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Photographer Jan-Dirk van der Burg captures the mundane
Photographer Jan-Dirk van der Burg (Flash) tries to capture the out-of-the-way, the old-fashioned and the corny. Like a Dutch Paul Shambroom he visits backrooms to document commission meetings, office...
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Passer-by gets offered plasma TV for staying quiet, gets arrested
Last week the police apprehended three people for theft and one for buying stolen goods. The three were stealing TVs from a truck they had cut open which was parked near the A58 highway when they...
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Fonts based on tooth paste, ketchup
What do you get when you empty a tube of toothpaste or a bottle of ketchup? Free fonts of course, according to Utrecht based design outfit Autobahn. You can find more pictures of the process and fresh...
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Foekje Dillema: Schrödinger’s gender cat in the polder
Photo: a young girl running. By Nevit Dilmen. Released under the GFDL license 1.2. How do you know who is a man and who is a woman? Schrödinger would say: through observation. But what if that...
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Zone 5300, winter 2007
Once again the macabre is represented in the fourth and last issue of Zone 5300 this year. Death and decay play important roles in respectively a Molluskhead story by Fufu Frauenwahl and in Floor de...
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Court finds for noisy Tilburg pastor
A court in Breda has found that Tilburg priest Harm Schilder is allowed to harass his neighbours by ringing his church bells far too loud at early hours. Although the court (LJN: BB8689) recognized...
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Branko’s favourite 24 Oranges articles of 2007
Below are some of the 24 Oranges posts of 2007 I like best. Robotic library seat to follow patrons around – I for one welcome our robotic underlords National government bans electronic voting for now –...
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Dolphins outperform market analysts
Dolphins perform better at the stock market than market analysts do, a recent experiment at the Harderwijk Dolfinarium suggests. The animals got to pick five balls that represented companies. Five...
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Major Bosshardt Day on 8 June
It’s not a day off, but the Dutch have a new holiday on the birthday of deceased Salvation Army Major Alida Margaretha Bosshardt on 8 June. On this day an award named after her will be given to people...
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Girafes currently listening to Top 2000 on the radio
Since Christmas evening, the girafes of the Amersfoort Zoo have been tuning in to the Top 2000 hits of the year on the radio. This is the zoo’s way of making sure they don’t freak out when then hear...
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