The caffeine might have played a role though…
 by in Health |
So after this, I have been reading more on the condition called Cluster Headaches, and the more I read, the more I recognise. Initially I couldn’t remember being woken up by these headaches, but I have. The memories of more days in agony came back. I even remember the day I had such a headache [...]
So, it wasn’t the caffeine after all…
| by in Health, Interesting Links |
For most of my (working) life, I have been an avid coffee-drinker almost since the day I first forced that cup down my throat out of politeness and, after a few cups thought that, “Hey that actually tastes & feels good.“.
Until, a few of months ago, my stomach started acting up on me after drinking [...]
There’s a finch on the top of my roof…
| by in Animals & Nature |
For the passed few days there’s a finch in da hood and it’s whistling it’s little feathery bum off.
It’s is now sitting on the top of my house whistling and whistling and whistling and whistling and whistling and whistling and whistling and whistling and I wonder where it gets all that energy from… The [...]
I’m a freak: I got calculi in my salivary glands
| by in Health, Interesting Links |
I have got calculi in my salivary glands and it sometimes acts up.
You know, if you had biology in school, there are 2 tiny little holes on the floor of your mouth, about where your tongue attaches, where your saliva comes into your mouth.
Basically, what happens is that sometimes — and this is [...]
‘Amusing’ Blogger translation bug
So I was trying out some API connection, for which I had set up an account on Blogger. Now, the profile over there is displayed in Dutch .. And it translates the sign ‘Cancer’ to the disease ‘cancer’ in Dutch:
The correct translation is of course, ‘Kreeft‘.
That’s the problem with homonyms, words written the same, [...]
:(
| by in Animals & Nature, Sad Stuff |
I just read the news that earlier this week, Alex the Parrot has passed away.
I quote:
She recalls the bird said: “You be good. I love you.” She responded, “I love you, too.” The bird said, “You’ll be in tomorrow,” and she responded, “Yes, I’ll be in tomorrow.”
Touching…
Cat and Rabbit
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Cats |
Yesterday, I could photograph our cat licking our rabbit; something that does not happen very often…
We Are Here…
| by in History, Space & Beyond |
My proposal to reduce unnecessary power consumption: Ban animating internet ads
With the recent focus on what human power consumption does to the environment (you know with initiative like a black Google page to save on energy consumption by computer screens), I suddenly realised something that would greatly reduce even more useless power consumption.
It hit me when my girlfriends’ laptop was starting to have issues because [...]
Poisoning the Masses, part 2
| by in Conspiracies, Health |
A few years ago, me and my girlfriend started to become more aware of what food we are eating; specifically noting the various additives the industry puts in them.
As you may have read before we now stay away from products that contain aspartame and have stopped using toothpaste that contains fluoride.
At that time I hadn’t [...]
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society
A colleague and friend of mine whose name I won’t mention to protect the innocent, told me some stories about Sea Shepherd, an organisation whose mission statement it is to protect and conserve marine wild-life — and does this very actively by basically stalking and irritating the hell out of whale-hunters, et cetera.
A couple [...]
Her cruddy chin is gone!
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health, The Netherlands |
As mentioned earlier, one of our cats had ‘cat acne’, or ‘cruddy chin’ a while back, and my girlfriend came home with two homeopathic fluids, one for internal and one for external use, which we started to apply.
These fluids I guess are only available in the Netherlands, as its home page suggests.
The internal stuff, a [...]
Poor little rabbit :(
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Health |
Last night, at about 22h, we had a scare, again: one of our rabbits wouldn’t eat. Having a history of ‘gastronomic’ problems, we always keep an eye on this lil’ fella and noticed that he couldn’t lie down comfortable — twisting and turning, not being able to find a comfy position.
And it really hurts to [...]
I always knew that the egg was first!
| by in Animals & Nature |
Reading this — a realisation I had as a kid for fucks sake. Pure logic led me to that conclusion but nobody would take my words serious. But now because a professor says so, it’s true.
Oh well, better late than never.
Gen-tech contaminated rice found in Dutch supermarkets
Earlier this month results from research by Greenpeace indicated that a certain brand of rice that is sold in Dutch supermarkets is contaminated with genetically modified crops. (I wouldn’t have caught this if I didn’t check Indymedia.)
According to the article, it’s contaminated with a type of modified rice that can survive a certain weed-killer. [...]
One of our cats has got acne…
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats, Health |
Indeed: cat acne (sometimes called ‘chin acne’ or ‘cruddy chin’). Symptoms: weird black spots start appearing on the cats chin.
Although rarely heard of (Google search — at the time of this writing 606 hits) it’s not an entirely uncommon condition though. Iterating through these results I hit this guys experience with the disease which [...]
The fallacy of male birth-control
| by in Health, Random Rantings, Visions |
You might have noticed that I don’t want to have kids (the reasons as to why are beyond the scope of this little blurb though — but I’m sure you’ll believe me when I say that, to sum it all up, it’s really best for the kid). To accomplish this my girlfriend uses some method [...]
To sit upright or to not sit upright…
| by in Health, Interesting Links |
In my profession, I have always sat behind a computer — I have never done any work that didn’t involve one.
People always noted my sitting position: I was either hanging backwards in my chair (hey the monitor is at eye-height then, too), or I’m sitting behind a desk at a slight angle (i.e. my [...]
On the anti-smoking lobby and so-called ‘experts’
| by in Health, Interesting Links, Random Rantings |
I’m an person avidly against the anti-smoking lobby. It’s unfair.
I’ve always defended the position of the smoker, and have always doubted research into this field because, hell, cancer could just as well come from another source, not specifically second-hand smoke (it could be farts, or fuck, this is one of my latest gems: cancer could [...]
OMFG this is amazing
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Interesting Links |
Yesterday I discovered these two posts on CuteOverload: a real life Bambi and Thumper.
Amazing…
Animals, Bambi, Thumper, Rabbits, Deer
In a true ‘Free World’…
…one would not, and should not, be prevented to take your own life. Apparently — ‘the law‘ decides that you may not do that.
Of course they don’t want you to do that because the State will loose money: the national income will be lower in the future if a few people would take their own [...]
A first for everything: I passed out
| by in Health, The Netherlands |
Last week I was minding my own business sleeping, only to wake up with a slight irritation in my eye. I vaguely remember trying to get something out of my eye and possibly scratching my eye-ball with my finger-nail. (At least — that’s what I think as I was still a bit drousy.)
I didn’t give [...]
It’s official: Vulgar lyrics linked to early sex by teenagers
Wow, these guys really deserve a Nobel-prize or something.</sarcasm>
Sheesh — did they really have to research this? When will they realise it’s the nakedness on TV too?
Dumb shit like MTV showing a too-young-a-girl crawling over the floor singing “I’m a slave — for you”, people think that doesn’t influence a childs’ mind?
In Holland we got [...]
Give up your PIN-code to some criminal holding you at gun-point?
| by in Belegana, Freedom & Repression, Health, Ideas & Concepts, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings, Security & Privacy, The Netherlands, Visions |
Well, go to jail already! In the Netherlands, the police will label anybody that hands over their PIN-code, as a ’suspect of a criminal act’. Of course, there are things to be said against, and pro…. But, of course, I’m more leaning towards against: I didn’t fucking ask for a fucking banking-card that is protected [...]
Bird-flu: It’s baaaaaaaack..
| by in Animals & Nature, Health, Sad Stuff, The Netherlands |
Apparently, bird-flu broke out again (Dutch) here in the Netherlands. While driving home yesterday, I did notice the signs like this, but hadn’t heard any news that day:
Sign that prohibits the transport of mammals, poultry, eggs and manure.
Coming home, I checked the news to find out that a new case of the bird-flu was discovered [...]
On the ever-changing world around us…
For many years, I have spent time studying / reading up on History, Religion and the Ancient Philosophers. I have always found history, in general, to be intriguing, enlightening but most of all inspiring. If you read how these old guys viewed the world around them — you know how the saying goes — although [...]
This’ll send a mixed signal…
Ironically, some well-known anti-smoking guru called Allen Carr died of was diagnosed with cancer this weekend.
It’s like yelling `Saddam Hussein is an evil man and he harbours terrorists and he has weapons of mass destruction and we need to rid the world of that evil!‘, to find out that he, well, actually didn’t, and [...]
Writing in water!
| by in Interesting Links, Space & Beyond |
Researchers have discovered a way to write characters in water using waves.
Pretty amazing stuff.
Judge says teen doesn’t have to undergo chemo treatment (for now…)
In an interesting case in the US, AP reports about a judge concluding that a certain 16 year old kid (wanting alternative treatment) should not be forced to undergo chemo-treatment.
It sure as hell would be pretty insane if one cannot decide what’s to happen to ones own body. Isn’t that a persons’ own choice, just [...]
Revealing how marihuana affects the brain
| by in Health, Interesting Links, Random Rantings, Visions |
OK so I was just reading this article right here telling about how scientists have developed a way to image cannabinoid receptors in the brain.
All fine and dandy — I see no problem there.
Until 1959, cannabis was available in pharmacies as medicine, under the name Extractum Cannabis Indicae. After that, cheaper, synthetic drugs appeared [...]
So it’s my holiday…
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, General, Health, Sad Stuff |
…and as with every start of a holiday, some shit happens to one of our animals. Every year it’s the same story, but with a different animal each time. We got four in total, 2 cats and 2 rabbits.
So we were sleeping and in the middle of the night, last friday, we heared a *bang*, [...]
I’m drinking some sage-tea at the moment…
| by in Animals & Nature, Health, History |
I am an alternative medicine nut. Well, actually I just distrust commercial pharmaceutical industry — but nowadays it seems one must either with or against something and I think I can only make myself worthy of happiness if I place myself in this position.
My girlfriend is basically with me on this and she has got [...]
Our cat’s crazy :)
| by in Animals & Nature, Cats |
Our cat thinks she’s grass — she just barely fits in this pot. I caught her doing this before, but only recently I was also able to make a picture of it:
Images, Pictures, Cats
On the Theory of Evolution…
So, I was watching Discovery Channel’s Monkey Business when suddenly the following ‘revelation’ hit me, a thought that never had crossed my mind probably because it was staring me in the eyes all along.
See, in order to prove that we descend from monkeys (’mere animals’ as some tend to think), scientists are on this quest [...]
My rabbit was making faces at me
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, The Netherlands |
And I could just catch him the act!
(Well, actually, he was just cleaning himself and I had a lucky shot. ;))
Rabbit, Images, Pictures
Wired: UFO-hacker tells what he found
I discovered through Darknet that Wired is running an article with an interview with Gary McKinnon, the guy that hacked NASA to find proof for the existance of UFO’s.
WN: Some say that you have given the UFO motivation for your hacking as a distraction from more nefarious activities.
McKinnon: I was looking before and after 9/11. [...]
‘Rabbit week’ at CuteOverload.com
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Interesting Links |
Don’t know if you noticed — let alone care — but the last week some Japanese rabbit store’s website is being featured on Cuteoverload because of its dangerously high content of cute. Well, the images of the rabbits anyways.
Today’s image is really cute (check the ears).
You might want to check the others out if [...]
Growing ‘rabbit-food’…
| by in Animals & Nature, History |
A couple of weeks ago I was giving one of our rabbits some food, rabbit pellets. These usually consist of different types of grass-seeds and pellets made of dried grasses. Not that interesting at all I know.
But there is this other thing in the rabbit pellet mix that I couldn’t put my finger on [...]
On the LA urban farm and the future of self-grown crops
That LA urban farm business, after reading Chomsky, shows some parallels with US foreign policy: as a government, you cannot have a successful self-sustaining model where people make ends meet and actually are living happy because that happiness and peace is viral, and it may spread to other places, so the government looses its political [...]
On the Belgium kidnapping…
| by in Health, Security & Privacy |
So, a couple of days ago, a couple of young girls went missing in Belgium. Immediately, it was all over the media that some pedophile or whatever may have taken them.
The moment I heard that I was thinking: and they jump to this conclusion because… ? The guy’s missing? Cellular phone data implicated him in [...]
A few more selected images of my pets…
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Cats |
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Native Google Earth for Linux — beta, of course ;)
A colleague send me a link to this post telling there’s a (beta) Google Earth for Linux now!
Finally, no more tinkering with Wine, which doesn’t really enhance stability and stuff….
You can download it here.
Google Earth, Linux
On invisibility…
| by in Space & Beyond |
Yesterday and today, a lot of talk about two independent groups of researchers having published a new theories on the possibilities of invisibility.
Really, I don’t see anything ‘new’ about this at all — the general concept anyways. Anybody that has ever theorised the possibilities of invisibility must’ve thought about this too (not specifically using some [...]
This wasn’t my choice and definitely not theirs….
Every weekday morning, like many other slaves in this day and age, I fill up a big mug with some fine coffee and get into my car to drive to work.
It’s Spring-time, a new beginning, the start of a lot of new life: all types of birds are returning from their stay in warmer locations. [...]
‘Green’ black holes
| by in Interesting Links, Space & Beyond |
Reuters reports on Black holes turning out to be ‘green’ (as in environmentally-friendly):
Just how efficient? If a car could use this kind of engine, it could theoretically go about a billion miles (1.6 billion km) on a gallon of gas, said Steve Allen of Stanford University in California.
Pretty impressive. Also,
These supermassive black holes are “green” [...]
Chernobyl: 20 years later…
| by in Animals & Nature, Health, History, Space & Beyond |
BBC NEWS reported yesterday about wildlife defying the radiation still there after the disaster with the, now infamous, Chernobyl nuclear facility in ‘86.
“Animals don’t seem to sense radiation and will occupy an area regardless of the radiation condition,” says radioecologist Sergey Gaschak.
“A lot of birds are nesting inside the sarcophagus,” he adds, referring to the [...]
Animal-rights activists extremists terrorists
| by in Animals & Nature, Belegana, Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, Media, Religion & Politics, Random Rantings |
The Register has a story on ‘drug-industry backed’ online animal-testing petition, to..
[..] encourage the public to show their support for animal testing. The Coalition for Medical Progress hopes to mobilise what it calls “the silent majorityâ€.
Ah, I can see where this is heading: they are obviously trying to find support to be able to easily [...]
Wow — a 20p bounty on rabbits…
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Sad Stuff |
I just accidentally hit this BBC article here telling of a 20p bounty for every rabbit killed on Shetland.
They aren’t responsible for that situation.
Mr Ratter, who is also a Shetland Islands councillor, added: “The damage they can cause is huge, especially in an area like the south end of the island which is sandy. Rabbits [...]
That’s no ordinary rabbit!
| by in Animals & Nature, Bunnies, Interesting Links |
The Scotsman reports on the sighting of an over-sized rabbit in Felton, Northumberland:
Jeff Smith, 63, spotted the black and brown animal two months ago. He said: “This is no ordinary rabbit. We are dealing with a monster. The first time I saw it I thought to myself: ‘What the hell is that?’ I have seen [...]
Ice-caps melting faster than forecast
| by in Animals & Nature, Belegana, Health, Interesting Links |
According to an article in The Star, two studies yesterday warned, that
Global warming of only a couple of degrees Celsius projected by the end of this century is enough to trigger widespread melting of the massive Greenland ice cap and the partial collapse of Antarctica’s ice sheets.
[..]
The findings are a stunning about-face from previous expert [...]
I’m looking outside of my window at work…
| by in Animals & Nature, The Netherlands |
…and I have to say the weather looks awfully nice — seems like the spring-season really has started.
That gives me positive feelings. (Believe me, I haven’t had those for a while now — guess it’s some ‘winter-depression’-style thing).
This weekend the clock will be adjusted an hour ahead (daylight savings) — meaning it’ll be lighter [...]
Slackware 10.2 + WINE 0.9.10 + GoogleEarth = OK ;)
| by in Software, Space & Beyond |
I tried it earlier, to no avail, but today I downloaded the latest version of WINE to try again to see if Google Earth works.
I didn’t have to go through this hassle of re-installing everything. I just upgraded the WINE package and started up Google Earth, using:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES=”ole32,usp10,msvcrt=n” wine Google/Google\ Earth/GoogleEarth.exe
As you see, there are some [...]
Another fine non-working solution to a non-issue
| by in Animals & Nature, Freedom & Repression, Humour, Interesting Links, Media, Religion & Politics, The Netherlands |
The Dutch local government in Limburg has decided, some time ago, that all the people that illegally grow marijuana will be publicly ‘burned at the stake’ by posting their name and address on an internet website.
The name of the website is ‘www.hetgroenegoud.info’ (tr: www.thegreengold.info). Yeh, as if that is really going to work. Can these [...]
Nice way to start the spring..
| by in Animals & Nature, Belegana, Health, Interesting Links, Sad Stuff |
If there’s one thing us humans can do, collectively, it must be fucking up this planet. The Register also reported it yesterday, and in case you missed it, the UN released a report on how recent human activity has messed-up the planet we live and depend on. To quote The Register:
As much as 80 per [...]
HamsterTracker™
Via CuteOverload I discovered this guy’s home-brew electronics project:
Have you ever wondered:
What your hamster is doing while you sleep?
What distance has your hamster ran in her treadmill today?
How fast a hamster can run?
This is why I have developed the HamsterTrackerâ„¢ system.
Check it out, it’s definitely worth a read.
Animals, Pets, Hamsters, Treadmill, Electronics, Projects
Peppers kill cancer
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