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Burma Radio Reports

Burma Radio Reports

July 12, 2007

Over the past few weeks I've finally started sorting through programs offered by Radio Netherlands via podcast. I have long heard that the Dutch sponsored English language radio had some great programs worth listening to. Little did I know one of my first choices to subscribe to, The State We're...

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Executions and Torture Flights

Executions and Torture Flights

July 11, 2007

My good friends and fellow podcasters have been speaking about the upcoming execution of Troy Anthony Davis, death row inmate who's case has a long list of irregularities and unanswered questions. Like them, and many people around the world, I'm against the death penalty and beyond that, against...

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Upcoming Talk at CCC

Upcoming Talk at CCC

July 10, 2007

Many may remember my participation at the Chaos Communications Congress last December, and what a unique and exciting event it was. Well this August I'll once again be speaking at a CCC event, this time at the world infamous Chaos Communications Camp. Whereas my previous talk was all about...

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Dishwasher Pete and Personal Politics

Dishwasher Pete and Personal Politics

July 7, 2007

Last night was one of those classic Amsterdam nights that involved a whole lot of things to do, places to be, and people to spend time with. The kind of night that helps to remind oneself why oneself lives in this place. The highlight of the evening was attending...

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Fading Language, Losing Culture

Fading Language, Losing Culture

July 5, 2007

I'm sitting in the Portuguese Consulate in Rotterdam today, for what is always an entertaining adventure. While there isn't an enormous amount of Portuguese flocking to live and work in the Netherlands, there are still enough so that someone is inevitably standing in front of the little teller...

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