So before I left, my friend Nick and I had tried to compile a list of all the uniquely American things I should do before leaving the country for a year. Drinking a root beer was on the list. However, today in Utrecht I purchased the above can of root beer, and it was perfectly […]
Entries from August 2nd, 2008
Dutch Waterboardmuseum
August 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Travel
It turned out to be not depressing or torture-related at all. It’s “waterboard” as in, “board of water”. It has been rather cold and rainy for the past day or so here, so I haven’t gone out as much as I’d like to. I did get out to see this museum about the history of […]
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Couchsurfing
August 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Travel
I think I should give a shoutout here to Couchsufing. Thanks to their site, I’m currently staying with a 40-year-old American software engineer who lives in a houseboat on one of the local canals. The houseboat is very much more of a house than a boat. It reminds me of the riverboat casinos which never […]
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Mobile phones, lock-in and network neutrality
August 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Technology
I’ve been looking to buy a phone since I arrived in Europe, and I’m continually frustrated by the awful, consumer-unfriendly nature of the mobile phone industry, both here in Europe and in the United States. Both the US and Europe are terrible, but Europe definitely gets the short end of the stick. In the US, […]
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Where I’ve been staying
August 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Photos, Travel
So I said I’d post some pictures of the houseboat I’ve been staying. I got permission from my host, so here they are. It was a nice place to stay and he was a very gracious host. I’ve moved out now, I’ll probably stay in a hostel tonight and then perhaps more couchsurfing or a […]
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