Clive Wearing

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clive
clive

In March of 1985, Clive Wearing, an eminent English musician and
musicologist in his mid-forties, was struck by a brain infection—a
herpes encephalitis—affecting especially the parts of his brain
concerned with memory. He was left with a memory span of only
seconds—the most devastating case of amnesia ever recorded. In the New Yorker of this week the extraordinary story about his life. With every blink of his eye, he forgets what he did, where is is etc. Sometimes he is weeks waking up. The only thing he remembers is his wife Deborah. He has been the subject of a couple of documentaries.

Daniel Tammet

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Daniel
Daniel
Daniel Tammet is an autistic guy with the Savant syndrome. That means that he is incredibly good in languages and mathematics. He can remember

The end of the Telegraaf assignment

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view
view
telegraaf-building
telegraaf-building
Well that's it: Today was my last day of my assignment at The Telegraaf as interim director of Telegraaf Classified Media. A lot happened since my start in May and things will continue to change as TCM will set his new course. To start with they have a new (more appropriate) name: Telegraaf Database Publishing.
It was a very nice period when I look back at it: nice people, ambitious targets and lots of energy. Naturally when operating in a huge organization you will find some positives and some negatives. The latter being trying to get people and staff departments along with your own ideas, to insure that you still have to budget to get things done. My main mantra has been: no matter what Put the Consumer, the visitors to our websites first. I hope that they will remember that and that in a couple of months we see all kinds of new ideas will develop.
What I certainly will NOT miss is the gloomy building and view...

So on monday I will move ahead to the Zomoto headquarters at Herengracht 444, Amsterdam :-)

New Pic

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marque-head
marque-head

Reason 4

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Reason 4
Reason 4

Move over Halo 3, here's REASON 4!

I just saw that I am a Reason fan (and buyer) since 2001. I made every step the Propellerheads guys from Stockholm. From Reason 1.0, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 and now 4.0 The software has grown dramaticaly, not only in possibilities, but in sound as well. I was a beta tester but must admit that I got annoyed by receiving a new beta version every day and not to be able to test longer than a lousy 20 minutes. So 4.0 is quit new to me.

 

Hello Halo!

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John 117 monument
John 117 monument
Hmmm. should I keep my Wii or just for Halo3 buy a Xbox360? The tour of John 117 monument is awesome, the graphics stunning but am I a first person shooter gamer enough? I think I like Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell) more.

No gay people in Iran...

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

While speaking at Columbia University on Friday the president of Iran was asked about the position of gays in Iran. (Remember that at least 4500 gays are murdered by his regime)

His answer: "In Iran, we don’t have homosexuals like in your country. We don’t have that in our country. In Iran, we do not have this phenomenon. I do not know who has told you that we have it,"

I guess he misinterpretated the word "GAY" because as he we all know that the pehenomenon of HAPPY people in Iran is non existing... ;-)) 

 

Your not so friendly gym

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Doesn't look pretty at all
Doesn't look pretty at all

There is this gym in Salt lake City, Gym Jones, which profiles itself as a sort of fightclub. You cannot become a member, you have to be invited. The gym is very basic and pain seems to be the no. 1 objective. Have a look at their warnings before you sent them a mail inquiring about a membership...

Whoever said, "there are no stupid questions" was wrong. We are not interested in helping beginners, the indolent, or the ignorant. Contacting us implies you have done your utmost to become informed through other avenues and experience. It means you understand Gym Jones is not a mainstream facility using conventional methods to address sport or work-related challenges. Finally, by sending a note you acknowledge understanding that we are not waiting around for it.

Before composing a note please read these statements:

E-mail asking for dietary advice will be deleted.
E-mail asking us to supply an individually tailored training program will be deleted.
E-mail containing the question, “Where do I buy/get/find?” will be deleted.

E-mail containing serious, intelligent inquiry will be answered.

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