Another Slice of Dutch Internet History There has been a long list of failed internet technologies over the past few decades. Much like the current AI rush, the early internet was a bit of a Wild West. People had many ideas and tried almost anything to see what would stick. One of those failed technologies was WebTV. For a short time, it looked as though this piece of technology might also find its way into Dutch homes. Except it didn’t. This is the story of how WebTV was killed before it even launched in the Netherlands, including what I consider […]
“A true Gadgeteer”
“A true Gadgeteer” All right folks, I have a confession to make: I’m a slave of modern technology. If something cool and new comes out, I just have to have it. Ok, I do not own a state of the art plasma TV or stuff like that (I am not a millionaire), but I do own 2 Pc’s, 3 PDA’s, 3 phones, my car is equipped with GPS, I have internet via cable (and my own network), I work with Windows, Linux and OS X, etc. etc…. So when I finally saw the brand new Sony Ericsson P800mobile phone this […]