So my name is Brendan McCollam, I just graduted from Pomona College in Claremont, CA where I was a neuroscience major. I received a Watson Fellowship, which provides a $25,000 grant to travel and complete an independent project. My project involves traveling to the Netherlands, Germany, France, Slovenia, Croatia, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico investigating the […]
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Arrived in the Netherlands
July 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Travel
I am currently in Eindhoven, a city in the South-Netherlands. So far it seems alright. Phillips was founded and headquartered here, so there’s an enormous amount of lightbulb-related tourist attractions. They have some sort of art museum focused on artificial light (read: glowy art things), so I’ll probably check that out tomorrow before catching a […]
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Linux-powered in-flight entertainment
August 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Linux, Travel
My Aer Lingus flight from Chicago to Dublin was on an Airbus a330. I somehow got stuck with the up-against-the-dividing-wall-next-to-the-bathroom seat, but on the plus side, the row was so lame, that I had it all to myself and I could put up the armrests and sleep laid out across the entire center row. I […]
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Eindhoven: Day 1
August 1st, 2008 · No Comments · Travel
After spending about 24 hours in Eindhoven, I’m ready to render a totally premature verdict. Eindhoven is the Des Moines of the Netherlands: big enough to be a real city, with some interesting museums and music venues, but not big enough to have much worthwhile happening on a Wednesday night. I spent several hours (even […]
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Eindhoven: Day 2
August 1st, 2008 · 3 Comments · Travel
I left Eindhoven for Utrecht yesterday, the train ride took about an hour. Before leaving, I stopped in and saw the Van Abbe Museum (which I continually read as ‘wannabe museum’) and also the Centrum Kunstlicht in de Kunst (Artificial Light in Art Center). The Van Abbe Museum was really cool, the building was clean […]
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