Posts from year 2020

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Remembrance at Père-Lachaise

Remembrance at Père-Lachaise

2020 has been a very strange year. In the wake of the corona virus, it feels like the grim reaper has been closer than usual. Today is the day of remembering the dead.

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The travel bubble in a pandemic

The travel bubble in a pandemic

In these troubled times of covid-19, global traveling has come to an almost complete stop after decades of ever-increasing growth. Last year saw a global movement in the climate crisis, even leading to the new term of “flight shame”.

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Budapest

Movie locations around the world part 8

Welcome to part 8 of my quest for finding movie locations around the world! Featured: Parts Unknown, No Reservations, The Layover, Michael Palin’s New Europe, Michael Palin’s Pole to Pole, November Man, Homeland, Zulu, Blood Diamond, Vicky Cristina Barcelona.

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A decade of responsive design
Review: Prisoners of Geography

Review: Prisoners of Geography

It’s been several years since I read this book, but I figured many people are looking for any additional inspiration and distraction in these sad times of Corona virus lockdown.

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Memories of Burano

Memories of Burano

The corona virus is spreading throughout the world like a wildfire. My thoughts goes to all the affected countries in these troubled times. The nation being worst hit in Europe at the moment is Italy.

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Entry 500

Entry 500

This is my 500th blog post on this site. What started out as a simple coding exercise way back in in 1994 turned out to evolve into a completely different beast. After starting to write regularly in the early 2000s, it just kept on rolling.

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Another decade

Another decade

So we have finally reached a proper decade. The 00s or the 10s doesn’t have that nice ring that the 20s have. The last time we were there, it was called “The Roaring Twenties”, a period of prosperity and growth.

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