2003 news archive
Cartteam from rijnwoude dutch national champion sprint
Last Friday (12 December) during an event in which Dutch racing driver Tom Coronel was present, Team Chaudron was awarded the Dutch National 4-stroke sprint championship in the Supersport 390 class.
United nations: internet use stats flawed
The extent of the technology gap between richer and poorer nations may be smaller than believed because of flawed statistics on Internet use, the U.N. communications agency has said.
Congrats to radio rijnwoude
During the OLON Festival the local radio station won the first prize for best website for dutch local radio stations, and thus bagged some €500,- worth of prize money.
Dutch blogsites fight cyberwar against spammer
Dutch blogsites Retecool.com, Volkomenkut.com and Bastard-inc.com got a taste of their own medicine last Friday after they declared cyberwar on US spam firm Customerblast.com.
Ohhh, that is nice
In the night from saturday 8th till sunday 9nth, thankfully there were some clear skies above Hazerswoude.
Back from adobe expo
Adobe Systems had organized a series of events, to show creative professionals their new and improved line of products, named "Creative Suite". In a series of presentations an overview was given of the new products and new features of existing products.
Weird picture, part two
This picture was taken two weeks ago, and one week after the first. It was also featured in the regional newspaper, the Leidsch Dagblad.
Hsl tunnel project pictures online
In 2007 the Netherlands will become part of the Trans-European network of high-speed rail links. The HSL will link Amsterdam and Rotterdam to Antwerp, Brussels and Paris. A quick sprint from Amsterdam to Rotterdam will take no more than thirty-five minutes. Cities like London (3'43") and Barcelona (7'15") will be brought a lot closer.
Little mod
I recently added the referrer script by Dean Allen (Textism) to the backend of this site.
Plugins illegal?
Via Slashdot come news that Microsoft has lost a court battle against what appears to be a small, opportunistic company called Eolas.
Not on holiday anymore, preparing for real life again
On monday the holidays will be over, and time for me to go back to work.
Absent minded at werfpop
Today I accompanied the band Absent Minded (url) to a local rock festival "WerfPop". I'm sort off the band's photographer.
Worldskills championship report
Last thursday was in my opinion the conclusion of a wonderful couple of weeks.
Worldskills championship contender
As some of you might already know, on june 14th I will be going to Swiss, as part of the dutch national team that will participate in the bi-annual WorldSkills Competition.
New site released
Early this week was the long expected release date for the brilliant new website for the local political party, the VVD. Boosting a very effective PHP news management system, This website enables the webmaster to easily update the news.
Deja vu: the wonderful world of imagination (update)
In the movie The Matrix, experiencing deja vu usually means something is horribly wrong.
The rijngouweroute: the light rail connection
The Province of South Holland is preparing a test with light rail between Gouda and Alphen a/d Rijn. This connection runs right behind my house. The test will last about three years and be split into the following phases.