2004 news archive
FoxNews acts ignorant about my country
The Fox columnist Cal Thomas writes a column about the Netherlands and shows how dumb he is.
Prince Bernhard dies
Prince Bernhard, the father of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, has died. The 93-year-old prince was recently diagnosed with inoperable cancer.
Sinterklaas
Sinterklaas has arrived in The Netherlands again. Actually, he already arrived last week. Today his advance continued with a visit to my village. In the spirit of festivities I provide you with the Sinterklaas Layout.
Ion drive probe reaches the moon
The European Space Agency's Smart-1 probe is powered by a new 'ion drive': it accelerates slowly but over long distances attains high speeds, and offers a promising technology for future interplanetary missions.
Off to Luxembourgh
Repeating 2002, I'm off to Luxembourgh, to join my dad at Eurostat. Update: got back, got snow. fun.
What if webdesign were like Swordfish
This movie is ofcourse about a l33t Haxor. Working online has never seemed more exciting. I love the shots when the Haxor is browsing the web, looking for a worm he made. The camera swoops down and speeds along a long bundle of Cat5 cables.
21st century mobility
Got my new cellphone today. Apparently, I missed a couple of steps in mobile phone evolution.
XHTML, HTML, media types
While the webdesign has been immersed into the newfound beauty of standards based design, People in the higher echelons are discussing the merits of XHTML versus HTML and media types.
Sports and geeks don't mix very well
Strangely, I found a way in which the two dó mix. A couple of weeks ago an old schoolfriend invited me to come and watch the training of his American Football team.
Work. work. vacation!
About a week after concluding my work at Zappwerk, I got an offer to help out one of the largest ad agencies in the Netherlands.
Surveillance results from the Leiden meeting
Secret surveillance turned up the following evidence of a plot to take over the known world.
Gmail. Fusion. Work.
So like all bloggers out here, I finally got a Gmail account. Apparently, this raises my Cool with +5. Update: All invitations spent. Better luck next time!
Cosmopolitan
I've been travelling a lot the last 12 month. A week ago I returned from a little trip to Carhaix, in France.
Weblogs definitely suck
Or, probably the reverse, I suck at weblogging. Therefore, only a small update.
Hayobethlehem.nl: reloaded
Finally the wait is over. Coinciding with the May 1 reboot and the expansion of the European Union, this could be as good an occasion as any to release V3 of HayoBethlehem.NL!
May1st reboot and roundup
Needless to say, we returned from london unharmed, though Zef was stripsearched once.
Off to london
Oh yeah, you know, school projects are such a drag. You have to go to London to interview people.
When does the ripping off end?
Congratulations to "Radio Beverwijk", they are the second radio station in a row to steal the design of the website of Radio Rijnwoude.
Bobsleigh stuff, or lack thereoff
This weekend I was away on a little trip to Winterberg, Germany. We were supposed to go watch the Bobsleigh World cup.
The troops are coming!
Or, for school, I have to do an assignment using stop motion techniques. Therefore the good old crates of LEGO have been emptied; the actors are ready for their performance. I hope they don't all need trailers, though!
Upgrade notice
Would all you idiots out there still using Internet Explorer 5.x PLEASE upgrade to a real browser? The one you are currently using is three years old and hopelessly outdated.
Busy little bee
Just a quick update. I've been (and still am) rather busy. Started this week with the final project for school. In a group we're going to make a documentary, in a very short timeframe.