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I want a Santa for Christmas

Nothing to add. Look at the pictures, read the text. Posted from WordPress for Android

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US and South Korea

A month ago Obama failed to conclude a free trade agreement with South Korea. Two weeks later an American scientist tells he’s been shown around a new hidden nuclear facility in North Korea. A few days later North Korea shells a South Korean island after an alleged military provocation. And today that free trade agreement [...]

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The story behind Bletchley Park

I’ve just listened to Captain Jerry Roberts, a senior member of the elite team assigned to unscramble encrypted messages between German Army H.Q. and the top generals in the field on all fronts during WWII, including a number of messages signed by Hitler himself. He was invited for a talk at Google’s London office. Amidst his [...]

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What have we done?

To our planet. That’s the question. I just saw the movie “Home”. It tells the story of life on earth and the disruption humans have brought upon the equilibrium that preserves it. Striking images, languishing music, a very negative outlook on our near future if we don’t act immediately, yet it ends with some rather [...]

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Roddick deserved better yesterday

I’ve never seen such a high level of tennis being played for that long (16-14 in the 5th set). And relatively to their respective usual quality of play, Roddick clearly performed much better than Federer. Except relativity doesn’t come into play here… Must be tough to lose a Wimbledon final match like that. Especially when [...]

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Time, effort and talent

What else does one need to achieve success? Luck, perhaps?

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Hello world!

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging! Yes, this is indeed my first post. Very glad to have installed WordPress on my recently acquired domain. Not sure what i’m going to be writing about, but it should be interesing whatever happens. Well, wish me luck…

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