I have about a year to go before my current mobile subscription ends and I will be able to pick out a new phone. People that know me (or read my blog), know that I am a big gadget lover. Many have asked why I do not own an Apple iPhone. I currently own a T-Mobile MDA Vario IV (HTC Touch Pro) running Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro. Well, quite simply: Apple is just too trendy, too expensive and too closed-source to me. But mostly the first part: everyone already owns an iPhone or iPod. And most of their owners have […]
TAC Force S.O.T. Crossdraw vest has arrived
Today I picked up my TAC Force S.O.T. Crossdraw vest. It came in a ridiculous big box (see photos below). I have no clue why, because it could have fit in a big plastic bag easily. Anyway; I tried it on right away. It took me less than 5 minutes to adjust it fully to my chest size. I was hoping that the universal holster would fit my H&L P30L with the Viridian X5L tactical green laser/light combo attached to it, but unfortunately it doesn’t. I guess I will just have to buy the holster that Viridian sells. Other than […]
Waiting for the Wave
My small Google Wave invite post from yesterday was a great success. All 12 invites that I had left (out of 20) where all gone in a matter of a few hours. However, the time it takes Google to process their request (what the hell are they doing? checking them manually?) is kind of absurd. Google Wave seems like a nice beta testing grounds for tech-savvy people like myself, but it is totally useless if you don’t have any people to actually test it with! It’s been about 24 hrs (give or take) since I invited everyone, but as far […]
My wave
Ah, finally: I got a Google Wave beta account! It wasn’t through begging that I got it, but because I signed up for it in June this year. At the moment it is rather empty because I have no other people (yet) that I can test it with. I am sure however, that Monday morning all my colleagues that have a Gmail account, will want an invitation as well. Well, I’m not going to lie to you guys, but I got 20 invitations, and I am reserving 8 of those for people I know (colleagues, girlfriend etc..) but I promise […]
Daylight saving time
Daylight saving time, or DST, will kick in here in Europe tonight. When it’s 3am, our clock moves back to 2am. I never understood why we need to change the clock each time. All I know is that when winter time starts, I get an extra hour of sleep. Good as that might sound, it also means I get hungry earlier during the day for at least a week or so. And when it’s around 4pm I feel like going home from work already. Some say that using DST saves on energy. But I think thats just a load of […]
Car vs (car) trailer
It’s amazing how stupid some people are when handling certain situations. These guys where loading two cars onto a car trailer and obviously didn’t care how they would do it. Essentially they just rear ended one car an pushed it up the trailer. I could not zoom with my crappy phone camera, but what happened was that the last car got stuck on the hitch of the car in front of it. I’m sure it was damaged after that. This happened next door to where I work. My colleagues all wondered what the heck those guys where doing too. Shows you how […]
All geared up
After seeing some good reviews on the TAC Force tactical crossdraw vest by YouTube guru Nutnfancy, I decided to get one myself. Just for fun – as I did with my Viridian X5L. So I looked online and chased down some Dutch websites that supposedly sell this stuff and I even visited a few Army dump stores. But I soon discovered that none had any tactical vests like this one in-store. Heck, some didn’t even know what I was talking about. So, yet again, I had to order online. I decided not to buy directly from TAC Force as I […]
What is a browser?
Ok guys, I was pretty much amazed when I saw this video, showing people fail on a huge scale when asked: “what is a browser”. Flabbergasted is actually more like it. It’s like people not knowing the answer to the question: “what is an engine”? This video shows people trying to come up with an answer. There is actually a Dutch version of this video as well (crappy), shot in Rotterdam and it shows exactly the same result. Sorry, how can millions of people use a browser, but not know what it actually is? Well to answer the question: a […]
Movie pastime
One of my favorite pastime activities is watching movies. Granted, I hardly go to the movie theater anymore. In this day and age I get my stuff “on-demand” (read: usenet). Now, one of my favorite activities besides watching movies, is watching the trailers for movies. I think it is fun and helps build the anticipation. The trick to a good trailer is obviously to build the anticipation and make you go “I really want to go see that movie”. If I think of good trailers from the last years/decades (yeah, I’m over 40). Then a few pop into my mind as really […]
Capitalism US style: “dead peasant policies”
I’m stunned. There really is no limit to greed. It’s capitalism, US style. Michael Moore uncovered yet another great story about greed. In short: you take out a life insurance policy on people working for you. If they die, you cash in. Yeah, you read that right. Corporate America gambles on you dying and then making a profit out of it. Not your family will benefit, but that asshole boss you hated all the time. I guess if corporate America can do it, maybe the military can do it too. Let’s take out insurance on firefighters as well. No wait; cops! Seriously. […]