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This morning, on my way to work I got caught up in slowing traffic near the point were the A6 motorway changes into the A1. While I was slowing down I noticed the red X above one of the lanes and before I even could think aloud “probably an accident”, I got passed by an ambulance zooming by with all lights and sirens on. Obviously the accident just happened. After a minute or so I got close to the spot where it all happened. Just 100 yards before I got there, I could hear the dreaded sound of a helicopter, […]

I just heared a very amusing story from a collegue that travels a lot to the US. Last summer he went to visit some relatives in Pensylvania. He met some other Dutch people on the plane that traveled with him from the airport to this little town. On their way, in a rental car, they accidently ignored a stop sign and got pulled over by a squad car. The officer asked his traveling companion, who was driving the car at that moment, for his drivers licence. He also asked him why he thought he got pulled over. Since in Holland […]

This past week Wednesday evening (March 31st) turned out to be a scary evening. After I went out for dinner (Chinese) I arrived at my home at about 8:45pm. I changed clothes and slipped into my training suit and started to zap through the channels (nothing on as usual). Then at about 9:15pm my doorbell was ringing. I could here from the sound that someone was actually at my door and not downstairs (it rings differently and my camera turns on). So I went to see who it was. There was my next-door neighbor from number 109 (I’m 111). She […]

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 […]

A word of advice: if you plan on using Norton Systemworks 2003, do *NOT* install Norton Goback. If you mess up your system, it will make thing WORSE than actually help you! I just spend the last 4 hours trying to fix my sisters and brother in law’s PC that they bought only 3 weeks ago. When they bought it, I loaded it with stuff like Norton and some DVD burning tools. I also installed Goback. I figured that it would give better protection in case my sis (or her kids) would mess up their PC. However, this tuesday the […]

Ok, just a quickpost for today. As many people know, I like to experiment with my PC’s. When reading some PC magazines I stumbled upon a article on how to set up your own Shoutcast streaming radio station. Off course I could not resist and I just set up my own station: Radio Zion: Lounge 24×7. Just a big mix of electronic & lounge music. Something to relax by. You will need a player capable of streaming audio like Winamp. Just try it: you might like it. I cannot guarrantee It will be online by the time you try this […]

As some might know I have been trying to make a more attractive website for some time. My HTML knowlegde is very, very basic and I really don’t like to mess with it too much. I have been using Frontpage but it doesn’t produce attractive looking webpages. So I am still trying out some stuff and I could use some help. I do have some Ideas but how to put them into a design and then into webpages? Anyhow: in my search for some cool resources I stumbled upon this website: FreeFoto.com they provide free (for non-comemrcial use that is) […]

Today it was February 29th; a leap day in a leap year. And for a lot of people the only time in 4 years they can celebrate their birthday. A leap year is a year in which an extra day in added to the calendar in order to synchronize it with the seasons. Since the tropical year is 365.242190 days long, a leap year must be added roughly once every four years (four times the fractional day gives ). In a leap year, the extra day (known as a leap day) is added at the end of February, giving it […]

Ok, this is a Dutch only blogpost… It’s about the chaos on the Dutch roads following some snow. Only in februari 1999 there was more chaos: 975 kilometres of traffic jams. Sneeuwval leidt tot extreem lange files Uitgegeven: 26 februari 2004 07:25 Laatst gewijzigd: 26 februari 2004 11:43 DRIEBERGEN – De hevige sneeuwval heeft donderdag tijdens de ochtendspits tot extreem lange files geleid. Omstreeks 08.00 uur stonden er 63 files met een totale lengte van 860 kilometer, aldus de meldkamer van het Verkeerscentrum Nederland. Alleen op 8 februari 1999 was de verkeersellende nog groter: 975 kilometer file. Ook de Nederlandse […]

Well It’s one of those days again: one inch of snow, slippery roads and miles and miles of traffic jams. Obviously I am not trying to get to work since even the Dutch police caution everyone “to “stay home if possible”. Luckily I’m in a position that all I need for my work is an Internet connection and e-mail 😉 Well mostly: sometimes I have to admit that being in the office is more handy, but let’s just say that for now I’m happy being home: I’ve turned up the heat, have some fresh coffee and some lounge music in […]