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I know I’ve neglected my weblog… After we got back from Portugal things have been a little (to say the least) hectic. More about that this weekend…
Anyway, our trip was great. We had some pretty good weather (even though when we left The Netherlands the sun was shining and we arrived in Portugal in the [...]

I’ve been busy the last week with assorted things, so I didn’t even get the chance to let you know I’ll be going away for an extended weekend to visit my parents in Portugal. It was Lisette’s idea and sort of a last minute thing…she thought of it two weeks ago. So now our bags [...]

April fools day is coming-up and I’m sure some of you are already thinking of ideas how to get back at colleagues, family, or just anyone at random. Well, I am, and I’ve already found some stuff that inspires me.

Over here we have Marco Borsato, who is, for lack of a better description, the Britney Spears of The Netherlands. He wins awards time after time, but he’s also the biggest sell-out appearing in numerous commercials and on every TV show you can think of. But still he makes every housewife feel like she is [...]

Last night’s broadcast of 60 minutes featured an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali. Ayaan is a member of Dutch parliament who has outspoken ideas about the Muslim religion (and that’s understating it). Last year she made the controversial 12-minute movie “Submission� in which the ground rules of the Muslim religion written in the Koran were [...]

I just did a creativity self-assesment and the above shows my score. The dotted line you see is that of the average person, the solid line shows my results.
I think I did pretty good. I consider myself a creative person and that’s shown in the chart. The only thing I don’t like is that I [...]

The weather people on TV are usually somewhat dull. Here we have Piet Paulusma who tries his best to make a little show of the weather, but he fails miserably at it every night. Maybe they use more puppets. Why not? After all, the Comic Insult Dog from the Conan O’Brien show does a pretty [...]

!@(nightphoto.jpg popimg: “Valentine crane”)If you want to learn how to make better pictures a night, check out the website of Anand Tech; they feature a great tutorial on how to make better pictures at night, and offer some great idea’s to try out. Personally I still want/have to try that painting with light thing!

Sometimes you think we have reached the epitome of what technology can bring us, and then without any warning whatsoever something or someone just exceeds all expectations you thought you could have had…
Live-shot is a new concept. You can challenge yourself and compare your skills to other members with our on-line target shooting. We have [...]

Saying no is always a hard thing to do for anyone, especially to a co-worker…let alone your boss. So how do you say no when you know you really should say no? Online organizing has an excellent post with expert advice on how to say no. Always handy when you are in a bind and [...]