About the immortality of the May beetle Vox 2008-05-17T19:45:11Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00f30f5bd9e90001/ Rantings and ramblings about everything and nothing Caramel tag:vox.com,2008-05-17:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100fae8ba4122000b 2008-05-17T19:45:11Z 2008-05-17T19:45:11Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I have started signing up for all the Timeout preview screenings - mainly because I am stingy, love the cinema and love a free film even more, no matter what the film is like. The problem is that the preview screening thing is based on a bit of a ...

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]]> Geek gadget alert tag:vox.com,2008-05-15:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100fad687476b0005 2008-05-15T20:00:40Z 2008-05-17T18:51:18Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Waterbird in Hampstead Heath Coot nest Pond in Hampstead Heath Family of coots Early morning view over London Waterbird in Hampstead Heath

Ouch, it's been ages since I last posted anything. It's not even that I haven't had anything to write about - it's probably more like that I have done more things that equate to "having a life", I went to Norfolk for a long weekend which was brill...

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]]> Healthy lifestyle tag:vox.com,2008-04-17:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100e398f114960005 2008-04-17T20:09:35Z 2008-04-17T20:09:35Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I've just been to my first ever Weightwatchers meeting. Yes, I now have 10 weeks to go until I am supposed to spend three entire days on a horse on and next to mountains, a day in a canoe and multiple other days dragging my backpack around Norther...

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]]> Teenage affections tag:vox.com,2008-04-12:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100e398ef6dd90004 2008-04-12T20:43:11Z 2008-04-12T21:55:26Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Wing of Tomorrow

I finally got my tickets to the Sonata Arctica concert in a week. Yay! I already saw them in November (they must like the UK) and it was probably the most thoroughly enjoyable concert I've ever been to. It probably helps that the songs are so eas...

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]]> Office politics tag:vox.com,2008-04-08:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100e398ee410b0005 2008-04-08T19:38:31Z 2008-04-09T09:04:05Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Have you ever read Dilbert, the comic strip? I'm not sure Dilbert has much relevance for people who do not work in a corporate software environment, but for those that do, it actually is scarily close to real life. I work in an internet start-up,...

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]]> Northern exposure tag:vox.com,2008-04-07:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100f48cec4bae0003 2008-04-07T16:29:00Z 2008-04-09T14:44:56Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I'm a lot poorer now, because the travel company I booked my wilderness adventure this summer with confirmed that the tour was definitely going ahead - so I sent them the rest of the money. Which was a lot. Oh well, living on beans on toast isn't ...

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]]> QotD: Where in the World... tag:vox.com,2008-04-03:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100e398ec6e130004 2008-04-03T11:53:37Z 2008-04-03T11:53:37Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom If you were independently wealthy, where in the world would you live? OK that depends on just how wealthy I am. If we are talking about Bill Gates dimensions (one can dream) I wouldn't live in just one part of the world. I would have houses in ...

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]]> Nightwish tag:vox.com,2008-03-29:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100f48ce944e60003 2008-03-29T13:57:51Z 2008-03-31T09:03:32Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Nightwish

On Wednesday I went to my first rock concert in a while, which was great. I am a big fan of metal, especially Scandinavian metal (I just like the melodic style that is played there), so one of my resolutions is to make use of living in London by g...

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]]> Trip to Vienna via Belgium tag:vox.com,2008-03-29:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100f48ce92e200002 2008-03-29T11:14:50Z 2008-04-03T08:19:41Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Clouds Gent old town Medieval Gent Church Vrijdagmarkt Vrijdagmarkt Vrijdagmarkt Vrijdagmarkt Vrijdagmarkt Gent waterways Cityscape in Gent Canal in Gent Cityscape over canal Buildings by canal Old fortress Canal scene House with boat Gent Gent Gent waterways Gent waterways

I'm back from my second trip to Vienna this month. A very Austrian month indeed! This time it was a scheduled trip though - my yearly trip home for Easter - and I had been planning it for months (which still didn't help the extortionate travel pri...

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]]> Trip to Vienna via Paris tag:vox.com,2008-03-12:asset-6a00f30f5bd9e9000100f48d0278580001 2008-03-12T22:53:26Z 2008-03-12T22:53:26Z Skihippy http://skihippy.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Pigeon on a lamp post Sacré Coeur A statue and a pigeon Sacré Coeur Carousel and Sacré Coeur Paris skyline Paris skyline Eiffel tower (very hidden) Montmartre Artists in Montmartre Montmartre, Paris French bad weather Metro, Cité, Paris Gare de Nord, Paris Strasbourg Palm house, Schönbrunn, Vienna Ice bear twins, Vienna Zoo Ice bear in Vienna zoo Mountain goat and monkey Rhinoceros Squirrel Fu Long, Vienna Zoo Fu Long, Vienna Zoo Town hall, Korneuburg Pestsäule, Korneuburg Countryside around Leobendorf Wine cellar in Leobendorf Wine cellars

Last weekend I went to Vienna and Lower Austria (with half a day pause in Paris) so I thought I would do a little photo diary. Above are a few pictures of Sacre Coeur and around. Since I only had about 6 hours in Paris, and two of those were tak...

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