust me, it's tasty with bacon and smoked sausage.
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It's that time of year again. 24 words or less.
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Drawing challenges
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DrawerGeeks tackle my favourite superhero
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Hey, Rachel's got a new look and URL
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"D*ck in a box"
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Picture of the Funky Trinity visiting a church in Japan
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The uncensored version
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"You have to be quite a hard person to exist in that world. You have to really want to be a pop star and make music to be in that industry, because you just say goodbye to any sense of reality."
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Nifty mod to end spam bots registering on you phpBB forum
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Funny, but most men I know love shopping.
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Christ, more stuff I haven't heard (of)
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"Toronto scientists cure disease in mice."
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VPRO TV show featuring a session with Antony
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Cute picture of Paul Newman and wife Joanne Woodward
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'sticks to anything'
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"My cell-phone ring even used to be the Six Feet Under theme song, and then I got cast, and I was like, "I have to change it!" [Laughs] I mean, how embarrassing?!"
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"Watch Bloc Party's brand new video, 'The Prayer' along with an exclusive making of documentary."
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"Since the Middle Ages, German craftsmen have gone 'auf der Walz' (taken to the road) as part of a kind of working-pilgrimage that artisans make after completing an apprenticeship with a master craftsman."
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"The winner of Radio Netherlands Worldwide's global competition, Inspired by Rembrandt, is a contemporary Ghanaian version of the Dutch artist's famous masterpiece The Night Watch."
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Tropical island? No, it's Nunspeet, the Netherlands. (My dad used to go on his hols there with his parents.)
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sneaker news
I shot this one from the hip on Talbot Street in Dublin in 2004. Thought they were on a stag night. Today I found out on MetaFilter they're German apprentice carpenters going 'auf der Walz', basically a working-pilgrimage that lasts three years and one day.
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Reed on performing Berlin in full
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Example of nice looking personal webshop
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"Erik Sanko is a musician, artist and marionette-maker living in New York City. "
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"I was on TV, radio, the cinema and on stage simultaneously, the same night. It must be some kind of record."
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Serenity star may be the lead in Tim Minear's new TV series
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Raconteurs beat Gnarls to the top in this Dutch list
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"Als je tijd hebt sta nog even bij me stil, omdat ik een soort van foto maken wil, die geetst wordt met een scherpgepunte stift, en jouw beeld voor altijd in mijn hersens grift"
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Why doesn't that witch Rita Verdonk just fuck. off.?
It's had a fair few paint jobs since we 1. won the raffle 2. set the place on fire 3. killed the fire with a pint and drank the raffle's bottle of whiskey on the quays, but Slattery's, once quite the tourist trap, is still going strong.
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"The crowd were great, the band were heavy, I was brilliant as usual."
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Snow Patrol doing really well here.
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Clear instructions, worked like a charm.
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"A semi-annual journal devoted to the timely study of Indonesia's culture, history, government, economy, and society."
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"He would say, ?Well, if I'm not drinking, you'll find me boring,? and of course it wasn't true."
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"Safe Haven for Donkeys in the Holy Land"
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"Simplify your online social life."
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I'm not sure it truly deserves it. So far it's been wishy washy.
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I'm so out of touch, don't know half of this.
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Tim Simenon's new band
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This year's advent calendar stops on December 7. Designer Leslie Harpold (Hoopla.com) passed away.
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TV-maker Tim Minear makes 'fan vid' of his own work.
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"The narration, intoned by a gravelly-voiced Gavin Friday, immediately mesmerizes. And Elfman invokes the perfect mood with a score that is as creaky and haunting as you?d expect."
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"I think the combination of age and a greater coming together is responsible for the speed of the passing time."
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"Stuart Allan, rock and pop singles buyer for U.K. retailer HMV, says having a single out on 7-inch vinyl is akin to a "badge of honor" for today's rock bands."
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Veronica Mars actor Michael Muhney joins Firefly fans and actors at Backup bash. Ain't that neat.
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"MySpace has become part of people's everyday lives."
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"Wordie lets you make lists of words -- practical lists, words you love, words you hate, whatever. See who else has listed the same words, add citations and comments, and discuss."
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New YouTube feature allows you to record a YouTube video instantly.
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"Five previously unseen candid photographs of Marilyn Monroe have now been released"
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"As commercial book publishing crashes, personal book publishing is booming."
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Firefly/Serenity convention cancelled at the last minute by fraudulent organisers. Fans stick together, actors turn up regardless. Hugs and puppies.
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Metafilter thread about the Flanvention catastrophe gone good.
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"She also did something almost unheard of in this town. She left. Married, had two kids and instead of turning into some Crawfordesque gargoyle, just lived her life."
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Clinton visits the Netherlands to speak on climate change
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Head stars alongside Alan Rickman, Johhny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter.
Smithfield. A tiny enclave of old Dublin remains, surrounded by an all conquering army of roaring Celtic tigers.
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VPRO's Joyce Roodnat talks to director David Lynch about Twin Peaks
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Slideshow of the Damien Hirst exhibit we went to on London
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Two free fonts
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'It just needs more salt'
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Reed on photography.
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"I would travel anywhere in the pursuit of beauty.? (L. Cohen)
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Hmm. So far, not impressed.
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Nice collection of Corbijn photos
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Logo designed by Corbijn. Hmm. Not impressed.
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The Ian Curtis biopic.
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Into the groove goes Scottish
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Job Cohen, Mayor of Amsterdam, is runner up. Melbourne's John So gets first prize.
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Exhibition in the Van Gogh Museum, till March 4.
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Anti-discrimination viral by Amnesty NL. Cute pixelpeople.
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"This Christmas, there's art to buy to suit every wallet."
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"Gigs ought to fill your memory, not a memory card."
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"This year's 800th anniversary of the rise to power of Genghis Khan offers a welcome opportunity to look at the immeasurable impact that the Mongol empire and conquests have had on Europe to this day."
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Funny how the stars align sometimes. We were only talking about The Five last week in London.
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"When the boar comes, the stream does not swell by degrees, as at other times, but rolls in with a head...foaming and roaring as though it were enraged by the opposition which it encounter"
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