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Mush the Most
One of my favourite quotes regarding the internet is We’ve all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.— Robert Wilensky, 1996 (As a sideline, the “infinite monkey theorem” makes some interesting reading, though,…
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Elijah’s First Report
It’s pretty good here for a place that is not australia but the weather is cold and I keep getting a running nose. I hate it my nose gets really sore. School is ok my teacher speaks english she went to the states for a few years. We have fish in our pond in the…
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Zu Kaufen und Essen (To Shop and Eat)
Since we don’t have a car, shopping is not quite what I am used to. But even if we did have one, there are still a few things that are not quite what I am used to. Things like: Most supermarkets are discount supermarkets (like Aldi) and have a smaller range of products but at…
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Frühling has Sprung
Growing up in Brisbane I didn’t understand a lot of things. I didn’t understand why Christmas decorations and some traditions centred on snow and winter. Oh I accepted it — most children do when it comes with perverse amounts of sugar and receiving free toys — but I never really understood it. Similarly, I never…
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Customary Customs
We received a fax the other day from the German moving company who will be taking our household goods from the port in Hamburg (where the ship arrives about the 2nd of April) to the house in Jülich. A standard sort of letter asking for documents that will be required for our things to clear…
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Hi-ho! Hi-ho! A blogging we will go …
After some long-winded discussions with one of my brothers (Jonathan. Well, OK, one email but he was enthusiastic — “I think blogging is a great idea!”), I thought it would be worthwhile to start a weblog. Since there are so many nice people who are interested in how myself and the family (hence the “et…
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Karneval!
The first weekend we were here was Karneval, one of the bigger festivals in this part of the world. They had parades in different cities on different days, so you could go on a parade-crawl if you wanted, though not many seemed to do this. There was even a parade which came through our small…
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Dreamworld!
On the Tuesday right before we left Australia, we went to Dreamworld with Aunty Donyque. It was cool and we all want to go back when we get back to Australia. She also took us to McDonald’s for lunch. One of the best rides was the Tower of Terror. They have a tower that goes…
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PhD Graduation
I thought that if George Lucas can do it, then I could write a couple of prequels too (you may recall this blog actually started on the 11 Mar 05). So here is a prequel post regarding my PhD graduation which I was a bit busy at the time to write up. In brief: Graudated…