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George Boole is a pretty important person to me, and probably for you even if you do not know it. I spent more than 2 years struggling with his boolean algebra while I studied formal logic in my undergraduate degree. When I say struggling I mean struggling, supplementary exams and all.
Visiting his grave in Cork was rather spooky, I was not sure really why I wanted to go other than a basic tourist scenario of getting a picture of me next to it, so I could cross it off my tourist list. Chatting to a friend I realised it is for inspiration, as I get ready to hopefully write a dissertation later this year. |
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As is now tradition Top 10 of 2006,
Top 10 of 2007 and Top 10 of 2008.
2009 was a totally different travel, I actually got sick of travelling and just wanted to be home with my koala bear. No longer was I allowed to call myself someone in there mid twenties (I still did though), became a lot more grown up almost bordering on being "mature".
Top 10 of 2009:
- M moving in with me at Trinity Court and buying our fist item of furniture.
- Resigning and getting escorted out of the office
- Being accepted to study my MSc at Edinburgh University
- Training with the guys at Unit 20 -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71zSlaJKdPw
- Owning a mountain bike again -> http://www.baldy.za.net/pblog/658/P2170102-med.jpg
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Marcus Paauwe lived with me in Cork from November 2008 till May 2009 when he suddenly disappeared. Turned out they owed me and many other people money (combined many thousands of euros). As we did more research we found he had been doing this for years all over Europe. My first post describing what we found when he initially left -> http://www.baldy.za.net/node/665
In the last 6 months, I have found out some more information and tracked down Marcus Paauwe to a B&B near the main train station in Frankfurt. Managed to get in contact with him on his new email address beatsteak76@googlemail.com (even asked him out on a date www.neu.de). He was very apologetic via email and of course promised to pay the money he owed me, but did not follow through on his promises. He was working as network admin till two of his previous employers had found out about his past on the internet and asked him to leave. |
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As the owner of a Garmin I took it upon myself to sort out the route for our hike. So with that I must take full responsibly for getting us pretty lost, well maybe lost is too strong a word but taking us up the wrong route initially.
As a bunch of big strong South Africans I decided on everyone's behalf that we would not do the regular route and look for a more challenging route. My decision seemed like the correct one when we all got together on the long drive to the Lake District. Apparently Scafell Pike has a reputation of a mountain that geriatrics climb. As our lead Voortrekker put it "I want a hobby with an element of risk", it had just so happened that I had picked the shortest route to the peak, at only 8 miles. I sold this idea to the less fit smokers in our group and tried not to focus on the point that it was also the steepest route. |
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I realised I was going to be in the UK for the last Friday of the month, I realised with much excitement that I would be able to go up to London to do critical mass (http://www.criticalmasslondon.org.uk/main.html). Sky News Report -> http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Critical-Mass-Cycling-London-Bi... |
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Concerts are funny things, not sure what is is about them, but in general I am very apathetic about booking tickets. I could be miserable and say it is because I am South African and we are used to concerts being announced then cancelled, typical bloody South Africa who is travelling in Europe. It is not the reason either I just felt I should mention. Probably I am just no good at that level of commitment.
The concerts I have missed and regret due to my own apathy are smashing pumpkins who I will now never see and the huge Prodigy/Placebo/Faithless gig. What was I thinking, I was such a loser. |
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I am just about finished reading a little book called "The Art of Happiness". It seems to be working, well it was last night.
Today I am not particularly happiness, sat at work after a particularly early "roll and go" wake up to get the early bus. I dont think my hangover has quite reached its climax yet either. In any moment of weakness will ask myself "What would The Dude do".
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Marcus Paauwe and his then girlfriend lived with me in Cork from November 2008 till May 2009 when they suddenly did a runner. We came home to find they had packed everything and left without as much as leaving a note. What a coward, he could have at least written a note saying so long sorry about the money I owe you.
He left owing just over a months rent. I found out I got off pretty luckily, his colleagues at Apple we he worked had made him personal loans which he of course will not be paying back as he has presumably left the country. After he had left I started opening his mail to try and get some idea of where he has gone to. This revealed that he had also taken out a personal loan from a loan company (charging 150% APR). So he is really working it from every angle and will get caught out eventually. I did my bit and called up his bank and the loan company making them aware so they can monitor and hopefully freeze his accounts. |
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