tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31969655276426498512012-06-02T09:46:55.868+02:00Articles about topics ranging from technology and software to scientific research. Occasional book reviews. Topics of general interest such as lifestyle, and nutrition. Exploration of blogs and the technical side of blogging.Benjamin Auffarthhttps://profiles.google.com/118440342400845052454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3196965527642649851.post-71022878385485459922011-02-08T22:04:00.005+01:002011-02-09T13:14:58.831+01:00

Minuscule particles between dermal ridges in the hand, hardly seen by the naked eye. via wikipediaI don't think I am obsessed with personal hygiene, although, I am averse to certain behaviors, such as when you pick your nose next to me and then flip your snot in my direction, or when you reach out to touch me after having been touching dirty things on the street. What sometimes sets me off is

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The rate of atheism or agnosticism in different countries is a question which can commonly sneak up in discussions over dinner or lunch. Atheist writers, such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens, argued that belief in "a bearded man in the sky" — to take a somewhat provocative verbal expression — interferes with perception of reality. While there are few people who would go as far as to

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Christ child descends with the presents. via wikipedia It's already two years ago that I wrote about Christmas traditions in Catalonia, where one of the eccentricities is that one shepherd, strategically placed at the corner of the barn of the nativity scene, is attending to an urgent bodily function. German Christmas traditions are rather downbeat compared to that, however Western Christmas

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Christmas cribs around the world are adapted to local characteristics to express the idea that Jesus was born just next door. In sub-Saharan Africa all crib figures are black, in Peru they wear ponchos, in Catalonia, Spain, they wear a hat, which is called barretina. There are other local features apart from landscape and clothes that express local identity. Spain advertises to tourists "Spain

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