2009 news archive
Shooting transformers
On Friday September 4th a huge transport moved through my home town of Hazerswoude-Rijndijk. It took three days for the convoy of 3300000 kilo weighing power transformers to clear the town.
Tug of war
Last wednesday I shot this movie for local media. It's a news item about the yearly tug of war contest.
Eyesore
Someone parked something terrible in front of the apartment building. I just had to take a picture of this eyesore.
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Thinktank Streetwalker Pro review
To compliment my video kit I still needed a good backpack or shoulder bag that would fit the camera, and not be too massive. Today I finally stumbled upon the bag I was looking for.
Prague 2009
Yesterday evening I returned from an amazing long weekend in the Czech capital Prague. Here's a picture of the Carls bridge by night.
The illusion of opinion polls
Mass media (radio, TV, newspapers) seem not to be very critical towards opinion polls. They simply accept poll results as news facts, and publish them without checking them. This overview of methodological problems of polls may help journalists to put opinion polls in a proper perspective.
Omroep Rijnwoude football tournament
Last week I had my first attempt at shooting sports with a video camera.
European elections problems
The Netherlands have been used to electronic voting for years. But because of minor concerns, the whole process is now back to the middle ages. And then problems arise.
Terry Pratchett Discworld List
Finally the complete chronological list of all Terry Pratchett's Discworld Novels, with the novels I own marked. Great for when I'm in the book store, and don't remember which ones I still need to get!
Egypt album published
Two months ago I went to Egypt and back again. Finally I managed to put some pictures in an album and throw that online.
Queensday 2009
During the festivities on Queens day, April 30th, I went out with my camera to film the local events.
Bollenrit classic car rally
Last sunday some locals organised a classic car rally. I went there for the local media to make a video item.
Upgrades
A few months ago, the municipal government of Rijnwoude offered the local radio station a nice sum of money, to invest in cool projects. One of the items on the wishlist was a new videocamera.