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So yesterday was another scorcher here in Holland with temperatures into the 30’s (low 90’s). So what better way to spend the evening then at some friends and the traditional burning of meat, otherwise known as BBQ. Now, my friend Vincent is a big cooking afficionado and as such he and his girlfriend like to BBQ. And that is where the skill comes in: most people fill up their BBQ up to the brim, toss in some fuel and light up the stuff as if they were trying to burn the Reichstag to the ground again. Wrong! Shown on the […]

Will Bush ever learn? My guess is no, he won’t. during the G8 summit in St.Petersburg Russia the last few days, Bush has been acting like the usual idiot he is. First he was groping German chancellor Angela Merkel, making her feel very unconfortable (see picture on the left and also see the Daily Show video on it here). He also was dumb enough to keep talking while his mic was still on, during the same G8 summit. Again I say, because during the 2000 election campaign he was also unaware that his mic picked him up when he blurted […]

Too hot Yesterday I showed we are having an official heatwave here in Holland with temperatures in the 30’s (90’s if you’re from the US). We should not complain about it since we normally do not have such nice weather in Holland. Unfortunately this extreme weather also has it’s downsides: for the first time in it’s 90 year history the Nijmeegse Vierdaagse (the International Four Days Marches of Nijmegen) had to be cancelled, after three two people died yesterday and many others had to be treated for heat related problems. Only one time before did people die: in 1972, when […]

(click me) It certainly is going to be a bumpy ride for Microsoft. I just installed Build 5456 and I can still sum it up in one word: crap. It is unbelievable but still I get a nice blue screen when I reboot. Still it doesn’t recognize hardware like my webcam and scanner. Performance did improve (my swapfile isn’t that huge anymore) a bit. The UAC (User Account Control) still bugs you every 2 clicks you make. Jeezzz guys. This is just…. unbelievable. According to some information it should run better etc. but so far I haven’t seen *any* proof […]

I have been messing around a bit with Vista Beta 2, as I wrote last week. After the first hurdles of getting it installed properly and finding some drivers that work with my hardware, I also installed Office 2007 beta, SnagIT (for the screenshots I use here) and MSN Live. The more I play around with Vista, the more I feel it is going to be a big culture shock to most XP users. Also it feels like the system (especially the Ultimate version of build 5384) is bloathed with unessecary options and features that really makes this system sluggish […]

Since I do want to start running/jogging again, I definately want this: I better start saving some money for the shoes, the iPod and the gear.

Say “ah”! It’s the week of controversy here in Holland. For starters on Tuesday Sony announced it has pulled a Dutch billboard advertising campaign for the new white version of its PlayStation Portable video game player which (non-Dutch) critics dubbed “racist”. Also this week, a Dutch McDonalds franchise decided to removed their urinals shaped as a mouth (see picture) after some hypocritical asshole American complained about them at McDonalds headquarters in the US. Seriously people: what is wrong with this picture? In a statement Sony said: “We recognize that the subject matter of one specific image may have caused concern […]

Ultimate! Yes guys and girls, I just went Vista (beta2)! I got the DVD with Vista beta2 that came with PC Magazine (Dutch version) this month. I could have downloaded the sucker, but I decided to just buy the magazine and spare me the time of downloading, burning a DVD and then find out the DVD is corrupt or something. So what are my findings so far? In short: mixed feelings. Microsoft calls Windows Vista “a breakthrough computing experience”. Yeah, well, I think it’s a bit early to call it that. In fact Microsoft needs to start addressing some issues […]

There are a hundred subjects that I could blog about today. Ranging from the terrorist bomb-attack in Mumbai India, to the European Commission preparing to impose a multi-million euro fine on Microsoft, to the news of Bush giving detainees Geneva rights. Or even about something so stupid as people cheating while playing games like Battlefield 2. But my attention was drawn to two seperate criminal cases in the US. One about a 18-year old teenager who helped his ex-girlfriend kill and dismember a 16-year-old classmate last year, and – even more disturbing – about a now 15-year old boy who […]