Tagged: amsterdam

Is cycling cool now?

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I’ve waxed lyrical here and on the twitter device (among other places) about the fact that it is a long held belief of mine that cars are, for the most part, utterly useless creatures in a city. Sitting in traffic jams listening to mediocre radio while you commute to/from work in a tin box that [...]

My Final Year Project

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I haven’t talked about it here on the blog before but I thought I would take this opportunity provided by the bad Irish weather, and the even worse ability of Irish people to adapt to said weather to discuss my project. The opportunity provided, by the way, is that an exam scheduled for today has [...]

Hilarious Christmas tree robbery in Amsterdam

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Amsterdam is a generally peaceful, nice place. Especially in winter. You can see in this video, most people are gliding along gracefully on their single-gear bikes and going about their daily business. However, one plucky man (I’m guessing a student by the hat & attitude) walks up to this gentleman who’s selling Christmas trees on [...]

Anne Frank Balloon Girl

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I’ve been a fan of the sick, twisted and depraved humour found over on Cyanide & Happiness for a long time. They’ve been a staple for the internet comic scene for years now, and today I think they hit on one of their funniest moments.