Articles by Daniel Yeow

Canada Cup

Saturday, January 16, 2010 // 1 Comment

Calgary Sunset on the 1st of January 2010 Apologies for the lack of updates. The main reason for this is because my trusty MacBook Pro stopped working two Mondays ago, just [more...]

Christmas Post

Thursday, December 24, 2009 // 2 Comments

gotta get that white balance right for Christmas… Well what have we here, is it that time of year? oh my, how time, it has flown! so give us a smile, it’s been a [more...]

See You On The Plane? What A COP-Out!

Sunday, December 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

Barack Obama announces… not a lot København The anti-climax to rival all anti-climaxes occurred late on Friday, December 18th 2009. One of the great opportunities for [more...]

Fire Up Dan

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 // 0 Comments

Dan getting ready on the start line This was a motivational “speech” given to Daniel Greig just prior to his 1000m race at Salt Lake City. It was his last chance [more...]

Undo the Folded Lie

Thursday, December 10, 2009 // 2 Comments

(The Earth Debate: Part 5) the current warming trend has more to do with us than the sun, anybody who tells you otherwise is a filthy liar I am angry. I’m angry at the [more...]

Curiouser and Curiouser

Wednesday, December 2, 2009 // 12 Comments

file photo Late last night, I came across a piece of information which struck me as unusual. While perusing Frank Anderson’s blog on the progress of Australian long [more...]

A Mathematician’s Apology

Monday, November 30, 2009 // 7 Comments

I will get straight to the point – it is now mathematically impossible for me to make it to the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. I would like to apologize to all those [more...]

Two Drops

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 // 0 Comments

They met strangely facing one to another, each from each side up the slope, towards the peak racing neither knowing another, nor trying to hide gripped by dizzying height [more...]

Ket, Kleinsman, and van der Kieft

Monday, November 2, 2009 // 0 Comments

I am not ordinarily a betting man. But when Swedish speed skater Claudia Wallin suggested we place bets on placings for the Dutch single distance championships, I [more...]

One Year

Sunday, October 18, 2009 // 4 Comments

So I’ve been here for a year. I wanted to write a poem but, to the relief of followers of danielyeow.com, had severe writer’s block. So, instead… I’ve [more...]

On Skating at Altitude

Friday, October 2, 2009 // 5 Comments

It is a well-known fact of speed skating that higher altitudes mean faster times. At least that’s what we believed. Strangely, it has surfaced that certain elements [more...]

Change

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 // 0 Comments

“The only unchangeable certainty is that nothing is unchangeable or certain”, so said John F. Kennedy once. Every now and then, one passes through an anniversary [more...]

The Yes Men Fix The World

Monday, August 24, 2009 // 0 Comments

In 2003 me and a few friends sat down at Nova cinemas in Lygon St. (Melbourne, Australia) to watch the first “Yes Men” movie. The yes men are a group of activists [more...]

Gordo’s

Monday, August 17, 2009 // 4 Comments

Just desserts He is the angry chef on TV. He, like many top chefs, has a reputation for his temper and perhaps that kind of perfectionism is part of the reason why his [more...]

Reflections on Racing

Sunday, August 9, 2009 // 1 Comment

Yesterday was the end of “zomerijs”. Zomerijs is the curious practice of opening the ice track at Heerenveen for three weeks in the middle of summer. Obviously, [more...]
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