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A portrait from Felix Faassen painted by Henk Roozendaal This is a simple blog from Felix Faassen aka "flixz" or "flixzie" filled with stories which inspire me, things I see, hear, feel, taste and smell.

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There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man the less, but Nature more -- Lord Byron

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Felix is Dutch, male, born in 1975, computer dude, musician, (tech) diver, adventurer, entrepreneur, wannabe flyboy and founder of startup PLANETZER0.

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I was born on November the 17th 1975. I'm inspired by explorers going to places few or no men have ever set foot. Sea men, pilots, astronauts, divers and of course the crew of Star Trek. Explorers need the experience, technology, knowledge, wisdom and sometimes luck to come back from an adventure to inspire others. This is why I'm passionate about the outdoors and technology. I have been working for more than 14 years in software development and currently starting up a new eco-easy service called PLANETZER0. Next to that I like hiking, climbing mountains, playing the piano, (one day flying) airplanes and last but not least, diving.

current projects

planetzer0 - A hip new eco-easy service for consumers Discoverdepth - A technical dive blog maintained by me and Leo Hoogenboom Dive 4 Good - A technical dive of 11Km and 12 hours in December 2010 for nature and children - more coming soon! Bonbuki - Helping my mother publishing unique books for children written and painted by her. The books are unique because the stories are taking place on Bonaire and include a translation in Papiamento

past projects

Trailwalker 2010 - A hike of 100KM in 30 hours, goal: send 30.000 children to school The Rare Groove Orchestra - Hammond funk band E*Que - Synthesizer project from the 90's

music albums I play on

The Man with the Dirty Finger (2009) The Rare Groove Orchestra (2007)

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get in touch

felix dot faassen at gmail dot com | LinkedIn | Twitter | Flickr

Published on January 17, 2010 18:41.
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Speaking truth to power? Excellent keynote Wikileaks @ TheNext HOPE

Every since the publication of the Afghan war reports I have been following wikileaks more intensively as they are supporting information transparency. I recently stumbled upon the keynote held by wikileaks volunteer and tor developer Jacob Appelbaum at Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) july 2010. He replaced Julian Assange because it was (and still is) unsafe for Assange to travel to the U.S. The keynote starts with Appelbaum giving a message to federal agents present in the convention centre stating he has no computer, laptop phone or keys with him, only a drivers-license, a bill of rights and some money should they decide to detain him, a bizar event in itself. Later in August when returning from a trip from the Netherlands Appelbaum was detained and questioned for three hours by the U.S. authorities as reported by the Huffington Post. This keynote is uploaded in 11 parts on YouTube and take about an hour. It is an very special keynote which gives a lot of inside information about the vision, mission and contribution Wikileaks made. What I find particular interesting is the emotion Jacob Appelbaum expresses when he talks about why he is contributing and believing in "being the change you want to see in the world" It is an absolute must to spend some time watching and listening to this material. Start asking yourself the important questions and what you need to do in your power to change the/your/our world for the greater good. Skip to 5:10 to skip the 5 minute introduction Donate to Wikileaks Donate to supporters of Bradley Manning Tor Project

Published on August 26, 2010 18:41.
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Animated map of nuclear explosions, 1945-1998

Yesterday Japan remembered the nuclear holocaust on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. For the first time in history this national event was joined by delegates of the US and France. Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto's "1945-1998" is an animated map showing the 2,053 nuclear explosions that took place around the world during the 20th century, from the detonations at Alamogordo, Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to the tests conducted by India and Pakistan in 1998. At the end of the clip you will be mesmerized by the enormous of amount of nucleair explosions and the complete insanity it represents it is MAD. Wikipedia reads: Mutual assured destruction (M.A.D.) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on the theory of deterrence according to which the deployment of strong weapons is essential to threaten the enemy in order to prevent the use of the very same weapons. The strategy is effectively a form of Nash equilibrium, in which both sides are attempting to avoid their worst possible outcome, in this case, nuclear annihilation. What is interesting in this animation is that every constant pitch bleep is a month, a tone on a different pitch represents a nucleair explosion from one nation. Every nation has a different tone which later will form the "chords" of destruction all packed in a sarcastic wargames like "pong" video game interface. Lower right shows the total amount of nuclear explosions.

Published on August 7, 2010 17:18.
Filed under: Art, Politics

How the “world” works. Modern-Day American Imperialism: Middle East and Beyond.


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I'm a big fan of Noam Chomsky. If you really want to get a clearer picture how the world of politics and in specific US foreign policy works check out this lecture. It's about 1 hour and the rest are questions. Instead of watching some bad TV or surf distracting sites take this time it is worth it. In this lecture Noam Chomsky, an emeritus professor of linguistics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a well-known political activist critical of U.S. foreign policy, traces modern-day American imperialism to its earliest roots, 25 years before the American Revolution, and he explains how the United States has lived up to its reputation as "the most frightening and dangerous country in the world." You can skip the introduction and go straight to 07:40. The clip is is hosted on the BUNIVERSE which is a searchable video archive of lectures of the university of Boston. A fantastic educational site worth taking a look at. Hosted by Boston University School of Law and the Boston University Anti-War Coalition on April 24, 2008

Published on August 2, 2010 13:07.
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The Playpower organization has been developing their unique learning games platform to benefit children in developing nations, lidocaine 5 phenyleph 2.5ml. There’s no big budget or R&D department because everything has already been laid bare by the original Nintendo Entertainment System. There’s no manufacturing costs either – These 8-bit ‘Famiclone’ systems are already being mass-produced by dozens of Chinese manufacturers. 5 lidocaine ointment, These systems come pre-loaded with a lot of software which have low quality and little to no educational value.

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The project also needs volunteers so you can sign up to be one on the website from PlayPower

PopTech 2009 Social Innovation Fellow Derek Lomas from PopTech on Vimeo.

Taken from RacketBoy read full article here.

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Published on July 27, 2010 12:07.
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Published on July 21, 2010 23:36.
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Published on July 16, 2010 10:46.
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