Monthly Archives: September 2007

How Amazing it is to be living through the Internet revolution

Posted on September 13, 2007 by shhhog

An event from yesterday caused me to reflect on the amazing times we are living in.  An SAS aircraft had an emergency landing in Vilnius yesterday.  I was at dinner last night and happened to catch pictures of the plane … Continue reading →

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Vilnius First Impressions

Posted on September 12, 2007 by shhhog

After a smooth flight into Copenhagen yesterday, I got on the Air Balkans flight to Vilnius.  The plane looked ok, but the seats were quite jammed together so fortunately it was only a short flight because a long one would … Continue reading →

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On my way to Vilnius – Where’s That

Posted on September 10, 2007 by shhhog

I am, for long and complicated reasons, in the airport lounge waiting to go to Vilnius, Lithuania.  My first question is "where exactly is that"?  So I typed "Where is Vilnius, Lithuania?" into my trusty search engine and it came up … Continue reading →

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IBM Realizes the Value of Facebook :-)

Posted on September 10, 2007 by shhhog

One of my old IBM mates pointed out this blog entry, funny:  http://fakesteve.blogspot.com/2007/09/ibm-to-announce-1-billion-commitment-to.html.  Cross posted to work blog, sorry.

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Another French Oddity at the World Cup

Posted on September 9, 2007 by shhhog

I am sitting here waiting for the start of the South Africa vs Samoa game (I don’t think I’ll stay for much of it, work tomorrow).  But the national anthems reminded me of another strange thing the French are doing … Continue reading →

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Wales vs Canada – a Tale of Two Halves

Posted on September 9, 2007 by shhhog

Wow, did Canada put it to Wales in the first half!  They scored two tries before Wales managed to cross the line, and in the second half they forced Wales to bring on their front line players.  Wales did look … Continue reading →

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England vs USA

Posted on September 9, 2007 by shhhog

England looked terrible in this game.  Chris and I agree they have no back line play (mind you, that is a bit of a southern hemisphere prejudice :-).  The USA gave the English far too much trouble, but I suppose … Continue reading →

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Impressions from first two days of World Cup

Posted on September 9, 2007 by shhhog

It is early to tell but so far the world cup has been fun to watch.  Impressions: Opening ceremony was dull. It looks warm over there, particularly in the south, but the Australians and Kiwis seem well prepared for the … Continue reading →

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Australia vs Japan

Posted on September 9, 2007 by shhhog

Well, not much to learn from the Australia Japan game at the World Cup.  The Wallabies were a little rusty to begin with but soon opened up the flood gates and truly over-powered Japan, 91-3.  There was nothing to be … Continue reading →

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New Zealand vs Italy

Posted on September 8, 2007 by shhhog

We thought that this game had a bit of potential to be "interesting", as in Italy might be in the game. Unfortunately for the game, Italy didn’t wake up early enough and NZ got out to a big lead which meant … Continue reading →

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