From the monthly archives:

August 2007

Rio in the 70s

August 17, 2007

Excellent set from Ze.  Varig flying to Mozambique, London, Frankfurt, Barcelona, Roma, Lisbon, Amsterdam,… where are the times…

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New Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM Lens for sale

August 16, 2007

The  EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM is one of Canon’s best prime lenses (it receives a 9,9 on Fred Miranda’s overview). It is a very sharp and extremely fast lens.  An f2.0 is the largest apperture Canon makes for a focal length beyond 100mm.  In fact it is the longest focal length Canon EF lens currently [...]

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Sao Paulo

August 16, 2007

The most impressive city in the world.  London and New York are villages compared to it; even Toky is dwarfed by it. When you’ve lived your whole life in Belgium and you are dropped in Sao Paulo, you wouldn’t stand it there for 4 weeks in a row.   You actually need to change your perception [...]

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The balance of financial terror

August 16, 2007

Peter Praet, the director of the Belgian National Bank claims the current credit crunch was an “accident he had foreseen“.  The man is also president of the comité of the European Central Bank surveilling the banks. WTF?  An ‘accident’ he had foreseen?  And what about acting? I received quite some mails as a reaction to [...]

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The upcoming financial crisis: more than subprime

August 15, 2007

Martin Warsawsky explained the dynamics behind the credit crunch crisis today. And European Central Bank Boss Trichet sees again stability on the markets… Look at this excellent graph of the ‘credit crunch’ problem. What do you see? Right, the North Western hemisphere. True, Australia is a rare exception with some hedgefunds seeing black snow -did [...]

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Leterme en fiscaliteit

August 13, 2007

Hadden we anders kunnen verwachten?  En dat terwijl België al vier jaar lang elk jaar minder groeit, dit jaar 1,9% terwijl Europa’s groeiverwachtingen naar 2,7% herzien werden.  En onze negatieve handelsbalans, wat doen we daar mee?  Wat zegt u, de lage dollarkoers; aaaah, de lage dollarkoers… Een fiscaal aftrekbare reis van 7 dagen naar een [...]

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Unreported world: Rio

August 12, 2007

I get the creeps of self-acclaimed journalist Khaled Kazziha and his ‘unreported world’ documentaries which currently run on Saturday’s Terzake.  Next Saturday: Slum Warfare in Rio; Klhaled flew into Brazil and lived 3 weeks in A Favella; woeha.  The last minutes of the documentary he’ll try to convincen you he actually had to flee out [...]

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