Archives for July, 2009
intriguing Brian Eno quote
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Quote taken from the YouTube video of Strange Overtones:
“There is something I recognize about religion that us, evangelical atheists, haven’t really grappled with yet, which is that it gives people a chance to surrender. What religion says to you, essentially, is: you’re not in control. Now, that’s a very liberating idea.”
Dutch words on a keyboard
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
If you’ve ever been curious as to which (Dutch) words you can make by using adjacent keys on your qwerty-keyboard, look no further! The answer lies in this post. As a spoiler: the prettiest Dutch word you can make, in my opinion, using only adjacent keys is: sedert.
I’ve made a small program to create every [...]
2 years
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
While I was on a holiday with Kirsten and Remco in France, visiting some of Kirsten’s friends on July 16th, it was exactly two years ago that I quit smoking.
The moment passed without much pomp and circumstance, though. Previous marks of 1 month, 2 months, 6 months and 1 year all had a triumphant quality [...]
France, Andorra and Spain.
Sunday, July 19th, 2009
I’ve just spent 11 days on holiday with Kirsten and Remco, touring around Spain and (mostly) France, staying at cheap-ass motels, couch-surfing hosts, family-parks, and some of Kirsten’s friends. We climbed the Tourmalet, I damaged my car, Kirsten and I rode a horse for the first time, we visited Mont-Saint-Michel and Omaha beach, and we [...]
Show, show, show. And a show.
Sunday, July 5th, 2009
As the theatrical season draws to a close during the warm evenings of late June and early July, I’ve seen no less than 4 shows in 4 days. Two of them were outside, performances on location, and two were at the start of the Julidans festival in Amsterdam. Of these 4 only one was good, [...]
Valeriusstraat
Friday, July 3rd, 2009
“I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet, when far away an interrupted cry came over houses from another street.”
(from Acquainted With the Night by Robert Frost)
My name is Marco Hokke. My blog is about the things that interest me and things I might forget if I would not blog them.