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Yearly Archives: 2010
First Lines: Foundation and Empire, Second Foundation
November 10, 2010 – 23:35
In the first part of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation-trilogy we learn how the Foundation came to be and rose to power. In the first part of its sequel Foundation and Empire we see how the Foundation overthrows the final remnants of the crumbling Galactic Empire. In the second part the Foundation itself gets overthrown by The [...]
A Still More Glorious Dawn Awaits
November 9, 2010 – 23:49
Today, on what would have been his 76th birthday, I finished watching Carl Sagan’s Cosmos: A Personal Journey. Just in case you don’t know, or don’t care to read the links, here’s the summary: Carl Sagan was an American astronomer, astrophysicist, author, cosmologist, and highly successful popularizer of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. Cosmos [...]
Fat Out of Hell
November 2, 2010 – 23:02
A couple of weeks ago, when I tracked down one of the few pieces I still think I need for my Meat Loaf collection, I came across a mysterious Meat Loaf tribute album called Fat Out of Hell by some guy going by the very imaginative name MeatBalls. Usually, I don’t care for that kind [...]
Citaat van de dag
November 2, 2010 – 08:12
Uit mijn horoscoop in de Sp!ts van vandaag: Er zijn enkele collega’s die op de vervelendste momenten met hun mening op de proppen komen en dat kan leiden tot een gevoel van wanhoop. En dan zou ik dat moeten relativeren want daar put ik nieuwe moed uit. Sorry hoor, maar dat is een horoscoop van [...]
