2008 news archive
Last post of the year
I wish my millions upon millions of readers all the best for 2009. And let us hope for lots of great content on this website during that year!
Finest moment
Whilst digging through my dvd collection, I came across the DVD my school made about Worldskills 2003. I ripped a part of it for your viewing pleasure.
Video content test
I've been moaning about adding video capability to my website for quite a while, and finally, here it is. It's nothing special, just a short video of the start of the fall season, as taped from my balkony. My apologies if it's a bit depressing. Just checking if everything is working as it should.
Macro photography primer
Since Christmas 2007 I'm the proud owner of a Nikkor 60mm Micro Prime lens. This article contains a quick run-down of why this lens is made of awesome.
HTC Touch Diamond
As my usual two year Vodafone contract was coming to an end, it was time to renew, and pick a nice new phone. It became the HTC Touch Diamond.
Fashion model
She looks a bit like a fashion model, doesn't she? Picture taken as I was showing beautiful Madalina the Netherlands.
The Netherlands win at internet
I recently stumbled upon a news release about internet usage in the EU, ending in 2007. The data is from a yearly survey, so it will be interesting to see the 2008 results. And compare them to the USA.
Twips primer
Whilst working for the website department of Dutch telecommunications company KPN, several months ago, we discovered an annoying CSS display problem concerning the resizing of boxes. We assumed it had to do with browser rendering problems, but the problem was a lot more interesting than that.
Services resumed
Ahh yes. Two weeks go by way to quickly! On sunday evening, I got off the airplane on Schiphol, arriving from Cork.
Gone again, off to Ireland
Those of you expecting regular updates from now on, should hold their breath for two weeks, as I will be on vacation to Ireland, starting Saturday.
You thought this site died, didn't you?
This website has been pretty boring since February. There were a few reasons for that. I'll be talking about those in future posts. I did use the lull productively, as I hereby launch my freshly improved website. You may need to refresh your cache.
Thoughts on HTML5
I have an issue with the HTML5 draft specification. I hadn't read it before, but poked around in it yesterday. I've come to the conclusion it's not what I want.
Why the USA can't join the EU
A case study of why the United States of America could never join the European Union, based on financial rules (as geo-political reasons are probably too obvious to point out).