Archive for the ‘misc’ Category

Earth Day Reflections

Today the EarthDayNetwork on Twitter tweeted this:
@EarthDayNetwork if you do not do anything to protect the earth everyday, what does it mean to celebrate “Earth Day”?
And I thought about what I’m doing to protect the earth everyday, besides recycling paper, metal and glass that is. Here are some of the things I could think of:

Minimizing [...]

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Update on THE “EST Granny Square Blanket”

Since the announcement of this project one month ago, many packages poured into my home from all over Europe … Latvia, Germany, Finland, Turkey, Austria, Norway, France, … all of them containing colorful granny squares like these:

I know of a few that are still on their way, so we have 54 of them now and [...]

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Bugs in Writing

So, you finished your masters … you feel smart and are proud of yourself for having had the determination and will power to do it? Well, enjoy the feeling while it lasts !! If you are going to write a dissertation as well, you will feel otherwise … soon !!
All will start with the endless [...]

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For the language lovers out there …

Nowadays I’m following Tim Ferriss on Twitter ( I still think that ‘following’ is a creepy word for that, though ). He mostly gives useful links, but doesn’t tweet as much so that you can go to sleep without worries that the next day your tweetlist will be full with links.
Though I’m more interested in [...]

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