"The poor quality of Microsoft Windows costs the world economy $170 billion per year in lost productivity due to crashes". Hopefully with the new XP, our puters will beat better soon. Check www.xp-erience.org for some go…
Both puter and me are suffering from a severe shortage of energy and memory. Getting 'unexpected errors', having memory leaks, time to sleep. For the two of us. Puter in stand-by mode, me in dreamland with alarmclock nea…
I think I will like this movie: Waking Life. Images and mood appear to be right. Check the trailer.
Hercules the Pug dressed up like a pig waits to take the stage during the Halloween Pet Parade and Costume Contest Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001, in Coconut Grove, Fla. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)
Have you ever heard from the E-bomb? Can tell you, it's not a E-mailbomb... [In the blink of an eye, electromagnetic bombs could throw civilization back 200 years. And terrorists can build them for $400]
Saw this evening Seven. Now this is what I call a great movie... (From director David Fincher (Fight Club) comes the psychological thriller about two detectives on the trail of "John Doe", a serial killer who chosses his…
Useless entertainment: Killer Japanese Seizure Robots! [ W A R N I N G : There is only a tiny little risk to get a epileptic reaction by watching these images... M O R E : Flickering Light and Epilepsy (on special requ…
I could have known... my scoop for today: Saturday 27 October You wake up in a bit of a tense mood this morning, but by the evening, when the Moon is more settled in your sign, you soon begin to chill. Think about the s…
Today was a very non-productive day. First a meeting with some people from ICT department, who are going to built some new system for us. They really don't get thepoint about what they are supposed to built. Can't make i…
Welcome to Zork. ... 404 Error: Now what??? ... [type help for... help!]
Aaarghh... Earlier this week, the latest edition of the hardcopy phonebook arrived. I'm always curious how I am mentioned in it. On top of the page, middle or somewhere hidden on the bottom. Strange habit, but I always d…
I want this iPod...
One of the latest recruitement brochures made by the Dutch Railways... Don't say I didn't do MY best to get some better people working there....
At work I read Elvan's blog about her trip to Zwolle yesterday. I was higly amused by the hilarious adventure and her complains. I could exactly image how it all happened. Shortly later, I found out that public transport…
I'm still using Windows98 on my almost three years old Compaq puter. Thinking of switching to new XP operating system. Should be more secure, crashes less often then Wintendo98. First extra memory and have to check out m…
Aaargghh Forgot my pincode from my mobile. Tried three times the one I thought it was. Now it is locked. Have to find my PUK code. Don't know if I still have this one. Should be somewhere with the kit where my card came …
Make sure which book you bring when taking a plane these day's:
A man was kept off a recent flight because of a book he was carrying
Useless entertainment #2: the worm
Useless entertainment: the shortcut
This evening the Faithless concert was on MTV (netherlands edition). Was nice 2 c it again, although not as good as twoo weeks ago. Being in the concert hall is so much better.
Too bad I was not able to tape it w…
Beautifull weather today. Got up quite early. Did some shopping and headed for the IJmuiden coast. With the sun in our faces it was very nice. Hardly any wind around. At the beach, it was full with different man-wind…
Natural energy news Dutch goverment has decided to built 109 windmills alongside the afsluitdijk in the netherlands. These windmills will produce enough energy for 300.000 persons. Is good to be a tiny little bit indepen…
Tried to call some people this evening but no one responded to my calls. Luckey some friends were online with MSN Messenger and ICQ. So had fun after all. Had a very tiring day 2day. Meetings all afternoon, fitness from…
Worked this evening on an iBook. Must say, it's quite nice this machine, simply to put puter in front of you wherever you're sitting and connect. Cleaned out a huge pile with commercial brochures which was still around …
When I got home I lost all my apetite. Went to my puter (which is being very slowly last few days) and decided to defragment my HD. Had started this one night earlier, but he didn't manage to finish it be4 I had to go to…
Spend the whole afternoon in a skybox in the Amsterdam ArenA. Started a new project at work and this was the kick-off meeting. Was nice to enter the stadium. At the entrance, the walls all are covered with dutch-soccer-h…
New search engine from Afgahanistan: KabulSearch.com, Total Matches: 2 for bin laden
New RAM memory (part 2) Went this afternoon again to the MyCom shop to change the memory-card. I was given the wrong one... got the 184 pin dimm and should have gotten a 168 pin dimm memory card. After waiting for 15 min…
Discovered today one of the best online maps where you can zoom in towards a huge scale. Even with aerial pictures. I even discoverd my car, standing in the street... Check out: www.atlas.amsterdam.nl
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Tonie started a systemtray-campaign. Put your systemtray online and tell us what you've got open at this moment... I liked the idea, so, here's is mine:
Which programs are open at the moment? Internet Explorer 6, Outl…
Summertime in the city Today it was wonderfull warm weather, it felt like a real summerday. A bit like the comfy temp i had during my vacation in Costa Rica and Panama. Was nice to spend some time in the Vondelpark, had …
Is there a Chinese embassy in Kabul?
THE WTC TOURIST PICTURE HOAX
Oops, I did it again Two months ago, I did an audition for a commercial. I felt horrible afterwards. I thought, (and still think) that my performance then was very bad. I don't think I can act. I can do funny think in fr…
What robot are you really? Do the test!
[thanks Kimsomnia]
The clip from the Faithless concert from last friday is now online available. Check out the Heineken Music Hall website for the webcast info or click directly to the clip. Clip has 4 songs, Muhammed Ali, Insomnia, Salva …
like tomorrows date 10-10-01 what special thing will happen?
Tired, went sporting after work, didn't exercise for 4 weeks.. was very tired. Got out of the building and it was dark.... not happy then. At home at only 20:00 o'clock. So, went to work 12 hours earlier. Not good. But f…
Great evening, the last 'funnight' with the Brunel ICT gang. Was fun, we went to the BOOM Chicago show at the Leidsepleintheater. Good to be again in an international surrounding. I miss that actually right now. Meeting …
Just got news from Amsterdam Watergraafsmeer. Some kids threw some fire-bombs against a catholic church. A light fire appeared which was quickly put out by the firebrigade. The 'kids' have yelled "allah, allah" while doi…
Bombing has started in Afghanistan this evening. It was clear it would start one of these day's. I hope that the allied goal will be achieved quickly without too many lives lost. Afraid for the reactions that will come c…
Faithless concert last night was great. One of the best concert of the last years. Went for the first time to the Heinekens Music Hall, which was quit a good place for concerts. Huge and still a good sound, even in the b…
Enjoying my last free day be4 starting to work again on monday. Nice sunny weather in Amsterdam. Had my bike fixed, flat tyre, so have new ones put on him. Had my hair cut at Cuts and Curls. Went to De Appel to see exhib…
Saw a great British documentary from 1997 about Björk on Arte TV. Really like her music and her strenght in going her own way. Like she said: "I don't like to work with people who do want I ask them to do, I want to work…
Back in Amsterdam Arrived yesterday again at Schiphol Airport after a long flight from San Jose. Left 2 hours later as planned, a security check at the airport where they checked everything, altough they missed my scisso…
San Jose (Costa Rica) Boquete was quit nice in the end. Watched the boxfight between Burbank (USA) vs. Trinidad (Puerto Rico) in the discoteq from the hotel. It was packed with locals. Had flashbacks from my youth watchi…
