Author: Maarten

A new gadget

My phone-tic has had a severe impact on my wallet this week: I’ve decided to purchase the Sony Ericsson K850i in combination with my old mobile subscription. I really like it, as it is better equipped than my old & trusty N73 and better looking. it is a shame it is not a smartphone though, nor has it capabilities to

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A new furry friend!

Due to the early demise of the previous bunny, we’ve been on the lookout for a new friend for the female bunny we already own. It has been quite a short lookout though: last Saturday a new member of the family has arrived. Named "Kees", brother of "Ko", by the animal-shelter we decided this would not be his name, and

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Maintenance work still to do

When I was snooping through my visitor-stats, and the browser-use of those visitors, one thing is apparent: most visitors are using Firefox. 46.6% to be precise, which is quite a lot compared to the use of Firefox in the Netherlands; which is about 15% according to tweakers.net. Also, over 25% of the visitors is (still) using IE6, and this is

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Hyping along

Without complaining too much about our perverted present society, I would like us to focus on the recent developments regarding us blindly following hypes. I intend to keep it short, on purpose since the average duration of attention on any subject is decreasing. The zapper-generation is here, and here to stay! All, so called, news has to be compact, easy

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Complaining is easy

This morging was only slightly different compared to others: traffic was bad. This time it was 525KM bad at it’s peak, a few minutes past 9 in the morning. We Dutchies have always been very good at complaining about any- and everything. Weather, immigrants, politicians, the national football-coach, the neighbors and the traffic. True, all named above do have flaws,

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Only time will tell

What a sad day it was. Yesterday, early in the morning we received a phone call from the vet’s office to inform us, our recently acquainted bunny has passed away. He was taken in the evening before after he didn’t eat for a full 24h, a clear sign things don’t go well. When administered, he suffered from hypothermia and had

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More on my boolean search

As you could have been reading in a previous post: I’ve been busy creating a search-page to find music in my collection. It is still steadily growing, and searching it is very often one of few methods to find the track you wanted. The auto-AND function is completed and fully functional now. The next thing on the menu is the

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An inside job

Being in an office for an entire day can be quite boring. And it is, I can tell you. Unless there’s people to talk to, it can be quite tedious to be on your own without any interaction. My best friend, not depicted, is the coffee-machine! Below some pics of how it can be; but luckily it only is for

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A furry friend

As can be read on my about-page, I do have a girlfriend despite the fact I’m pretty much a computer geek. I’m not impressed by hardware, nor by software. I’m not an active gamer, nor do I own the most recent computer-stuff, it all just works well and since quite some time. Uptime is superior to extreme performance to me.

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