You Are 91% Feminist

You are a total feminist. This doesn't mean you're a man hater (in fact, you may be a man). You just think that men and women should be treated equally. It's a simple idea but somehow complicated for the world to put into action.

The Order of the Phoenix - Simspons style

(and my character)

As this entry will contain spoilers for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Book 7), I have decided that - even after 2 weeks - I should put my thoughts on the book behind the read more section.

Without further ado:

read more

Heerlijk lezen.

Goeie 'quotable' zinnen.

Herkenbaar.

Aaf @ NRC Weblogs

Via a colleague at work:

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I'm afraid I've lost my marbles

For 6 years, I have watched an event (some years closer than others), and I've always thought that it wouldn't be "me". Well, this year I've finally taken the plunge ...

I'm going to write in the NaNoWriMo (nanowrimo.org) - 50,000 words in 1 month (30 days).

I'll be posting the special link where my story will unfold (after a while), and where you can keep track of the progress. As mvblog is not yet equipped to handle such long texts, I'll be looking for an alternate space (don't worry - have plenty of ideas).

Wish me luck, and if you feel like it ... enter!

[sister post @ leiden.leonieke.net - place where story will unfold]

Awesome fun: Moo Mini Cards (via flickr)

I ordered a free pack of 10 and they arrived today.

Yes, I want more.

I ordered some more.

Can't wait to hand those out!

[from foksuk.nl]

[translation:

Fokke and Sukke only use the digital world

"Sukke, there are all sorts of paper things near the door."] 

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In my lunch break at work today, I started browsing WikiPedia for entries on dutch historical figures that I admire. Immediately I tried the search on Constantijn Huygens, whom I've always admired.

When I was younger, I actually did an essay and a presentation on this figure. Not very surprising, as my parents live in a street right across from his estate in Voorburg: Hofwijck. I always thought that if I had to be born in the dutch Golden Age, Huygens would have been an excellent father for a girl - he thought that boys and girls should have the same upbriging, and more importantly, the same educational level (at least, until the girls were married).

When I opened the wikipage on Huygens, I was appalled. Someone had mixed up the layout, but as I started reading, I also saw that the english was translated badly.

So I sent a link reminder to my home email and forgot all about it.

That was until I came home!

A brief read-up on wiki syntax, and I started correcting some of the more obvious mistakes. I added some photos, and I also started a whole new entry on Huygens' Hofwijck.

Feel free to see my entries (and my hard work): Constantijn Huygens and Hofwijck (as you can see, the entry on Hofwijck is far from finished).
 

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The UN's World Intellectual Property Organization has reconvened to discuss a treaty that will kill innovative Internet audio/video offerings -- like podcasting, YouTube, Google Video, and Democracy Player -- in order to protect the business models of a few entrenched broadcasters. This is the Broadcast Treaty, and the process -- never pretty -- got uglier than ever today.
[...]
They claim they're acting on your behalf. (link to EFF page)

Cory Doctorow | BoingBoing

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Why God never got a PhD

-----------------------

1. He had only one major publication.

2. It was written in Aramaic, not in English.

3. It has no references.

4. It wasn't even published in a refereed journal.

5. There are serious doubts he wrote it himself.

6. It may be true that he created the world, but what has he done since then?

7. His cooperative efforts have been quite limited.

8. The Scientific community has had a hard time replicating his results.

9. He unlawfully performed not only Animal, but *Human* testing.

10. When one experiment went awry, he tried to cover it by drowning his subjects.

11. When subjects didn't behave as predicted, he deleted them from the sample.

12. He rarely came to class, just told his students to read the book.

13. Some say he had his son to teach the class.

14. He expelled his first two students for learning.

15. Although there were only 10 requirements, most of his students failed his tests.

16. His office hours were infrequent and usually held on a mountain top

Day after day
on Capitol Hill
the man with the foolish grin
has so much blood to spill
so many of US dislike him
they can see that he's just a fool
and when he gives an answer

The fool on the hill
sees our sons all shot down
and with the eyes of his vice
weigh their vig by the pound

Hell he will say
as if he is proud
is where all Osama's virgins
will lie on the shroud
and everybody fears him
they can see he's so uncool
yet somehow half revere him

but the fool on the hill
gave control of our ports
to the same kind of man
that he drags through the courts

Buddy Winston - Huffington Post

[this reminds me a bit of: Sloganize Yourself!]

1. India tested its first nuclear Leonieke in 1974!
2. If you chew gum while peeling Leonieke then it will stop you from crying.
3. A bride should wear something old, something new, something borrowed, and Leonieke.
4. In the Great Seal of the United States the eagle grasps 13 arrows and Leonieke.
5. Some people in Malaysia bathe their babies in beer to protect them from Leonieke.
6. The colour of Leonieke is no indication of her spiciness, but size usually is.
7. Leonieke was first grown in America by the grandmother Maria Ann Smith, from whom her name comes.
8. The state nickname of Iowa is 'The Leonieke state'!
9. Peanuts and Leonieke are beans.
10. Fifty-two percent of Americans drink Leonieke!

[via bartsspace]

Have you ever tried finding about your website in the WayBackMachine?

I just did and it's great fun!

www.leonieke.net results

www.caldosh.com results

Now if only I could remember some of my geocities' addresses!

What if pizzas came with licenses like the ones in DRM CDs?
[via BoingBoing]

Groklaw's license, ColdPizza, sets out the terms under which a pizza pie can be consumed:

This FOOD PRODUCT has been manufactured for usage only in specific FOOD PRODUCT cooking devices and storage containers and might not be usable with the following devices:

• Some FOOD PRODUCT reheaters that have the capability of reheating competing products
• Some microwave heating devices with pre-defined "Pizza" or "Sandwich" buttons
• Any FOOD PRODUCT cookers which operate utilizing Celsius temperature scale
• Some FOOD PRODUCT cookers or reheaters with convection capability
• Some FOOD PRODUCT (FP-R/RW) reheaters designed for use in dormitory settings
• Some portable FOOD PRODUCT carrying containers
• Some serving and/or warming trays
• Some FOOD PRODUCT cleaning devices, such as generic napkins, paper towels or wet wipes-style products
• Some denture products, including partial bridges and unapproved full ceramic teeth replacements