Category Archives: Life

Wisdom from Marcel Proust

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Raoul

I can’t pretend to have read all of “In Search of Lost Time” (although I do have “Swann’s Way” sitting on my to-read shelf), but I did just finish “How Proust Can Change Your Life” by Alain de Botton and was … Continue reading →

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The mobile phone as self-inflicted surveillance • The Register

Posted on April 10, 2009 by Raoul

The mobile phone as self-inflicted surveillance • The Register. The level of surveillance in the UK is out of control – I was at the railway station in Arnside when I was over for my mother’s party and we counted … Continue reading →

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Trip to Grange-over-Sands

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Raoul

I got back from the UK on Tuesday afternoon after a flying (no pun intended) visit to the UK for my mother’s 70th birthday dinner (although she claims it was the annual old lags dinner that just happened to be … Continue reading →

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Bold-face names?

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Raoul

Chey and I made the gossip column in the Minneapolis Star Tribune last weekend, but I’m not going to link to it because she asked me not to 🙂 Nothing terrible or salacious at all – just a funny run-in … Continue reading →

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Travel, travel, travel

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Raoul

Lots going on in Q4 which leaves me little time to update.  Had a great weekend in MSP with Chey and a crazy week so far since getting back. Heading to the UK this weekend for my mum’s birthday.

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Van at the Beacon

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Raoul

I had planned to come back and write about the concert on Wednesday night, but work and travel got in the way until Chey reminded me. What can I say?  This is a show that I’ll remember literally for the … Continue reading →

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Skiing at Hunter

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Raoul

I went skiing to Hunter mountain yesterday with Jen and although it was icy, I had a lot of fun.  It’s a little ironic, because today I woke up and it’s snowing hard with 3-4″ of accumulation in the city … Continue reading →

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Successful Film Adaptations

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Raoul

Salman Rushdie has a great essay in the Guardian today on film adaptations of books – and, wow, he really didn’t like Slumdog Millionaire.  It’s a good read, even though I don’t agree with everything he says.  It did set … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on a Life Lived Online

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Raoul

I posted about this topic on my work blog too – the challenges of making public statements through posting and trying to keep work and personal separate.  Working in the industry and thinking about this stuff a lot, I recognize that … Continue reading →

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The Loom | Discover Magazine

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Raoul

The Loom | Discover Magazine. Scientists with tattoos of their science – what a great thing!

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