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Leo of Zen Habits has written a very interesting post about diet hacks. Most of these are very good, but my problem with many of the tips is that I really, really enjoy eating, and I really enjoy good food, much of which is not really the best for a diet. I like the [...]

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I’m not commonly one to participate in chain-letter-like things, but I find this one cute: I have been blog-tagged by Raffy Marty. So I have to tell you five little-known things about myself. Without further ado, here they are:

I have an IMDB entry. Yup, that’s actually me. If you are curious enough to follow the [...]

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One of the nice things of having a baby is that one gets to learn and participate in a completely new social circle - that of people with children. Susana has started a blog where she documents and rates all the different activities, groups and information having to do with babies that she has found [...]

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My daughter Karina Aileen was born on February 12th, 2006, at 11:19AM. She was born healthy and very big (4370 g), and both her and mom are doing extremely well. I am so happy. I had expected to be happy and enchanted with the baby, but nothing prepared me for the sheer magnitude of the joy [...]

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The baby’s due date is February 11th - that’s less than a week away! The baby could be early or late, but chances are around that date she will be born. Wheee!

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I’m taking a semi-informal photography class this year, which means once a month we meet and go somewhere interesting, take pictures and later discuss them. Yesterday we went to the Zurich Airport, and got a very nice guided tour. We could get quite close to the airplanes (even big ones!), and it was fun to be [...]

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It hasn’t stopped raining since yesterday, and now it’s going stronger than ever. And just a few days ago the heat was almost unbearable!

On the baby front, congratulations, mostly from family and friends, continue to arrive. Last Saturday we spent the whole afternoon calling the family to tell them the news. It was very satisfying [...]

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This is big. We are expecting our first baby! My wife is already 13 weeks pregnant, so we just passed the 3 month “critical period” after which we could start telling the news to everyone. The other day we saw the baby for the first time in ultrasound. It was really an amazing experience, to [...]

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Today is Switzerland’s national day, so we all got the day free, and there’s been sound of fireworks all day long. In a little bit we’ll be heading down to the lake to watch the official fireworks display!

I was surprised to learn (at the page linked above) that only since 1993 is this day a [...]

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