Archive for April, 2009

I’ve just added a new page, so readers can now add links.
It’s quite hard to find good resources1 on the net, especially since many sites start and then just tend to give up out of sheer frustration, or so it seems. I’m going by one basic criterium for my links: “Do I find them useful?”… »

Good karma, or just luck?
Frankly, I don’t care, because I’ve been working at one of the many Buddhist Centres here in Amsterdam for the past month. It really was a one out of a million opportunity, because I get to work there two and a half days a week for the coming months, I retain… »

Wonder of Wonders
That’s right, I will be extolling the virtues of this wonderful new technology from these pages in days to come, for I am the proud owner of an Ebook Reader. To be exact, the owner of a HanLin V3 eReader. And it’s worth every penny I spent on it.
Love at first sight
Is it… »

Claiming your own Life
One of the first things you are told when entering a clinic specialised in addictions (I will not use the word “rehab” since it implies you have to atone for some sin) is that you are wholly responsible for the situation you find yourself in. This may seem harsh and unforgiving and… »

Yes,
it’s a start, I suppose, and getting this far has proven to be a perfect example of why I started this blog in the first place. For the past three days I’ve meandered from simple to complex,  from being cool to being being austere, adding and removing features, just to end up with a relatively… »