Articles by Daniel Yeow

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...]

Euros

Friday, July 31, 2009 // 0 Comments

I’ve recently scored a gig being the official photographer for the Dutch inline speed skating team where I take photos of the racing and, in return, my travel and [more...]
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