The last couple of months I came to the conclusion that my Windows XP installation was getting real messed up. Something had to be done. So yesterday I decided that it was time to ditch Windows altogether and installed Ubuntu 9.10. That’s a big fat check-mark next to number 69 on my list of 100 [...]
Category Archives: I'm a geek
More web stats
January 12, 2010 – 15:59
For those of you who enjoyed my previous post with the web stats for this site: head on over to the (almost) complete Meat Loaf & Jim Steinman lyric archive for another dose.
There's Nothing Wrong With Being Wrong
January 5, 2010 – 11:06
On today’s science page of Dutch news site nu.nl the following headlines grabbed my attention:
‘Sociale intelligentie van apen overschat’
Reusachtige gasstroom is ouder dan gedacht
‘G-spot bestaat toch niet’
‘Levensloze’ eiwitten kunnen evolueren
Zonnestelsel is iets jonger dan gedacht
Scientists have discovered that the social intelligence of apes is being overestimated, that a giant gas [...]
Nerd-alert: Webstats 2009
January 2, 2010 – 21:31
Last year, there have been 4,705 visits from 2,893 absolute unique visitors, resulting in 7,707 pageviews. The average length of their stay was 50 seconds. That’s a bit up from last year.
Those vistors came from 77 countries (one more than last year) on all six continents. Top 5 countries with the most visitors (and last [...]
Missing Links
November 11, 2009 – 21:40
Today, scientists dealt Theory of Evolution a heavy blow with the announcement of a newly discovered dinosaur species. Aardonyx celestae has a “very significant position in the family tree of dinosaurs” because it may very well be the missing link between early bipedal dinosaurs and the massive sauropods.
Now, I know you’re thinking, If this new [...]
