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Anti Social Neighbor How to Deal with a noisy one
Surely many of you have once in your life to deal with the question: “How to deal with a noisy anti social neighbor?”. And so have I. I’ve been living in my apartment for more than twenty three years. It is a small apartment building of six households. Not always the relationship with a neighbor…
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Galactic Empire Star Wars Banner and Mon
Galactic Empire! I was twelve year when in 1977 the first Star Wars movie was shown. It converted me into a Science Fiction fanboy and I never got cured from the illness. The three first films about the Galactic Empire made a big impact on me. The sets, the matte paintings, the special effects, this…
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Dental Hygiene Reviewing Products I like and buy
What I often read on other blogs are reviews, reviews about products the blogger likes or uses himself. So what could I review on this blog? Let’s start with stuff I use on a daily basis. In this case dental hygiene products. Sensodyne is a wonderful product I recommend to everyone that has sensitive teeth.…
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Kaigani Thunderbird and some tadpoles
It’s been a while since I posted a blog and in the mean time I created some new designs. I finally finished a new Haida formline drawing, this time a Kaigani Thunderbird. Drawing the thing on paper is fun, recreating it in Inkscape can be a chore. To give you a glimpse of my work…
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Should tourists walk to the Zaanse Schans?
From my window I see tourists on rental bikes and sometimes in an electric rickshaw going to the Zaanse Schans and then I wonder, “should tourists walk to the Zaanse Schans?”. In fact many actually walk all the way. But some clever business men started renting bicycles to tourists and one started a electric rickshaw…
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Bishamon Buddhist deity and a fishy Koinobori scale design
Updating tags and description of old products can be boring, so I thought it time to add a Bishamon pattern and a Koinobori scale design. These are two traditional Japanese designs you find in different variations. First the Bishamon design. Its peculiar trianle patterns is said to be derived of the Buddhist deity, Bishamon. For…