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Random Walks in the Low Countries

Random Walks in the Low Countries

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Occasional thoughts and observations on the expatriate experience from an American scientist living and working in the Netherlands

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  • Tools to manage your narratives

    Posted on Sunday October 5th, 2008 at 07:04 in

    First, a link for the day: Air Traffic Worldwide (be sure to click for the high-def version of the video).  This one-minute video shows the progress of air flights over a 24 hour period, superimposed on the progressing day/night terminator....

  • Travel bric-a-brac

    Posted on Saturday October 4th, 2008 at 08:56 in , travel stories

       Small ornamental objects valued for their antiquity, rarity, originality, or sentimental associations.  Part of the fun of traveling is finding souvenirs to remind you of the various places that you’ve visited.  Sometimes ...

  • Network, neighborhood, community

    Posted on Friday October 3rd, 2008 at 07:33 in , personal reflections

    A brief pre-note: I’ve finally finished getting pictures selected, edited, and posted from the conferences and travels in Italy the past few weeks. I won’t publish too many here, but the albums are available on my Flickr site. ------------------...

  • The water folk and the mountain people

    Posted on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 06:37 in

    I know that I’m on delicate ground today, but I’d like to spend a few paragraphs contrasting the Dutch and the Swiss.  I’ve lived in both countries, in Switzerland when I was 17 and in the Netherlands today, and I have high regard for both...

  • Shoveling out the backlog (and the financial industry)

    Posted on Tuesday September 30th, 2008 at 09:23 in , idle chit-chat

    ‘back in town, but a bit scarce while I collate tasks that have accumulated in my absence and try to address the most pressing ones.  It was a great trip, but there’s always the return to earth when it’s over. The weather is deteriora...

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