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Archive for April, 2007
Quote of the day: Sailing and life
The Gods do not deduct from man’s alloted span those hours spent in sailing. Ancient Phoenician Proverb getting ready to travel far-far away and all around this planet…
Europe: Get your A-Levels for surfing
Why learn Maths or Physics when surfing the waves does the job?
In France surfing is now officially part of the curriculum for the Baccalaureat (A-Levels / high school diploma). This week the first 43 contestants took their practical and oral tests in south-west France near Bordeaux.
“…with sun shine, a breeze from the east and more than one meter high waves on the Atlantic the weather conditions were especially good…” said…
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Travel: You are now officially cattle (with some airlines)
While we all could not really get rid of the feeling that something is wrong with air travel since years – ever watched a young guy (most of them are now much taller than 6 feet at least in Europe and the US) fold into one of the Economy class seats after being “herded” into the airplane.
Well now one so called “no frills” airline in Europe laid the truth bare.
“…A round of applause for easyJet.com today for confirming many passengers’ suspicions as to how airlines view their customers. Some questions regarding “assistance” to elderly passengers are categorized as an inquiry about “livestock.”…
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The never ending spam tail
Been away for a few days and getting ready for a trip around the world. So nothing came up here the last days – besides that 15,000 spam messages arrived – thanks again to the enlargement branch and particularly the one page plus spammers. Nevertheless our spam filters continue to work great (only 6 messages [...]
