It’s tax season and I need to finish my tax form by April 1st. Luckily in Holland our “Belastingdienst” (the Dutch IRS) is fully automated so I can just fill out some electronic tax form and just push a button: presto!
When I compare this with other countries (i.e. the USA) we are much more automated. For instance electronic banking: I have been doing that for 7 or 8 years now. My girlfriend can’t do it that way yet (at least not as easy). Weird because the concept of electronic banking and using the internet for it, is a concept that came from the USA…
Movies galore
Right now I’m in a movie copying frenzy: I have lots of DVD’s lying around that need to be copied. Ever since I got my new PC with DVD burner it really made my collection grow. Right now I burn most DVD’s first on DVD-RW(+/-) so I can see if it is working right, then I just burn it to a DVD-R (or +R).
Lined up are: Triggermen, Master and Commander, Kill Bill Vol. 1, Den of Lions, Blind Horizon, Crime Spree and last but not least Matrix Revolutions.
Speaking of Matrix Revolutions: it really sucked! I mean: why the hell did they kill both heroes? The whole movies series was evolving around the love story between Neo and Trnity! Ok, they saved mankind (Zion), but why not end the series with some positive message where boy gets girl? Although: the silly thing is, that they do leave open the possibility for Neo to return (afterall; it is not all clear if he died or not and even the Oracle says they “very probabaly” will see him again).
Anyways: the effects were awesome but the ending did kill the good feeling I had about it.