Z1000 Recall: your brakes may ..uh...break!

Had to go to the garage today to check my Z1000 brakes. The left front brake hose on the 2010  Z1000 may come into contact with the brake rotor under hard braking. Such contact may damage the hose, potentially causing a brake fluid leak... OOPS! 
Well: they couldn't find a thing - so I will ride (carefully) on.
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Carlos Acosta

Probably the best male ballet dancers at this moment - certainly the one who jumps highest - can now be seen returns this summer with a much-anticipated new show at the London Coliseum. Let's see if Eddie and I can get some tickets...
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Cut your hair or go straight to jail!

The Iranian government introduced new hair style guidelines last week. For men only of course because women need to wear a scarf anyway. I guess I am in the safe zone with my "hair" - but the Iranian guys on the picture above could face prison for the western hairdo they are flaunting...
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Number two and counting - my iPad 3G

The days are over that Eddie and I had to "fight" each moment over whom was to use the iPad. My iPad 3G arrived today and so everything is back to peace and harmony at KP10.
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A Dutch/Austrian evening in a French Bistro

My good friend Marco (a Dutch guy living in Austria) visited Amsterdam for the World Cup final. Although we didn't see each other during that final - we had a great dinner at Bistro Neuf. As he is a member of the City Council in Vienna we spoke politics a lot. I am sure that he will re-elected in the upcoming October local elections.
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Would you shower with a gay soldier? - I would!

The Pentagon's new survey on gays and lesbians in the military asks troops, among other things, how they would feel about taking showers with gay service members.... ;-)

The whole idea of the survey is rather strange? When Harry Truman wanted to integrate blacks into the U.S. military in 1948 or when the Navy wanted women on ships beginning in 1978 it simply told the army to do so - so why do we need a survey all of a sudden? I never knew that the US army is a democratic institution... And if the military where asked about their believes towards (let's say) African Americans  - the whole of the world would protest ("Would you mind having an African American as your Commander in Chief?")

If you are curious: Why don't you take the survey yourself?
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The Panasonic Lumix - TS2

 
While I was buying new camera's anyway I thought it was a good idea to get the Lumix TS2 as well (for underwater photography and HD movies. It's bright orange - so hopefully I can retrieve it when it is lost on the ocean sea floor...
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The amazing Olympus PEN E-P1

I bought the Micro Four Third Olympus P-E1 to get rid of the weight and dimensions of a SLR while keeping the quality and versatility. First impressions: wow! great image quality and very well build.
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Another scorching hot day

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I like your... watch!

 
Nice photoshoot in the april issue of Interview.
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Hmmm..

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Seaman August Provost killed in action - by (un)friendly fire

 


August Provost was killed while he was standing guard  Camp Pendleton. Any evidence was destroyed  by setting fire on his assigned place of duty. August was being harassed because of his sexual orientation and because he was African-American. This comes at a time when the stupid DTDA. The Navy says is killing was "just a random act" - what kind of organization is this?
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Irene Huss - den kvinnliga Walander

Irene Huss är kriminalinspektör på våldsroteln i Göteborg. Hon är skapad av författarinnan Helene Tursten som hittills har skrivit 7 böcker om Irene Huss. De 6 första böckerna har nu filmatiserats och släpps under 2008 på dvd. Irene som tidigare varit europamästare i Ju-jutsu. 38 år gammal är hon mitt uppe i karriären som kriminalinspektör, men hanterar samtidigt ett hemmaliv med make och två tonårsdöttrar och hennes man Krister Huss (spelar på Reugen Sallmander - vi känner han från den film  Flickan som lekte med elden från Stieg Larsson var han spelade Enrico Giannini)
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Get him to the Greek

 
I saw the hilarious Get Him to the Greek, a spin-off of the also very funny 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Both feature Russell Brand as Aldous Snow an expired rock star. Jonah Hill is casted perfectly as the overweight, nervous and ambitious music producer Aaron. The film is a road movie where Aaron must get Aldous to LA for a live concert.  Aaron even end up in bed with his girlfriend and Aldous during a threesome ;-)
Also mentionable is Sean Combs as an over-the-top music exec.
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How can I make it up to you?

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Oops: the downside of Spotify...

In order to earn a minimum wage of $1,160 an artist needs 4.549.020 plays per month on Spotify.
In a month I can play max 10.800 tracks so all my artists are earning $2.16 per month...
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Too warm for soccer

There are so many other things one can do! :-)
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Moving to (yet) an other office!

We moved to our new swanky office at the IJ river with a view of Amsterdam. I never thought our desk would fit trough the window, but our movers proved me wrong :-)
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Scissors Sisters - Night Work dissapointing

I am not a really big fan of SS and their new album Night Work isn't helping to change that. It sounds unspirational / prefab / standard without any surprise or great songs... So all that's left is the album art...
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