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Tuesday, March 4, 2003
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Mardi Gras Worldwide: "It's finally here. You're certainly familiar with the festivals in New Orleans and Rio, but what about Haiti, Germany, and Watertown, Tennesee? Also called Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras has ancient origins with links back to Lupercalia and other pre-Christian celebrations. Carnival translates as "farewell to the flesh," which speaks to the surrender of beloved things during the season of Lent." [MetaFilter] In Finland this Tuesday is called "laskiaistiistai". People eath sweet buns with jam and cream fillings, and children go outside and race downhill in sledges. Today was a nice day, -5°C, sunny, and there was a little new snow on top of the old.
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Writings, for all to see -- Comment()
I have posted here earlier a list of my books available on the net in PDF format. Perhaps I should have posted a list of pointers to some shorter texts available on the net. In any case, some writings are listed in the About document of this weblog. And there is a list of book reviews (in Finnish) I have written. In any case, here is a list of recent net columns I have written for in IT magazine in Finland:
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