It’s the last day of 2009 and we are at the doorstep of a new decade. This past year has seen many ups and downs, but instead of looking back, we should look forward to all the chances the new year will have to offer us. 2010 will bring me a few new projects, both professional and personal. More about the personal projects tomorrow when it’s 01-01-2010! For now, I would like to wish all my readers a very nice New Years Eve and a safe an beautiful start of 2010. Henk van de Goor Bloggers@large
Snowbound
Monday morning. Most people have vacation for at least 1 or even two weeks. Not me, and obviously not all the people around me that tried to leave Almere. As soon as I drove around the corner I was stuck in traffic. I tried a small detour, but it didn’t help. All in all it took me 45 minutes just to get to the highway (less than 3 miles from my home). After that another 30 minutes to get on the A1 highway. From there it was a smooth ride even nice and sunny. Anyway, caught a slice of my […]
Winter wonderland
Yes folks, it snowed the last few days in Holland as well. It’s cold and windy out here. Not a big problem as long as you do not need to drive to work or something. Last Thursday morning for instance, it was a drama on the road (as to be expected). But I guess things are not as bad as they are in other countries. Several US states are suffering from a mayor snow blizzard (dubbed “The shopper stopper”) that has killed some people. So it’s not all fun and games. It makes you wonder about “global warming”. It proved also that […]
For sale: $2 million clunker
A lot of times when I watch a video on YouTube I think to myself: “what are the odds of something like this (whatever it is I am watching) happening and it’s caught on tape?” It happened today when my attention was drawn to the following movie(s). If this doesn’t fall into the category of epic fails, I wonder what does? Last month, on November 11th to be exact, this guy was driving his priceless Bugatti Veyron (one of the 15 believed to be sold in the USA) down the I45 near Galveston (Texas). Then, according to the owner, “a low-flying pelican” […]
2012 a distaster (of a) movie
I just saw the new Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow) movie “2012” and I just couldn’t resist blogging about it. So what do I have to say about it? Well, if you are into special effects, this is your movie. In fact it is the mother load of all special effects. Ninety nine point nine percent of the movie is about special effects. Should you expect something else from a movie that is about the end of the world? I guess not. Now, there have been many movies – also by Roland Emmerich – that deal with some catastrophe that […]
Google bashing the new fashion
This week Google launched yet another service to enhance the experience of Internet users in general and Google users in particular; they came up with their own public DNS services. For those who are not tech-savvy: when you type in an address in your browser, your PC sends of a request to what is called a DNS service (Domain Name Server). This will translate the easy to remember name (i.e. www.cnn.com) into a not so easy to remember IP-address like 157.166.226.26. You could look at DNS services like a postman; he knows where to put your mail – well, most […]