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After messing with Last.FM I felt the need to cache and parse the Similar Artists feed from AudioScrobbler.

So I've created WebService::LastFM::SimilarArtists, and of course there's a sandbox ;-)

Fokke & Sukke are two characters from a Dutch cartoon (Dutch,yes, not Danish ;-). The daily cartoons are pretty funny, yet I usually forget to check the website.

So I created a terrible script to create a RSS feed for it. Now I can see Fokke & Sukke from my bloglines account.

Feed: http://menno.b10m.net/fokkesukke.rss

Fokke & Sukke are two characters from a Dutch cartoon (Dutch,yes, not Danish ;-). The daily cartoons are pretty funny, yet I usually forget to check the website.

So I created a terrible script to create a RSS feed for it. Now I can see Fokke & Sukke from my bloglines account.

Feed: http://menno.b10m.net/fokkesukke.rss

Jakarta can be viewed as a metropolis. According to Wikipedia, it has an area of 661.52 km² and a population of 8,792,000. Now look at Amsterdam, with 8,000,000 fewer citizens!

Indonesia, however, is seen as a developing country where the Netherlands is supposed to be developed. Living in a developed country has its' charm, yet it can also be heavily annoying.

Smoking in the Netherlands (or any European country for the matter) isn't like it used to be. Everywhere you go, you're supposed to smoke outside. Developing countries, like Indonesia, never bothered about smoking too much. You can smoke anywhere you want, basically.

But today I read an article on planet.nl informing me about new Jakarta law: no more smoking in public places.

Here we go, Indonesia is really developing fast, yet (still) punishes violators severely (USD 5300 or 6 months in jail). Taken that the GDP per capita is USD 3700, an average Indonesian will have to work two years to pay for the fine.

Guess I'll have to be careful where to smoke my kretek next time in Jakarta. Luckily the weather is better than in an average developed metropolis, so smoking outside isn't that annoying.