Just read an article in the Volkskrant, a Dutch newspaper, and it sounds pretty ridiculous. The article states that evolution biologist Michael Worobey of the Arizona University discovered that 1 person is responsible for the arrival of the aids virus in the USA in 1969, much earlier than everyone had assumed. One person and one [...]
Archive for: October, 2007
CCTV Tower
Yesterday was a cold but very sunny day and I had a couple of meetings around town. The first one was all the way in the North, so I took the #13 subway there and the second one was south of Guomao, so I could use the new #5 subway line all the way down. [...]
MailWasher
The other day I read an interesting entry on MailWasher, a program that handles spam in a very efficient way! As described on their own website: MailWasher Pro lets you safely preview and delete bad email before it gets to your computer – never download another spam email to your computer again! You can download [...]
cause of crashes
Well finally I have been able to “solve” the problem of my recent computer crashes! Bluetooth Ever since I have my new phone I once every now and then like to synchronize the phone with the compu and I do that with bluetooth. The synchronizing all goes allright, but right after that my computer shuts [...]
DVT is back
DVT (Deep Vein Thrombosis) is back Yup, wish it was different, but unfortunately it has returned after a mere 5 months. It has switched to the left leg, right under the knee. I already had a feeling of a cramped muscle in my left calf for about 3 weeks, but the morning after Faithless I [...]
Faithless
WOW! Just came back from a weekend in Shanghai. Why Shanghai? It’s not that great a city after all Well, Shanghai happened to have its first ever open-air music festival during the October Holiday (on Oct. 5) and the closing act was of none other than Faithless!!! They also performed in Beijing, but indoors, so [...]