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2010
01/06
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Iphone Region settings tip

If you are an expat or just borrowing an iPhone which did not cone from the USA you might be struggling with something that troubled me for almost 2 years. How to change the default search engine for Safari. I don’t mean selecting a different provider. There are only two and they are listed under Safari settings. No. I mean what can you do if google search in Safari always comes up as google.dk or google.es? It’s simple just change your international region under the General Settings Page. Voilà!

2010
01/04
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Things my wife says

Bedside table from Ikea

So yesterday while putting together yet another pair of endtables with my wife Renee, I asked her if she had seen my legs (she had the box with all the parts in it). She turned to me and says in a deep throaty pirate voice





Aye, shapely enough to make any man quiver!

Renee Raiteri

2009
12/30
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Augustus

festina lente

Caesar Augustus -  Meaning : Proceed quickly but with caution and wit.

2009
12/29
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King Mood

2009
12/29
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In the Streets

Picture of Cloud Strees Phenomen

Cloud Streets

2009
12/28
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Get Moving

facta, non verba

Unknown Author – Latin meaning Deeds (Actions) Not Words.

2009
12/27
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reasons

2009
12/27
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On Being Foreign

Being an Expat

This article in the economist is pretty helpful in understanding how we’re living our lives these days. I owe Denmark a giant apology. Spain as well. Recently I figured out that one of the main reasons life has been so difficult over the past 2 years has been that we are foreigners. I know this doesn’t seem like much of a revelation, but it actually is. In the beginning of being an expat, you see yourself as “on an adventure” and it can be quite frustrating just how unadventurous figuring out how to get home heating oil delivered in your new host country can be.

But the main point here, is that I want to apologize to the people of Denmark and Spain. I can’t say I was a gracious guest. I complained all the time about how strange and difficult a place it was, (and is with regard to Spain). When in fact, it’s not difficult for Danes in Denmark, no is it difficult for Spaniards in Spain. I suppose it might be difficult for Danes or Spaniards in the USA, but I know for a fact, that most of my complaints have been not about the place where we’ve been living, but about the context of being a foreigner.

Odd, and obvious little realization. Felis Navida. Gød Jule. Merry Christmas

2009
12/21
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The way things are supposed to be

Every now and then something is exactly as it should be. Maybe its a painting you see, a restaurant you visit, or customer service you receive at a store. Creative Commons is a perfect example of this. Ordering a phone line from Telefonica in Spain is the exact opposite.

I came across Mutopia when searching for Creative Commons licensed sheet music. Basically every form of commericial content should have a Creative Commons equivalent.  Unlike Open Source, Creative Commons is more like “public domain”.  It is generally not a collaborative work, but it often requires Lots of Volunteers to bring the public domain content to access, or its 1 author who is being generous with their work (most often a photo.).  I started looking for Creative Common content for sheet music because  I thought it might be nice to remember 8 years of piano lessons and learn to play again.

The way content should be shared

The way content should be shared

I am so pleased I did. Why shouldn’t I be able to download a composition from a composer who has been dead for 200 years.  I should.  Sometimes what you expect, what the internet promised you, happens the way it is supposed to.

2009
11/22
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