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Cancerboy revisited

Some years ago, in 1999, I was diagnosed with a mild form of skin cancer. It was treated with a then-newfangled method called PDT, with gaffa’d boxen and much interest (I wrote about it then). Since some time, oh maybe … Continue reading

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What is it to be human?

It sounds like a very pretentious kind of title for a blog entry, but I just cried my ass of after having watched the docudrama Touching the Void on DVD. Partly, of course, because it’s an incredibly human story with … Continue reading

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Multilateral thinking

My friend Naffa told me a story yesterday, which I thought was brilliant: some years ago, Zanzibar had a huge problem with tsetse flies which affected the cattle. Now, this could have been “solved” like any typical development project, ie … Continue reading

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I think I wish I had a camera

My friend Naffa, who lives on Zanzibar those days, is visiting me. Actually, he’s been living there for almost a decade now, running a small-ish cabinet making business, and a sawmill. I don’t know if the mill is up and … Continue reading

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Solid weather!

The weather is too nice. It is a bit on the chilly side, but the sun is shining like nobody’s business. I added a new link to the left: my little icecasted radio station. Check it out, if you feel … Continue reading

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This is just a test

This is a testposting, using “SmartyPants” and “Markdown”. I actually don’t know exactly what it will do, so this is going to be fun. OK, then. It changes quotes to curly quotes and such fineries. I suppose it looks nicer, … Continue reading

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FFII does good work

FFII is one of those organizations I’m grateful towards. Their mission-statement is: to make basic informational resources freely usable to protect the creator against the plagiator and the public against monopolies to give political weight to programmers, information-creating enterpreneurs and … Continue reading

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