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“A little off the top, please”

I just got to the office and since I’ve got a little spare time before our daily meeting, I thought I’d write something here.

I went to get my hair cut this morning, at a rather unsavory time of eight o’clock. I nearly missed the appointment since I accidentally turned my alarm clock off when it rang… but in the end, made it. The actual haircutting was an entirely new experience for me. Half of the time I wasn’t sure whether I was being beaten up or having my hair cut — the hairdresser kept pushing my head with his index finger; left, right, up, down. And it wasn’t a gentle nudge. It was like a cross between a heart surgeon and a boxer. But as a comparison, the man was a wizard with the scissors (ah, what a rhyme). Or to be exact, a knife. Yes, this was the first haircut I had which did not involve scissors (much). He must of spent a good 20 minutes examining the sides of my head to make sure that both sides were of equal length.

But it worked. And now — and I quote — I “look like a modern version of a Swedish tennis player”. Just without the headband and long blond, wavy hair though :) I imagine I’ll be returning to get my hair recut, when it starts to take over my head again. [Pure Hairdressing]

The Large Hardo… I mean, Hadron Collider

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research is planning on starting their Large Hardon .. I mean Large Hadron Collider (sorry about that). They’ve been building it since the dawn of time and it seems that they’re pretty near to finishing it. For those uninformed ones, it’s basically a huge particle accelerator. And when I say huge, I mean fucking Huge. Anyway, this 27 kilometer monstrocity — located underground somewhere near Geneva in Switzerland — when started, will either answer some very important questions concerning the birth of our Solar System. Or kill us all :)

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Steve’s Keynote ‘08

Check out the WWDC ‘08 Keynote Address.