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Dutch magazine calls Rihanna a ‘niggabitch’
Not only did Dutch glossy Jackie totally mix up their cultural and racial slurs, they also failed to do their fact checking. Before I hack into the ‘N word’, the magazine said Rihanna was from Jamaica...
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When parents fight with teachers, children learn nothing
This year I have met several people who work as school teachers. Some teach children with learning disabilities, others English as a second language, or music. They tell me scary stories of children’s...
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Dutch Christmas music interlude
This year at 24oranges our idea of Christmas involves food, drinks, and a LAN party. Oh, and music. Here’s some Christmas music you may or may not know from international blog Christmas a gogo. I...
View ArticleDe Sjonnies sing M’n Fiets is Gejat
Feliz Navidad, that sounds almost but not quite like M’n Fiets is Gejat (2007, My Bike was Stolen). My bike was stolen (3x) That sucks My bike was stolen (3x) That sucks I don’t want to walk home I...
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Postcodes and road maps liberated in the Netherlands
It took a couple of lawsuits to put their prospective gatekeepers into place, but both the Dutch postal code data and the Dutch road map data have been set free. Postcodes used to be determined by the...
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Science says medical romances are unrealistic
In what one sorta-kinda hopes is a tongue-in-cheek article in the week 51 issue of Dutch medical journal Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde, Cornelis Langeveld has looked at medical romances and...
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Orangemaster’s favourite stories of 2011
Another year of posting is coming to an end and it’s time to pick our favourite stories of 2011. We had a lot of stories about cycling and bicycles which were retweeted by many people (thanks!),...
View ArticleNew Dutch cars ready to tear up the road
First, there’s the Savage Rivale Roadyacht GTS, a four-door convertible supercar, which is a car segment that not many cars fit into, according to all the car blogs. It’s being built by a Dutch...
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Dutch astronaut André Kuipers wears Heerlen space watch
The watch Dutch astronaut André Kuipers is currently wearing in space was specially designed and made for him by watchmaker Roland Oostwegel from Heerlen, which is positive news from a city that has...
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Crowd sourcing a bridge in Rotterdam
The Pop-up City writes: The International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam (IABR) and Rotterdam-based architecture firm ZUS have launched the project I Make Rotterdam, a spectacular temporary pedestrian...
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