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Adventures, reflexions and thoughts of Mathieu Oliveira, somewhere in the world where good croissants are not always easy to find.
Night-owl extraordinaire
Published on February 01, 2007 by Mathieu
I have to admit: I'm not the one who thought about such a title, but I loved it so much that I simply could not resist using it. In fact, the rights go back to Meredith who, with her amazing imagination, thought about such words.
A week ago, our client in Kentucky finally switched to our new automation system and since then, I've been working nights in order to provide 24h coverage with other colleagues. I don't especially like sleeping during the day and work during the night, but in this case I can't complain: in a few days I'll be in China and I do not need to remind you that they're half a day ahead of us.
A few moments ago, I was reading an article about rapid glacier melting and thought, what if global warming is actually accelerated by our water usage? Let me explain. With all our industries, cities and products that use water, there is now a large portion that used to be in rivers, lakes or oceans somewhere that is trapped in pipes, sewers, water tanks and multiple packaged goods. Just think of all the bottles of water, soda or beer sitting in markets all over the world. All that water used to be available to nature, and now it's locked up in some container instead of heading towards the ocean. And less water available on Earth's surface leads to less evaporation, and less evaporation means less cloud, less clouds lead to more sun exposure and therefore, more heat. Could that be true?
From the world's weather to my own little world of travels and photography, I'm happy to report that I've finally made the move to the digital world! The development machine that ate my roll of film greatly contributed. Now that I have the possibility to take thousands of pictures, I cordially invite you to have a look at my Flick repository. It features my best pictures, and other pictures that simply remind me of happy moments.
In the next few days, I need to move back to Atlanta, finish my suitcases and hope on planes (ATL-YYZ-YVR) towards Beijing to finally end the 2-day trip in Taiyuan. An experience I've been looking very forward to. Don't worry, I'll try to describe it here as much as possible. Alors on se reparle bientôt, de l'autre côté du Pacifique!
A week ago, our client in Kentucky finally switched to our new automation system and since then, I've been working nights in order to provide 24h coverage with other colleagues. I don't especially like sleeping during the day and work during the night, but in this case I can't complain: in a few days I'll be in China and I do not need to remind you that they're half a day ahead of us.
A few moments ago, I was reading an article about rapid glacier melting and thought, what if global warming is actually accelerated by our water usage? Let me explain. With all our industries, cities and products that use water, there is now a large portion that used to be in rivers, lakes or oceans somewhere that is trapped in pipes, sewers, water tanks and multiple packaged goods. Just think of all the bottles of water, soda or beer sitting in markets all over the world. All that water used to be available to nature, and now it's locked up in some container instead of heading towards the ocean. And less water available on Earth's surface leads to less evaporation, and less evaporation means less cloud, less clouds lead to more sun exposure and therefore, more heat. Could that be true?
From the world's weather to my own little world of travels and photography, I'm happy to report that I've finally made the move to the digital world! The development machine that ate my roll of film greatly contributed. Now that I have the possibility to take thousands of pictures, I cordially invite you to have a look at my Flick repository. It features my best pictures, and other pictures that simply remind me of happy moments.
In the next few days, I need to move back to Atlanta, finish my suitcases and hope on planes (ATL-YYZ-YVR) towards Beijing to finally end the 2-day trip in Taiyuan. An experience I've been looking very forward to. Don't worry, I'll try to describe it here as much as possible. Alors on se reparle bientôt, de l'autre côté du Pacifique!
About me
- I'm Mathieu Oliveira
- From Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
- Living in Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Unexpectedly Single
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