And you confront the Dutch with these stark facts of their astonishing existence and all they do is sort of mutter and grin. God bless 'em, sometimes I think they have the only real civilization on earth.

I'm starting to feel bad about missing Bruce Sterling this weekend.

posted at: 05:04 | path: /en/quotations | permanent link

Few people succeed in applying economic theory to (budget-) practice as Brad DeLong; there's not a day I don't learn something new from this guy. Look at this gem:

By the power of the government budget's transversality condition, I summon you all to the op-ed pages of the nation's newspapers.

posted at: 01:10 | path: /en/quotations | permanent link

And then the thesis was done. (2 Mb PDF link).

posted at: 01:03 | path: /en/science | permanent link

Voor uw leesgenoegen staat online: de 2.0 versie van wbrakman.nl. De code is door mij in verloren uren bijeengehakt.

posted at: 02:12 | path: /nl/dingen | permanent link

Jawel, de MythBox video loopt. Dit vond ik zelf nogal lastig:

Hoe stel ik zenders van het Nederlandse kabelnet in op mijn PVR-computer?

posted at: 05:42 | path: /nl/dingen | permanent link