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So, finally they found some one to carry the dutch flag at the opening ceremony at the Winter Olympics. Almost all goldwinning dutch skaters refused to attend the ceremony because they were afraid to catch a cold . Those sissies…. Dutch flag bearer (and snowboarder) Nicolien Sauerbreij carries her national flag as she leads her country’s […]

My brother Jeroen on the dutch television for dutch people living abroad. He is explaining about the taxreductionpossibilities within the new taxsystem. View the streaming report in real media  online. Funny to see him explaining this there.  But next time he has to put his tie straight. [ more ].

Bought this afternoon the dvd from the movie Natural Born Killers / Directors Cut. In this version a lot of banned scenes are in it. Really heavy stuff. Great act from Woody Harrilson. Best quote: “If I would be a mass murderer, I would like to be Mickey and Mallory”.  Read the dvd review at: Topspins.net […]

Got the package from the post office, guess what was inside ?

A few weeks ago I wrote about my experiences with mouses at my appartment at the Lijnbaansgracht. Maybe my story attrackted some animals in my neighbourhood. Becouse since a few weeks I’m sharing my current house with one or two mouses. It started at night when I woke up by a scratchy sound in my […]

I hate pop-ups, some people think they are usefull. I think you need a really good reason to present in your website a pop-up. A commercial reason to attrack more attention, noway. Be more creative to get a hit! A functional reason for navigation, no. Read all studies about usability and you’ll discover people get […]

Today was not an easy day at work. Since the first of january, I’m responsable for our User Interaction Design for all browser based applications built for the dutch market at our company. A job which is quite a challenge. But… also full of discussions. Mainly because almost everyone has an opinion how a website or application […]

Saw a great movie this evening: Finding Forrester . A movie about a writer (William Forrester played by Sean Connery) and a young kid from the Bronx (Jamal Wallace by Rob Brown) who meet by accident and become friends. Great to see a movie about a writer. I think I’m not the only one at […]

Can’t connect, trouble with MxStream nationwide (xs4all users all over can’t connect). Maybe we have again 3 billion users trying to connect? Are the hackers from UPC / Chello responsable for the troubles. I saw an ad in the paper where they are trying te get ADSL users to switch to the cable. Never will […]

Prize The German photography-couple Bernd and Hilla Becher received yesterday the Dutch Erasmus Prize 2002 . The prize is awarded to them because they can be regarded as the founders of the new, recording photography. By their approach of photographic registration – reducing the pre-eminently sober, black and white concept to its essence – they […]