Twitter: georgemaschke- Blue Mountain Gold coffee (a Jamaican variety) grown in Papua New Guinea. It is dark roasted and very good. :-) http://twitpic.com/2jcluj
- The rain on my windshield painted an impressionist landscape this morning. http://twitpic.com/2iae4n
- Rain in Holland is hardly news, but it has rained unusually hard in the past 24 hours, with water in the streets. http://twitpic.com/2iaa8u
- The unthinkable has happened: I have utterly and completely run out of coffee. Not a single precious bean left in the house!
- I have given up on Ubuntu One file synchronization. Too many glitches--including data loss--in particular with Tomboy Notes.
- If you would deny Muslims freedom to build #Park51 community center, then don't you dare call One World Trade Center "Freedom Tower."
- NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's excellent defense of the so-called "Ground Zero" Islamic center project : http://huff.to/aNRwu5
- How to Access the Internet (A Guide from 2025): http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2010-06-24-n15.html
- Interesting commentary by @nickpatrick: "Did Americans in 1776 have British accents?" http://bit.ly/9buYtj
- This is the first coin dated 2010 that I've encountered. It's a Dutch 5 euro cent coin. http://twitpic.com/270jl6
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Krzysztof Skubiszewski, R.I.P.
On Monday, 8 February 2010, Dr. Krzysztof Skubiszewski, the president of the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (where I work) died in Warsaw at the age of 83. He had served as an arbitrator since 4 December 1993, and as president of the Tribunal since 16 February 1994. Last year, I had the pleasure of showing [...]
How to Watch Al Jazeera English Live, On-line, for Free
Attention Americans: Al Jazeera Is Not a Mouthpiece for Terrorists The independent Doha, Qatar-based television news network, Al Jazeera, has been so castigated by Bush Administration officials that given a word association test, many Americans would probably say “Al Qaeda” upon hearing “Al Jazeera.” And yet Al Jazeera is hardly a mouthpiece for terrorists. Rather, [...]
Summer Soltice in The Hague: Sunrise & Sunset
Although the summer solstice actually occurred on 21 June 2008 at 01:59 hours Central European Daylight time, the 20th was the longest day of the year, and I decided to bike out to the dunes along the North Sea coast to greet the sunrise and bid the sun farewell on that day:
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George W. Bush in The Hague
The Hague’s Stadhuis, or city hall, regularly hosts free art exhibitions. Passing through the cathedral-ceilinged atrium today, I encountered what appeared to be a colossal representation of the lifeless head of U.S. President George W. Bush. Sure enough, it’s a vinyl-covered nylon fabric sculpture by contemporary American artist Paul McCarthy titled “Bush” (2007):
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The High Cost of Gasoline Is Relative
As American drivers come to grips with $4.00-a-gallon gasoline and presidential hopeful John McCain suggests a temporary “tax holiday,” it’s worth noting that in some places, it’s been a long time since gas was so cheap as that. The photo you see here shows fuel prices at my neighborhood gas station in The Hague, The [...]
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Welcome to My Home Page
Hello, my name is George Maschke, and welcome to my home page! I am in the process of developing this site around the open source package, WordPress. If you wish to contact me, you can reach me by e-mail to maschke [at] zonnet.nl georgemaschke [at] gmail [dot] com.
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Welcoming the Year of the Tiger in The Hague