Archive for April, 2005
How to Talk with a Liberal (if You Really Have To)
Title: How to Talk with a Liberal (if You Really Have To) Author: Ann Coulter Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Crown Forum (October 5, 2004) ISBN: 1400054184 Finished this one up after I completed packing to come home from my latest Amsterdam business trip. Ann Coulter is a fun writer – she uses language creatively and […]
April 27th, 2005 by alephnaught
The UnDutchables
Title: The UnDutchables: An Observation of the Netherlands, its Culture and its Inhabitants Author: Colin White, Laurie Boucke Paperback: 310 pages Publisher: White-Boucke Publishing; 4th edition (September 1, 2001) ISBN: 1888580224 Read this one on my flight home from my latest trip to Amsterdam (starting to feel like I live there). This book was suggested […]
April 26th, 2005 by alephnaught
Amsterdam and Delft
I left for Amsterdam on April 17 for work. I didn’t know exactly when I’d return; turns out I left April 26. Here’s a picture of the current state of the front of Vijzelstraat 32, where I worked a few years ago. The building has been sold to the city of Amsterdam and will be […]
April 24th, 2005 by alephnaught
April 23rd, 2005 by alephnaught
Closed Curtain
Title: Closed Curtain: Lives of de Wallen Author: Bruce Harris (Author), Michelle Bird (Illustrator) Paperback: 150 pages Publisher: White-Boucke Publishing (October 1, 2001) ISBN: 188858016X I read this book going to and back from Delft. The book is one of the only ones in English about the red light district (de Wallen) in Amsterdam. It […]
April 21st, 2005 by alephnaught
Algernon, Charlie, and I
Title: Algernon, Charlie and I: A Writer’s Journey Author: Daniel Keyes Paperback: 228 pages Publisher: Harvest Books (September 1, 2004) ISBN: 0156029995 I just finished this book while flying into Amsterdam and my first couple of nights here this trip. It is a wonderful book! This is Daniel Keyes’s own story of how the famous […]
April 19th, 2005 by alephnaught
April 19th, 2005 by alephnaught
April 15th, 2005 by alephnaught
How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)
How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else) by the Electronic Freedom Foundation
April 14th, 2005 by alephnaught
Another trip to Amsterdam
Had another business trip to Amsterdam. Since I’m flying back on American Airlines, I can plug my laptop in and do some serious work, like writing this entry. Anyway, I took one picture that was pretty fun of a storefront right on Dam Square: Its a display for an upcoming show of new Chinese art.
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+Bob Hays
- I'm a father and husband, have two schipperkes, like to read, compose music, travel. And I manage a couple software development teams at DIRECTV.
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April 27th, 2005 by alephnaught