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Jinn?
According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes.
or use my wishlist (at amazon.com) if you are in the mood for gifts.
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featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant
2002-Nov-16 ![[this day]](http://radio.weblogs.com/0103811/images/dailyLinkIcon.gif)
Falkland Pilgrimage
The British victory in the Falkland War directly caused the end of the horrible military dictatorship in Argentina.
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Two hundred and twenty of us crammed into the lounge, with a tight cordon of admirers and well-wishers clustered round Baroness ("Maggie"). Dressed in a dazzling blue suit, she and we enjoyed every moment as she worked her way along the lounge to give her personal thanks to everyone on the [Falkland] Pilgrimage.The Falkland pilgrims have a weblog. [via John Robb]
A failed industrial revolution
Bernard Lewis:
[19th century] rulers and ministers, first in Egypt, then Turkey, then other countries in the region... tried to catch up with Europe by building factories, principally to equip and clothe their armies. The effort failed... According to a World Bank estimate, the total exports of the Arab world other than fossil fuels amount to less than those of Finland, a country of five million inhabitants.[What Went Wrong? Chapter 2, The Quest for Wealth and Power]
For insight into the roots of Western wealth, I strongly recommend reading How the West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation of the Industrial World.
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- The Pleiades star cluster
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- Degenerate UI in a file manager
- Tesla's AC motor, 1887-Nov-30
- A memo to American Muslims
- How The West Wasn't Won
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- Appreciation, excellence, and virtue
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- Fuel economy
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