Just finished reading a very interesting book called “The Terror” (Amazon) by Dan Simmons. It topiced the failed Franklin Expedition on search for the North-West-Passage in the Arctic Ocean north of Canada.
Standing out as a historical fiction book, The Terror displays a large amount of historical correctness and stars Francis Cozier as the book’s hero, [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Finished reading The Terror
Posted in Literature, tagged Book review on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Travel plans?
Posted in Travels, tagged Travel on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I am thinking of doing some more travels in the future and I was looking for some of the more extreme travel destinations. Checking Wikipedia on a list of all countries of this world, you find some interesting candidates:
Niue (Travel info | Europe Representatives for booking flights)
St. Lucia (Thorn Tree Forum at Lonely Planet)
Checking [...]
Shareholder value – bliss of the world?
Posted in Economics, Politics, tagged Civilization, Economy, Hofstede, Huntington, Market Theory, Society on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I came into a discussion with a Russian colleague of mine, someone who had not only experienced the downfall of the Soviet Union, but also the rise of capitalism in his own country, the negative impacts of helplessness and the sheer amount of consume and money-spending.
The discussion circled around the concept of shareholder value. [...]
Introducing Nick Brandt
Posted in Photographers, tagged Africa, Photography on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nick Brandt is a photographer concentrating on animal and wildlife photography having started in East Africa. His photographs can be found in his book “On this Earth” or at selected galleries worldwide. The example photos in this post are displayed with kind permission of both the Young Gallery and Nick Brandt.
Seeing his photos, as discovered [...]
Another nice photo story
Posted in The Future in the Internet, tagged Photography on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
About how a family develops over the years 1976-2008.
My weekend in New York
Posted in Flickr Excellence, tagged Flickr, Travel on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Cementary, originally uploaded by Azchael.
Hi there,
main reason for not posting over the weekend: I’d been in New York! Visiting my old buddy Brian, I spent a few great days in the Big Apple.
Europe and the US
Posted in Politics, tagged Globalization, Politics on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A letter to Mr. Friedman on regard of his article in the NY Times column.
Dear Mr. Friedman,
I’ve just finished reading your article on todays world’s view on America, i.e. the USA, and I myself, as a German, have to admit that my oppinion on the USA has been intrigued by happenings in Guantanamo Bay, the [...]
lightning through SLOWLORIS camera
Posted in Flickr Excellence, tagged Crazy, Flickr on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Hype Machine
Posted in The Future in the Internet, tagged Music in the World Wide Web, The Hype Machine on July 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Nice music aggregation from around the web without being mainstream.
Getting and receiving information on railways, rail business opportunities and new market developments.
Posted in Economics, Railway Market, The Future in the Internet, Wikipedia, tagged Economy, How to find information, Rail Business, Railway Industry on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If one wants to stay up to date in any topic it requires a certain amount of effort. Not to receive information, but to filter it and get the relevant information picked out of the sheer mass of data. The same applies to the railway market.
Using the internet there is however a certain ease in [...]
