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phd blog: http://thepoohotline.tumblr.com/ My talent: making breakfast + origami + micropipette shooting favourite quote: 'If I was really smart, I would have studied hardcore science instead of biology., but it does not mean I don't love my subject'

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Don’t just accept the new Terms of Service

Tumblr’s at it again, thanks to the new European Privacy Laws. There’s probably nobody who will read this, but it pissed me off so much that I decided to make a post about it. (Ignore the weird language mish-mash, depending on your country the language might differ.)

OK, so many of us get this screen when we try to access our dash:

Realise how the ‘OK’ button is a nice, attention-grabbing blue? If you’re like me, you’re not exactly into reading a 100 pages document and tend to just click it.

My tip? DONT. Instead click on ‘Manage Options’ right next to it:

Now you’ll see this page:

Still pretty harmless, right? That ‘Accept’ button is looking really attractive right now. Instead, click on Verwalten (Probably something like ‘Manage Options’ or something in english) and you’ll get to this page:

Now that’s not too bad, right? I just switched all the buttons to ‘off’, because I’m jealously guarding my personal information and don’t want Tumblr to go off and do who knows what with it. Looks like we’re done! But wait: There’s a SHOW option.

When we click on that one, what we will get is this:

A HUGE list with OVER 300 ENTRIES of companies that can use your data by default if you’d just clicked ‘OK’ on that very first page. Coincidence that this list is hidden that much? Me thinks not. They’re all switched on by default, but I am still a petty bitch that doesn’t want to give out her data, so I switched them all off. All 300+ of them. There is no option to switch them all off at once, and even if you disable all the options above, the companies are still switched on.

(If you wonder how i got that number, I copied the list into excel and looked at the cell number. No way am I actually counting all those entries)

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If, like me, you opened Tumblr in the middle of the night and just clicked ‘Accept’ without thinking, you can still change the settings by going to

‘Account’ (the little gear logo) -> General Settings -> Privacy Policy (under the ‘Legal’ tab

And that will take you to the same screen as above :)

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Emiiichan Blog ☆ : Liz Lisa Autumn 2016 - European Time Trip: Swinging Paris

Too excited not to make a short blog post about it! What are your favorites so far?

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JPN 2014: preparation-planning and packing

After reading various travel logs, I felt the urge to travel to Japan again. Although not planned, http://medical-cow.tumblr.com/ and I went to Japan in November 2014. In these Japan travel 2014 posts series I will be writing about this 20 day trip. I am not an expert in Japan traveling and these series of posts are a way for me to remember this great trip and to use it for planning my third Japan trip somewhere within 3 years. However, feel free to use these posts for your own planning and ask for more information if needed

Planning a trip to Japan can be very daunting at first: there is so much to see and so little time to do so! Thus it is important to use your time efficiently, starting with your flight. I would suggest to land and leave from different airports. We chose to enter Japan via Osaka and leave Japan from Tokyo; therefore we started exploring the southern part of Japan and traveled up to the north during our trip. I like to have a direct flight connection, enabling me to buy liquids (alcoholic and shampoo) at the duty free shops at a reduced price.

We used http://www.japan-guide.com/ and more than 12 different travel blogs/vlogs to determine our itinerary. In the end we boiled it down to 4 hotels and 23 activities/touristic attractions. Beside the touristic attractions, we also like to plan other activities such as Nagomi Visits where you have dinner with a Japanese family and having dates in game arcades and theme parks, going to concerts and movie theatres. Although these things can also be done in The Netherlands, the whole experience is still pleasantly different.

For our accommodation we used bookings.com, airbnb and tripadvisor. You don’t need to worry a lot about the hygienic state of you accommodation, since Japanese seem to take this very seriously; in Europe and Korea we always stay at hotels or apartments that are rated at least 4 stars (for hygiene), but in Japan I am fine with staying in a 2 star hotel. The rooms might be small, but the hygiene is superb.    

I took 1 cabin sized case (6 kg) and 1 foldable backpack to Japan and returned with the same case (11 kg) and 1 backback filled with stuff I bought. To be able to do this I usually pack clothing for 1 week (don't bring any socks or panties with holes in them) and buy the rest in Japan. Because of this, it is important for me to have a shopping day within the first week in 2 shopping malls (AEON in Kyoto and Odaiba is my favourite). For the next time I would like to have a detailed list ready of all the things I need to buy and where. This trip I had a global list and did not think thoroughly about it, resulting in me realizing I still need more basic essentials from Uniqlo, hair products from Shiseido, accessories from 3coin, shoes from Liz Lisa and more strange snacks from our local 24hour in Tokyo.    

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JPN 2014 preperation: budget

After reading the travel logs of kirakirakuragepyon, universal doll, roselolitawonderland and the vlogs of Rachel and Jun, I felt the urge to travel to Japan again. Athough not planned, http://medical-cow.tumblr.com/ and I went to Japan in November 2014. In these Japan travel 2014 posts series I will be writing about this 20 day trip. I am not an expert in Japan traveling and these series of posts are a way for me to remember this great trip and to use it for planning my third Japan trip somewhere within 3 years. However, feel free to use these posts for your own planning and ask for more information if needed.

First step is to determine the amount of money you need. I always use the following formula to determine the required travel budget: plane ticket+travel expenses between cities+(50*nights)+(50*days). In my case, the plane ticket will be around 700 euro (AMSàKIX, NRTàAMS), a JRP for 14 days would be 316 euro, I will be staying 18 nights and 20 days, which makes the total 2716 euro.

It is important to determine whether you need a Japanese Rail Pass (http://www.japan-rail-pass.nl/) (or are eligible to receive it.) In some cases it is cheaper to buy separate tickets, day passes or use your SUICA or PASMO. This is also the reason why we did not opt for the 3 week JRP since we would be in Tokyo in the last week and could use our PASMO. You can use http://www.hyperdia.com/en/ beforehand to get a rough estimating of the costs.

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Arashiyama in Kyoto - Japan

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Osaka castle #japan #osaka

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Ebisubashi / 戎橋 on Flickr.

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Signboard by Teruhide Tomori on Flickr.

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Takayama

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Tottori Sand Dunes, Japan

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Visiting Luxembourg is just like visiting a country where a fairy tale, including a prince (bf) on his horse (honda) can happen any time

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4 day trip to Luxembourg was great! We went to the german and the american memorial cemetery to pay our respects. I was really impressed by the german cemetry. Although it was smaller than the american one, more bodies were burried here since 1 cross symbolyzed 4 deceased persons. The german cemetry was not indicated clearly with signs, so if you want to pay a visit, you should have your eyes open for the german sign near the entrance of the american cemetry.

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medical-cow: The first cake with the new kitchen machine. Chocolate peanut butter. Tasty peanutbutter an jam cake with a frosting of butter cream made by bf and Kenny. Kenny? Who is Kenny you ask? Its our new Kenwood kitchen machine. Yes, we’re a couple who like to give names to our housrhold applicants.

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You know what’s a winning combination? Omurice and japanese chicken curry that’s been bubbling for over 2 hours at low heat.

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So I was looking for an article in Nature at work yesterday, and this headline pops up:

obviously, the first thing to come to mind is….

it is science.

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Lucky packs

Im looking for some items of Amavel from their lucky packs. If anyone want to get rid of some of their pieces, send me a message.

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Holiday in Korea is almost over so will be b logging all about it soon

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Just got back from a strolling through a temple, followed by the airang dance festival. Nice to know: the festival took place right next to the temple