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Here's some other, more or less random, stuff.
Artsy Stuff:
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Of all the art forms I probably like photography the most. Well, maybe
apart from music. Anyway, my favorite photographers
include Nan
Goldin, William
Eggleston, Andreas
Gursky
(samples), Martin
Parr, Thomas
Demand
(samples), Philippe
Chancel,
and Bernd
and Hilla Becher
(samples). I'm
generally pretty keen on industrial photography. Not sure why, maybe
it's because I grew up close to an area with lots of heavy industry
and coal mines (Ruhr
Area).
Although I can't really say I'm much into drawing, I do
like Raymond
Pettibon
(click
here for some samples). I first noticed his drawings on the covers
of some of my vinyls (and yes, I do belong to that generation that
actually bought vinyls),
including Sonic Youth and
Black
Flag.
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Literary Stuff:
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I do enjoy reading. This includes books from a wide spectrum. From
'classics' to historical. If I had to pick a favorite writer it'd
probably be Franz
Kafka.
Currently on my nightstand: Richard
P. Feynman Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
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Sporty Stuff:
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I do like
playing squash
although I haven't played for a while now :(
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Geeky Stuff:
News Stuff:
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I'm a bit of a news junkie, getting my daily fix from all kinds of
sources, ranging from the
venerable Beeb
and Reuters,
to AT5 (yes, I still do follow the
local news of Amsterdam from time to time). I should not forget to
mention The Onion, one of my
favorites.
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Mac Stuff:
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I'm a relatively recent Apple Mac convert (used to use Linux before).
I bought my first PowerBook in 2004. Since then I have become a true
believer. Best sources for knowing what's cooking behind the doors of
1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino,
CA: 9to5Mac
and The Unofficial Apple Weblog
(TUAW).
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Language Stuff:
Erdöstuff:
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Well, my Erdös number
is a not particularly exciting 4 (Paul Erdös -> Saharon Shelah ->
Dov M. Gabbay -> Maarten de Rijke -> me).
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