And — it’s back…
 by in General |
The site was off-line just now (only for a few minutes though), due to some necessary software upgrades. The thing might even perform a little better now…
Just arrived by snail-mail: The Coup - Party Music
This is a relatively old CD (2001), but when Sean at connecting*the*dots once recommended it to me a couple of months ago I started looking around for it, checking for on-line stores that actually still had this CD in stock. At the time, I thought I found one, but it took a couple of weeks [...]
Quote Of The Week #28
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Terry Pratchett, the author renowned for the Discworld series, once has said the following:
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.
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OM-MF-G
Just discovered this here (by following a link, by the way, in one of the comments below this other amazing story):
He noticed an alphanumeric code printed on the key [of the Diebold voting machine], and remarked that he had a key at home with the same code on it. The next day he brought in [...]
Highway blocked; terror fears… All because of a flat tire.
| by in The Netherlands |
I just read here (Dutch) that the A2 highway (one of the main traffic arteries of the Netherlands), has been blocked.
Details remain sketchy, there’s mention of two money-trucks that are parked besides the highway and eye-witnesses saying that anti-terror units are searching the neighbourhood. A serious old-fashioned robbery, or some drill.. ?
Update: [...]
Supermarkets on the spamming-tip
| by in Random Rantings, The Netherlands |
The Albert Heijn, some big groceries store-chain in the Netherlands, is going to start to spam its customers utilising Bluetooth technology. It is a test, and currently only active in one establishment.
According to this article (Dutch, of course), only people that have Bluetooth enabled when entering the shop will be targetted, and only after they [...]
Yay, Donner stepping down.
It’s official, Donner is stepping down from his position as minister of Justice.
And it all happened while I was busy coding I didn’t even notice if the gf didn’t call me.
See, I never did trust the guy. During his time in the government, the guy survived a few ‘motions of distrust’, which they call [...]
Quote Of The Week #27
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In the movie Dogville, Grace (played by Nicole Kidman), says the following;
We all have the right to make the most of our life.
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VoIP (SIP), XS4ALL and Asterisk
My ISP (XS4ALL) is currently providing its clients with 1 or 2 optional VoIP numbers. I would’ve never imagined I would be setting VoIP up at home, but the mythical convergence box in my living room has VoIP capabilities — so why the hell not? (Why does a dog lick its balls?)
As VoIP calls are [...]
Quote Of The Week #26
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Things seem quiet on the front — and I almost forgot todays’ QOTW. Anyways, this week, Karl Marx gets some time in the spotlights, having once said the following:
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways. The point, however, is to change it.
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Bettie Serveert 15 year anniversary
| by in Arts & Poetry, Interesting Links, Music |
I just received an email from Fabchannel that they’re webcasting the 15 year anniversary concert of Bettie Serveert (Dutch band). I’m a long fan of Bettie Serveert — `Brain-Tag‘ in fact being my and my gf’s ‘song‘ (that’s some excellent guitar-playing).
But damn, my browser does not support Flash (well not the latest version anyways) and [...]
MythTV + MythStreams + lastFMProxy = fun too :)
Yesterday, one of my new colleagues pointed my attention to last.FM, an internet radio station. Well, there are plenty internet radio stations, but what sets this one apart from the rest is the fact that you can specify what songs you like, so that some kind of profile is created. I had already heard of [...]
Quote Of The Week #25
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Aesopus (or Aesop / Æsop), the ancient Greek writer, famous for his fables, has said many wise things therein. One of these is this weeks’ quote, coming from the short Bundle of Sticks:
Union gives strength.
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Pictures of my spanking new `convergence box‘
| by in Computers & Hardware |
OK this was the old set-up, the first three images being the devices then responsible for my entertainment.
The back-end (IBM300GL), the frontend (Compaq Presario R3000) partly visible on the left.
The DVD player, stereo receiver, VCR and additional radio tuner.
My old desktop upstairs as a storage node.
Combined — they looked kinda like this. You’ll note the [...]
Loose Change 2nd Edition to be aired on public Dutch TV
| by in Conspiracies, Freedom & Repression, History |
So I was waking up this morning, when some morning TV programme my girlfriend was watching, was discussing something that I heard of earlier, the initiative ditkannietwaarzijn.nl (tr. this can’t be true) to get more attention to the lies and deceit that we have come to know as 9/11.
Well, anyways, the most important thing that [...]
My new toy is fun :)
| by in Computers & Hardware |
Well, finally the most important part of my PVR project, the casing, arrived Saturday at about 15:00. Having some other obligations that day, sadly I couldn’t get around to it until the next day, last Sunday. The new kit should replace the MythTV functionality that is now spread over 3 boxes (a backend to record, [...]
