Bloggers@large

Check out this cool blog:DUTCH HOPTO. Its about some Dutch guys that plan to travel through the US in the ultimate pimpmobile (my own personal favourite car): a Lincoln Continental Mark V. Peace brothers!

Just some Dutch Blog I spotted and like:Zomaar uit verveling …. Some Dutch female Blogger (“Ladyhawk”). I’m thinking about linking to more blogs that I think are interesting. Blog u later!

Ok, I just finally (after a lot of shit) got my FTP working again for my Bloggers@large. So, I decided to also put up my profile. You can see it by clicking this link:Blogger: User Profile: Henk. Not that it is very interesting, but hey: one needs to fill ones pages 😉 Anyway: I will probably post some more stuff today. I have a lot of stuff to write/contemplate on.

I just realized that Blogging (before it was called like that) has been around for quite a few years. In fact, they were called .plan files (“dot plan”). A .plan is basically a file which a user on a UNIX system (well, generally UNIX or Linux systems) can put into their “home” directory. This file is there so that the user can describe themselves, write a log, keep a list of things they have to do etc. Using a utility called “finger” it is possible to have a server return the contents of this file by passing it the user’s […]

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 […]