Archive for February, 2009

No Photo But a Hello

February 27, 2009
By bicyclemark

Greetings from Istanbul.  I'm enjoying myself so much, no post tonight. However look forward to podcasts an various topics relating to Turkey as well as other musings on this very special place. Un
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Just a Plane Note

February 25, 2009
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In case anyone out there doesn't notice my dopplr, facebook, twitter or skype status. I don't leave for Turkey until tomorrow. Sad news today, though, with the Turkish Air plane crash on the return fr
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Hi Speed Stimulus

February 23, 2009
By bicyclemark
Hi Speed Stimulus

Not quite finished looking at the US Stimulus package since it encompasses so many programs and so much money.  The latest aspect I've been looking at and indeed Emmanuel brought up on Off the Wall la
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bm294 The Pirate Bay in Court

February 20, 2009
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bm294 The Pirate Bay in Court

Ive been scanning the internet, twitter, and general chatter among friends about what is happening with the case of the Pirate Bay versus the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry that
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Upcoming Subjects

February 18, 2009
By bicyclemark
Upcoming Subjects

Quick preview of what is to come here on this here site: Pirate Bay vs. Hollywood - Currently the founders of the Pirate Bay including my friend Peter are in a Swedish court fighting it out against
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Mom Still Wants Panels

February 16, 2009
By bicyclemark
Mom Still Wants Panels

During my time in Portugal this month, my mother and I chatted about all kinds of issues of course.  Among them, the re-occuring discussion about how to make her roof back in New Jersey into a solar p
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Complicated Cairo

February 11, 2009
By bicyclemark
Complicated Cairo

I often listen to stories of other people's visits to Cairo, Egypt.  A place famous for so many things, what always strikes me about how people describe Cairo, is the huge clash between traditional an
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bmtv97 The Banana Book

February 10, 2009
By bicyclemark
bmtv97 The Banana Book

The Banana Book, by Dan Koeppel, has arrived here at the politburo. The book that looks at the secrets and controversial history of the banana. How its farmed, how it finds its way to our kitchen,
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