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Posted by Irina on Apr 25, 2012

Route 66 – Irina’s Journal

Today is Saturday, day 3 of the trip Driving from Vegas to Grand Canyon. Just before the entrance to the historical 66 lightning started and shortly after a strong rain. The amazing thing was a rainbow – throughout the whole sky, just above the highway, from one mountain to another… And the sky around it – light gold on the left and pastel pink on the right… We stopped the car and...

Posted by JC on Feb 10, 2012

NO to ACTA

ACTA – ‘The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement’ is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement. ACTA would establish a new international legal framework that would create its “own governing body outside existing international institutions” such as – the World Trade Organization...

Posted by JC on Oct 5, 2011

We will miss you…

“Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes… the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond of rules… You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can’t do is ignore them because they change things… they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius,...

Posted by JC on Sep 2, 2011

Would I want to use a Real ID?

I have been on Facebook for a while now and it seems like there are a lot of people out there who are also using this global social network website (750 millions at last counts). It is fair to say that even if it is falling short of some requirements (privacy) and expectation that some may have, it became one of if not the phenomenon of this decade. Mark has been very productive in the last few years and...

Posted by JC on Jul 30, 2011

And she said yes…

For of you who where there to share this moment, thank you! And those who could not be there, we would like to share it with you through the photos of this day. We would like to more particularly thank our witnesses and my sister who have all been very helpful before and during the whole day. But again thank you all for making this day a very special...

Posted by JC on Mar 13, 2011

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!

Some moments are better be celebrated twice. So first a little cocktail party with some colleagues and then a full blown roman arena fights with your friends. That was how my sweetheart celebrated her last birthday and with a little visit from her dad to crown the day it was really was worth an empire...

Posted by JC on Feb 22, 2011

Please Restart the ATM

I don’t think that this needs any more comment than the picture. This happened at an ATM in Brussels belonging to then BKCP bank. I wonder where the reset button...

Posted by JC on Feb 18, 2011

Valentine Trip to Strasbourg

Aside from being known for the being the seat of the European Parliament and to host some other European institutions such as the European Court of Human Rights; Strasbourg is also a very nice city to visit. The whole city center is on an island (the “Grande Île”) and the houses are of a typical medieval construction style with white timber-framed buildings, particularly in the Petite-France district...