2009-03-03 Bits'n'Pieces

/* Why I don't bus to work anymore: */

double d = 9.; // distance between home and work
double u = 10.; // petrol usage in liters per 100 km
double p = 1.63; // price of one liter of gas
double b = 2.1; // one way bus fare

// 9*10/100*1.63 = 1.467 < 2.1
assert(d*u/100.0*p < b);

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When I grow up I want to become a pilot.
Not for a big airline with a posh uniform. And of course not for the army.
I would just have a small airplane with two or four seats. Like John Travolta in Look Who's Talking. Or Jim Carrey in Yes Man.

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More Walter pics on Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/marcspoor/tags/walter/

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Battlestar Galactica is getting better and better and better and better. I can hardly wait for the end of the month.

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This is going to be embarrassing. Or at least Kristine does not get tired to tell me so. Here it comes. I haven't seen most of the classic old movies. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, for example. Or Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. But Kristine finally rectified that. And I made her watch Batman in turn. You're going to have to click on the link to see why that is torture.

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If everything goes according to our plans, we'll be in Germany for two weeks in August. Kristine wants to see castles and eat Brezeln (or "Pretzels", as foreigners spell it). I hope to meet as many friends as possible, while not disappointing my parents too much, who are already looking forward to see her only child who left them alone to go so far away for so long.