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Geek
Wow, I am turning in a geek....
Just had my chat* on, microphone connected and somebody more than 2000 miles away could hear me perfectly speaking.
I could hear him loud and clear.
Didn't cost me a penny...
I guess the msn-updates on quality can be considered more than average.
Now I have to hook up my mum, my dad, my grandmum and the others...
I should tell Tamar, so she drops her expensive phonecalls...
And we can talk while I am in Belgium and she is here.
Being geek is not so bad after all...
* As Mac-freak I opt for the high-res iChat, but heck, the rest of the world doesn't Mac yet. (The program works also on PC, through AOL, but seems that most of the world chats on MSN...)
**Other option is Skype, which is peer-to-peer and for that reason, like iChat, better quality. Downloading and installing seems to stop a lot of people in using it. -though everybody updates its MSN again...
Posted on December 2, 2003
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L'Homme qui voulait classer le monde
[The man who wanted to classify the world]
The web that wasn't
In 1934, years before Vannevar Bush dreamed of the memex, decades before Ted Nelson coined the term hypertext, Paul Otlet envisioned a new kind of scholar's workstation: a moving desk shaped like a wheel, powered by a network of hinged spokes beneath a series of moving surfaces. The machine would let users search, read and write their way through a vast mechanical database stored on millions of 3x5 index cards.
This new research environment would do more than just let users retrieve documents; it would also let them annotate the relationships between one another, the connections each [document] has with all other [documents], forming from them what might be called the Universal Book.
Otlet imagined a day when users would access the database from great distances by means of an electric telescope connected through a telephone line, retrieving a facsimile image to be projected remotely on a flat screen.
In Otlet's time, this notion of networked documents was still so novel that no one had a word to describe these relationships, until he invented one: links.
Otlet envisioned the whole endeavor as a great réseauwebof human knowledge.
Check this, this and this if you want to know more on the man that imagined the internet years before it became reality.
Posted on December 23, 2003
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Pressfreedom
Posted on December 24, 2003
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Filles de gand
John mailed me this link: Les filles de Gand from Polyester.
He thinks Zabine and I are mentioned... grin.
Wonder how they would know me, since I am away since a year...
So, did you hear our names???
Googled Polyester but didn't find anything.
Anybody has more info, please mail.
Posted on December 29, 2003
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White places
While checking for a new flight for TLV, I came across some promo trips.
Guess TMR will envy any European when seeing these conditions:
In de ontdekking formule is het volgende inbegrepen: Verblijf van 7 dagen in de vakantiewoning, beddengoed, verblijfstaksen, skipas voor 6 dagen.
Translation of the most important things: In the Discovery Package included: staying of 7 days, ski pass for 6 days.
Location: French Alpes
Price: from 165 euro on.
Info: www.connections.be
(hey Filip, do I get a discount on my next flight for this promo??? grin)
Posted on December 29, 2003
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Photo contest
While busy giving free advertisement for Connections, I can give you this link: their photo contest.
Worth trying.
A nice free flight within Europe was my price...
Posted on December 29, 2003
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Today...
Today I woke up in a place...
They woke up in South Africa. [mpeg video, long loading...]
I'll have to wait a little longer for that day.
Posted on January 1, 2004
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Flattering article!
Today I bought the Focus (Dutch photo magazine) which is featuring the 10 most renomated Flemish photographers of the last years.
Never knew I was one of them!
Really flattering.
Posted on January 4, 2004
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Pand 19
Today my dad invited me to eat something.
'Where?' is the most common question to follow.
In cities like Ghent of Brussels, this question is asked because there are so many answers.
In a city like Grammont, the reason is different: you want to find a place which has nice atmosphere and where in the end of the evening you're not smelling like one big cigarette.
But Grammont has one: Pand 19. A great place on the market place.
Had the best spagetti since long.
And have to say: even better than many Ghentish places...
Posted on January 4, 2004
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Shortfilmfestival
Ohad is one of my friends in Tel Aviv. He has had a documentary film education in the University. And truly, I love his shortfilms.
So I promised him to look for shortfilmfestivals in Belgium.
Courtisane is one of those shortfilmfestivals, started 2 years ago in Ghent, it kind of looked very experimental, but meanwhile they are on the good way to become a reference in Belgium.
They have a competition with as deadline March 2004. Fitst price 6000 euro.
So hurry up!
More info click here
Posted on January 8, 2004
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1984
Everybody knows I am an Apple freak. Everybody knows I want an new comp soon... So Apple Macworld San Francisco was THE moment to see new releases of Apple, updates of their Pbooks, or whatever.
So this girl was quite following the events on Jan 7th, following the rumors the days before. -You are smiling right now, but wait the next years, I am sure Tim and John will become the same...-
Macworld SF didn't had the things I expected -why would I want a new ipod?- Seems Apple is going for software now: ilife and final cut express.
(Fyi I want an update of the G4 12 inch Pbook: urgently needed Bluetooh inside, and fast firewire 800, ddr 366ram, and ATI instead of NVIDIA)
But showing this advertisement of 20 years ago, featuring their first Apple, shows that they were always ahead in marketing.
-Originally from Ridley Scott, and now slightly modified, with an ipod implemented-
An even bigger marketingstunt would be: 'Apple introducing something totally new on this January 24th...'
Posted on January 8, 2004
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Bush in 30 seconds
Check these adds and smile.
My favorite is this one, John, we have something in common.
But have to admit: this one is convincing because of the truth...
Not only Europeans are against policies of certain political persons, also Americans, and not only any American.
Americans with brains.
Read this: 7 good reasons why they say so...
Posted on January 14, 2004
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Creative Pool
We can say a lot of things about AD!DICT (like they don't publish on promised dates and the 4-period only is released twice a year, etc. etc.).
But we do have to admit that they try to do nice stuff for the new artists/individual designers.
This time they organize a fair for freelancers.
A pity I am not in Belgium at that time, would loved to be there to present MasTuVu
Posted on January 15, 2004
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Cultuurnet Vlaanderen
While looking for more info on 'Hoe subsidies te krijgen' and other stuff, I found this one.
Culturenet Flanders, surely just born, but promising. (Heck, they are cooperating with Microsoft...)
But what I was looking for: a databank of young Flemish artist, I don't find.
(With next to it, all info on sponsoring etc.)
Time to offer a similar idea as Photoblog to the government, I think...
Posted on January 15, 2004
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Sponsoring
And off course I found some info on sponsoring...
For those who wonder as much as I, check these (all in Flemish):
*Culture in Flanders on site of Flemish Government (link to everything)
*Sponsoring of new artists
*Newsletter on Temporary Art and the Flemish Government
(I am just putting it here as a reminder, so wherever, whenever, I can check)
Posted on January 15, 2004
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Max Brenner
A chocolate bar. Imagine. Should be paradise for me. (Yepyep a real Belgian girl, that's me...)
(But only one has to wait for paradise to long, it can get upsetting..)
Anyway, Tamar took me to Max Brenner's chocolat paradise, their was a queue to this heaven and afterwards I have to say, it was almost worth it.
Great food, and delicious moka-chocolate drink.
We, belgians, should envy it is an Israeli and not a Belgian who came up with this idea.
And off course it is the packaging that does it all.
Guess Neuhaus should go more to this...
[Tamar with suckaoid]
[Suckaoid, you'd love to have this one, though I prefer the nice cups even more]
Posted on January 17, 2004
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A Photograph Is Not an Opinion. Or Is It?
-copyright Susan Sontag-
We assume a world with a boundless appetite for images, in which people, women and men, are eager to surrender themselves to the camera. But it is worth recalling that there are parts of the world where being photographed is something off-limits to women. In a few countries, where men have been mobilized for a veritable war against women, women scarcely appear at all. The imperial rights of the camera--to gaze at, to record, to exhibit anyone, anything--are an exemplary feature of modern life, as is the emancipation of women. And just as the granting of more and more rights and choices to women is a measure of a society's embrace of modernity, so the revolt against modernity initiates a rush to rescind the meager gains toward participation in society on equal terms with men won by women, mostly urban, educated women, in previous decades. In many countries struggling with failed or discredited attempts to modernize, there are more and more covered women.
by Susan Sontag
Read more - see pics of Annie Leibovitz (of book 'Women')
Posted on January 18, 2004
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Tools
I found somewhere this interesting tool: google translates your website in another language...
Check this page in French, German, Spanish, Italian, and even Portuguese
A pity it doesn't exist in Dutch yet, my father would be soooo happy...
Tx google...
Posted on January 24, 2004
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Coolville makes my day
Everythime a new comic appears on his site, I can't stop grinning.
He's superb, and it really makes me smile everytime.
Thanks Steve!
Posted on January 24, 2004
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Harrison's Flowers
I don't know if I mentioned this movie before...
I saw it yesterday, probably for the third or the fourth time.
Amazing.
Some year ago I took it in the 'videotheque', mainly because it was a movie on a warphotographer. A lovestory how the wife of a famous photographer goes in search for her husband when he dissapears in Bosnia.
A wonderful story on how little people know about what is happening in the front.
This movie might have a love story as subject, during the whole movie the amazing story of a war is been told. The struggle of the photographers, the things they see, experience and the fact that they report.
We feel uncomfortable seeing one of the photographers starting to picture cruel events, seeing them going to the frontlines to catch the news.
But then again the necessity in them showing the world.
The movie also touches the mediaworld, showing how money rules this business. How reporters for the big agencies get all the luxury and the freelancers have to take the big risks.
But most of all it shows the cruelty of this war in the Balkan.
Everybody always talks about the Holocaust. But do we realize what happened only few years ago in our backyard?
Will we ever recognize?
Will we admit that NATO and UN did one of the biggest mistakes sofar, letting things happen while watching it...
A must-see movie... Watch the trailer here.
Posted on January 27, 2004
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Mars
From today on Mars won't be any longer just the candy that you buy when urgently in need for chocolate -and no Cote d'or nearby-
No, from today on Mars will be a planet that we know.
A planet that looks pretty dusty, but according to scientists once had water.
And ice.
Curious to hear about their discoveries.
Maybe there was once life there...
Nice extract from an article to think about:
I don't know how many people really and truly understand this, but we live in the year 2004. That is almost 40 years since the time of the design and production of the Apollo Command/Service Module and Lunar Excursion Module. When our forefathers went to the Moon in the dawn of the space age, it was with the computer equivalent of stone knives and bear skins. It is truly mind boggling to the modern computer engineer that we were able to go to the Moon with the hardware and software developed from scratch back then.
This is not to disparage but to honor those who made Apollo happen because in doing it, and in the aftermath of that program, many of those people went on to be a part of the revolution exemplified by Silicon Valley (my meaning here encompasses the whole American semiconductor and computer industry). Fast forward forty years and it looks like the engineering and technology from Silicon Valley has what it takes to make this new space era happen.
In 1969 the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM) sported the most advanced and compact computer built up to that time. It had 16k of RAM and a keyboard to type commands and instructions in machine code in real time. It had a small monitor to display data. It could control the navigation and flight of the LEM using radar data as well as transfer that telemetry in real time back to NASA on the Earth. It had a processing speed of more than a hundred thousand instructions per second. It was a remarkable computer in every respect. However... compared to now, it was so primitive!
Posted on January 27, 2004
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Linking contexts
I should have mentioned this long time before.
But sometimes I am pretty lazy when it comes to update this site's links.
So to all those readers that have their own website: feel free to link your site.
Add it by going to Linking Context in the menu above, and add your url.
Tx.
Posted on January 28, 2004
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Camera Obscura: Dirkon paper camera
Still in search of interesting things, I was looking 'how to make a camera obscura' (Of course I know how to, but guidance and already made classes are conveniant...)
I came upon this Dirkon paper camera, out of the soviet union....
Superb.
So, see me sitting with glue and cardboard...
(More on camera obscura here, and one made from a coffeecan)
Posted on January 31, 2004
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Like SNOWblog, but in Africa
Posted on January 31, 2004
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'Crime Scenes'
[©Weegee]
I am doing some research on a new project I have in mind.
Weegee came across.
His story is amazing: the guy installed a policeradio in the trunk of his car, so he knew what happened where. he was always the first one on the scene, and ready to take pictures.
Very often he arrived before the police even did.
He is called to be the first paparazzi ever.
His famous pictures are on murder scenes.
Worth to take a look...
Posted on February 3, 2004
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Talking between pc and mac
Finally!!!!
Mac and AIM released the first voice-chatting software that goes cross-platform. (let's drop the other very obscure programs we had to use before...)
Or MSN will follow, or loose some users.
My family is changing into AIM I guess...
So start downloading the new iChat (for maccers) or AIM (for PC)
Posted on February 5, 2004
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Antarctic winds...
Yesterday I finished the book "In the teeth of the wind", by the Belgians Alain Hubert and Dixie Dansecour (well, yesterday I started it aswell...)
An amazing story of crossing the South Pole by feet... The journey took them 99 days and amazing strength and power.
I just couldn't stop reading.
There is nothing in the book but stories of their struggle and their pain, about the beauty of the nature, about trouble, no hope, and suddenly hope.
And achieving. Achieving what you wanted.
It makes us small in this universe...
Posted on February 11, 2004
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Deng setup
While checking the CIA-files on China I came across this one:
For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences. But in the 19th and early 20th centuries, China was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. After World War II, the Communists under MAO Zedong established a dictatorship that, while ensuring China's sovereignty, imposed strict controls over everyday life and cost the lives of tens of millions of people. After 1978, his successor DENG Xiaoping gradually introduced market-oriented reforms and decentralized economic decision-making. Output quadrupled by 2000. Political controls remain tight while economic controls continue to be relaxed.
My conclusion: the whole breakdown of MAO magazine and their 'cry' for money etcetc. was FAKE and planned.
The name of their new -not free- magazine tells us... DENG. A market-oriented profile...
Right. What a big marketingstunt. They did well, I guess.
Got their kind of sympathy of the people with a boy-scout magzine (with indeed some good articles, but also a lot of junk. I guess they will become collector items soon) Now the same people are paying for the magazine.
Chapeau.
Posted on February 12, 2004
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Out of the news: Valentine in SF
The mayor of San Fransico decided that gay marriage should be possible and did this during this Valentine weekend...
Pictures here
Posted on February 14, 2004
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Witold Riedel
[©Witold Riedel-NYC]
Today I was googling for Apples in NYC, ending up at Witolds site.
I guess it is a pretty famous site, since Movable Type features it.
And I have to say: it is a beautiful one, I even sneaked into his templates months ago to understand how MT-templates work.
And as in many cases, one stays reading on such a site...
Not only are we mailing now, on apples in NYC, I found these amazing interesting articles that have exactly to do with what I am busy with.
I guess TMR was looking strange when I popped into her office 'I found it, I found it' Not talking about the shop anymore, but on words that have to be hand in this Sunday. Words for my ending work at Bezalel.
Tx Witold. Maybe we should sit together and have a coffee next week...
Visit his site: www.witoldriedel.com
Posted on February 18, 2004
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Female Persuasion
(c Kim Winderman)
This one is for Moko and John.
And John, as for your idea... YPU.org is releasing a new selection of photographers soon. So maybe we should hurry them up. (Remark: some of our bloggers our in too!)
Posted on February 22, 2004
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Orkut
It is a buzz in internetland: Orkut. Hosted by Google, and you have to be invited to come in. But what happens once your in?
No clue...
Ok, have to admit, had a very interesting conversation with Clo Willaerts, someone behind Mobile.be
Is it this linking that will become important, or are we just integrated in another linking network, where I forgot in how many linking networks I am since no one ever works...
Let's hope Orkut is better.
I mean, I thought the aim is to get faster and easier connection to everybody, not that it meant that I have to spent all my time on the web to meet everybody...
Posted on March 8, 2004
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Blogging in 1850's
Imagine... Imagine that blog s were existing already in 1800 and we could now read how people then made the first pictures.
I just started to read fragment out of a journal of a John Werge (The Evolution of Photography)
NEW YORK
WHAT a wonderful place New York is for photographic galleries! Their number is legion, and their size is mammoth. Everything is "mammoth." Their saloons" are mammoth. Their "skylights" are mammoth. Their "tubes," or lenses, are mammoth. Their "boxes," or cameras, are mammoth; and mammoth is the amount of business that is done in some of those "galleries." The "stores" of the dealers in photographic "stock" are mammoth; and the most mammoth of all is the "store" of Messrs. E. & H. T. Anthony, on Broadway. This establishment is one of the many palaces of commerce on that splendid thoroughfare. The building is of iron, tall and graceful, of the Corinthian order, with Corinthian pilasters, pillars, and capitals. It is five storeys high, with a frontage of about thirty feet, and a depth of two hundred feet, running right through the "block" from Broadway to the next street on the west side of it. This is the largest store of the kind in New York; I think I may safely say, in either of the two continents, east or west, containing a stock of all sorts of photographic goods, from "sixpenny slides" to "mammoth tubes," varying in aggregate value from one-hundred-and-fifty thousand to two hundred thousand dollars. The heads of the firm are most enterprising, one taking the direction of the commercial department, and the other the scientific and experimental. Nearly all novelties in apparatus and photographic requisites pass through this house into the hands of our American confreres of the camera, and not unfrequently find their way to the realms of Queen Victoria on both sides of the Atlantic.
I guess I wished I read this before I went to NYC, so I could look this building up
Wouldnt it be great to follow the journals of a guy in 1800 these days?
Maybe I should do it once, as a project
Grin.
Posted on March 9, 2004
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Techniques of the Observer
Yesterday I had an interesting talk with my teacher (and artist) Nahum Tevet.
I am working on my camera obscura for the final exhibition in May.
The reason I am building it is quite complex but can be summarized as: "the relation between image and reality"
Nahum advised me to read a book of Crary.
I googled it:
CRARY ARGUES that what principally matters regarding vision is not its biological or physiological truth but the degree to which and ways that vision is located in history and historical processes. Of central importance is the relation between vision and the formation of the modern human subject. Crary links vision and visuality to the changing perceptions of human subjectivity and identity. He would seem to agree with Nelson Goodman's argument that the advent of photography was one technological development that altered the entire episteme for viewing art and images. It commensurately altered human consciousness. Like Nelson Goodman (The Languages of Art), Crary finds that the observer is changed by such developments, becoming "the site of certain practices, techniques, institutions, and procedures of subjectification" (5). Crary looks at the historical development of certain optical devices like the camera obscura and the stereoscope not just as instruments of visuality, but as larger rationalizations for reshaping the human faculty of sight. These instrumentsóon the face of it mundane, domestic itemsóreorient the organization of vision and positive observation in terms of their mechanical operation, effectively changing the visual perceptions of their human operators. This book provides a thought-provoking response to Goodman's basic question of how photography changed the way that we view art and the world that surrounds it. (Brent Whitmore.)
I hope Amazon let's the book arrives before the exhibition ends...
Posted on March 15, 2004
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Fotovision
Received a mail from Fotovision
What they do?
Well... just give documentary workshops.
It is not exactly 'just', since the last one will be given by James Nachtwey...
If only Photoblog could make us enter to those things...
-Working on that one...-
Posted on March 16, 2004
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Photobiennale
Where? Luik in Belgium
What? Photobiennale
More info?
De vierde biënnale van de fotografie heeft een vrolijk karakter. De tentoonstellingen zijn lichtvoetig. Diepzinnigheden worden er gerelativeerd met humor. De vorige biënnales werden mee georganiseerd door de musea van Charleroi en Antwerpen. Deze keer deden de jonge Luikse organisatoren het zelf, een beetje roekeloos, nonchalant, kinderlijk zelfs.
De Fotografiebiënnale in Luik omvat twintig tentoonstellingen in het centrum van de stad en loopt nog tot 31 maart. Een goed vertrekpunt is de Salle Saint Georges, En Feronstrée 96.
Posted on March 16, 2004
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Spam...
Probably most bloggers recently got involved in the spamming problem.
Me as well... Awful.
I have to be busy with deleting comments all the time. Grrrr.
Movable Type immediatly knew that this could be the end of its services and decided to look for solutions. They are alpha-testing Type-key, a user-based comment-controlling system.
Well for sure, this is what I would pay for!
As soon as the beta launches, this girl is integrating it.
I guess in the near future this is something where photoblog will have to lay an eye on too...
Or maybe just integrate this free-service?
Posted on March 23, 2004
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Geourl: thoughts on Meta
Today while browsing through all kinds of things for Photoblog, I found this one:
Geo URL.
Awful lay-out indeed...
It looks for you for blogs and url that are based near to you, and it is mainly implemented by bloggers.
By this link, you find people that are near to me.
The funny thing is that these links aren't based upon common interest, like other searchengines do, or not by name, but by location.
So maybe you just find people that are living near to you.
By now, I think the tool is not yet developed enough.
I won't be interested in somebody because he is living near me. But once there will be a combination of things, like interest AND place, then we are talking.
Imagine that you have a list of people interested in photography and located near to you... Sounds more appealing, right?
The use of Meta's in to websites, is something I see to develop itself very soon.
Because the web is like one garbage bin, and we have to organize it as good as possible.
More and more sites are using this integration of Meta's, to be able to locate sites in their searchengines.
To all the blogging-companies: I suggest that you integrate many of these tools into your interface. Backoffices that allow to add all these information and automaticly add it to the head.
The same thing to those url-forwardingsystems.
Can't be so difficult to add extra fields, when you are able to add keywords, and titles....
Posted on March 25, 2004
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Man who measures the clouds
©Michiel Hendryckx
While a head that doesn't stop hurting and thinking races through the internet, sometimes nice thoughts really lead to something...
And suddenly I wanted to show this piece of art. Probalby after surfing on Badhairsboy site and seeing some other stuff elsewhere
Found an interesting link on Belgian Contemporary art.
Discussing: "Belgium has no identity." Some of the issues behind this statement involve the complexity of the Belgian government--involving at least six different governmental bureaucracies, as well as the cultural community---with two different official languages spoken.
The Belgian artists, in contrast, seem to be gathering bits of the everyday world to put into the viewers space--as a way of re-presenting existing reality
It is a funny remark, because my camera obscura is doing the same thing. And I am surprised to read that Ann Veronica Janssens did a similar thing with "Corps Noir 2000"
The experience of a visitor can be read here Something I should read and reread again and again...
An interview with Jan Fabre here and one in Dutch on the search for Utopia here
The whole article on Belgian Contemporary Art here
Posted on March 29, 2004
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Google on your site
Well it is possible.
Like this.
Posted on March 30, 2004
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Quote of the day
"Imagine if Palestinians said, `O.K., we give California to Canada,' Americans should stop wondering why they have so little credibility in the Middle East."
Michael Tarazi, a legal adviser for the Palestine Liberation Organization.
The whole article here
Posted on April 15, 2004
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Politik
Look at earth from outer space
Everyone must find the place
Give me time and give me space
Give me real, don't give me fake
Give me strength, reserve control
Give me heart and give me soul
Give me time give us a kiss
Tell me your own Politik
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Just open up your eyes
Give me one, 'cos one is best
And in confusion, confidence
Give me peace of mind and trust
And don't forget the rest of us
Give me strength, reserve control
Give me time and give me soul
Wounds that heal and cracks that fix
Oh Love, tell me your own politik
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Open up your eyes
Just open up your eyes
Coldplay - Politik
Posted on April 18, 2004
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Blogging
De Standaard has launched a blog today....
A little dissapointing to me. Very random and 'light' news.
I know that the blogging culture has many apects, and 'light' is one of them when we see the flood of 'entertaining'blogs.
Yet there are others....
Journalistic blogs like 'Back to Iraq'
I quote:
President Bush said on Tuesday night that he still intended to turn over control to a government in Iraq by June 30. (Stephen Crowley/The New York Times)Which is part of the problem for Americans and their media, politics and discourses. Weve become way too polarized as to how we view the world, with barely an attempt to see whats really happening. Im guilty of it, and, truth be told, since I got back from Iraq in April last year, Ive also promoted this polarization. Right-wing, pro-war folks by and large have their universe of friends and media in which to swim. The flip-side is true for the left as well although were not nearly as well-funded.
So Im trying to get back to just reporting. Like I said, Im trying to pitch an interview I did with a senior aide to Sayyid Sistani and when that happens, Ill post the transcript. And when I go back to Iraq, Ill keep the commentary to a minimum. Things are bad there, but maybe theyre not as bad as most people on the left seem to think. Right-wing bloggers and their fellow travelers certainly seem to think so.
Or maybe its worse than we even imagine. The point is that I dont know, and the reason Im going is because I want to find out. And I want to tell you about it. A reporter should be able to hold an opinion that Bush in an idiot and his policies are disastrous and yet be able to acknowledge successes and report the events of the day. I did it during the war and Ill do it again. The corollary to this is that the readers need to understand that as well: that reporters are human, we have our ideas, and most of us are trying our best to find out the truth.
Finally we get to meet the guys behind the abbreviations. The person behind the journalist.
And only for that it is worth to donate them money...
Posted on April 20, 2004
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Exhibition in SMAK
Yesterday I received the newletter of Les Nuits Tout Court, they are organizing the % years of SMAK activities.
When I look at it, I miss Ghent... Attending the party in the park would be for sure one of the things of this summer.
When checking the SMAK site, i found out that Sam Durant is presenting his works.
It is the same Sam Durant from which I attended a lecture in Bezalel some months ago.
I can only recommend you to go and see the exhibit, and how he integrated political art in a very nice way.
Posted on April 25, 2004
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Movable Type goes paying
Movable Type (the blog software on which this blog is running) goes commercial.
I don't have any problem with that. For this installation I already payed them (25 $, which is a bargain, and they installed the stuff for me, what need one more?)
I think it is commercially recommended to go paying, we are living in a world that needs it. You want quality, you pay for it.
iTunes music store is the proof that people are willing to pay if things are conveniant.
Way to go MT, if that means more good features, I stay tuned (as for photos I am addicted to my PhotoBlog off course ;) )
Posted on May 18, 2004
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Layla Aerts exhibits
Togo in pictures
by Layla Aerts
from May 29 till September 2
In Sfinkscafe Antwerp
pic by Layla Aerts
Posted on May 25, 2004
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The photographs are us
For a long time -- at least six decades -- photographs have laid down the tracks of how important conflicts are judged and remembered. The Western memory museum is now mostly a visual one. Photographs have an insuperable power to determine what we recall of events, and it now seems probable that the defining association of people everywhere with the war that the United States launched pre-emptively in Iraq last year will be photographs of the torture of Iraqi prisoners by Americans in the most infamous of Saddam Hussein's prisons, Abu Ghraib.
Susan Sontag writes this stunning article of the impact pictures in our daily life.
Photoblogging has a big impact these days.
Read the article here
Posted on May 27, 2004
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Questionmark.
'Zijn er slechte en goeie foto's? Nee, er bestaan enkel kutfoto's en foto's met kloten.
Posted on May 27, 2004
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Vote for the radio reportage...
Recently I was heard in a reportage on Radio 1.
This summer they'll do a review on the year. You can vote for the ones you wan to hear again.
The reportage in Daheisheh is one of those who can be selected.
Vote here when you want to hear it again.
Posted on May 29, 2004
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Quote
The person who said that "a picture is worth a thousand words" was wrong - they missed the point.
Photography is a language, a form of communication in its own right that doesn't bear comparison with any other.
(Award-winning British photographer and documentary filmmaker David Modell)
Posted on May 30, 2004
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Real photography.
I felt compelled to go, to do whatever I could as a journalist to be a witness to the countrys ongoing struggle to rebuild a civil society. Although I began my career as a print journalist, working for the Christian Science Monitor as a staff writer and later as a freelancer for the New York Times, Rolling Stone and Fast Company, by the year 2000 I was well into a career transition into photography and had been ready for some time to take on a long-term documentary project.
Sara Terry a real photodocumentarist.
Posted on June 1, 2004
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Karama: summercamp
Karama is organizing a summercamp.
For that reason they are collecting money. More than 300 children will attempt the activities and day trips.
80 euro allows one kid to have 18 days of fun, food and friends to share with.
Please don't hesitate and click the button in the right to give them something.
I will go and teach to a group of 12 a 4 day-workshop of photography and together we will try to make a little newspaper, which we will post online.
More soon, or on their website.
Posted on June 7, 2004
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SNairlines summerpromotions
Posted on June 8, 2004
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Vivian Lives
Yesterday I bought a book.
'The autobiography of Vivian'
The back says:
The amazing thing is that the site mentioned starts where the books end, in a weblog.
A great fiction story that is just to juicy not to follow...
Great idea.
But why not a real story? Why is everybody these days inventing imaginary personas?
Posted on June 9, 2004
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Great travel ideas...
On the da Vinci Trail
A. Three tour companies, at least, have grabbed onto this Holy Grail novel's very popular coattails.
The most complete and true to the book's itinerary is On the Trail of ''The Da Vinci Code'' by Beyond Boundaries Travel, 830 North Tejon Street, Suite 150, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80903; (800) 487-1136 or at www.beyondboundariestravel.com.
A great way to have a trip. Based upon a book.
Soon PhotoBlog trips based upon photography...
We let you know.
Posted on June 9, 2004
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Tools for an easier life...
Today I found this site
PhotoToTypePad is an iPhoto plugin that enables posting of photos directly to TypePad photo albums.
Manage your photos with iPhoto, then when you are ready, easily upload them to your TypePad photo album.
Simple.
This is for example a tool that PhotoBlog-users would LOVE.
It would be soooo simple just to select a series of pictures and upload them straight into the right cathegory. With correct titles and everything.
We should think in further development of this.
Posted on June 9, 2004
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Entrepeneurs...
Corporate practices and management styles have an impact on society, which is why a companys responsibilities go well beyond its immediate business environment. We therefore need to create a dialogue which focuses on the companys role as a citizen.
This dialogue will debate the issue of how companies, together with public institutions, civil organizations, etc. interact in the network they belong to. It will also examine power relations between governments and large corporations and multinationals.
Sounds interesting doesn't it. More citizen-like business. Always been waiting for that.
Posted on June 9, 2004
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Visit a virtual jail
The German Tegel-jail can be visited online
But that is not everything...
You can by jail-clothes online.
A new gadget!
Buy now.
Posted on June 9, 2004
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Bezalel-mfa.net
A site I designed for the exhibition in Bezalel. Enjoy.
Posted on June 10, 2004
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Good lecture for lonely nights
On 1st June 2004, Magnum Photos releases M, a self-published magazine devoted to photography and its issues. The idea is to create a collection of magazines, each issue borne out of a renewed approach, developing the idea of confrontation in a variety of forms. Depending on the concept guiding each issue, M will consist of existing works and/or new production, by Magnum photographers and artists from outside the agency. In the same spirit, personalities from other artistic fields (literature, cinema, visual arts ) will be invited to add their own interpretations of the published photographic works.
Bi-annual and bilingual, M will be internationally distributed through art bookshops.
Posted on June 10, 2004
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Eye of the low countries
Eye of the low countries is a site that features photojournalists of the 'low countries' (Belgium and the Netherlands)
They recently did an entire update of the site.
Somewhere I am featured too...
Posted on June 10, 2004
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Apple did it again
While we are wondering and waiting for the next videoPod, Apple announces its portable wireless connection. With integration of Airtunes.
While everybody is looking for the possibilities of the iPod into your stereo, I see this application as a simple easy Airport Base station that is easy to care and to install. Meaning that I can have wireless connection EVERYWHERE (where there is ethernetcable)
To me this sounds as music in my ears.
Because the hanging around with cables and a portable makes it rather not so portable. Right...
Posted on June 10, 2004
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New series on Eye..
Only mentioned some days ago on this site and today a new series is online.
See it here
©Ine Dehandschutter, Rafah 2004
Posted on June 11, 2004
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Commenting possible
It was moving to the new MT 3.0 or changing to TypePad.
It became the last one.
I have to make some changes in the design -following theirs is a little bit too much of the same in my eyes- but hey we are running again.
And better then before.
These days I am working on the design of some portfolios, which will be online soon.
Welcome on Mo(nu)ments.nu. Nothing has changed, yet what yo don't see: more power in tha house...
Oh and yes: commenting is possible again. (yes emailadress is requested, but anti spam is being built in)
Posted on June 24, 2004
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Ben eats the cancer...
The nine-year-old Ben with leukaemia has inspired a video game to help children understand and deal with cancer.
In the game the player faces monsters representing the side effects of cancer. A fever monster throws fireballs, a giant, evil chicken represents chicken pox and a robot called Robarf hurls a green gooey mess - the sickness most children with cancer will face.
While they can be battered by the monsters and have to use up some of their health to destroy the cancer cells, the player cannot be killed off in the game.
Ben insisted on this, in order to send a clear message to other children.
"I just want them to learn what the medicine is doing to their body and how it's helping it," he explained.
"And I hope that they'll learn not to give up, to stick with it or you won't make any progress. And to just hang in there and have fun."
To play Ben's Game, go to
www.makewish.org/ben where you can download the game, as well as read messages from Ben and find out more about the project.
Posted on June 28, 2004
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Apple does it again.
Apple has new cinema displays, and unlike the others, these are georgeous! Can't wait to connect my little 12 inch to such a widescreen, or watch the last good dvd on such a screen.
No more television for me. A wireless internet-connection and a Pbook, together with a good set of earphones. That's all one needs. A bed and a desk.
After trying to get the most efficient way to travel as a digital nomad -see my backpack with Pbook 12, and D10+wide angle lense(the last one still stolen)-, now I am focussing again on how to make the most compact design for a small appartment.
Because small it will be...
Still focussing on travelling around as much as possible.
More on Apple's site
Posted on June 29, 2004
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Out of somebody elses diary...
wow.
michael moore's 'fahrenheit 9-11' was the highest grossing movie in the u.s last week, even though it only opened on 800-ish screens.
that's amazing.
and bush's approval rating is at a new low, 42 percent.
and most pollsters believe that an incumbent president with an approval rating below 50 percent at this stage in the election cycle can't expect to win re-election. it's nice to have some good news.
but we can't get complacent, cos the bush camp have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend and they're not in any way restrained by any notions of decency or civility.
so, with the bush camp like a cornered dog, it's safe to say that they're going to get as awful and vicious as they did with john mccain in south carolina in 2000 and with max leland in 2002.
we can all relax in november when the democrats have re-taken the house and senate and when john kerry has won the election, but for the next four months we need to be diligent and vigilant, and we need to work even harder to get rid of bush and his nefarious administration.
and if you haven't seen fahrenheit 9-11 then please go see it.
the most disturbing scene for me is still the raw footage of bush sitting for 10 minutes doing nothing after being told that terrorists had flown a plane into the 2nd tower of the world trade center.
oh, sorry, he wasn't doing nothing, he was reading a book about a goat that was intended for 6 year olds.
Out of Moby's blog
Posted on June 30, 2004
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Art gallery online
Today i found this new concept. Great idea. Buy Art-prints online to use in your cafe or other stuff. Could be a good concept. If they have the right contacts...
Check it: Blaugallery
Posted on July 5, 2004
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Looking for a job in Israel/Palestine?
Via een mail van Dominique Claeys, ben ik te weten gekomen dat Ma'an, een Palestijnse NGO, op zoek is naar een vrijwilliger (www.maan-ctr.org).
Voorwaarden:
-Belg
-Goeie kennis Engels
-5 tal maand beschikbaar zijn
Graag hadden ze wat ervaring gehad in projectvoorstellen schrijven of PR.
Ik zou zo zeggen spread the news of waag zelf je kans. Ze zijn gebaseerd in Ramallah, je kan daar wonen of je kan in Jeruzalem wonen en elke dag door Qalandia Checkpoint gaan.
Enfin, gelieve jullie CVs (motivatiebrief is ook aan te raden) door te sturen naar haar, zie adres hieronder of naar mij, maar dan naar volgende adressen: Dominique@mend-pal.org of dominiqueclaeys@yahoo.com.
I am attaching the job description for the volunteer position. I do not have very much information, but what I do have in terms of the compensation:
§ At least 500 Euros compensation, with more depending on experience and qualifications
§ Round trip ticket, Belgium to Tel Aviv
§ Health insurance and pension
§ Assistance for education of children, if applicable
More information is available on the website at www.solsoc.be (the website is in French)
Please send me any CVs that you think might work, and feel free to give out this email address.
Best regards,
Meg Audette
MA'AN Development Center
Ramallah-Jenin-Salfeet-Gaza
(972 2) 295-4451, ext. 109
meg@maan-ctr.org
Posted on July 5, 2004
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Harrison's Flowers
Probably mentioned before, but just doing it again: beautiful movie on the reality of wars, and on the impact of media in our world. TO SEE!
More + trailer here
Posted on July 5, 2004
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Fahrenheit 9/11
Not only the film is controversial... Also Moore's statement that is can be distributed for free, he won't press charges against people.
The controversial film--like virtually every new release--has been circulating online for days.
The online flap may say more about the often-conflicting desires of creators and their business agents than it does about the political debate over Moore's film. While studios and record labels have uniformly excoriated unauthorized sharing of movies and music online, many artists--particularly those eager for the propagation of their political messages--have sent more mixed messages.
Moore's own comments came in an interview, clips of which have been floating around the Net at least since January.
"I don't agree with copyright laws, and I don't have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it...as long as they're not trying to make a profit off my labor," Moore said in that interview, comparing file sharing to a person sharing a purchased DVD with a friend. "I make these movies and books and TV shows because I want things to change, and so the more people who get to see them, the better."
Good marketing, I say..
See the trailer here
Track full versions through Google...
Posted on July 6, 2004
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Karama site
Yes it took me a while, but finally, just before leaving, everything went well. The site is ready. Yasser is busy with the Arabic version ;)
To visit at www.karama.org
Posted on July 6, 2004
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Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism. An amazing documentary about Fox News and the danger of corporations controlling news. There is a QT and a Windows Media trailer online. There is a New York Times article about producer Robert Greenwald's unique method of distributing the documentary, selling the DVD for distribution through political action groups.
As the Times article describes, Greenwald’s style for distributing documentaries may be the beginning of something new — political criticism, using interviews and clips, making a strong political point, distributed through DVDs and political action groups. (See some other examples here). On what theory does he, and others, have the right to use such material without permission? On the free culture theory we call the First Amendment: Copyright law must, the Court told us in Eldred, embed “fair use”; “fair use” is informed by First Amendment values; the values of the First Amendment most relevant here are those expressed in New York Times v. Sullivan. As with news-gathering, critical political filmmaking needs a buffer zone of protection against the overreaching of the law. And if the potential of this medium — now liberated by digital technology — is to be realized, we need clear precedents that establish that critics have the freedom to criticize without having to hire a lawyer first.Comment - TrackBack [Found on Joi Ito's Web]
Pretty interesting for my paper...
Posted on July 13, 2004
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Macs, Music Boost Apple's Profits
Apple Computer more than triples its quarterly earnings compared with the same period last year. Sales of Macs, iPods and iTunes all contributed to the profit. [through Wired News]
Well, who said that music and the internet didn't do anything good? Apple turns the p2p downloaders into offcial buyers, and gets the market.
Sony and the rest are way beyond...
Posted on July 15, 2004
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The New Feedster is LIVE
“Feedster is a rapidly growing news search engine that provides easy access to relevant and up-to-date information. Mainstream information providers, as well as hundreds of thousands of weblogs, are syndicating their information using a newly popular XML syndication standard called RSS (Really Simple Syndication). By combining professional journalism and individual commentary, Feedster is the first to utilize RSS and weblog content as a new format to enhance traditional news syndication. By filtering millions of specialized and continuously updated data sources, Feedster provides fresh news and opinion and we project that feedster.com will be one of the top ten news sites by Q2 2005.” [Lockergnome's RSS Resource]
This is indeed the case: newsreader will be the future of the web.
only 2 weeks with NetNewsWire and I am already an addict...
Posted on July 15, 2004
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Skype rocks
10 minutes on a mobile to Israel: 12 euro...
Knowing Tamar and Yasser is a little bit problematic since they tend to like talking :°)
But hey we have Skype.
Skype offers you a service from computer to phone and the charge/minute is as little as 0.07 euro.
0.07 euro!!!! It let me talk for 30 min with the one and 30 min with the other for as little as 5 euro. And both to their MOBILES!
It is a break through and as the chairman of PChome Online, Mr.Jan said “The potential of the Internet as a voice communications platform is finally being recognized, and it is going to radically change the telecommunications industry as we know it.
I think it will radically change MY telecommunication way...
Byebye high telephonebills. -who needed a cellphone anyway?-
Posted on July 17, 2004
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Moblogging Extreme!
Is AvantSoap art? Because we can't quite see the drama. Either way, it is a sign of things to come.
The idea behind AvantSoap is simple: a digital media group was asked to produce something for a gallery in the Netherlands. However instead of producing something to bring to Amsterdam, they're bringing visitors to them. Why should digital or new genre art interest the Feature? Because the four artists throughout Europe have collaborated on a loose script which will play out over constant stills taken with cameraphones and transmitted to a server at the gallery which compiles the story and displays the pictures.
The project just began a few days ago, so no clear story lines have emerged yet. And while it's difficult to pick out the drama (this an "avant soap," after all), it's easy to see that cameraphones are being used to create a cost effective, highly personal story. This media is surely young, two dimensional and even dull today. But it is clearly evocative of the intensely immersive or exciting personal experiences of Neal Stephenson's science fiction.
As cameras become more ubiquitous and the cost of transmission nears zero, anyone who wants to becomes an always-on TV show. What AvantShow show lacks in science fiction technology, they are making up by expanding this concept to four people in geographically disparate places to create a single show. Now if only they could do something exciting, or even witness something of interest. Then they'll surely grab our attention.
this article was grabbed here
Posted on July 17, 2004
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Wear Yellow
Lance Armstrong survived cancer. And created a foundation.
Nike kept on sponsoring, and keeps sponsoring the foundation.
Today they sell WearYellow, a bracelet, reminding you your courage, or supporting the others with courage, by donating one dollar for research on cancer.
I am considering buying this T-shirt...
Posted on July 17, 2004
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Power to the people...though P2P
Peer-to-peer networks aren't just for trading music and movies. A law student, frustrated by government secrecy and possible conflicts of interest, launches a website that uses P2P networks to distribute telling government documents. By Kim Zetter.
[through Wired News]
This is a different way of fighting what is going on.
Some time ago the U.S announced that they wanted to close down the internet because of losing control.
Losing control is exactly what they do.
By now we don't realize, but within years we will suddenly see what the power of the internet means.
It is a fact that events like now in the Filipinos-getting out of Iraq- can't be disconnected from the influence of the internet as a news provider.
Posted on July 19, 2004
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Will libraries dissapear?
Katarina Maxianova, who received her bachelor's degree in comparative literature from Columbia University in May, took a seminar last year in which the professor assigned two articles from New Left Review magazine. She found one immediately through Google; for the other, she had to trek to the library stacks.
"Everyone in class tried to get those articles online," she said, "and some people didn't even bother to go to the stacks when they couldn't Google them."
For the last few years, librarians have increasingly seen people use online search sites not to supplement research libraries but to replace them. Yet only recently have librarians stopped lamenting the trend and started working to close the gap between traditional scholarly research and the incomplete, often random results of a Google search.
Read the article here
Posted on July 22, 2004
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Spencer Tunick
Who is Spencer Tunick?
I wouldn't know if it weren't for the wonderful documentary I saw on television.
Out of a review:
Photographer and artist Spencer Tunick is making a living out of photographing public nudity. His art involves organising thousands of naked volunteers, often into complicated shapes (or "installations"), so he can take photographs. These events occur in major cities, often early in the morning before too many people are around. A few weeks beforehand he puts the world out that he needs volunteers to get naked and lie around for a few hours. The series is called "Naked Pavement." He has been arrested numerous times, mostly in New York City.
Each Naked Pavement installation seems to be bigger than the last. In 2001 in Melbourne Australia he had 4000 people line up along the Yarra river. And in Spain 7000 people lay naked on the streets of Barcelona in June 2003. The scale of his work can be breathtaking.
Is it art or not?
When I saw some of the making ofs and the results, sometimes the results was not what I would want to have as a result. But heck, he has wonderful pictures, and the event of doing it must be as furfilling as the picture itself.
The pictures I selected here, to me are art.
Want to be a naked model? Visit his site and mail him. Mabe he'll jump continents to take your picture...
Posted on July 23, 2004
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Danger of Blogging
Read them here -Dutch-
Must be infected... Working online instead of enjoying the sun on a Saturday.
-Or adjusted to the sun since living in Israel...-
Posted on July 24, 2004
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BVN you say?
You were never able to see Flemisch television on the other side of the world you say?
Wrong! Try this: BVN.tv
Finally Dutch language.
You'll need some accessoiries though.
-Don't me what BVN is standing for....-
Posted on July 31, 2004
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Photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson dies
Legendary French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson died Monday at the age of 95 in the South of France.
Some web resources: his Foundation, Photology, Tete a Tete. Among his great works were portraits of Matisse, Bonnard, Braque, Rouault, Claudel (at the end of the Second World War).
(Merci, Jean-Luc, who adds "His foundation website is so slow at the moment because just about everyone online in France is hitting it right now.")
[through Boing Boing]
Posted on August 5, 2004
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nation building
I'm hovering for a while now over the term "nation building" and the importance of "creating" states from scratch that has arised in the recent past in Iraq and Afghanistan. For me this term not only covers Iraq but the many countries that have made their way from white spots on the map to successful economies that include success stories like Dubai, Singapore, Taiwan, Estonia, Czechoslovakia or Slovenijia.
In my view building up a state (well a small one) is besides much political theatre the same task as building up a company. The basics of a successful state are really much easier than often discussed. Good and simple laws, good execution of law, valuing entrepreneurship and economic freedom are not such a difficult task. Clearly nation building goes over a long-term and can never be as straightforward as in a hierarchical company but it's much easier as often thought.
My personal expectation is that nation building will be a task that we will see much more often than before 1990. Many countries of the former Soviet side of the iron curtain have already seen a sweeping change but many countries in the Middle East and Africa will have the chance to recover from being a failed state.
Getting good material on nation building has been a difficult task for me, but now I found a great piece the Andrew from Reuven Brenner. Reuven has introduced a new angle describing nations with/ without success. He uses the "mobile society" for showcasing the pragmatic and flexible on one side and the "immobile society" on the other.
"It is easy to criticize both grandiose thesis and narrow ones. To come up with a different way of perceiving the events and offer solutions is a bit harder. Yet this brief does just that. It shows that today's conflict between Islamic groups and the West, as well as within Islamic societies, can be viewed as one between "mobile" and "immobile" civilizations, whose members can be found in every society. What distinguishes the US is that it has far more people sharing the outlook of a "mobile civilization" than any other country. And what characterizes many Islamic countries is that they have a large number of people sharing the values of an "immobile" civilization. "Relativist" orthodoxy notwithstanding, one point I make is that although one can understand the values and ideals of "immobile societies", as fitting certain situations, there cannot be a compromise between these two civilizations. Today's circumstances - demographic in particular - require moves toward "mobility".
I guess our politicians might be interested in this book as well.
Posted on August 5, 2004
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Skyping through the world
"In a server-less environment, you can increase in size indefinitely without adding cost," Frost & Sullivan analyst Jon Arnold said. "That's a scary proposition if you're a phone company."
Posted on August 5, 2004
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Living in 1954 for 10 days
How much has technology really changed our daily lives? We asked a highly wired writer to spend 10 days in the big city living with the technology of 50 years ago. No Web, no cell, no laptop, no ATM card.
by Larry Smith
Read it here
Posted on August 5, 2004
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News as a Visual Map
NewsIsFree's NewsMap can quickly tell me what's the hottest story of the day.
It is an amazing view on the worlds news, and immediately we see how the news is being reproduced over and over in different places.
An interesting view on news, giving us quick access to less know places.
To follow up.
Posted on August 6, 2004
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ANP gaat amateur-foto's verspreiden
[04-08-2004] Het persbureau ANP gaat zijn dagelijks aanbod verruimen met foto's die door amateurs zijn gemaakt. Het ANP heeft daarover een afspraak gemaakt met de nieuws-site Nu.nl, dat al een tijdje bezoekers oproept om interessant geachte foto's op te sturen. Een selectie daaruit wordt gepubliceerd op de site.
• Om een indruk van het soort beelden te geven: nu.nl
Posted on August 6, 2004
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Aerial
It could have been something beautiful, and maybe graphically it is. Yet reality is different.
This is a picture of Auschwitz taken on the 23rd August 1944 by 60 Squadron RAF.
Gliders West of Wolfhezen
More of WOII pics can be found here
Posted on August 6, 2004
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Oops...
Wonderful commercial in the streets...
Posted on August 6, 2004
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Olympics: Serena to miss Games
Tennis star Serena Williams pulls out of the Olympic Games with a knee injury.
[BBC News]
Will Henin go for gold???
Posted on August 11, 2004
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Designer iPod case roundup
The September/October issue of New York's City magazine has a roundup of designer iPod cases, including offerings from Louis Vuitton ($265), Paul Smith ($115), Kate Spade ($55), Coach ($78), Gucci ($195), Dior Homme ($265), and Dunhill ($105)...
Posted on August 13, 2004
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iTonez for Mac OS X
A good tip:
Apple didn't know it at the time, but the best use so far that I have for Garage Band is making ringtones. I have never had this much fun with a phone and my Mac since I discovered Salling Clicker.
I went into my basement, got my old MOTU FastLane USB MIDI adapter, a Korg ER-1 drum machine, and started rocking my bad self and my new Sony Ericsson K700i.
If you have a Mac, I strongly recommend digging through the Garage Band library for cool loops or instruments to join together in a tasty ringtone remix for your own use and to share with others.
I whipped this one up just now for fun, it has a middle-eastern House music feel.
Posted on August 13, 2004
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A Tribute to Henri Cartier-Bresson: Most Gifted Photographer of Our Times, by Michelle Vignes
Editor's Note: Henri Cartier-Bresson (1908 – 2004) was trained as a painter but is best known for his photographs. He witnessed many of the most important events of the 20th Century, from the Spanish Civil War to the Chinese revolution in 1949 to the French student uprisings of 1968. His work has come to be associated with the phrase, “the decisive moment”, so brilliantly demonstrated in the photo of the man jumping over the puddle at the St. Lazare station in Paris. This is actually the English translation of the title of his photo book, "Images à la Sauvette" (Images on the run). In addition to the assignment-driven photojournalism, he also worked for himself, walking aimlessly through neighborhoods in search of a moment when the eye, the head and the heart could come together in a single image.
I met HCB long ago working for him at Magnum Photos in Paris. He has been, still is, and will always remain my inspiration. Right away he asked my opinion on everything that came to his mind that day and that made me a little shy. As I felt he was so strong, I had to get acquainted with his work that I loved and found to be so natural.
Working was a constant surprise as he was like lightning -or an explosion just as his way of photographing was defined by his friend Robert Delpire:"The lightning strike of a predator", though he did not track his subjects.
Naturally he worked as he lived - quickly and with eagerness; constantly in motion, devoured by curiosity but still contemplating. He had this duality of being a Buddhist, or, as he wife says, a "turbulent Buddhist" and an anarchist, while also keeping a great sense of humor.
His intensity showed in his deep blue eyes, never at rest.
He always carried a little book of poems in his pocket so he could keep reading when waiting for a bus.
One word characterizes him - Passion. Passion springing from the tension within him, passion for life, passion for discovering, passion for his friends, passion for painting. He always talked more about painting than photography.
Sometimes he could be like a spring ready to break and explode. Then, after the explosion, calm again like a blue sky after a storm. He could be very emotional, but always faithful and loving to his friends. He made his friends really part of his family and that gave me a wonderful sense of belonging.
After one year of working at Magnum, HCB returned from a long trip to Russia with many photographs he was the first “name” photographer to come back from the other side of the Iron Curtain. It was a big coup. I had to go with him to all the magazines and sell his stories. They were divided into 13 subjects to fit different iterations. Everyone was interested but all asked me; "Did Henri take any color ?" Like everybody else, I also wanted to know. He always answered in a teasing tone; "maybe.... but if I did I do not remember where they are".
When all the agitation about this was over Henri came to me one day, saying: "Look Michelle, what I just found”. It was a tiny little cardboard box tied tightly with a string and labeled "tiny pieces of unusable pencils": So I opened it and there were his color slides.......
Find some interesting workshops on true photography here
Posted on August 13, 2004
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Good photography
©Boaz Aharonovitch
Boaz Aharonovitch is a young Israeli photographer who seems to be able to escape the new post-modernism in photography. Although his images are snaps of ordinary things, the meaning within is higher than the empty pictures we see so often these days.
He was a student in my school in Tel Aviv -Bezalel- and I really like his stuff.
When he presented this picture on the last Open Studios, I loved it.
It is taken at a suicide bombing, what we don't see in the picture is the bombed bus. Only the amount of police, aid workers and others.
Right to the point, with this kind of sarcasm that is not over the edge.
A picture that askes a question without pretending to know the answer.
Should visit:www.boazaha.net
Posted on August 14, 2004
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Photoshop 101
Direct and Related Links for 'Photoshop 101'
The great thing about Adobe Photoshop is that it’s useful for anything from the simplest projects to the most complex. It’s possible to use its surface features for years without knowing a darned thing about its deeper functions, and that’s fine - they’ll be there when you need ‘em. Here’s a site that helps you unlock Photoshop’s full potential for your needs through countless free, user-submitted tips and tutorials. Try not to use your newfound…[tx Lockergnome's RSS Resource]
Posted on August 15, 2004
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Imagine.
How far is this SF today?
Posted on August 16, 2004
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New Mobile
After reading the message of Apple that suddenly we can turn a bluetooth into a zapmachine and my realisation that I just gave up my money saved for a P600 phone for a more important investment, I am challenged to buy the Sony Ericson t630.
My mother's boyfriend is running around with his, and I am really eager to try the thing on my Mac...
After reading this and this, I am even more tested....
Soo, does somebody has any advice on where to buy this little tresor for the cheapest price???
I found GSMPlaza.nl but didn't figure out if they sell outside of Holland.
I can't wait to synchronize my adressbook, agenda, and tasks.
And hopefully the iCal Alarm is integrated. Would be great.
Eager to know some available software for your mobile? Check here.
-In case you wondered why suddenly Apple and Microsoft are so fast to start cooperating with mobile manufacturers. This is the answer: your mobile turns into a portable computerplatform! lol-
Posted on August 16, 2004
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Plazes
Plazes is a quite interesting tool. It looks where you are and considers your are a nomad.
It will mention where you now, making a difference between the place you discovered and the you.
Superb. You can add your location in your blog and on the Plazes site you can find people in your neighbourhood.
Another interesting thing is that it makes a mention of which network you are using and if it is open or not.
In the future it might become a nice locator of wi-fi spots...
Might come in handi some times.
And indeed worth mentioning.
Posted on August 16, 2004
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Beast Awareness
©Ine Dehandschutter
Too many women have breast cancer. Breast Awareness is a project that runs in China, to make women aware of the problem.
Posted on August 17, 2004
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Bad day in Najaf
NAJAF -- I don't know what the news is from the rest of Iraq or even what's going on with the governor of Najaf. I do know what's happening with the police department, however. They're raiding the Sea of Najaf hotel and rounding the 100 or so journalists at gunpoint and subjecting them to mass arrest.
[from Back to Iraq 3.0]
Worth reading because of the other side of the story...
Posted on August 29, 2004
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Exhibition Marc Riboud
©Ine Dehandschutter
We went to Paris, TMR and Dana had to catch a plane.
Before I dropped them off, we went to see Marc Riboud's exhibit in Maison Europeenne de la Photographie
And suddenly, when seeing that one image, I remember why i take pictures...
To capture a moment and to show it afterwards.
©Ine Dehandschutter
Posted on August 31, 2004
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Ant Bush Computer Game
Stunning graphics for the better cause
More games like this here
Posted on August 31, 2004
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Music Plasma
Music Plasma is a nice graphicly beautiful site showing music links to new sounds. Try it.
Posted on September 7, 2004
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Stand still..
I guess it reminds me very much about something, but yet, Why not?
Art in a shoppingstreet. Hiphip.
Posted on September 10, 2004
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Golden Lion
Belgium just won the highest reward at the Venice Biennale for Architecture:
The Golden Lion for the best installation presented by a Country is awarded to the Pavilion of Belgium and the installation "Kinshasa, The Imaginary City".
The Kinshasa installation is conceived and presented by: Katrien Vandermarliere (commissioner), Filip De Boeck & Koen Van Synghel (curators), Marie-Françoise Plissart (exhibitor). The project is recognized for its provocative and outstanding way of showing the public that the traditional strategies and typologies of architecture may not always be the best answer to the big challenges of the world. The project argues that the questions of identity, community and infrastructure are undergoing such heavy metamorphosis that new definitions and solutions are to be developed.
More info (in Dutch) here
Congrats AM Plissart. And the others.
Posted on September 10, 2004
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Myst IV Revelation hits stores Sept. 28
Ubisoft has announced that its new game Myst IV Revelation has gone gold master, the final step before a game enters duplication. The company expects Myst IV to hit store shelves on September 28, 2004. It will be released in hybrid format for Windows and Mac OS X on DVD-ROM for US$39.99 and has been rated "T" for Teen by the ESRB.
[MacCentral]
I am not a gamer, but when looking at this game... I guess I would get trapped in it. I want it...
Posted on September 11, 2004
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From Beslan to Bethlehem
Americans have no trouble thinking clearly about terrorism -- when it happens in Russia.
[from MotherJones.com]
Interesting insight on why happened in Beslan.
Posted on September 17, 2004
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How to create a cool stencil
Looks as create a cool stencil or stickers ready for the
print in ten steps :-)
http://www.peamarte.it/02/template/tutorial/stencil/stencilt_tut.html
On for John ;)
Posted on October 5, 2004
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Browse happy :)
Internet Explorer can make your computer unsafe.
Why not switch to a browser that's more secure?
Many already have. Read their stories, and choose a browser
that's right for you.
Posted on October 5, 2004
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America as a new Empire?
'Colossus, the price of America's Empire', by Niall Fergusson, seems to be a new book where America is researched in his possibilities and fails as a new empire.
Although America claims not to be imperialistic, Fergusson raises some questions: with numbers as 752 installations in more than 130 countries, and after 40 years of the ending of WWII, still having more than 70000 soldiers in Germany and 40000 in Japan America questions itself.
Although the writer is harsh on the big nation, he also raises some interesting questions:
'Who will be able to push a peace process in the Middle East?'
'Is Europe meaning anything at all'
'If there is no pole of power, who will get in charge?'
A meaning in which he shows the importance of this nation.
All checked with historical references and comparisons.
Truly a book to buy. And read off course.
Posted on October 7, 2004
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SynthAxis
Color synthAxis is a free online tool designed to simplify
the nightmare of color scheme selection. It looks complex,but after a few minutes you won't be able to live without it.
http://www.telecable.es/personales/alberto9/color/index.htm
Thanks to Usaps
Posted on October 7, 2004
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The Problem of the Media
Corporate values, horse-race coverage, double standards &mdash journalism's a mess. But, says Robert McChesney, there's real hope for a media system that truly serves the public interest.
[from MotherJones.com]
Posted on October 10, 2004
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Ever wondered what that camera phone is useful for?
Surf here and click on Sagem.
Posted on October 13, 2004
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The future is now...
Powerful, relevant, dynamic: 17 years of EOS passion, distilled into a single defining moment. Jaw-dropping performance and agility set the standard against which others can only be compared.
Yep the Eos 1D MarkII is out...:
Representing the ultimate in responsive D-SLR photography, the EOS-1D Mark II is the undisputed first choice of the working professionals who require speed and high resolution. 8.2 Megapixel x 8.5 frames per second performance marks the beginning of a commanding, rugged and seriously featured professional camera.
Put that tongue back in your mouth and start to save...
More on Canon's site
Posted on October 15, 2004
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Print yr own iPod tattoos
Yes, hp got the idea.
While Apple earns more than 100 milj $ with the sales of ipods and the mucis store, HP wants to take a bit of the profit.
From now on in their shops: printable tattoos for your ipod
I want I want.
But first my new ipod...
Posted on October 17, 2004
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Professional Looking Interface Icons for Developers
InterfaceLIFT, a popular source for quality freeware icons for both Mac OS X and Windows has launched a new section of its web site devoted to developers. The new stock icons collection makes it easier for programmers to find high-quality, royalty-free interface icons that are designed specifically for use in software and web site projects.
[throughMacMegasite]
Posted on October 18, 2004
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Wireless Flower Pot for the Romantics...
Wireless Flower Pot for the Romantics:
Cian Cullinan and Stefan Agamanolis, researchers at the MIT Media Lab Europe , are working on the One2One project, a technological infrastructure to create or reinforce a sense of presence and togetherness between two distant persons.
Their Floral Display is a plastic flower pot with a pink flower that blooms when Cian's girlfriend, Ciara, logs into her computer, and closes when she leaves.
The pot hides a simple radio transceiver and some motors that allow the flower to be opened and closed on command. The pot communicates wirelessly to a nearby computer that checks Ciara's login status at regular intervals.
Isn't it cute... Grin
Posted on November 9, 2004
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PodLock creates hidden iPod partitions
PodLock creates hidden iPod partitions:
If you're looking to hide important (read: embarrassing) files on your iPod, PodLock may be your answer. By creating invisible, password-protected volumes, PodLock keeps those situations in which you plug your iPod into a friend's computer a little less dangerous, embarrassing, or complex. It also defrags iPod hard drives, manages photos and voice recordings, and can help do some general iPod diagnostics.
It sells for $65 (apparently, it used to sell for $39).
iPod®. Meet Bose. Introduce your iPod® to Bose, then listen to the new SoundDock™.
Posted on November 10, 2004
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Tip of the week...
Per Aquum Underwater Spa Treatment Rooms:
To tell you the truth, I'm a little squeamish about most spas. I go for the surrounding scenery and to spend time with stressed out friends, but rather dread the experience of entering into those massage and hydrotherapy rooms that look like clinics, all white and antiseptic. I don't know how I'm supposed to relax in a treatment room that resembles a gynecologist's office. My spa phobia became most acute after a nightmarish experience of watching my best friend running naked and screaming down the hallway of a spa after being poisoned by aromatherapy oils she was wildly allergic to. She survived, but we don't speak of it.
Still, I'd have no trouble at all going into one of these underwater treatment rooms at the new Per Aquum Spa on the island of Huvafen Fushi in the Maldives. These rooms are actually built below the Indian Ocean, so what you look out at isn't a mere fish tank made to give you the impression of being surrounded by the sea. You're thirty feet below, looking at whatever sea life happens to wander by the windows. The Huvafen Fushi Spa Menu includes full day and half day programs, as well as spa partner treatments and treatments designed especially for men. I could go for everything on the menu (minus the aromatherapy), but especially the Japanese Silk Booster Facial With Eye Zone Therapy.
As for accommodations, it looks like pure luxury at the Huvafen Fushi resort, which offers bungalows on the beach, lagoon, or ocean. I just love the idea of rolling out of bed and into the warm sea.
Posted on November 10, 2004
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Create realistic illustrations using Illustrator's Gradient Mesh
Veerles site contains such interesting stuff...h:
Posted on November 10, 2004
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Becoming an entrepreneur
Rajesh has started a series of posts how his personal way to become an entrepreneur has been. It's full of lessons learned and powerful insights- don't miss.
My life as entrepreneur - Part I
My life as entrepreneur - Part II
My life as entrepreneur - Part III
My life as entrepreneur - Part IV
Posted on November 11, 2004
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Kevin Sites: photoblogging Falluja
Posted on November 14, 2004
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Shooting in Falluja video
Since the shooting in the Mosque, I've been haunted that I have not
been able to tell you directly what I saw or explain the process by
which the world came to see it as well. As you know, I'm not some war
zone tourist with a camera who doesn't understand that ugly things
happen in combat. I've spent most of the last five years covering
global conflict. But I have never in my career been a 'gotcha' reporter
-- hoping for people to commit wrongdoings so I can catch them at it.
The story of the reporter
Posted on November 26, 2004
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The problem of CopyRight and how to keep it...
The RIAA, MPAA, BSA, and other organizations are pushing curriculums into schools that distort copyright law, neglect fair use and the First Amendment, and mislead our kids about their legal rights and responsibilities. It's time to create some accurate and informative information sources for teachers who want to address these crucial issues. The topics below are starting points for developing a fair and accurate curriculum that teachers can use in classrooms. We hope you'll help us write and organize.
Posted on November 27, 2004
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Apple iPhone within 18 months?
If they would I'd be a first buyer...
If only mobiles where as easy as my Mac...
Posted on November 28, 2004
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The 2.5 gigapixel photo
TNO has produced the largest digital panoramic photo
in the world.
<http://www.tpd.tno.nl/smartsite966.html
Well...
Posted on November 29, 2004
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Free music via French blog
Chryde says,
I founded a collective french music weblog with a mp3blog page. We made a compilation of musics we discovered on the web, by ourselves or via other mp3blogs. It's called Point D'ecoute (French for Listening post, a reference to a Mark Hansen Installation: Link
. All the tracks are taken from the bands' sites so it's 100% legal, like a mini Wired CD. 23 tracks, a lot from the US, but also Netherlands, France, Belgium, Austria, Sweden... You can download it here: Link We made it free to download, with a cover and all. At an event in Paris celebrating musical webzines, we burned it on demand: Link
Great idea!
Playing now: I Will leave at Dawn from the album "Compil Blogotheque 1" by Chkrrr
Posted on November 29, 2004
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Genetically engineered plants detect land mines by changing color
Genetically changes, good or bad, gets a different approach when reading this article:
When the roots of these GMO flowers hit nitrogen dioxide (which leaches into the soil from buried land mines), the plant changes color.
Link
Posted on December 2, 2004
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The Photographer As Activist
See a lecture with Sebatio Salgado here
Posted on December 5, 2004
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tools to remain competitive
Paul Allen has this fantastic list of tools to stay competitive as a "I have outsourced everything"-entrepreneur:
"PayPal. Many small companies exist on revenues that come through their PayPal account. It is quick and easy to setup a PayPal account and collect payments from PayPal users and from credit card owners.
eBay. Imagine the power of being able to reach tens of millions of buyers by listing items for sale on eBay. If you haven't tried this for your business, you've got to. Hundreds of thousands of people make a living on eBay.
OSCommerce. Good open source developers can develop a powerful ecommerce web site on top of this open source package. Worldhistory.com will soon launch it's ecommerce site built on this platform for less than $1,000. Besides OSCommerce, SourceForge.net lists hundreds of additional open source software projects that are available for download.
eLance. To find developers for your next project, you can post a project description on eLance.com and get several (sometimes dozens) of bids for your project. You can quickly see the portfolio of projects the developers have already completed, and choose your developer.
Alibaba. Alibaba is trying to become the leading business-to-business e-commerce portal in the world. The company raised $82 million in venture capital earlier this year. If you need to find a manufacturer in Asia or anywhere in the world, for that matter, to produce your products; or if you want to import and sell anything, chances are Alibaba will put you in touch with the right companies."
Save it and try all of them.
Posted on December 5, 2004
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Carrie's looks
I found this amazing site....
Sex in the city, the site, offers ALL the looks of EVERY episode of SitC....
This is a link for Tamar....:
http://www.hbo.com/city and click on Scrapbook if you want to see the amazing links...
Posted on December 5, 2004
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Big Media is not listening
Another quote of Dan's We the media.
"Journalists are beginning to get it." [...] "However, I'm still not convinced that Big Media is doing the most important thing: listening. We are still in a top-down mode and don't realize that the conversation is more important than our pronouncements. I see progress, but not enough".
found at Loic
Posted on December 7, 2004
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To scare you guys!
Hot laptops could cause infertility:
Men should keep their laptops off their laps because they could damage fertility, according to a new medical study released today...
Posted on December 9, 2004
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Canada to Move on Gay Marriage
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Supreme Court of Canada gave the federal government the go-ahead on Thursday to legalize gay marriage, prompting Prime Minister Paul Martin to announce plans to introduce a redefinition of marriage early next year.
Go for it, Anitas and girl.
Posted on December 10, 2004
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Yuschenko's name
Well, while browsing the news it is quite funny to see they write Yuschenko in the Netherlands like Joesjenko and in Belgium like Joesjtsjenko.
We are talking the same language, aren't we?
Posted on December 12, 2004
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Fallujah, where did you go?
Oh yeah, we hear about Iraq in the news, about the amount of new dead, or fights here and there.
But how's Fallujah, or the people behind?
Where do they live now. What happens to them.
This kind of background news is something I miss in the daily news, where there is a focus on fresh things, not on the life time stories behind.
How things are going in Fallujah? Horrible it seems.
How things will be going? Even more frightening I think.
Back to Iraq gives an interesting opinion.
Posted on December 12, 2004
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New future of advertising?
Home-Brew IPod Ad Opens Eyes:
An animated ad for Apple's iPod made by a schoolteacher is thrilling buzz marketers. Forget word-of-mouth -- the future of advertising is in professional-looking ads that go viral. By Leander Kahney.
Posted on December 13, 2004
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Comes in handy: Craig Froehle's Digital Photo Printing Worksheet
If you have ever wondered how big you can print your digital photos, then wonder no more, as Craig Froehle has published a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that will work it out for you.
"One question I get asked a lot by friends and family is “how big can I print this digital photo?” My answer is always “it depends,” which then requires a lengthy discussion of pixels per inch and viewing distance and other mundane topics.
So, I put together a little Excel spreadsheet that should help you determine what size prints you can make with reasonable quality based on the size of the digital photos you have. You can get it here or click on the screen capture below (you have to have Microsoft Excel to use the file)."
Website: Digital Photo Printing Worksheet
Posted on December 14, 2004
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Battle of Bastogne
Some interesting info on that famous battle of the Ardennes in the aftermath of a war...
A journal of those days can be read here.
Here is the description of the Battle of the Bulges according to wikipedia, with this interesting info: In numerical terms, it is the largest battle the United States Army has fought to date (76,890 Americans were killed).
Here you can even download a game 'The Battle of Bastogne'.
I recommend this story to read. It captures most of info.
(Tamar will recognize some of the city names ;) )
Posted on December 15, 2004
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Cuba and USA in political incident
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba unfolded two gigantic billboards on Friday in front of the United States diplomatic headquarters in the island, with photographs of the tortures in the Abu Ghraib prison of Iraq and the word "Fascistas" together with a Nazi swastika.
The images were put up after Cuba demanded that the United States Interests Section in Cuba take down a Christmas billboard with a shining ornament that says "75," in allusion to the dissidents imprisoned by the Cuban government in 2003. The billboards unfolded by Cuba show Iraqi prisoners bleeding and hooded during torture by soldiers in Abu Ghraib with a caption that says "Made in Usa" in the middle of the high-traffic Malecón of Havana.
Three days ago, James Cason, chief of the US Interests Section in Havana, declared that president Fidel Castro was threatening the diplomatic office with reprisals by saying that "there would be consequences" if they did not take down the billboard referring to the imprisoned dissidents. Reuters observed on Friday morning the work of unfolding the billboards in front of the North American Special Interests section
Link
Update: More info in English: Link
Isn't this a great way to have a fight? ;)
Posted on December 18, 2004
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For cold rainy days
Canon has nice stuff for -small/big- kids.
3D Paperart, in downloadable A4 sheets to print.
Perfect for rainy days.
Check it here
Posted on December 19, 2004
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Bollywood fun
Check this link for some funny Bollywood songs.
Music out of the west combined with Hindi songs.
Funny and yet beautiful in a way. Enjoy.
Posted on December 23, 2004
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Made you think...
Seems like we are in for this for another 4 years...
Thanks Zappatic
Posted on December 24, 2004
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Soon in Minard
Priscila Bistoen, one of my old teachers, and friend, is doing '10 years of'.
No compilation cd's but a series of exhibitions in Ghent.
Promising and a tour to do.
At the same time, she releases a book. Check it out.
PS: In coop with PhotoBlog.
Photo: Perfect Rose © Priscilla Bistoen
Posted on December 28, 2004
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On being a photographer
The ultimate aim is an oscillation between self and subject with the images being a physical manifestation of this supercharged interface between the spirit and the world.
Posted on December 29, 2004
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Reach out.
1212.be Belgian Humanitarian Organizations
American Red Cross International Response Fund
AmeriCares South Asia Earthquake Relief Fund
Direct Relief International International Assistance Fund
Médecins Sans Frontières International Tsunami Emergency Appeal
Oxfam Asian Earthquake & Tsunami Fund
Sarvodaya Relief Fund for Tsunami Tragedy
Save the Children Asia Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Fund
UNICEF South Asia Tsunami Relief Efforts
Posted on December 31, 2004
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US tsunami relief = 42.27 hours' worth of Iraq-war spend
"Curious as to how much $350 million in promised US aid for tsunami victims equals in expenditures on the war in Iraq? I did the math so you don't have to. $350 million equals 42.27 hours of the cost of the war in Iraq. (And yes, the decimal point is in the right place.)"
(Thanks, Frank!)
Well, let's not talk about our gifts then...
Belgium is slowly changing their television programs into 'aid to the people' ventures. -After VRT and VTM, now also on TMF and JimTV-
And there are more initiatives and account number to pay to then Famous Belgians.
Is this going too far?
I hope there won't be a discussion on 'if or if not to use the money for other people in need'.
In my opinion 1212 should use the money for the places they need.
Why would anybody in Asia be faster 'served' then in Africa?
Anyhow, let's hope that this 'money-injection' out of solidarity enables the aid organizations to do more this year.
Posted on January 5, 2005
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Meanwhile in Iraq...
Also in Iraq, elections are on the way.
If they actually will succeed in making them happen is another case.
Today the police chief of Sadr City was killed.
Sadr City used to be Saddam City. And unlike the name lets you suspect, it are the slobs of Bagdad.
Back in 2002, when I was in Iraq -and that was still under Saddam, I once visited it.
First some background:
The district is one of the poorest in Baghdad. Unemployment is rampant. Homes are in disrepair. The population consists mostly of Shiite Moslems.
Piles of trash and long pools of raw sewage line the boulevards, while battered looking men stand on corners with shovels waiting in the hot sun for work.
Living deep in every alley are the families of martyrs from the eight-year Iran-Iraq war, from riots against Saddam Hussein and from executions on the gallows of Iraq's prisons.
Every billboard, painting and poster advertises them - from shaikhs, Ayat Allah clerics and religious students killed by the former regime, to Ali and Hussein, the 7th-century father and son - cousin and grandson of the Messenger Muhammad - who inspired the Shia sect of Islam.
Back to my story.
When, back then, we wanted to visit Saddam City, our 'guides' -read intelligence guards- even abandoned us.
They insisted in saying we were not allowed.
Then we sneaked out.
The fact turned out, it was not dangerous in a military sense, the danger was within the people.
We walked into the district and very soon, many people appeared out of their small houses. Smiling, laughing, talking. But soon the crowd was growing into a larger amount, and people started touching us. Until the moment, I looked at another journalist, and said 'Go, it is the moment.' Before us, behind and even above us, there was a bunch of people. Luckily we managed to get back in a nice way, walking faster and faster.
Just in time we got into the car, on which people started to jump and kick. The driver just started driving, almost killed somebody, but we got out of the district.
Now, some years later, I realize out of what we were rescued.
If only we would have hesitated a little longer, people would be able to attack us.
Out of what? Despair?
Seeing several 'tourists' with many dollars in their pockets, allowing them to eat for several weeks?
The explanation why this district became one of the nests of the Iraqi terrorist cells, is not hard to find. In Sadr City people have nothing to loose.
Posted on January 6, 2005
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Tragedies in Khoa Lak
This boy about 2 years, from Khoa Lak is missing his parents. Nobody knows what country he comes from. If anyboy known him please contact us by phone 076-249400-4 ext. 1336, 1339 or e- mail : info@phuket-inter-hospital.co.th
Posted on January 6, 2005
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Flying to the sun?
Sn Airlines -my favorite airline- is dropping prices on January 7th.
More than 20 destinations in Europe will drop prices up till 40%.
Condition: book one month in advance and online.
Yep, taking a flight was never that easy. And that cheap. :)
So were are we heading for next week?
(Just in time to book my flight in March :))))
Posted on January 6, 2005
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The HangOut
Suspended spherical housing module. It's 2.9 meters in diameter and is made to be suspended from a tree. "There is a double bed, counter, table and bench seats as well as ample storage lockers. The spheres are wired for 110...
This could be my cocon. Really...
Posted on January 15, 2005
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Houses for designbirds
Modern Birdhouses shows beautiful birdhouses, made by designers.
For birds that love design...
Posted on January 15, 2005
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Skeletons
Michael Paulus makes great art, like above.
Such a great idea to make draw the skeletons of little comic figures.
A should see.
Posted on January 15, 2005
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Tailor-made ideas
Funny ideas people share. You can make them yourselve.
www.atypyk.com
Posted on January 19, 2005
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Basecamp: manage a shared project
A perfect project management system wasn't something I found until today.
The problems with project management were very diverse:
or it was running on a local server and not everyone could have access, or it was running online but nobody checked what was going on.
Most of the time it was just too expensive for what it had to serve/
Basecamp seems a solution with one simple add on: it offers RSS, and thus allowing you to see changes in the project in your rss-reader.
Fabulous invention.
Posted on January 20, 2005
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Custom Printed M&M's
M&M's have been available for special order in over 20 different colors for awhile now. Their latest-- custom messages. Perfect for the corporate candy jar or a chocolatly version of the classic Valentine's Day love not candies.
My own candy... Joohoo.
Posted on January 21, 2005
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Surfin' around
And had to pass this GREAT link, a little parody on sex and the city.
Enjoy.
Art and inspiration by Malaran, who is releasing some great Tees today at the TeeMuseum
Posted on January 24, 2005
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Pixel-clad shopping centre
To update the Galleria Mall in Seoul, Dutch firm UN Studio and theatre lighting specialist Rogier van der Heide (working for ARUP) mounted individual LEDs behind 4,340 frosted glass disks, turning a 1970s concrete structure into an ever-changing, light-reactive and computer-programmable facade that behaves like a giant video screen.
Shimmering by day and radiant at night, the disks are frosted on both sides to diminish sun glare and diffuse light produced by LED fixtures behind each disk, capable of generating 16 million colors. Because each LED is individually controlled, together the disks act like pixels on a huge screen, displaying text, scenes, and color schemes changed via the Internet, up to 20 times per second.
Via MetropolisMag.
Archinect has an image gallery.
Posted on January 24, 2005
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Moltov Projector Media Cartridge
The Moltov Projector Media Cartridge , by Gabe Dunne, is a (fictional) weapon for Guerrilla media artists, allowing them to project words onto any surface, with a diameter of about 20 to 30 feet.
Once the cartridge is attached on a surface, the owner may call it via cellphone and reprogram the projection as desired. To remove the cartridge from the surface, the artist connects to it, enters a PIN, which will disengage the cartridge enabling its user to retrieve it. Multiple projectors may be linked to create a moving message across multiple surfaces. Other possible uses include the support to project images, and static projects of any shape.
More details.
Posted on January 24, 2005
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Christo in NYC
Christo in NYC. That must be the exhibit on your list to see:
On Monday, February 7, 2005, weather permitting, approximately 700 non-skilled workers (in teams of 7) will elevate The Gates assemblies -- 2 vertical and one horizontal pole, the upper and lower aluminum corners and base assembly and the fabric panel in a cocoon, attached to the upper horizontal pole. The fabric panels will not initially be seen because they will be restrained in the cocoons which will remain closed until Saturday, February 12, when all the cocoons will be opened, in one day (maybe in one morning), weather permitting, as with all our projects.
The Gates will remain in Central park for 16 days, then the removal will start.
Tamar, let's catch that flight?
Posted on January 25, 2005
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Buy a Polo...
Buy yourself a Polo. See the reasons why
Posted on January 30, 2005
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Pink password
Access to the
Username Password Boy Short Panties is denied until the proper credentials have been supplied. The website says: "You can never be too careful around those smooth-talking hackers and social engineers... "Smooth-talking geeks? You mean they exist?
Via
Marta.You have to admit: it IS a funny one.
Posted on February 2, 2005
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Intriguing piece of art
Tamar mailed me this image. The rest of the mail was in Gibbrish (that is what Hebrew is to me)
She might explain more.
For those who understand Hebrew:
:דרורה דומיני , מרצה במחלקה לאמנות מציגה תערוכה
דרורה דומיני/כסף שחור
20:00 בשעה 2.2.05פתיחה ביום רביעי
10.3.05התערוכה תהיה פתוחה עד
גלריה לאמנות עכשווית16קו
17:00-20:00שעות פתיחה: ראשון-חמישי
ששת הימים
Posted on February 5, 2005
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Pro and con
Bush is coming to Brussels... I found a mail in my mailbox, requesting people to demonstrate in Brussels.
I am not the kind of person that goes and joins demonstrations. I never was. My appearance was only due to professional reasons -photography- and my mind always wonders how much of the demonstrators really know what they are demonstrating for.
On the other hand, I am really not in favor of Bush. Can't find any good reason to be.
I do understand why some countries are not supposed to make nuclear weapons. But I don't understand why America is the one that has to say everything about that.
In this recent war on terrorism, everything seems reduced into black and white and little side information is provided.
The BRussels Tribunal is consisting out of intellectuals that hold an investigation on war crimes.
We should wait and see, but I believe it is an interesting exercise for the mind.
In this tribunal, interesting people are gathered: François Houtart, Prof. Emeritus UCL, director of Centre Tricontinental; Pierre Klein, prof. International Law at ULB; Ludo Abicht, Prof. Emeritus UA, author, Samir Amin, author and director of "Forum du Tiers Monde"; Denis Halliday, Former UN assistant secretary general to Iraq;Sabah Al Mukhtar, president of the Arab Association of Democratic Lawyers; Nawal El Saadawi, medical doctor and novelist.
It was Russell's action against the Vietnam War, at the age of 95, that inspired the tribunal.
In 1967, appealing to the precedent of the Nuremberg Trials, Bertrand Russell organized a war crimes tribunal on the Vietnam War. Two sessions were held, the first in Stockholm, Sweden, and second in Roskilde, Denmark.
Because of his great age, Russell was unable to attend; so the tribunal was presided over by Jean-Paul Sartre.
The goal of Russell's tribunal was, in his words, to conduct "a solemn and historic investigation, uncompelled by reasons of state or other such obligations," in order to answer the question: "Why is this war being fought in Vietnam?"
Russell's conception was that the tribunal should be composed of "men who respect the truth and whose life's work bears witness to that respect." His hope was that "this Tribunal [may] prevent the crime of silence."
"Our armies do not come into your cities and lands as conquerors or enemies, but as liberators. Your wealth has been stripped of you by unjust men ... The government of Iraq , and the future of your country, will soon belong to you. ... We will end a brutal regime ... so that Iraqis can live in security.”
This was not said by Bush, as many might think, but by General F. S. Maude, commander of the British forces, to the people of Mesopotamia , in 1917.
Makes me think we know so little about the history of Iraq.
Posted on February 6, 2005
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How rich are you?
How rich are you on a global scale? Find out.
I'm loaded.
It's official.
I'm the 738,783,959 richest person on earth!
Posted on February 7, 2005
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New photo contest
www.jonggeflitst.be -for Flemish people only-
Subject of the contest: Dom ≠ absurd!? Zijn de dagdagelijkse domme dingen absurd??!
Go for it.
Posted on February 8, 2005
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Now is the time...
Now playing: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King - Address To Civil Rights Marchers In Washington, D.C. from the album "Great Speeches Of The 20th Century - Volume Three, The Dreams, The Inspirations, The Accomplishments"
Posted on February 10, 2005
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Found
Having sex is very important.
For some people it may be the most important thing they'll ever do.
Thousands of years of human history know but one constant; we eternally
and necessarily procreate. We bond with someone other than ourselves to
mingle up genes and to infuse new ideas into our own stagnant soup of C's,
G's T's or A's or whatever the hell we got floating up in there. It's what
we do. We exist to exist, to continue to exist. Hence “exist” is just
another way of saying “sex it”. Survival of the sexiest, if you will. The
pen is mightier than the sword? Pull the other one. Before conspiring
censorship moved some letters apart and omitted a comma, a different
meaning could be found: “the penis, mightier than the sword”. In the same
vein “Happiness is a warm gun” by the Beatles is not about a state of
well-being and contentment. Think about it..
My apologies here to the gender-sensitive reader;
This is after all about the Middle East…
This suddenly appeared in my mailbox.
Intriguing enough to send you the link.
Posted on February 10, 2005
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Studio 804
Studio 804 is a design and building program offered at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Urban Design. They're focused on what they call community based architecture. Essentially the students are designing and building low income and affordable housing, while challenging the status quo of architecture. They build every aspect of the house minus electric, plumbing, heating and air. All design and construction is carried out by the students in a compressed period of 5 months; the results are really wonderful. The students are getting hands on experience while offering something useful and thoughtful to their community in Lawrence, Kansas.
Brought to you by Josh Rubin: Cool Hunting
Posted on February 14, 2005
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Shortfilms needed
Courtisane is looking for new entries for their shortfilm festival.
They grew from a small festival to one cooperating together with the Gentse Vooruit, and even participate on the Berlin Offpopfestival.
Send in before March 1 2005, and find more info at www.courtisane.be
Posted on February 27, 2005
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Passports in a free state...
State of Sabotage released something quite interesting: your own passport in their fictional state.
It is art indeed.
The holder of the SoS passport becomes a citizen of SoS. Vital statistics and territorial property of the holder are logged in the SoS citizenship register. The passport is numbered and untransferable; its validity is limited and renewable. By signing the attached/adjoining statement the bearer pledges to participate on a best-effort basis to support the integrity of the SoS state.
Nsk did the same stating:
In the year 1991 NSK has been re-defined from an Organisation to a State. A state in time, a state without territory and national borders, a sort of "spiritual, virtual state". It has issued an original NSK passport and everybody can become its holder and therefore a citizen of the NSK State. The Passport can be used creatively, also as a official travel document, naturally with a certain hazard to its owner. With use, such passports can become rare (artistic) documents, and with the years their value can grow.
Get your passports soon ;)
Posted on March 1, 2005
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Comments give nice links
I just received a comment on something.
Curious to see who the person behind the scene is, I ended on his site.
Wonderful link: Woordenboek Vlaamse Gebarentaal
Actually in the past I was intrigued by this wonderful language...
Thanks Bart on letting me find this.
(For the English version, check this)
Posted on March 2, 2005
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Stock photo on Middle East
ArabianEye launched its stockphoto. I am part of it ;)
Posted on March 6, 2005
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Looking for hotspots in Belgium?
Looking for hotspots in Belgium? Find them here
Posted on March 6, 2005
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It is in a name...
I have been driving up and back to Brussels the last 2 days.
One commercial stayed in my mind: Fly to Istanbul for 49 euro.
I passed the poster like 200 times by now THe city seems covered. And sure it makes me long to take a flight.
Only 49 euro.... It is less than going to Paris.
I needed to see this ad only once to get it stuck in my mind.
It took me 2 full days and all posters to see to remember the name of the site: corendon.be
What the heck is that? Why such a name.
Take 'Flysn.com', or 'virgin.com', or even 'easy.com'. But Corendon.be.
It all in the name...
Or in the price. I am checking now.
Found one for 29 euro, one way.
Somebody wants to join in for a weekend?
Posted on March 8, 2005
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The L word
From tomorrow on, on VT4: the L word.
I had to miss it since I moved back to Belgium (it was running in Israel already 7 months ago...)
But now, they're back.
They are sooooo cute and beautiful. (Yep, quite different from the main idea of dykes)
Definitely watching them.
Grandpa, prepare the video recorder!
Eager to see them faster? Check the fancy site. (update: this is unoffcial site, the offcial one can only be accessed in US...)
Posted on March 8, 2005
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Not so random link
Beautiful writings in my browser:
Het Geheugen
Volume 12
Chips and cookies
Send me more of these!
Posted on March 9, 2005
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One to make you happy.
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~geoffo/humour/flattery.html>
Just click.
Posted on March 9, 2005
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I fly SN, and you?
They have the best crew ever. (And that's no joke. After my experience with El Al, I opted for SN, and never regretted. Even their food is good ;) )
Make your own message by our SN ladies and gents!
Splendid ad, and good marketing.
Posted on March 9, 2005
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She's back. And how.
Finally..
Posted on March 9, 2005
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Convergence opens this weekend
Convergence: Artist Collaborations
is an exhibition from 03/12/05 - 05/04/05, in St Petersburg, Florida
Creating a global connection through local
and international collaborations – a convergence
of contemporary art, method, and vision by
some of the world’s most exciting young artists.
I am showing some works together with Moko and Kelly
If you have time and happen to be in St Petersburg, check it out. -Unfortunately, I cannot make it in time...-
Check also this amazing exhibitions from Project Creo
Posted on March 10, 2005
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First there was Mohammed and then there was Napoleon and then...
Brought to you by Free Iraqi
Splendid article to give a personal inside.
Posted on March 11, 2005
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Skype in!
Skype in is out! Betatesting now...
Yep, almost possible to cancel that Belgacom line...
Posted on March 11, 2005
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Adventure for the weekend
You play a British professor who travels around the world to find clues for artefacts. Meanwhile you need to learn about the different cultures and lifestyles of the places you visit. Pierott brands the project, who is a well known producer for quality music in Hungary with several successful productions in his pocket.
Start downloading now, the files are big and the connection is sloooow... :)
Brought to you by CreativeBits
Posted on March 12, 2005
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Neighbors in war...
Enjoy this one
Posted on March 12, 2005
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How to get press interested in your launch...
Internetjournalistiek posted an interesting article on what to 'do''and to 'don't' on press releases.
In the past I had many experiences with it, and to me a press opening or event DOES NOT work.
Press releases though do have effects.
A must read.
Posted on March 17, 2005
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Google ranking synonym for famous?
Preople is a popular app on the web, popping up in all blogs:
Preople will tell you, definitely and undeniable, what your place, your ranking and your relation to all the other people in the world is in one number.
It's popularity is certainly due to the high gadget ranking, and the fact that people want to know, to compare.
But what are we compared to?
TO google ranking. And what does these links tell? Anything at all?
Grow up..
Let's play the game.
Let's put my name in the Preople googler. (me, an unknown Belgian photographer)
And let's add for example Lieve Blancquaert. (a Belgian famous photographer)
The results:
I won, with 2400 points against 603 for Lieve.
So what?
Does it make people know me?
I don't think so.
Am I more famous than Lieve?
I don't think so.
So this is my position in the world compared to other people?
Laughing out loud, that's what I am doing.
There must be a better way to find my position.
Asking my friends for example..
Posted on March 18, 2005
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2,000 Talmud tapes, or one loaded iPod
The Daf Yomi is a seven-and-a-half-year cycle of Talmud learning. Participants study a page a day of this compendium of Jewish oral law, culminating in a celebration, known as the Siyum HaShas.
But how do you study a 2,711-page book when you have to commute?
With the ShasPod.
For $399, Yehuda Shmidman sends his customers a 20-gigabyte iPod loaded with Talmud lectures. That is $100 above the price of an iPod alone.
"We created this because of two glaring trends," the entrepreneur said. "One is the iPod, and the other is the Siyum HaShas, which is something so incredible that when it happens you obviously want to join the next cycle."
MP3 audio files of Daf Yomi lectures have long been available online. But many ultra-Orthodox Jews refrain from using the Web for purposes unrelated to work, so they have no way of downloading these files.
Via Antonio The New York Times.
Brought to you by we make money not art
LOL.
You have to know that real strict Orthodox Jews are not allowed to use internet.
They are not allowed actually to lit the light in the weekend.
So this is a stunning and funny message.
Imagine a ultraortodox with the little curls near his ears, and then white eardops.
Admit: makes you smile.
Posted on March 20, 2005
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The Phantom Weapons...
'I hope Americans feel good about taking their war on terror to foreign soil. For bringing the terrorists to Iraq- Chalabi, Allawi, Zarqawi, the Hakeems… How is our current situation going to secure America? How is a complete generation that is growing up in fear and chaos going to view Americans ten years from now? Does anyone ask that? After September 11, because of what a few fanatics did, Americans decided to become infected with a collective case of xenophobia… Yet after all Iraqis have been through under the occupation, we're expected to be tolerant and grateful. Why? Because we get more wheat in our diets?
Terror isn't just worrying about a plane hitting a skyscraper…terrorism is being caught in traffic and hearing the crack of an AK-47 a few meters away because the National Guard want to let an American humvee or Iraqi official through. Terror is watching your house being raided and knowing that the silliest thing might get you dragged away to Abu Ghraib where soldiers can torture, beat and kill. Terror is that first moment after a series of machine-gun shots, when you lift your head frantically to make sure your loved ones are still in one piece. Terror is trying to pick the shards of glass resulting from a nearby explosion out of the living-room couch and trying not to imagine what would have happened if a person had been sitting there.
The weapons never existed. It's like having a loved one sentenced to death for a crime they didn't commit- having your country burned and bombed beyond recognition, almost. Then, after two years of grieving for the lost people, and mourning the lost sovereignty, we're told we were innocent of harboring those weapons. We were never a threat to America...
Congratulations Bush- we are a threat now. '
A thought of an ordinary Iraqi, a man in the street. A smart man.
If we wonder where terrorists are growing... Here's an insight answer.
It is not a left wing question, nor a treat.
It is a simple observation, to the point.
I wondered 2 years ago, I tried to understand. Who decided to be a living bomb? And why?
The answer sometimes ends with 'Why not...'
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Posted on March 23, 2005
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Banksy Hits NYC
The work of street artist, graffiti writer, and over all mischievously impressive prankster "Banksy", never seizes to amaze me--but this time he really hit a home run. Banksy hit New York's most famous museums, dressed as a British pensioner. He entered the Brooklyn Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (shown above), and the Museum of Natural History, carrying some unusual works to install. He installed his own works in each location, along with a name plaque and explanation. It seems from the pictures that he had no issues with security, and waltzed in and out without distraction. The pieces at the MET and MoMa were discovered after some time and taken down. The other two pieces still remain for the publics viewing. Goodness, what an excellent job.
More pictures and info @ Wooster Collective
FABULOUS!!!
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Posted on March 24, 2005
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Happy Easter...
Enjoy (watch the bunny beat)
Posted on March 25, 2005
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In my country
A movie on South Africa.
See the trailer here
Posted on March 25, 2005
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Millennium Images presents:
I get newsletters from Millennium every month or so. And each time it is a stunning image that accompanies it.
Would die to see more of this work. Actually would die to see it in real time.
These are the sort of images that are not really suitable for a computer screen. These are the images you want to see on large white walls.
Sometimes our virtual reality isn't enough....
If you have the chance: visit
"Kiruna: A Town in the Swedish Arctic." by Adam Shawyer
Over the past four years, Adam Shawyer has visited the North Eastern Swedish town of Kiruna, an iron ore mining town above the arctic circle. Kiruna's average winter temperatures are between -20 and -30 , with about 2 months of very little daylight during the heart of winter. In this darkness the Northern Lights can sometimes be seen.
Adam first went to Kiruna with a plan to photograph the illusive Northern Lights but soon became fascinated with the town itself. Extreme cold and heavy snowfall, combine with the stark night lighting to transform this functional 1960's town into a deserted and theatrical stage set.
The effect of the extreme temperatures on the camera lens itself has enhanced the surreal and painterly effects of the work.
Adam has moved into photography since studying Fine Art printmaking at Norwich School of Art. For the last 5 years he has
Worked in digital production, and combines these techniques in his work.
Posted on March 29, 2005
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Digital Fortress
I just finished Dan Browns first thriller: Digital Fortress.
Though not as good as the others, it still reads as a train.
And yep, the idea is actual: are our emails being controlled or not?
500 pages that read in 3 hours. Nice -but not splendid..-
Posted on March 30, 2005
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PodGuides.net is looking for entries
I will give it a try in Tel Aviv...
More on PodGuides.net
Posted on March 31, 2005
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Thierry De Duve in Tel Aviv
Thierry De Duve just arrived and will be lecturing tomorrow evening.
I guess we'll have an interesting lecture on Marchel Duchamp
Feel free to come if you happen to hang around in Tel Aviv: Sunday at 6PM, in Salamestreet
Posted on April 9, 2005
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On the plane to Belgium
I guess I never had such a beautiful view on Tel Aviv, when leaving it by plane.
Today it was splendid, the view was magnificent.
The amazing thing about this flight is the fact that they actually installed a camera on the nose of the plane, and during departure, you can see the nose of the plane lifting up.
An amazing view. (but off course my cam was in the hand-luggage, in the lockers.)
Nothing but praise for Swiss: space in the seats, a private tv channel with several movies to choose and excellent food. (humhum...)
And... a coop on airmiles with SnAirlines and Lufthansa. My 2 choices on that matter ;)
Big disadvantage: on short trips -like Brussels-Zurich- you need to pay for the drinks. And they are not cheap...
Posted on April 11, 2005
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Make Up
Learn how to put make-up (in Japanese...)
Posted on April 12, 2005
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Swiss Puke
Just had to show this one: puke bags at Swiss... You can choose: send your holiday rolls to develop or use it against airsickness.
What to do when you already put the rolls and then suddenly feel airsick?
Posted on April 13, 2005
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The future...
Robin Sloan and Matt Thompson have put together a pretty interesting vision of the media circa 2014. Basically they see all media becoming totally personalized and decentralized, driven by individual personalities and intelligent filtration systems. And of course, it's all enabled by Google and Amazon. They may take it to a bit of an extreme, but they certainly summarize a direction many of us see on the horizon.
Check out this video which runs about 8 minutes, or just read the transcript.
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Posted on April 15, 2005
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News: UN game teaches kids to feed the hungry
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has released a game called Food Force. Available for download for free, the game is compatible with Macs and PCs. The WFP's goal in releasing Food Force is to educate players about world hunger and the work the aid agency does.
Brought to you by MacCentral
Posted on April 19, 2005
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Guess who...
has to babysit that night.. :( Damn...
Posted on April 21, 2005
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Free pop music to fill your iPod :))
Posted on April 23, 2005
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Context Free Design Grammar
Posted on April 24, 2005
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Chocolat
Enjoy the sweet taste of chocolat.
Or enjoy Juliette...
Posted on April 24, 2005
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The computer guesses your thoughts
Really stunning!
Posted on April 30, 2005
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Laura Bush, stand-up comedienne and desperate housewife
I don't know who wrote Laura Bush's speech at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner last night, but she really has talent as a stand-up commedienne. Here in Europe, the TV channel of The Voice of America made it available on satellite...
Brought to you by LVB.net - English
Laugh yourself to death :)
Posted on May 1, 2005
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The L Word - Behind the scenes.
Though I missed almost all of the episodes by now -does anybody have them on video/dvd, and can I copy them?-, I did some research and I really want you to see this. Hilarious! Click on DVD Extra's Day One.
Great.
What's also great is the soundtrack.
Posted on May 2, 2005
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2 seconds
I remember some friends and me, about 5 years ago, in the north of France, with a tent.
I was pretty well equipped with my 50 euro 1.5 person igloo tent from Go Sport. It took me a while to set it up, but it was ok.
My
friend on the other hand had more difficulties: somehow after 20
minutes she figured out that something was missing: the tent... She had
the cover, but the real tent was gone.
It was pretty funny, because we had a huge argument about this tent.
This
tent was a huge 150 euro 3!person tent. And she wanted to sleep in this
tent alone. Her ex-girlfriend and I had to share my tiny tent.
So we were standing in the north of France with nothing but a 1.5 person tent and 3 chicks to sleep in it.
Quite
a view for the other people on the camping who saw 3 girls dissapear in
something the size of a 2persons bed... Quite a laugh indeed.
(And in the end, at 4 in the morning I couldn't stand it anymore and I ended sleeping outside of course...)
Why am I telling this? Because if you don't want to look like a moron, or better, feel like a moron, here is the solution:
The 2 seconds tent. You throw it in the air and it fall, set up. Hook in 5 hooks and it is ready.
For 50 euro only.
And you can never forget the inner tent... It is build-in.
Posted on May 6, 2005
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Ducky Duck
While browsing I came across this Internet Archive of free government movies, dating from long time ago.
This one explains what to do in case of an atomic attack.
The movies are downloadable and have a creative commons license with which you can do an awful lot to make something useful out of it, so many years later. -I can think of video art for sure-
Posted on May 6, 2005
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666 should be 616?
Satanists, apocalypse watchers and heavy metal guitarists may have to adjust their demonic numerology after a recently deciphered ancient biblical text revealed that 666 is not the fabled Number of the Beast after all. A fragment from the oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, dating to the Third century, gives the more mundane 616 as the mark of the Antichrist.
Imagine: The Omen is wrong, all those books and rituals, but next to that, all those of you who tattooed 666 on their butt...
Lol
Posted on May 7, 2005
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Second Life?
So, people have rated the Second Life platform according to its technology and quality, as well as price. Well, let me try to make you understand what Second Life really is and what is isn't. First, despite the description - it's not an "online virtual world game". It's certainly "online". It's definitely a "virtual world" - it has its own society and economy, which fits in nicely in our "real" economy. But it's not a "game".
Posted on May 7, 2005
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Richard Box Light Bulbs
How does this field of lights work?
by Ian Sample
The 1301 fluorescent tubes are powered only by the electric fields generated by overhead powerlines.
Richard Box, artist-in-residence at Bristol University’s physics department, got the idea for the installation after a chance conversation with a friend. ‘He was telling me he used to play with a fluorescent tube under the pylons by his house,’ says Box. ‘He said it lit up like a light sabre.’
Box decided to see if he could fill a field with tubes lit by powerlines. After a few weeks hunting for a site, he found a field, slipped the local farmer £200 and planted 3,600 square metres with tubes collected from hospitals.
A fluorescent tube glows when an electrical voltage is set up across it. The electric field set up inside the tube excites atoms of mercury gas, making them emit ultraviolet light. This invisible light strikes the phosphor coating on the glass tube, making it glow. Because powerlines are typically 400,000 volts, and Earth is at an electrical potential voltage of zero volts, pylons create electric fields between the cables they carry and the ground.
Great idea...
Posted on May 9, 2005
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In my heart
In my heart
In my body
In my spirit
In my bosom
Is our land
Our blood
Our soul
Our lives
The salt and the sea
?
The truth
The light
Drunk or sober
In my eyes, my tears ["emotions"]
You are my love
David Broza & Wisam Murad sing for peace in Israel/Palestine
Posted on May 9, 2005
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Free flight to spend.
I happen to have some free flights (SN Frequent Flyer Program).
Their last offer is 'Cork'.
Really considering having some summer holidays over there.
Cork is European Capital of Culture 2005, and features a bunch of exhibitions.
Like this one.
Or this one that sounds like music in my ears.
(Then again, I would love to go to Northern Ireland. which is all the opposite direction...)
Posted on May 11, 2005
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Ryanair...
Then again..
Somebody feels like taking a 2 days to Stockholm/Dublin?
Dropping prices at Ryanair till tomorrow.
Posted on May 11, 2005
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Isfahan, on persian architecture
A beautiful example of what computers can do now.
Fabulous.
Posted on May 13, 2005
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Coca Cola Contest
I guess I already mentioned I was one of the happy winners of the contest of Coca Cola Light.
But I am certainly not the only one: from the 26 winners there are at least 3 photobloggers!
That is:
Giovanni
MarryMe
Mine you know.
And I guess this Edwin Coster is also a photoblogger...
To bad we didn't get a can... But hey.
Don't know bout the others, but my pic will be hanging in a fancy restaurant.
I guess my model will love to see her in real time size. ;)
Posted on May 13, 2005
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Eurosong!!!
Tomorrow it is Eurosong. Guaranteed kitch, gay and seventees.
Nobody wants to watch it and everyone can't keep the tv off.
We have to see it. We have to laugh about it and criticize the participants.
Someone knows where they are showing it in group??
Update: Did I mention 'gay' ? ;) Watch it here.
Update 2: Since Belgium isn't in the selection, I cannot do anything but support the big boobed Israeli selection... lol
Posted on May 21, 2005
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Floating on clouds.
Posted on May 21, 2005
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Tampons part II: resurrection
As a part of Barbara Carey's grand plan to kick down menstrual taboos, a tampon bowling game for the boys has been launched and college students deemed "tampon ambassadors" are spreading the word about Ditties, her tampons with girl power-type messages on their wrappers, like fortune cookies.
"It makes your day better, the little messages," tampon ambassador Tara Meyer explains. "It makes you think of better things when you're on your period."
Tampon ambassadors put Dittie boxes in school bathrooms, make presentations to their classes and pitch the product at store sampling events.
Barbara Carey's crusade for tampons started the day she found herself in the tampon aisle in front of boxes that all looked like something out of the medicine cabinet. "At that point, I went after just an absolute mission to make women feel better," Carey declares. "And all of [a] sudden, my life changed. I ended up having this mission inside me to change the way women perceive their periods."
Via Ypulse SF Gate.
Btw, France did something similar in the 80's ;-)
Posted on May 25, 2005
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Links updated.
I finally updated my links pages.
Still need to add some things.
Find my opml-list to see all my rss subscriptions:
Posted on May 25, 2005
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Ooh-Kevin...
Get your own ring tone at Hormonia.be
It is fun.
One of this funny threesome is Nele Bauwens, and was a friend in high school.
I remember both of us after our education, doubting if we made the right choice, coming from a strict catholic school, jumping into the art world.
She certainly followed her heart with success!
She has a theater-tour in the coming months, and I can only recommend you to go and see it.
Until then, enjoy Kevin.
Posted on May 25, 2005
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Beat Pedro....
Posted on May 27, 2005
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Marco Mertens exhibits
Maybe I told you already, but Marco Mertens is one of my wow-photographers in Belgium. According to me, he is pretty under-estimated in Belgium -if you compare it to the woo-haa existing about others-
Yesterday I got a short mail:
Ine, misschien moest je maar eens binnenspringen op mijn vernissage, morgen. M
He knows me??
I am truly flattered! :)
So tonight is a hard choice: going to Bruges (Corpus 05 opens, with pictures of mine) or to Leuven.
(Pietel, beam me up, so if I end up in Leuven, we finally meet...)
Posted on May 28, 2005
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Corpus 05: Image3
For those of you who live near Bruges rather then near Leuven, I recommend to end your sweaty day at Corpus 05 where a photo expo opens for all of you photo addicts ;)
Posted on May 28, 2005
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Gender activism
The Gender Anarchy Project breaks down assumptions of gender. The sign on the bathroom doors is replaced by an interactive sign that draws attention to gender ambiguity.
The installation is in honor of the gender movement which began in the nineties and the recent efforts by activists for gender-neutral bathrooms.
Author: Amelia Marzec.
Posted on May 30, 2005
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For the fans of Beethoven: download him for free
BBC is giving free download to Beethoven's symphonies.
You can download them the day after they are broadcast.
All the symphonies are performed by BBC Philharmonic, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda.
Download info here
Posted on May 31, 2005
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Henin won!!!
It was silent yesterday, during that last set.
Normally in the place I work, machines are noisy and the radio is never heard.
But yesterday, all the machines were silently listening to what was taking our breath: the final set of Justin Henin.
She won: 8-6, 4-6 and the ever lasting 7-5. It was a match, it was a match: 3 hours and 15 minutes. Must have been one of the longest games played by women on Roland Garros.
You were down 5-3 in the third set; were you afraid of losing?
"No, not at all, especially because I was seeing her very nervous. She was afraid to win the match; that was very clear. And when you can see that in the eyes of your opponent, that is very good for myself. The way she was playing at that point, the mistakes she did on the, I think on the first match point I played very aggressive, very good. But on the second one, she played a slice in the net, and it was, that wasn't a very tough shot. So I understood at that point I could win the match. I was very calm at that point because what can happen? I can lose the match; it's not the end of the world. And I said that to myself at the end."
Today, more silence in our workspace. Not quite the amazing match of yesterday, but a deserved 6-4, 6-2, which puts her in the semi-finals.
(And sends nr 2 of the world, Sharapova, home.)
(for a very nice photoseries check her site under 'Shooting for Elle')
Posted on May 31, 2005
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Belgacom finally gives in.
Finally some good news on ordinary lines: they are becoming cheaper.
So now get back those fixed lines and stop calling to mobiles. ;)
The little snake? You HAVE to activate it, otherwise they just let you pay the old rates... (Well, after all it is Belgacom...)
Read all about it.
Posted on June 1, 2005
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Materialist?
You scored as Materialist. Materialism stresses the essence of fundamental particles. Everything that exists is purely physical matter and there is no special force that holds life together. You believe that anything can be explained by breaking it up into its pieces. i.e. the big picture can be understood by its smaller elements.
What is Your World View? (updated)
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Posted on June 2, 2005
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Darth Vader knows it!
Nice game to play, and to be stunned
Posted on June 2, 2005
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You want a pre-installed blog but don't have clue how to do it?
I get a lot of questions on blogs and how to install them.
Most of the servers provided by ordinary hostingproviders (like skynet and telenet) don't offer the perfect features.
For those interested: I offer pre-installed wordpress blogs.
For a 120 euro you get your space, pre-installed (standard) blog, email address, + own domain name. NO ads, nothing. No Blogger.
If you have a domain name already, the space is available for 100 euro/year.
So no nights to be busy with figuring out how it is working and how you should install it. I will do the mind breaking for you ;)
More info here.
Modifications are possible, but that's called webdesign ;)
Posted on June 2, 2005
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After 17 Chinese magazine
After 17 is a new online Chinese magazine (from the makers of ColdTea)
The first issue is released now online, and I am featured in one of their articles :)
Enjoy -if you know how to read chinese...-
Posted on June 5, 2005
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Come to Fnac
While some of you tend to avoid Fnac these days, I can say: if you are interested in digital photography and have some questions on it, come on Fridays or Saturdays.
Feel free to ask me whatever you want to know. Can't promise all answers, but pretty sure about giving some good advise.
So thinking of switching to digital? Come and ask.
I am all June in Fnac Ghent, on Fridays and Saturdays. Just standing there to be at your service ;)
Already have a camera? So participate in the Fnac Photo Marathon. D&TC is still looking for a partner I heard...
Posted on June 8, 2005
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Beethoven in the speakers
The 5 symphonies are free to download now!
Only there for a limited time. So hurry.
Posted on June 9, 2005
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Il Meglio Gioventu
Yesterday night I watched the second DVD of Il Meglio Gioventu.
Fabulous. I wasn't that convinced after the first 3 hours. But after seeing the moving next part and 6 hours later, I agree: it deserved its price in Cannes. A must-see.
Posted on June 11, 2005
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A price above rubies
Stumbled upon this movie tonight and had quite some fun in seeing it.
The director Boaz Yakin surely shows in 'A price above rubies' an honest inside in the strange chassidic jewish society.
While my sis was stunned about some things, I could add few things more. (maybe even worse)
-chassidic jews dress due to a habit dating from the 18th century -so has nothing to do with the far past-
-they have 2 kitchens according to what the tora describes
-they are not allowed to lit the lights on shabba so they light them on day before, or put timers in the whole house.
-they are not allowed to cook on shabbat, so the food is cooked one day before.
-the women wear wigs or a hat, because they have to hide themselves (just like muslims do...)
-they are purified and shaved totally when they get married.
For all your questions on judaism: 'Ask Moses', the online search engine ;)
Posted on June 12, 2005
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French journalist freed in Iraq
French journalist Florence Aubenas and her Iraqi interpreter are freed after five months of captivity in Iraq.
Imagine only 5 min of being captured by Iraqi's...
Multiply then by 43200.
Posted on June 12, 2005
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Balance for 2004:8500 pics taken
Today I started to index all my pics of the last 3 years.
33gb of files, representing something like 15500 images.
Fortunately I discovered the beautiful Adobe Bridge, that is remarkably super and clear to have a splendid overview of my files. Thank you Adobe.
Memories float.
And if you ever wondered why I wanted to stop for 6 months: sometimes it is time to review what you did. To stand still and look, instead of running forward all the time.
Posted on June 12, 2005
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Jackson jury reaches verdict
A California jury found pop superstar Michael Jackson not guilty Monday of all charges in his child-molestation trial.
Wellwell. Sad story, sad guy, whatever the truth might be.
More here.
Posted on June 13, 2005
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Skype rules, part 47
My mom arrived home last night, smile on her face.
'We have now Skype at work'
She means: the computerguy installed Skype, since ALL the office people will be using it for internal use -calling from branches to branches-
'Because it is for free'
And you have head phones?
'Yep, everybody gets these cool head sets.'
Or how a inventive idea can mean a threat to ALL telecom companies WORLDWIDE.
Belgacom feels the heat...
Install your Skype now:
Posted on June 13, 2005
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PostSecret
PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail-in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.
Via Dykesandthecity
Via Vitriolica
Posted on June 16, 2005
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Reading tip: A Muslim Woman, a Story of Sex
"The Almond" is a semi-autobiographical exploration of sexual freedom by a woman living in a traditional Arab society.
Should remember this one and fetch it next week in Fnac. -or maybe the library, which is cheaper...-
Posted on June 20, 2005
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Plan your trip with Airtreks
Booking multi-destination international flights just got more fun (easier and cheaper too) thanks to Airtrek's recently launched TripPlanner 5.0. Their flash-based map brings hi-tech visual logic that makes planning a trip feel more like a fluid video game than competitors' frustrating pull down menus and pop up calendars. Mouse navigation zooms and pans across continents, enabling users to add destinations with a simple click. The new platform also means travelers can save and update a route, view it on a world map, explore alternate routes (including automatically suggestions of optional value-added stopovers), share plans with others and get instant "one-click" estimates.
I planned my dream trip already...
Posted on June 20, 2005
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175 years of Belgian photography.
Another great exhibit to go and see in the FOTOMUSEUM Antwerp
Posted on June 22, 2005
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Storker: adopt a plastic baby
Sounds a bit like the Dwarfs-project (of Huis van Alijn) of some years ago.
Though this is all hand made art: The Storker project
The STORKER PROJECT is a species propagation movement by STORKER seeking to incite select individuals from the public at large, perhaps you. If while passsing by one you feel strange sensations in your nipples or fingertips, adopt the infant, breast feed, and give it plenty of pTLC. It will gradually mature to a full size Tape Man or Woman to co-habitate with you and eventually take you to the Glazed Paradise (or possibly oust you from your home).
Posted on June 22, 2005
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New desktop online
Should make some more work of these things... But hey, I added a desktop for you guys...
Enjoy...
(While I am updating my image library, I'll try to add some more of this stuff...)
Posted on June 23, 2005
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Flickr for all your video's
(50 mb/upload supported, this might be a nice tool for some of you guys that don't want to spend their bandwidth!)
Posted on June 25, 2005
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Free Iraqi is answering readers' questions
To me it reveals how people all over want similar things: happiness.
And it shows there is more to the world than hate.
Tom asked:
1)What other countries would you like to visit in the coming years?2.) How much interaction do you have with American troops? Are they in your neighborhood often?3.) Do you plan on having kids someday? 4.) Is Heavy Metal music popular in Iraq? Metalicca, Slipknot, Black Label Society...
1) America, Israel, France and Russia.
2) Not much and they used to show up often but not since months ago. I do meet some Americans every now and then, mostly civilians working in the reconstruction. I've met many American soldiers soon after the war and had really great times talking to them. They were all great guys.
3) Sure! I love kids and it's a very important reason why I decided to become a pediatrician.
4) I'm not very well informed on this but I think heavy metal is more common than other western music and Metalica seems to be more common than other bands.
This is interesting, I think he should start mailing with Sigal.
Brought to you by: Free Iraqi
Posted on June 25, 2005
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Jordan bans Saddam's new novel
Well heck, he has a new novel! The fourth!!!
If you think he writes them himself read the presumed truth:
Following his overthrow, however, Iraqi writers and intellectuals said Saddam did not write the books himself but got a committee to do it for him.
More on: CNN.com
Posted on June 26, 2005
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Photoseries to see
Eight has a special series on Israel-Palestine online.
Worth visiting...
Tx, Chris.
Posted on June 27, 2005
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Logo, a New Gay Channel, Looks 'Beyond Sexuality'
Sex may sell, but it won't be selling Logo, MTV Networks' new gay channel, which is beginning on Thursday with little fanfare, after a four-month delay.
Brought to you by: NYT > Arts
Well... USA might be conservative, their channels aren't...
Where is the first European gay channel?
Posted on June 28, 2005
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ISSN, next part.
I have sent an email on June 22th.
Today we are June 30th. No answer yet...
I am waiting...
Beste,
Ik vroeg me af of dit een nieuwe regelgeving is aangezien er toch een aantal medebloggers wel een issn ummer verkregen.
Verder vroeg ik me dan af wat de definitie is van een regelmatige electronische publicatie, waaronder mijn blogs toch onder vallen.
Vriendelijke groeten,
Ine Dehandschutter
Geachte,
Volgens de richtlijnen van het ISSN-Centrum Parijs, mogen we geen ISSN-nummer toekennen aan blogs.
Vriendelijke groeten,
Posted on June 30, 2005
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Summer has arrived
For musiclovers amongst you: Amazon gives away for free
-I posted this already once, but heck, you'll enjoy it again.-
Choose this one: The Strokes.
Yihaa.
-Classical Music lovers: the rest of the series of Beethoven is released at BBC-
Posted on July 1, 2005
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Internet in the air...
Why you might want to jump on Austrian Airplanes soon:
The Austrian Airlines Group and the world´s leading provider of high speed internet services on board aircraft - Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) - have signed contracts to install wireless internet access on the Austrian Airlines Group´s long-haul fleet. The agreement was concluded on 16 June 2005 at Le Bourget Airshow. Both Economy and Business Class passengers will be able to use the internet on board Austrian flights.
Wondering how much it will cost ;)
Posted on July 1, 2005
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Rio in a different daylight
I heard from several sources that Brazil is heck of a country and worth a visit.
I believe them. And I really want to go.
But today I stumbled on this series of pictures of a cell block in Rio.
Must be the other side of the story.
(Pictures by VIIPhoto.)
Posted on July 2, 2005
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On Studio Brussel
Got this message today:
"Peter Van de Veire on Studio Brussel was talking about digital tampons and referred to your site. Without source mentioning. It seems a hot subject"
-Bart-
Hi Peter! ;)
Posted on July 6, 2005
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VRT starts podcast
Great initiative BUT: 1 download of 'De Afrekening': 81.3 mb.
Thank you very much...
Like this, their test will be pretty unsuccessful due to unexpected bandwidth usage.
Hey guys, there must be a better way to do this...
Posted on July 6, 2005
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Al Qaeda attacks London?
Explosions force the entire London Underground network to be closed down.
Update: amazingly there are only 2 37 deaths up till now, and there is no panic in the streets. -Compared to what happened in NY it is so different-
Blair is leaving the G8 summit.
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Posted on July 7, 2005
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Free SkypeOut Minutes Promotion
Skype has announced "Free SkypeOut days as a new promotion. Free SkypeOutMinutes...
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Posted on July 9, 2005
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Falling.
Philosopher Martin Heideggar described human existence as a process of perpetual falling, and it is the responsibility of each individual to catch ourselves from our own uncertainty.
Posted on July 12, 2005
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Motorbike for sale
Two friends of mine decided to make a baby and thus selling the motorcycle. -Hey, who needs gay adoption? ;) -
Which I think is stupid: they bought it only one year ago brand new.
The specifics:
Honda CBF 600 SA4
All-rounder
Built 04/2004
Km : 5800
Included: ABS
1st owner, no accidents, selling due to pregnancy, color : grey blue
(excalibur grey)
Under guarantee till 04/2006
They are asking : €5900
On top of it, it is only on sale for one week, then they sell it to the shop where they'll buy a scooter. -Why oh why?-
-It is truly a bargain thinking you buy a brand new bike for second hand price. I can tell you it was cleaned after each ride. Those girls are freaks ;)- (when you google the thing, you'll find much more expensive deals for older similar motorcycles + new price of more then 7000 euro.. so better be fast.)
Buy it here.
If I hadn't had my beauty, I wouldn't have hesitated...
Posted on July 13, 2005
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Polaroid + Pinhole = Pinholaroid
I picked up a Polaroid camera for $1 at a garage sale thinking I could add a pinhole and have a pinholaroid. I didn't find any good online tutorials, and feeling confident after building my digital pinhole camera, I decided to figure it out as I went. Keep reading to learn how to turn a cheap Polaroid camera into a cheap polaroid pinhole camera…
An interesting article.
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Posted on July 18, 2005
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Bettina Rheims Retroperspective
Worthwhile seeing...
Some images of Bettina Rheims might have shocked the world, yet there is more to see than only shocking images.
Still in Dusseldorf for a while.
Posted on July 18, 2005
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The Common Desk
How to decorate your desk best...
Quicktime and 40min long! But really fun and interesting.
Thanks Veerle
Posted on July 19, 2005
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Looking for a graphic designer.
As the sidebar of this site tells, I support Karama in Palestine.
Unemployment in this area is above 80% and thus all kinds of fair trade are interesting.
Some of my friends over there are starting a fair trade shop, and I am kind of helping them out a little bit.
We want to make T-shirts, with a cool design.
The manufacturing of the T-shirts is not a problem.
The design on the other hand is hard to make, since we, Europeans are rather keen on cool things. ;)
So I am asking the designers amongst you to contact me, if you want to see your design on a T-shirt.
We are looking for:
cool designs
one colored, like stencils, or 2 colored
arabic positive words -like hope, think, etc- with english translation. integrated in the design.
If you are interested, contact me and I'll send more details.
Reward: a free T-shirt -when we use your design- and the knowledge that you actually helped people in a structural way rather than sending some money to charity.
Posted on July 28, 2005
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Missing some extra closets...
Maybe I should fix it this way...
Posted on July 31, 2005
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PostModern Pets
Why not buy your dog a post modern piece of furniture, you'd ask...
Well, first I have no dog -luckily- and second, my couch now costs only 170 euro. You don't want to know what this piece costs...
But PostModern Pets have other, more useful gadgets.
Might buy this bowl to change the awful aquarium the fish of house owns now...
Posted on July 31, 2005
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Da Vinci in cinema
The Da Vinci Code is being filmed these days.
I don't like to see films of books, because they miss so many details the book does have inside, and the image of your characters turn out differently on screen...
But in this one Audrey Tautou is playing...
She is sooooo cute.
So might rent the dvd afterwards...
Posted on July 31, 2005
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Opensource for Mac
Do you know AbiWord?
Abiword is an alternative for M$ Word.
(Available for Windows too btw)
It was updated days ago to a newer version.
Another player in the field is NeoOffice
And most of all for Israeli Mac Lovers:
NeoOffice enables Hebrew writing!
Guess you like that! -M$ refused to make a Hebrew version of Word for Mac, even though the Israeli Mac Community offered to pay for it-
Best of all: all these programs are totally FREE.
Seriously thinking of switching here, now it is no longer needed to run those apps, there is finally a good alternative...
Posted on August 3, 2005
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Jewels for vegetable lovers
It all started with a true story: a farmer had lost his wedding ring in the field and found it a season after with a tomato grown inside it.
To make the jewelry, Hilde De Decker fits the ring over the tender young fruit. Adjusting, intervening, leading, every week, or even every day, she creates jewelry following the rhythm of the vegetables.
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Posted on August 4, 2005
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Scoopt Citizen Journalism Picture Agency Launches
In the series: get money for your pictures:
Scoopt, the world's first citizen journalism picture agency, officially launches on August 4th. Now anybody with a cameraphone can sell their pictures to the press on the same terms as a professional photographer.
Brought to you by PhotographyBLOG
Posted on August 4, 2005
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Antwerp
I just finished a book from Nicolas Royle 'Antwerp' -explains my silence on this blog ;) -and I can only say it is a must read for everybody, especially for Belgians,
It's a thriller happening in the well-known cities with existing persona, real websitelinks and very relevant descriptions towards how things happen in Belgium. You walsk along in the streets, you'll recognize some buildings and others you'll want to discover.
It gives extra info on Delvaux, Antwerp, Brussels and the movies of Harry Kümel, all packed in a stunning story on a serial killer.
It's an outsiders view on Belgium and it has many stereotypes, though also a lot of things we might recognize.
It is the kind of book that you can use as a city guide of obcure places. Maybe we should make one like that...
In someone else's words:
'Atmospheric tour through the streets, squares and creepy abandoned buildings of Antwerp... The novel has a pleasing texture and impressive depth of inquiry into the darkest nooks and crannies of human pathology... Pungent writing... Terrific thriller... The denouement is both frantic and chilling'
Matthew Lewin, Guardian
Posted on August 5, 2005
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StumbleUpon web surfing
I'm the last person to need another distraction to keep me from working, but I have a new obsession: StumbleUpon. It's a free toolbar that sends you to random sites once you've picked a few areas of interest like cyberculture or activism. You can then rate the sites as something you like or "not for me" so your recommended sites become more tailored for you as your results are matched against those of like-minded users.
I like this so much because I realized that I haven't actually played much on the web in years. I almost always jump right to Google or to my
Bloglines feeds and I sort of miss how I used to just find interesting things while sifting through the results of a dozen search engines. StumbleUpon is like channel surfing with your TV remote- great for when you want to see something new but you're just not sure what.
StumbleUpon is a
free download for Internet Explorer or Firefox.
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GadgetsI stumbled upon InternetFrog that showed me our Telenet is not offering its promised things...
Posted on August 6, 2005
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The end of the world!
LOL:
Posted on August 6, 2005
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Banksy does it again
I am a huge fan of him, since he managed to get some fake art work in a huge museum and it took long before one noticed.
Now he went to stencil West Banks Barrier Wall.
He's still anonymous -but maybe Israeli security knows his real name ;)-
Might go an see his works in real time, next week...
More here
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Posted on August 7, 2005
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Fucking Different
Gay men were given the task of making a short film about lesbian sexuality and eroticism, and lesbians were asked to explore the sexuality of gay men.
The result is Fucking Different!, 15 short films, each between 3 and 7 minutes, shot on MiniDV and spanning disparate genres and forms, but all "primarily concerned with the pinpointing, questioning and deconstruction of cliches -- cliches which, in spite of the ostensible proximity of gays and lesbians during the past ten years, appear to persist to a shocking extent in the minds of many in the opposite group."
Showing at De Beursschouwburg, on 2005/09/15, for free.
Tx Chris.
Posted on August 8, 2005
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Strenght of Flickr
The strength of Flickr is for sure not its lay out -which frankly speaking in my opinion- just sucks.
No, it must be the social aspect.
And the API's...
Uploading without actually having to log in into the webinterface rocks.
Other funky apps based upon Flickr API rock too.
I always urged the team of PhotoBlog to integrate it, but due to a lack of time it got never integrated...
Has anyone some advice which soft to use for Flickr + Apple?
Trying 1001 now, but still seems little buggy.
Posted on August 8, 2005
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Censored
When Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter George Weller's 25,000-word story on the horror that he encountered in Nagasaki was submitted to military censors, Gen. MacArthur personally ordered the story killed, and the manuscript was never returned. As Weller later summarized his experience with MacArthur's censors, "They won."
Last month, Weller's son Anthony discovered a carbon copy of the suppressed dispatches among his late father's papers (George Weller died in 2002). Unable to find an interested American publisher, Anthony Weller sold the account to Mainichi Shimbun, a large Japanese newspaper. Now, on the sixtieth anniversary of the atomic bombings, Weller's account can finally be read. (The first of Weller's four dispatches can be found here.)
An article on the censorship.
Posted on August 8, 2005
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Member of my jury last year...
Somehow I stumbled upon this site. Ronald Jones was one of my jury members last year. He kind of decided if I passed or not (with 3 others).
Frankly speaking, I didn't know him at all, but now I read his curriculum...
Hmmm... Happy to hear that he liked my work.
Fetching my diploma next week in Tel Aviv. :)
Posted on August 8, 2005
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Why visit Belgium?
Some of my friends are considering to come to Belgium, for a short visit.
How to introduce them to our little country?
Luc offered me a good link.
Hey Alon and Dapha, check this (click the English version)
It is also a rather good link for Belgians as well. ;)
Posted on August 10, 2005
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PC TV on Telenet.
O-o revelation, Telenet has Telenet Tv-Pc.
You can rent DVD online and have access to it immediately.
Since I am now a TeleNet user in the new apartment, I can take advantage of this offer.
Well...
It doesn't work.
And when I try to mail to the customers survey to send them the bug, I get also a error message.
C'mon guys...
What kind of service is this??
Posted on August 10, 2005
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Prices are dropping in internet-land
I announced it months ago: hosting providers are cheating ;)
But some of them just don't.
And some of those get veryvery big:
MediaTemple for example.
They offer now 2gb storage for only 8 dollars/month.*
That ladies and gentlemen is CHEAP, but only FAIR since the market prices of storage and bandwidth dropped.
I once had a project there, but due to my software that was running php4 (and their servers were only on version 3 something) I needed to cancel the deal.
They gave all the money back.
That, ladies and gentlemen, is called SERVICE.
(I can mention some providers that deal with these things differently.
I won't mention names, because then those people are not pleased.)
Even their dedicated services are amazingly well priced. So go and check it out.
Justy checked the shared and they run:
# Apache: 2.0.46
# PHP: 4.3.10 !!!
# GD: 2.0.28 with freetype support
# Perl: 5.8.0
# Python: 2.2.3
# MySQL: 3.23.58
# Squirrelmail: 1.4.4
Can't wait to get rid of some accounts... and place it at MediaTemple..
(oh and for uber-nerds: check their bandwidth-prices...)
*: Compair prices: at Telenet: 8euro/month=50mb, or Dommel: 9euro/month=200mb
Posted on August 11, 2005
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What is going on here
Read this.
Posted on August 14, 2005
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Womanize, don't terrorize
Goed uit Gent.
Posted on August 22, 2005
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Become a sushi samurai
Make your own sushi.
Posted on August 26, 2005
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Survive Israel
While I am going back tonight -snifsnif- some of you might go on a trip to Israel.
If so, find here some survival kits to read.
How to survive Israeli drivers -yep, my mom will confirm they are even more crazy then Belgians...-
One Way Streets - No Way
You're going on a road trip and you've checked out the map to make sure you are aware of all the one way streets. You assume everyone does the same, right? Wrong! Don't be surprised to see 1) another car coming straight at you 2) someone backing up the street towards you 3) someone turning out of a laneway coming straight towards you. Also note that anyone of these vehicles may be a moving van, local garbage truck, speeding Mazda or, the worst and most dangerous, any one of the aforementioned on their cellphone. Survival tip: be like Linda Blair in the Exorcist.
And last but not least: How to survive Israeli men -for both men and women interesting...- ;)
Posted on August 26, 2005
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Akinori Oishi
I went crazy when I discovered his wonderful Opniyama last year (turn the sound on), now i'm having a great time going through Akinori Oishi's series of micro films.
Posted on August 27, 2005
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Slide, a concurrent to Flickr?
Promising project from the maker of Pay-Pal...
Soon to be launched.
Posted on August 29, 2005
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Miserable failure.
Posted on August 29, 2005
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iTunes phone???
Bits and pieces of information on the now legendary, yet unseen iTunes phone keep coming in iLounge now has it that while the E790/ ROKR will indeed be an iTunes phone, it's not gonna be the iTunes phone that will make fanboys drop to their knees.
Months and months people are speculating about the next ITunes Phone.
I think Motorola will be introducing a whole series of ITunes Phones if they are smart.
What is it more than a piece of software inside of a phone? C'mon, many phones can bring songs these days, many phones/pda's have enough cpu and memory.
And one cannot believe it took them 8 months to prepare just ONE phone, right?
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Posted on August 30, 2005
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Looking for a stereo bluetooth headset.
Who can help me out with this one:
I am looking for a stereo bluetooth headset.
No not the ugly one-sided-ear thing. I am rather thinking of the ordinary headsets (see image) but in bluetooth module.
I want to use it in combination with my computer (for Skype+ITunes) and with my mobile.
It doesn't seem to exist.
The only thing found is the strange Sony Ericsonn HBM 30, which is a MP3 headset. Unfortunately the microphone is somehow hidden in the huge device, and the battery is not rechargeable. (That's why the price dropped from 150 euro to 50 I guess)
But it is stereo, and good for even the iPod.
Better tips?
Posted on August 30, 2005
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In the series 'moving'
I moved a month ago, and since I am not a 'good cook' I decided to buy a microwave.
Heck, they are a kind of mystery to me, those microwaves.
You have normal, grill and convection, but when asked for an explanation, nothing gets easy.
If grill can give me a toast mozarella -this is probably the only thing why i would use the grill anyway- they told me that I should prefer convection.
Why? stay unanswered.
Surely they'd like to sell me a 200 euro machine instead of a 60 euro thing.
I decided I could wait -I was going to Israel anyway, and over there, my sweet hosts had already a microwave...-
Now, upon return I found this one at Krefel: 100 euro, instead of 200.
So heck, I got my convection wave oven for the price of a micro-grill thing. In inox.
Someone fancies a toast brie with honey? ;)
(for those that look for the details: yep, only 1000w for hot air, buck heck, you really hope I'll bake chicken in that machine??? at least I have 2000w for the grill, so I can heat the pizza. compare it to this one and its price, and you'll agree)
Posted on August 31, 2005
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Because of happy blog day:
My links:
Madame Finistere
We make money not art
Onepointzero
Braindrain
Veerle
Posted on August 31, 2005
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Luvgalz
Design the perfect one. ;)
Beautiful graphics -though I don't like flash, this one is fast and good-
Posted on September 1, 2005
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Make poverty history
3seconds can make a difference.
Watch the movies (yellow dress, orphans of Nkandla and toddlers) and vote for trade justice.
Posted on September 1, 2005
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Huh?
Found on the web
and couldn't resist posting them.
LOL
Posted on September 1, 2005
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A mighty heart..
Just read the book of Mariane Pearl.
Her husband was abducted and killed in Pakistan: Daniel Pearl.
It is an amazing story out of a different perspective and gives some insights on the structure of Al Quaeda, next to her struggle in dealing with authoroties, searching her husband and giving birth to her child.
Worth reading for sure.
Check also the foundation they founded after his death.
They have some interesting projects for seeds of peace.
Posted on September 2, 2005
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Telenet PCTV, what a bummer.
Well, last time we didn't even got to this screen:
Sorry the configuration of your computer is not good.
So no internet-movie-renting for me.
Anyone for whom it is working and who tested the free movie??
Posted on September 5, 2005
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Joy of tech.
Eagerly waiting for tomorrow -no, not really for the iPhone, but rather for upgrades of certain existing tools-
From Joy of Tech
Posted on September 6, 2005
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Osama and Katrina
If President Bush goes back to his politics as usual, Katrina will have destroyed a city and a presidency.
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Posted on September 7, 2005
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U want to change the world?
Posted on September 9, 2005
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Stuff on my cat.com
Lol.
Posted on September 9, 2005
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Make poverty history
Posted on September 9, 2005
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Try to understand...
Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?
* Acess to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities and while we are in constant contact with them, we simply cannot enter New Orleans against their orders.
* The state Homeland Security Department had requested--and continues to request--that the American Red Cross not come back into New Orleans following the hurricane. Our presence would keep people from evacuating and encourage others to come into the city.
* The Red Cross has been meeting the needs of thousands of New Orleans residents in some 90 shelters throughout the state of Louisiana and elsewhere since before landfall. All told, the Red Cross is today operating 149 shelters for almost 93,000 residents.
* The Red Cross shares the nation’s anguish over the worsening situation inside the city. We will continue to work under the direction of the military, state and local authorities and to focus all our efforts on our lifesaving mission of feeding and sheltering.
* The Red Cross does not conduct search and rescue operations. We are an organization of civilian volunteers and cannot get relief aid into any location until the local authorities say it is safe and provide us with security and access.
* The original plan was to evacuate all the residents of New Orleans to safe places outside the city. With the hurricane bearing down, the city government decided to open a shelter of last resort in the Superdome downtown. We applaud this decision and believe it saved a significant number of lives.
* As the remaining people are evacuated from New Orleans, the most appropriate role for the Red Cross is to provide a safe place for people to stay and to see that their emergency needs are met. We are fully staffed and equipped to handle these individuals once they are evacuated.
Information by American Red Cross
Posted on September 10, 2005
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Which WMD?
Colin Powell, the former US secretary of state who told the United Nations that Saddam Hussein was concealing weapons of mass destruction, has conceded the assertion will always be a "painful blot" on his record.
Asked whether the statement about WMD tarnished his reputation, the former general responded: "Of course it will. It's a blot. I'm the one who presented it on behalf of the United States to the world and [it] will always be a part of my record. It was painful. It's painful now." The soldier-statesman made a dramatic and detailed presentation to the UN Security Council a month before the invasion of Iraq in March 2003. It relied on the extensive use of intelligence material, which later turned out to be inaccurate.
That fuelled allegations from Europeans and American liberals that, as the moderate face of a hardline administration, he had allowed himself to be misused.
But during the interview Mr Powell was unwilling to apologise or blame other senior figures. In particular, he refused to attack George Tenet, the former CIA director whose agency provided him with poor information during a week-long briefing before his Security Council speech. "He didn't sit there for five days with me, misleading me," Mr Powell said. "He believed what he was giving me was accurate . . . the intelligence system did not work well."
...
"There were some people in the intelligence community who knew at the time that some of these sources were not good and shouldn't be relied upon and didn't speak out," he said. "That devastated me."
...
When Mrs Walters tried to tease from him an admission that the Iraq war had been a bad idea, he said: "Who knew what the whole mess was going to be like?"
"I'm always a reluctant warrior and I don't resent the term, I admire the term," he said. "But when the President decided that it was not tolerable for this regime to remain in violation of all these UN resolutions, I'm right there with him on the use of force."
Asked whether he had put loyalty to the President above his own judgment, Mr Powell said he had not: "Loyalty is a trait that I value and yes, I am loyal. And there are some who say, 'Well, you shouldn't have supported it. You should have resigned'. But I'm glad that Saddam is gone. I'm glad that that regime is gone."
Posted on September 11, 2005
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Millenium
I keep on linking to these wonderful pictures:
"Ambulantes (Street Vendors) in Buenos Aires" By Brian Daughton
Get on any bus in Buenos Aires, board a train, or merely walk along the street and soon you will see a sight all too common-the street hawker. On buses they announce themselves in the usual daily litany. ’Buen dia senors y senoras, disculpe la molestia . Hoy les traigo una buena oferta’.(Good day all-sorry to bother you. Today l bring you some great offers). On trains, they pace through the carriages, down the aisles, bleating their wares in a hypnotic monotone pitch…."helado…helado.." (Ice Cream) .They are the itinerant vendors of an alternative economy. In Buenos Aires they are called ’ambulantes’ and are one of the quintessential features of the daily grind in that city.
Brian Daughton is a freelance photographer currently based in London who has over the years lived and worked in Argentina. One photographic project l worked on while there last year was a series of close up images of the hands of street hawkers and the products they sell. Due to fear of police harassment most ambulantes were extremely wary of their faces appearing in the photos. For me the ‘Ambulantes’ have become a kind of economic barometer, an indication of how well the country is faring and it struck me - since the crisis at the end of 2001 - how many more street vendors there are. It used to be that the typical ambulante was drawn from the poor in the province of Buenos Aires, who came into the city to make a buck. However now, since the crisis, vying with them is a more middle class ambulante from the wealthier ‘barrios’; all jostling and competing for a space to sell their wares. They are a testimony to the fact that many middle class Argentines saw their savings dwindle to nothing during the crisis with many sinking below the poverty line.
Recent reports estimate that there are roughly 11,000 sellers on the streets of Buenos Aires. As the ‘ambulantes’ are unregulated they are technically illegal. The police exploit this and in return for turning a blind eye they ensure their palms are greased. Corruption is rife and most ambulantes pay about 100 pesos a month to the police just for the privilege of selling on the street. An outrageous sum when you consider the average salary in Argentina is roughly 700 pesos a month.
Brian Daughton was born (1961) and raised in the city of Cork in Ireland. On leaving school he studied architectural design at the Cork Regional Technical College. Since 1983 he has lived and worked in a variety of countries including, Germany, Greece, Italy, the UK and Argentina.
In Buenos Aires where he lived from 1990 to 97 he developed his interest in photography when he enrolled at the Escuela National de Fotografia (National School of Photography) where he studied for 3 years under the direction of Jorge Monaco, who is one of Argentina’s best known photograhers. On his graduation he was awarded a solo exhibition of his work. The photographs, which documented in monochrome the city of Buenos Aires (‘A City in Exile’), were very well received in the local press. In fact, since the nineties the city of Buenos Aires has been a constant motif in his work.
In 1998 he returned to London to complete his photographic studies at Goldsmiths College in London where he completed an MA in ‘Image and Communication’ (Photography). On graduation his work was exhibited at the ‘Fink Exhibition’ in Hoxton Square in London. It was in this period that he began producing the large-scale images in colour for which he is better known.
From 1999 to 2003 Brian was employed at Goldsmiths College as a photography tutor and studio manager in the Visual Arts department where he provided technical and theoretical support to art students working on studio based photographic projects. In 2001 he was selected for the Kobal prize at the National Portrait Gallery. Last year (2004) he won the bronze medal in the ‘Photoart’ at the London Photographic Awards. He now divides his time between working as a freelance photographer from his studio in south London and as a visiting lecturer at the Metropolitan University. He is married to Debora and they have two children Andrea and Valentina. In recent years he has begun to work more closely with design studios in London, creating specific images for interior locations.
Posted on September 12, 2005
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The Dustbunnies
The Dustbunnies, by Stijn Schiffeleers and Hendrik Leper from Boutique Vizique, is a colony of seven shapes that contain two kinds of sensors, a RF-communication system, two microcontrollers, a big battery, speakers and a motor.
When there's no human around, they collect dust, hair, flakes of skin and dirt and murmur to each other in a mysterious language. But if you walk into their territory, they become quiet and pretend to be dead.
The only way to observe them in that first state is to be motionless yourself. Touching a dustbunny will cause different reactions. If they like the way you treat them they will make an amusing sound according to the movement you cause.
But the Dustbunnies can also become angry. If you mistreat one of them, all dustbunnies will start screaming. The whole group will show their dislike.
For those interested in dirt and art, the dustbunnies will be at the UCI Beal Center (University of California, Irvine) from Oct. 4 till Dec. 10.
Dirty posts: dust furniture, viral architecture.
These are friends of mine and they made it into 'we make money no art': congrats Stijn and Hendrik!!!
Check it out, because they do great stuff.
And they are from Ghent! ;)
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Posted on September 13, 2005
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Katrina and the photo adapation
In my email:
Dear Friends,
Over the past few days someone with an excellent command of digital-manipulation and a sharp sense of irony has been emailing "photo commentary" of the Bush response to the Hurricane Katrina Disaster. As you will see below, Bush & Son are pictured happily engaged in leisure activities on the backdrop of a devasted New Orleans. It's a fitting and frustrated response to a very serious situation.
But these photos speak to a deeper problem: our ability to get at the TRUTH is under siege.
If you happen to be carrying a camera or a microphone in New Orleans right now, it is almost certain a gun will be raised in your direction. There are reports of photographers having guns pointed at their HEADS; their cameras confiscated.
Yes, even the corporate media is feeling the pinch.
WHY are mercenaries patrolling the streets of New Orleans with M-16s?
WHY are they are using a natural disaster as an excuse to implement martial law?
WHY, while doctors, nurses and more than a thousand patients waited in the Charity Hospital for rescue, was the National Guard busy clearing the area of the "enemy"?
The private security firm Blackwater, professional mercenaries, have been contracted by the Department of Homeland Security (paid for with our tax dollars) and deployed to the streets. These are fully-armed, trained killers freshly imported from the streets of Iraq. To bypass the decree that only "law enforcement officials" are allowed to carry weapons, the Louisiana governor is "deputizing" them.
How many more examples of betrayal, lies, strong-arm tactics, and general disregard do we need to experience before we demand more from ourselves and our leaders? These retouched photos offer up sardonic commentary, but how can we answer the call more responsibly?
Documentary photographers are some of the bravest and most earnest people I have ever encountered.
We need to hear their stories, see their pictures. It is their unadulterated work that is especially important at this time.
Citizens all over the world are struggling to find ways to get clear and accurate information about the conditions that affect their lives—let us be part of telling the story with authenticity and truth. We remain steadfast in our continued support of documentary photography and independent media as a responsible action in the recovery of our civil society.
For more background:
•AlterNet: "Overkill in New Orleans"
•Editor & Publisher: "Journalist Groups Protest FEMA Ban on Photos of Dead"
•Democracy Now: "Is the Government Trying to Stem the Tide of Images From New Orleans by Threatening Journalists?"
•Information Clearing House: "New Orleans on a hair-trigger"
•Blackwater USA's website
See Thomas Dworzak's extensive photo coverage
FiftyCrows can be found here
Posted on September 14, 2005
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Technorati top 100
Some time ago we were talking on Doppler. My table companion said it was not such a good program. I wouldn't know frankly speaking, since I have Apple, and PC stuff doesn't tend to work on this machine.
Today, while looking what all this buzz of Technorati is about I found they are number 52 on the Top100 blogs.
Just wanted to congratulate you guys with that!
Means not all the people agree on the note of that table companion ;)
They even get before Joi Ito, Stopdesign, Mezzoblue, Gothamist and Seth Godin. Not bad at all...
Posted on September 14, 2005
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Making Visible the Invisible: sex chart for books ;)
Non-fiction books checked out and returned at the Seattle Central Library amount to approximately 37000 items per day. From now on, the circulation of books will float in color-coded streams across six big plasma screens located on a glass wall behind the librarians; main information desk.
All participants to Making Visible the Invisible are anonymous. Whatever is in circulation will be noted, but not the person who put it there.
George Legrady's project is the last major piece of art commissioned for the Rem Koolhaas-designed library.
Via dexigner Seattle PI.
This one made me think of the famous sex chart in the L Word -hehe, seems I am seeing the series after all...- but then better.
1000 of books in a chart. What a nice idea.
I remember reading somewhere that tagging will be the keyword in the future of the internet.
Maybe.
I think it will be visualization of network links. Tagging will have a function there, but not a necessity.
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Posted on September 15, 2005
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SinFul T-shirts
Posted on September 15, 2005
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For the FlickrLovers amongst you
In case you didn't know these toys yet: make a stamp, make a calendar, make loads of stuff...
Posted on September 16, 2005
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Tagging and linking
I'm not a del.icious user, I didn't figure out the use -when clicking on someone's delicious list I get amazingly confused of the disorder...
I'm neither a Technorati user... I think it is useful, but can someone please explain me why? ;)
But I love TagCloud.
Why? I don't need to do anything except for adding some rss feeds. :)))
Check it out.
(My tagcloud here)
Posted on September 16, 2005
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Fight Mannequinism.
Mannequinism: An In-Depth Report
A Medical Mystery
It's an all too familiar story. There is a young man or woman who is very busy all the time. So busy that he or she has no time to volunteer, stay current on the news, or even vote. Our young specimen is so busy that when it comes to participating in the community, this person is essentially a mannequin. And then it happens: Little by little the person actually turns into a mannequin. How can this be?
In this special report our experts provide an in-depth look at the symptoms, diagnosis, prevention and treatments of mannequinism. We help you understand how mannequinism happens, and how to avoid becoming a mannequin yourself.
Check out their amazing ads.
Posted on September 16, 2005
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Status: one hosting moved totally.
Yep, a buch of things will dissapear, but they were just floating there anyway.
All necessary files are moved.
Second hosting to come in the next weeks.
Savings?: Around 400 euro eventually -through gathering some sites together in a reseller account-. Worth doing it I guess. And certainly as good conditions. I tested their helpdesk today and the answers were accurate and within 20 minutes. Eat that.
I opted for MediaTemple. Why? Because last year, due to some problems -they didn't have php4 and my platform was only working that way- we ended a hosting. They paid me all my money back.
Around the same time another hosting didn't do such a thing, giving me a very peculiar answer.
Wrong bet...( I know they don't need my money, they are big enough anyway.)
All my hostings will be removed by next week, moved to MediaTemple, offering me service and good price.
Thank you very much.
(And, no they don't give me money for saying this here.)
Posted on September 16, 2005
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Typetester
A very convenient tool for web-designers.
Posted on September 18, 2005
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New Friendster
Just logged in to the new Friendster.
Must be ages since I read my horoscope. -I even avoid it actually-
Today's Forecast:
Everyone is waiting for you to get things going -- you have their full trust.
LOL.
Just after a solicitation. This is fun. (Not that I believe one single word of it..)
(Oh Friendster has TypePad powered blogs, I totally forgot about it.
I actually never use Friendster. Of all the social software, Linked In seems the one to prefer. No bullshit, just what you want.)
Posted on September 19, 2005
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MakePoveryHistory asks for pics
MakePoveryHistory asks for pics
You can upload them on their website.
We were so free to make a group on PhotoBlog too. :)
(In Belgium you can buy the wristband online at 11.be)
Posted on September 19, 2005
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The marihuana field reporter
This reporter covers the news while soldiers are burning cocaine and marihuana leafs, suddenly this routine job seems harder to stay on focus
thx to Michel
by briandrain.be
LOL
Posted on September 19, 2005
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Copy Your Digital Photos Onto Film
A new backup service is now available: A MINOX laboratory copies your digital photos pixel by pixel onto traditional chemical film.
The world upside down.
I was yesterday in a meeting, in which they asked me my opinion on analogue photography.
I think it will never die, since once we all figure out the things we hate about digital photography. :)
Analogue is real, it is about understanding what photography is about. With digital it is different, it is trial and error. Way different way of thinking...
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Posted on September 20, 2005
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Fly around the globe...
Yep,they are doing it again: 4.000.000 'free' flights...
Posted on September 20, 2005
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Stunning beautiful...
Posted on September 21, 2005
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I just wanna feel good
Posted on September 22, 2005
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Coolville cartoon
"We have a new cartoonist. Hoara!
Coolville wil appear from next monday on."
Mhhh, our city blog suddenly seems more appealing to me. Go for it Steve!
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Posted on September 25, 2005
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The Skeleton Key
Yesterday we went to the Skeleton Key (if it wasn't for the fact that we lacked better choices...)
A thriller, the movie was labeled.
I can hardly call it a thriller in the sense I know it, nor a horror movie, but it is surely in-between.
The movie has you in its spell until the end, but to me, it was the photography that took my attention. Beautiful done.
New Orleans as we don't know it anymore since Katrina came along.
New Orleans as the place where hoodoo is part of the society. (check the site to read some more about it)
Strange but not bad.
Posted on September 25, 2005
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Puma shoes
I am a shoe addict, though at this point I only have 4 pair at my apartment -and 4 more at home-
The thing is, when I see the pair I like, I want. I want badly. I need...
In Israel I found this pair and though I wasn't planning to spend the money, I did.
Luckily. Due to the dollar rate and the nice euro -and probably a wrong labeling in the Puma shop-, I paid like 300 NIS or 'only' 54 euro -haha, u bet I made a good deal, online they are offered for 110 euro!-
Puma has beautiful lifestyle footwear, these days.
A mix between design and comfortable sport shoes.
I bought a pair of Mostro's some years ago, and I didn't take them off for a long time. (the fact that they have so many different variants of them, proves I am not the only one liking them)
I would buy 10 pairs of them, if it weren't for the fact Puma keeps on coming with new, beautiful (even designer's) shoes, that keep on seducing me...
Caro, want to hunt along for winter?
Posted on September 25, 2005
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Surprise?
| You are a Social Liberal (65% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (25% permissive) You are best described as a:
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid |
Posted on September 25, 2005
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A surreal conversation
Sure, I said, thinking he wanted me to explain some aspect of Israeli society or politics. Like what?
Well, he said, I understand that Catholics believe in Mary. And Christians believe in Jesus. Muslims believe in Mohammed. Right?
Whoa. A theological conversation. Not quite what I expected.
Um, it's a bit complicated, I said. Catholics are Christians; there are different kinds of Christians, but they all believe that Jesus was the son of God, or a part of God. The Muslims believe that Mohammed was God's messenger; he was a prophet, but not a god.
I understand, said the cameraman politely, looking at me with eyes that clearly said the opposite.
Just then we were interrupted by the television reporter he was working with. She showed him a document written in Chinese, they exchanged a few words and then she went back to her computer.
The cameraman explained that the reporter doesn't speak English, so he helps her with the occasional translation.
Doesn't speak English? I asked. So how does she manage here?
Difficult, he answered, smiling weakly. Actually, we are based in Cairo because she speaks fluent Arabic. We were sent here to cover the disengagement.
B-but, if she doesn't speak English, and she doesn't speak Hebrew, then how does she understand what's going on here? (I wondered, but didn't ask).
Then he asked, So what do the Jews believe in?
Just in God, I answered.
And what is God?
This is why sometimes I do believe in the power of citizen reporting...
Those people report to the world about what is happening...
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Posted on September 25, 2005
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vanishing point
Vanishing Point consists of a map of the world connected to a database fed by news coming from several international newspapers. The visibility of each country on the map results from the quantity of media coverage the country receives, so those countries that do not make the news disappear progressively. The newspapers selected are some of the most widely-read from countries that make up the Group of Seven (G7), the seven most industrialized nations in the world.
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Posted on September 26, 2005
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Fifty Crows on the myth of objective documentation
Damn why am I here and not there?
Posted on September 26, 2005
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Guide for bloggers and cyber-dissidents
Wow! A handbook of 88 pages about weblogs. You can download here in pdf. It is produced by Reporters without Borders and a great introduction in how to set up, maintain, organise a weblog and so on.
Posted on September 27, 2005
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Respect
for the amazing journalists out there.
And for those who died in search for the truth.
Posted on September 27, 2005
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Humous, chips, salat
A happy Orthodox lesbian writes from the Diaspora with an eye on her return.
Happy, orthodox and lesbian in one sentence? U must be kiddin'
Read this post:
My mom, of all people, told me she knew I was gay since high school. My dad however, being the theorist that he is when it comes to determining how much money pizza delivery boys make (depending on whether they make deliveries using a tus-tus or car) decided that it was "the Rabbis" who made me gay.
LOL, but with some fine thoughts. Nice to read it in the rather conservative newspaper Jerusalem Post
Posted on September 27, 2005
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20 good reasons why to stay home
Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of email from aspiring foreign correspondents who want to cut their teeth in Baghdad. I understand the sentiment, I really do. But at this time, I think it’s an unwise course of action and I’d like to take a little space to outline why.
The conclusion: There are plenty of places that need energetic, young journalists. Darfur, southern Thailand, Indonesia, even Syria (if you can swing the security apparatus.) For those without experience in extremely dangerous work conditions, this is no place for on-the-job training.
Posted on September 27, 2005
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Revealed
Digitalyn. Found via Promethee.
Belgium has, next to a vivid Flemish blogging activity, also a very active Walloon blogging scene.
Worth checking out.
Especially the stories on the Walloon politics might gives us a different inside on what we know.
When living in Israel I was stunned about the fact that Israeli's knowledge of Arab was so little. Stunned that they didn't know each other at all.
Back in Belgium, I realize we have a similar gap here.
On top of that, our media and politics put us up against each other.
In a recent research, it was revealed how Flemish thought about Walloon and vice versa.
It was shameful for us, the Flemish. How we underestimate our neighbors on the other line of the language line.
When reading it, I was ashamed to be 'Flandrien' for a sec.
The opinion of the French speaking part of this country was really flattering: they see us as hard working, smart and much more.
Flemish on Walloons was quite different.
According to some professors it was based upon old ideas and is not representing reality at all.
(Education for example got much better in the south of the country, while in Flanders, it got worse. )
An opinion that might change when reading their blogs...
Posted on September 28, 2005
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Caermersklooster
Some days ago, I visited the Caermersklooster while passing by.
The title 'Stuck in Time' struck me.
The photo exhibition of Luk Monsaert was a nice extra.
And a little bit a disappointment...
The beautiful big pictures were stealing the show. But the movie stars were disappearing in the bad prints. A kind of inkjetprint took away all their glamour.
Juliette Binoche, in who's eyes I could get lost looked at me with a pale look.
Such a pity.
Stuck in time, on the other hand, revealed of what new media artists in town are capable of. Vidiots is a collective we'll see appear in other places. In their description of the project, they revealed they had to simplify the installation due to technical reasons. I think it made it stronger. You follow 4 people, but in a very special way. Worth visiting.
Btw free entrance to the museum.
Posted on September 28, 2005
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Blogs and journalists
The results of a survey conducted by PR and Marketing firm Euro RSCG Magnet and Columbia University has found that journalists are increasingly turning to blogs for their information.
The survey's findings include the following:
# More than 51% of journalists use Weblogs regularly, with 28% relying on them for day-to-day reporting (this is above the percentage of the general US population that reads blogs)
# 70% of journalists who use blogs do so for work-related tasks.
# 53% use blogs for finding story ideas
# 43% use blogs for researching and referencing facts
# 36% use blogs for finding sources
# 33% use blogs as a way of uncovering breaking news or scandals
# 68% of journalist respondents agree that blogs will become a more popular tool for corporations seeking to inform consumers
# 56% of journalist respondents agree that blogs will remain an independent and unorthodox means of disseminating information.
Despite these relatively high figures, only 1% of journalists believe blogs are credible. What does this tell you about the journalists?
Found at IsraellyCool
Posted on September 29, 2005
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Hilarious pumpkin
Here (Dutch only, Windows Media Player), found on the renewed site De Standaard within their Video Archives.
I agree with most of you: the new lay out is much better.
But most of all: much faster.
Posted on October 4, 2005
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Free Gilbert & George images
David Pescovitz: 
The Ginkgo Pictures series that British artists Gilbert & George created for the Venice Biennial 2005 are available for free download. Big, beautiful, high-res files. (Seen here: Fates, 2005, 426 x 760 cm)
Link
For those who like Gilbert and George
Via Boing Boing
Posted on October 4, 2005
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To read for free
If you are a blogger and you are interested in reading about it, I might refer you to Luc's post with links on blogging.
I have some more of this interesting stuff, related to blogging.
We Media (PDF) -not the one by Dan Gillmore- is a very interesting analysis on new media forms, with a focus on citizen reporting -which includes blogging- and its history + future.
KnockKnock (PDF) is a free Seth Godin's publication.
It gives you some interesting ideas how to make your site/blog better.
I also wanted to refer to the Reporters without Borders manual for bloggers (PDF) but seems Luc already did.
Posted on October 4, 2005
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Magazines Mock Up
Posted on October 5, 2005
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Geo geo
While being in class again -remember the slow one...- I am surfin' around :)
Nice to check out: geourl, sites near you
Still found some new ones amongst them.
Posted on October 5, 2005
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As good as his word
"I was totally drunk last night, and anyway, it's all their fault" is a quite useful sentence in English in general and in the United Kingdom in particular. Surprisingly, though, in Bolivia they have one word that means the same as that whole sentence: umjayanipxitutuwa. On the other hand, Inuit, the language of the Eskimos (the Inuit people), has a word areodjarekout meaning "to exchange wives for a few days only." It may be less useful but is no less impressive.
...
Brought by HaaretzMagazine
Posted on October 6, 2005
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Reproduction Fund
Last week I had dinner with 'Wereldreiziger', a nice bloke with a similar disease: we love travelling. We actually love it so much, we are rather abroad than in this country.
These days he is in Belgium, saving for his house in Thailand.
He's working at the Reproductiefonds.
They are busy with digitalizing all images and information on our cultural heritage. You can find high resolution pics of most famous Belgian art works.
Very known piece: 'Lam Gods'
Practically speaking, one will have a question for an image of something, and the Reproductiefonds will make/find/send it.
Soon it should be possible to find their database online.
Posted on October 6, 2005
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A kaleidescope
It turned out that Diana was appalled by how ignorant the Arab doctors were about Israel. They don't know the first thing about our lives, she said. They think that we're all running around killing Arabs, that the whole country is a war zone. They don't know that we're just living normal, middle class lives. They think that the violent extremists they see on television represent the majority.
Uh huh, I said. Remember how mad you were with me when I suggested that perhaps most people in Gaza just want to live normal lives and don't support the Hamas terrorists?
Posted on October 7, 2005
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What if...
What if, a Ghentish communication office ,released a new series of tees for the filmfestival. Limited edition.
Check their website: they have nice free goodies.
Posted on October 7, 2005
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Updated links
I did an update of my links.
If I forgot to mention you, maybe I never noticed your wonderful writing, so please send me a comment, I'll read you you, and when I like it, I'll add you :) And that's a promise.
Update: I also managed to finally find a solution to show all the books read in my linking page.
The way to do this in TypePad (manually and not automatic) can be found here.
Posted on October 7, 2005
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Smart for 1 euro a day
Read it here (dutch)
Can they come to Ghent asap?? Thank you...
Posted on October 7, 2005
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Just for fun.
I checked my stats.
My mastuvu.nu domain is down -it should be up again, but I guess telenet didn't refresh their ip's yet.- Interesting to see which effect this has on my numbers. People: this site can be accessed through: matuvu.nu (please bookmark that one)
Anyhow, stumbled upon searched keys.
Funfunfun...
Some people are looking for:
-umjayanipxitutuwa (yeah I did write about that!)
-how to put on makeup (hahaaaaa.)
-murmurs of earth
-moms seducing boys pics (lol)
-les stare marocian
-the l word
-lesbian-sex pictures (I am afraid I have nothing to show here...)
-puma old picture shoe (this must be the Girlfriend...)
-documentary photographersabandoned buildings
-foto's van mooie mannen (huh????)
Posted on October 8, 2005
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Hoodie sweatshirts with integrated masks
Cory Doctorow: 
Here in Britain, closed-circuit cameras are everywhere: the average Londoner is said to be photographed some 300 times a day. Equally ubiquitous are the signs that demand that you take off your hoodie's hood or your motorcycle crash-helmet so that it won't interfere with the universal surveillance.
So imagine the reaction that these awesome, masked French hoodies will evince when they land on Britain's shore. All they lack is a cluster of hidden, high-intensity infra-red LEDs that can overwhelm the charge-coupled device arrays in some digital cameras. Link (Thanks, W1nt3rmut3!)
Also very nice to rob a bank...
Via Boing Boing
Posted on October 8, 2005
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UNICEF bombs the Smurfs
UNICEF has produced a short Smurfs movie in which the Smurf village is bombed into rubble, leaving behind dead and dying Smurfs in a scene reminiscent of an Hieronymus Bosch painting. The video is part of a public education campaign on the ravages of war.
The short film pulls no punches. It opens with the Smurfs dancing, hand-in-hand, around a campfire and singing the Smurf song. Bluebirds flutter past and rabbits gambol around their familiar village of mushroom- shaped houses until, without warning, bombs begin to rain from the sky.
Tiny Smurfs scatter and run in vain from the whistling bombs, before being felled by blast waves and fiery explosions. The final scene shows a scorched and tattered Baby Smurf sobbing inconsolably, surrounded by prone Smurfs.
The final frame bears the message: "Don't let war affect the lives of children..."
Link
Please click the link, the article is quite interesting to read.
The main reason to choose Smurfs is 'we are not touched anymore by images of children suffering' so they had to come up with a new approach for moneyraising.
The initiative is coming from the Belgian wing of Unicef.
Found via Boing Boing
Posted on October 9, 2005
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Linking: videoblogging
I have been talking about it with some people: I think vblogs have a great potential. Their bandwidth usage is a killer these days, but in the near future that should change.
Check out the pearls on dailymotion: charlimars.
Many camera adepts seem to make funny stuff with few resources.
Posted on October 9, 2005
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Nothing to hide
Link for Britney
-Don't ask!-
Posted on October 11, 2005
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For L Word Fans
fyi, Peter ;)
THE L EVENT – LONDON / 25TH - 27th November 2005
Yep another L word event in London
Anne Ramsay (Robin) has been confirmed as appearing at Starfury: The L Event in Heathrow, London, this November. She will be joining Laurel Holloman (Tina Kennard), Rachel Shelley (Helena Peabody), and Lauren Lee Smith (Lara Perkins) for this WORLD EXCLUSIVE weekend with their fans.
I guess D7tC has an excuse to go to London :)
Helena will be there, I know it is not Bette, but heck... Read this:
Diary of Rachel Shelley (Helena)
A few weeks later I am back in LA, filming on location at the infamous Chateau Marmont. My character is filthy rich, I wear vastly expensive clothes, fabulous jewellery, drive an Aston Martin (I play the lone English character) and stay in the best places. Yesterday we had the penthouse and out on the terrace we were about to shoot an "intimate" scene. I'm under my girlfriend's dress, perilously close to her gusset, when my ex-wife walks in. Needing help on this one, I asked our director, man to man, what I needed to convey when going down on a woman. "When I'm down there, I know I'm gonna be there for a while, so I like to get real comfortable," he says. "My toes may curl with the pleasure. Just imagine you're sucking on a delicious piece of juicy, delicious, gorgeous, sweet ... sushi." Sushi? Eww.
or
But playing a lesbian isn't so different from playing straight. I've played a whore, a doctor, an aristocrat lady, and believe me I'm none of those things either. I remember asking a newly lesbian friend if she missed sex with men as, once upon a time, I couldn't really see it as anything but foreplay. Turns out that's quite a controversial subject among lesbians, with those using dildos sometimes viewed with the same disdain strict vegetarians might reserve for veggies who eat meat-flavoured products.
This is what The L Word does to you - it allows you to discuss such matters publicly without turning crimson.
More news:
-Access to the official site? Click here.
Oh yeah, I am really really over the L-Word. I am!
But isn't this just fun to read?
Posted on October 12, 2005
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Icogs
I got an icogs invite yesterday. I remember months ago I was already interested, but somehow it got lost in too many emails.
Check it out now, and must say: splendid tool for small sites. Easy adaptable. Will try to convince a new client to use it, instead of his flash -awooo- based site.
Posted on October 12, 2005
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Welcome to Belgium
Some people wonder why one posts in (bad) English. Maybe because the poster has readers that don't know Dutch?
I do, I have quite some friends abroad. I know I make mistakes in English, but I guess my friends/readers never bothered.
Actually I was requested to write in English by friends in Israel, because they hated the fact they couldn't read my adventures about my trip in the Middle East. I argued 'My English isn't that good.' They didn't care, they wanted to read spicy stories about countries they will never be able to visit.
This country they can visit:
Coming to Belgium and need some info: check out this site
Click in the left on the iPod -download it to your iPod/computer- and enjoy it on your flight to Brussels, it might reveal some things of our little country and its main city.
Posted on October 12, 2005
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Don't be in Israel in search for news, rather visit Syria...
Shalom: Dead Syrian minister must not take blame for Assad:
Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said Thursday he hopes Ghazi Kenaan, the Syrian interior minister and former top man in Lebanon who committed suicide Wednesday, does not take the blame for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad just days before a UN report is due on the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
Posted on October 13, 2005
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To remember for december
Syriana: watch the trailer
Posted on October 14, 2005
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Play arcade on a building
Play an arcade game on a french building...
Posted on October 16, 2005
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Leave the doubt.
Find stickers here, and stick it into scientific books
Posted on October 16, 2005
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Portrait of a webmaster
Apologies for those who do not understand french but how could i resist to this video from the cult Belgo-French TV show Strip-Tease.
Via aeiou.
Posted on October 17, 2005
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Sucky-Sucky Fucky-fucky
Since I moved in, it has become increasingly apparent to me that giggly one has little intention of ever moving to Washington. Indeed the suspicion has grown that giggly one and giggly two are, in fact, embroiled in a lesbian relationship, and are using me merely to excuse the fact that giggly one lives permanently in giggly two's bed. This does not bother me in the slightest. I find it soothing that we all harbor little secrets from one another, for they are completely unaware that I am a dancer in a Manhattan strip club, and think that I just have an exotic social life. We exist in a hiatus of calm, although I fear discovery and consequent homelessness every day. Increasingly my calm has been punctuated by another slight problem.
I awoke early on Saturday morning, to little giggly cries of orgasmic pleasure.
Every time I see them, these cries, accompanied by unwelcome images of complicated sexual acrobatics, flash through my mind, and I too start giggling insanely. I live in a sublet apartment of nervous mirth, and I fear the necessary repudiations from suppressed secrets, suppressed sex.
Plus I'm not getting any and it's driving me crazy.
Posted on October 19, 2005
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North Korea celebrates
Beautiful series, good choreographer
Posted on October 19, 2005
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Only when night falls
18 architects and designers worked together on Hotel Puerta America in Madrid.
On the twelfth floor, Jean Nouvel decorated twelve suites with images that evoke the human body or nature. They are reproduced on vertical panels that slide on guides to permit guests to reorganize the various zones of the suites, the bathroom or the living area, according to their own requirements of space and taste.
The pictures of photographers Nobuyoshi Araki and Alain Fleischer come alive only as night falls. The prints are on the reverse side of the canvas, and so invisible by day. But in the evening, they are backlit by LEDs and become visible.
More images: europaconcorsi and El Mundo. Don't miss the underground parking by Teresa Sapey.
Also at Puerta America: Memory wall.
Posted on October 22, 2005
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Pierre Marcolini Chocolatier
Wondering what to get us for the holidays? Our birthdays? Any days? We're obsessed with the chocolate craft of Pierre Marcolini, an artisian chocolatier in Brussels (with shops in Tokyo, London, Paris and New York).
What makes Pierre Marcolini chocolate so good? Like Blanxart they make their own chocolate from scratch, an increasingly rare art. They primarily use Criollo cacao beans grown in Venezuela, considered to be the world’s best. Butter comes from France. Vanilla from Madagascar. Almonds from Portugal.
The cocoa beans are processed and large blocks of chocolate are made. The origin of the beans and the percentage of the chocolate is stamped on the blocks, which are then used to make pralines, bars, and palets fins (thin, filled chocolate squares).
It's all amazing, but we tend to go for the luxe square bars in their black and white packaging. They make many different bars, most from specific locations or of different cacao varieties.
Available at Pierre Marcolini shops.
Posted on October 22, 2005
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Prime Suspect.
Again a wonderful episode of Prime Suspect, where cops make mistakes and sensible subjects are touched. And the gorgeous Helen Mirren.
This episode was pointing to the massacres that happened during the Bosnia War.
The setting and atmosphere reminded me of my trip to Kosovo.
It was one of the strange trips which made me feel very uncomfortable. I guess it is kind of weird to say that living in a country as Israel never scared me (except for few incidents, like visiting a Hebron settlement), but I can assure the atmosphere in Kosovo scared me more than any threat of bombs.
BBC is soooo damn good in making credible series. Soooo much better than Flikken ;)
Posted on October 22, 2005
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Interesting link for webmasters
Webguide.fgov.be (Dutch) Webguide.fgov.be (French)
Check it all, it has amazing good links.
Posted on October 22, 2005
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Mixed messages
Great work Peter.
Posted on October 23, 2005
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TV Experiment
Technical events produce the illusion of being natural and realistic. They produce the feeling of being non-produced (a good cut is one you don't notice, as the editors say). In the same way, we are unaware that the practice of watching TV is a practice because we have never experienced it as a phenomenon in its own right. Doing the Technical Events Test forces us to notice that watching TV is a practice, an active, ongoing achievement that we accomplish "for another first time through" each time. We see what the texture of the experience of watching TV consists of. We are shocked into seeing what it is we've been doing all these years.
Posted on October 26, 2005
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Fun time.
It lacks a RSS feed and thus isn't a real podcast/vodcast. But it is surely as interestinng as Humo Liegt.be:
De Raad van de Redder. In Dutch only.
With Wouter Deprez and Zabine (one of my funniest friends)
Enjoy your Tuesday.
Posted on October 26, 2005
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My mobile home?
Designed by students at the Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Durmibus is a coach fitted with individual sleeping rooms, showers and toilets. It could be used in case of emergency to house the victims of a natural disaster, or to temporary host drunk drivers, etc.
It could find commercial applications as well: it would welcome travellers who have to wait during long hours in an airport or any person who arrives by night in a city and doesn't know where they can find accomodation. The Durmibus can easily go from one place to another, can be rented by public or private organizations for public parties or other purposes.
It could be used to give a kind of home to people who have no place to go but still want to maintain some kind of nomadic life-style.
Wow, I could like this idea, I really could.
Link by We make money not art
Posted on October 27, 2005
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Illustrator
I am following classes of Illustrator: booooooooring...
But when sitting in class, I skip the usual excercices -to great despair of my teacher- and surf to online tutorials.
That way class is pretty useful for me: I know that those 3 hours I am busy with learning something, and not spinning off to another site, or opening the TV...
These days, I tend to go to Veerle's Illustrator/Indesign/PhotoShop tutorials. They are quite interesting and useful. And beautiful design. Just what I was looking for.
Tx, Veerle.
Posted on October 27, 2005
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A movie to show your kids
so you can explain them why you don't take them to the circus.
Posted on October 29, 2005
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Link of the day
While looking for some audiomaterial I stumbled upon this page:
A true treasure hidden.
With amazing audio interviews of interesting people.
History on the web.
Check out Ansel Adams...
Wonderful...
-This is what the VRT should do: podcast old material.-
-Btw BBC provides a RSS feed, but no podcasts, which is a pity. Imagine your hard disk full of such wonderful interviews...-
Posted on November 1, 2005
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Global voices: The world is talking, are you listening?
Global Voices Online is a group blog that was initiated by a couple of research fellows at the Berkman Centre for Internet & Society, a think-tank at Harvard Law School. Countries or regions are represented by various bloggers, who provide a weekly summary of what people are talking about in their part of the world.
Their aim?
At a time when the international English-language media ignores many things that are important to large numbers of the world’s citizens, Global Voices aims to redress some of the inequities in media attention by leveraging the power of citizens’ media. We’re using a wide variety of technologies - weblogs, wikis, podcasts, tags, aggregators and online chats - to call attention to conversations and points of view that we hope will help shed new light on the nature of our inter-connected world.
1) To call attention to the most interesting conversations and perspectives emerging from citizens’ media around the world by linking to text, audio, and video blogs and other forms of grassroots citizens’ media being produced by people around the world.
2) To facilitate the emergence of new citizens’ voices through training, online tutorials, and publicizing the ways in which open-source and free tools can be used safely by people around the world to express themselves.
3) To advocate for freedom of expression around the world and to protect the rights of citizen journalists to report on events and opinions without fear of censorship or persecution.
Pretty interesting!
Posted on November 1, 2005
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Left luggage
Against a background of holocaust memories, a liberal Jewish girl becomes the nanny to a retarded strict Jewish young boy, and grows fond of him.
A beautiful movie with great music which gives an insight in chassidic families.
Very typical European, with no heroic scenes. Loved it.
Posted on November 5, 2005
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iBone: Bluetooth iPod on the cheap
iBone: Bluetooth iPod on the cheap:
Like many of us, Peta has been enduring the frustrations of carrying several gadgets around. "I was getting sick to death of removing my iPod headphones everytime my mobile rang..." Unlike many of us, he did something about it.
He purchased a cheap Bluetooth headset and hacked it to receive his iPod's audio signal. Now, when a call comes through, all he needs to do is pause the iPod and begin talking. His well-documented and amusing (I believe he used Comic Life) how-to can be found here. Well done!
Posted on November 15, 2005
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Dreamhost
I signed up for a DreamHost account.
Quite a difference with some other hosts currently available...
A barely 110$ for a year, and 4800!Mb space + not unimportant: 120 Gb bandwidth.
+ a good service.
At this moment when you register with the promocode 'matuvu', you'll get 20$ discount on top of that.
Worth mentioning I thought...
Posted on November 19, 2005
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For fun
More here
Posted on November 20, 2005
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Glasses track eye movement, ad exposure: interesting survey.
Glasses track eye movement, ad exposure:
Owen Gibson at The Guardian has tested The Eye Contact, a pair of spectacles developed by ID magasin. They have a camera inserted into the bridge, along with the battery pack, LCD screen and hard disk recorder strapped to the waist and they captures on film everything that you see during a typical day. Gibson wore the goggles for four hours, recording a bus and tube journey to Oxford Circus and a shopping trip up Bond Street, in London.
The results of the experiment showed that 99% of adverts make little or no impact.
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Posted on November 22, 2005
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Strange links
Through TouchGraph you can check your site in relation -a bit like the sexchart in the L-Word but for sites...-
Worrying results appear:
Check monuments in the left, and check 2 steps away right bottom: Mossad??
Utterly strange.
Posted on November 22, 2005
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Tip for sending large files
Large files to send? Maybe this is a good tip: YouSendIt allows you to upload files up til 1 GB... That should do I guess...
You can even send a bunch of pics and YouSendIt will create a photoalbum of those pics. Easy for sending a series of pictures to a client...
And the goodie? It is for free.
Posted on November 23, 2005
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Time Magazine PhotoReports
One of my most loved RSS-feeds is the one of Time Magazine PhotoEssays.
Amazingly good and touching.
PhotoDocumentary just works... Seeing those pictures makes me long to take my camera and try better.
Posted on November 23, 2005
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LOL
My manager, Scotty, got a new car that comes with an alarm system, and on his key chain there is a "panic button" that will make the car's alarm go off. Using said car alarm, we've created a new game at work. We hide inside the building, peeking out the windows, and when someone walks past Scotty's car, we hit the panic button which makes the car flash and make loud noises. It scares the crap out of people!! 3 points if they turn thier head, 5 points if they yell and/or jump, 7 points if they fall down, and 10 points if they actually come into the building to let us know someone's car is going off.
That's the kind of stuff I really do at work. We played hacky sack with a cardboard box the other night because I sucked way too bad with a real hacky sack.
Posted on November 24, 2005
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“Skypito” means Skype for kids!
“Skypito” means Skype for kids!:
A new Skype Certified third-party software application will be announced in the next few days called Skypito. The following description if from their web site.
Skypito is the World's first solution for safe online voice communication and chatting for kids. The Skypito application uses Skype technology. In addition to safe verbal and written communication, Skypito introduces online gaming technology with open source for third party game developers.
Skypito is a free product.
Skypito is a 13 MB download. It offers a rich, fun user interface for your kids and parental controls for you. Among other things you can select who your kids can connect to on Skype. I hope they soon come out with an enterprise version for IT managers. (grin)
Skypito is worth trying out even if you don't have kids or even do not know anyone with kids. It is a supurbly put together product. Download here.
Pretty good product idea, to have your kids chat safely...
Posted on November 24, 2005
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Sofa converts to a bunk-bed
Cory Doctorow: 
These sofas convert to bunk-beds by means of really ingenious design -- you don't even have to take off the sheets and blankets during conversion.
Link (via Crib Candy)
Posted on November 24, 2005
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Would you like to bomb us?
flickr photoset). We are not afraid of your threats - we are journalists. And there thousands like us around the world. You may be able to kill some of us - but you will never kill us all.
In relation to my former post, I post this one: I believe Al Ajzeera is a good thing. It opened up the press freedom in the Middle East and tries to report facts. It is no longer the local new against the Western news. There are inbetweens now.
As a result BBC and France television started an news channel over there. Al Jazeera's reaction? Open up an English Al Jazeera channel...
On the other hand when you read stuff like this on their site you wonder:
Dispossessed, deprived of their birthright and denied basic human rights and freedoms, millions of Palestinians daily endure a rare fate. Just the simple act of surviving through the day under occupation requires enormous resilience in the face of a superior war machine, supported by the world's single superpower. Yet Palestinians have never lost hope that one day they will be able to live in freedom, peace and prosperity in their own independent homeland
You wonder if this is real journalism. In my eyes, journalism is more neutral.
Posted on November 24, 2005
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Visiting NYC?
I might visit NYC in the near future. :)
Found some interesting podcasts to bring along then:
Art Mobs is focusing our attention on the Museum of Modern Art. We've produced (unofficial) audio guides for MoMA, and we're making them available as podcasts. We'd love for you to join in by sending us your own MoMA audio guides, which we'll gladly add to our podcast feed. Why should audio guides be proprietary?
I also found iSubwayMaps.com, which provides subway maps for your iPod. Quite handy.
They have NYC -but they had also Tokyo, Singapore, Seoul, damn, if only I knew earlier..-
PodCityGuides offers a whole bunch of stuff to do in NYC.
And SoundWalk offers walking tours in NYC: the Broncx, Brooklyn,Manhattan etcetc... for 12 $
piPod lists the best pizza places in NYC
Someone has a lists of restaurants?
Posted on November 24, 2005
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Orb...
Seems interesting. Only for pc.
Orb Networks, Inc. has developed a brand new way for people to be connected to their digital media all the time from anywhere in the world. Orb? provides spontaneous access to a person's music, live television, videos, photos and other digital content at any time from any device that can connect to the Internet, such as a mobile phone, PDA, or notebook, and create their own personal media portal.
Orb is based on an elegant, robust and scalable architecture and is the first of its kind to allow consumers spontaneous mobile access to all of their digital media - securely and without any restrictions. Using any Web browser, Orb provides a simple, intuitive interface to the user's content located on their home PC. By removing the complexity and limitations of many of today's digital entertainment products and services, Orb's software architecture leverages the best features of today's popular standards while abiding by current digital rights management solutions.
Hmmmm, I can't wait for the Intel based Mac to be released. That way I'll have a pc running for these geeky things.
Actually I truly believe this is going ot be the future: your data at home but accessible all over the world.
VPN/network/own webserver is a possibility, but still a hassle to arrange.
Orb seems a better solution.
Posted on November 24, 2005
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Change.
Getty Images started a project for the famous 'One' campaign: Change.
You can select a pictures and subit some text. For each submitted picture, Gettyimages donates 10$ towards DATA an organisation that works to stop the crisis of Debt, Aids and Trade in Africa
A book of the selections will be published.
So hurry up, submit your favorite pic, and change the world through imagery.
Posted on November 25, 2005
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Academy and PhD
My old school has a renewed website, and I have to say: I like it. Pixelman did a great job.
The Academy has its own site, and though I like the design a lot, the structure is yet confusing.
But I guess that was up to the guys of communication again... Strange, when communication guys make structure, the latter is far away.
I sat with the Dean of the Academy yesterday and I was told that the school will organize a Doctorate in Photography in the near future.
Neat! That way I can study in Ghent again :)
-No, I am not joking, if I would have the opportunity to do a PH.D I will...-
Why go on studying? Because it enriches your life in content
Why studying in Belgium? Because the system is damn good, educational levels are pretty high, and it is SOOOO cheap. In Belgium one pays 500 euro/year, In Israel it was 2500 euro/year, and in USA... You don't want to know.
Posted on November 26, 2005
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Gia
I just finished seeing the movie Gia with Angelina Jolie. It was the first time I thought Angelina is actually very pretty... (Oh c'mon those big lips aren't sexy at all...)
The movie is a story about Gia Marie Curangi who was one of the first women known to die of aids. As a supermodel she got into drugs.
As I am a total woozy, I cried half of the movie...
As the story is a true story I did a fast check on Google which delivered some sites, and stunning pics of Gia.
(Helmut Newton pic)
Boy, she is my pin up of the week ;)
(Probably some of you know Gia actually played in a famous Blondie Video Clip: Atomic)
And this site has beautiful video material
Posted on November 27, 2005
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Comics
I am a comic lover -not yet a freak-, a thing my companions on the trip to South East Asia could experience when they discovered the comics I brought.
I suspect they take me along next time not for my technical capacities, but rather for the comics ;)
Anyway, I love the work of Sebastiaan van Doninck a lot, and I always hoped he would design some T-Shirts with his drawings...
I rediscovered his site Dollywood, and can add another link: Bries.be
Enjoy.
Posted on November 28, 2005
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CoeXist
Way too expensive, but nice idea...
Posted on November 28, 2005
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Firefox 1.5
Definitely like it better than the 1.0.
It became a 28MB thing but my flash seems to work these days...
Posted on November 30, 2005
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Movie reviews: Statler and Waldorf
An alternative for Lomme, or Roel from Miek and Roel.
Don't expect too many good jokes (but those you didn't expect before either)
Posted on December 2, 2005
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fightaids@home
You might have noticed that yesterday dec 1st was another world aids day held and i came upon a really interesting link about a biomedical distributed computing project called Fightaids@home , you can somewhat compare it with the Seti@home project (which uses your pc to scan the universe) The fight aids software downloads small pieces of data and performs calculations that model how drugs interact with various HIV virus mutations. After your computer processes the information, the results are sent back to The Scripps Research Institute where they are analyzed by the Scripps research team. The process takes an enormous amount of computing time and this is where you come in. They need YOUR computer! so do something good while sitting there on your arse and install their software, you won't notice it running anyway and even if you did, there's always the option to only let it run when your screensaver pops up.
Go to battle against aids with your computer!
by braindrain
Posted on December 2, 2005
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Your music locker
All your music online... Music on demand... Where is the trigger?
But not such a bad idea.
Today I streamed an online radio station on my music installation.
Easy, and any place possible. Nice.
Useful? I think so: my hard disc of my portable isn't loaded with 12 gb music when online.
Useless?: if the connections isn't good... or when my download limit is reached.
Posted on December 2, 2005
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The fountain
Yesterday I watched Requiem for a dream on Canvas. It's such a depressing movie. But so good...
I checked the site never before, but did now.
It's gorgeous. Go, click, move your arrow and click on (don't be afraid). It's weird but fun.
Now Darren Aronofsky is back with a new project called The Fountain, and it looks pretty promising. Six years after his latest Requiem for a Dream, we may have another movie-gem coming to a screen near us.
The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.
It's told in three parallel stories, with a spanning over one thousand years. With leading roles played by Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn and Scheduled for a releasedate in 2006
Watch the trailer here and while your at it download the kewl screensaver as well.
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Posted on December 3, 2005
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Trans...
When talking 'bout movies... I want to see Transamerica. LOL
Posted on December 3, 2005
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Evening classes and social interaction
Monday and Wednesday I am doing evening classes at Kisp.
PHP and Illustrator.
Next to the fact that these classes are quite interesting (yesterday we learned how to insert tables in a database and transfer data back and forth) the fact that you get to know new people is always fun.
I met Ingrid in the PHP class, and on top of the good laughs we have in class, she is busy with interesting stuff.
I checked her website yesterday, and loved this work.
Ingrid is from Croatia, ended up somehow in Belgium (love love love) and is busy with her partner in making beautiful websites, with very artistic and deeper backgrounds. ILI.
Enjoy.
Posted on December 6, 2005
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For art/photo freaks
Christophe Ruys is speaking at KASK on december 15. Tag it in your agenda :)
Over Ruys, met interessant pdf.
Belgische fotografen, rado 1 reportage
Posted on December 6, 2005
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The future of the web...
Over the next ten years, we’ll see a wide range of experiences online, from highly structured to nearly formless.
On the conservative side of this experience continuum, we’ll still have familiar Websites, like blogs, homepages, marketing and communication sites, the big content providers (in one form or another), search engines, and so on. These are structured experiences. Their form and content are determined mainly by their designers and creators.
In the middle of the continuum, we’ll have rich, desktop-like applications that have migrated to the Web, thanks to Ajax, Flex, Flash, Laszlo, and whatever else comes along. These will be traditional desktop applications like word processing, spreadsheets, and email. But the more interesting will be Internet-native, those built to take advantage of the strengths of the Internet: collective actions and data (e.g. Amazon’s “People who bought this also bought…”), social communities across wide distances (Yahoo Groups), aggregation of many sources of data, near real-time access to timely data (stock quotes, news), and easy publishing of content from one to many (blogs, Flickr).
The experiences here in the middle of the continuum are semi-structured in that they specify the types of experiences you can have with them, but users supply the content (such as it is).
On the far side of the continuum are the unstructured experiences: a glut of new services, many of which won’t have Websites to visit at all. We’ll see loose collections of application parts, content, and data that don’t exist anywhere really, yet can be located, used, reused, fixed, and remixed.
The content you’ll search for and use might reside on an individual computer, a mobile phone, even traffic sensors along a remote highway. But you probably won’t need to know where these loose bits live; your tools will know.
These unstructured bits won’t be useful without the tools and the knowledge necessary to make sense of them, sort of how an HTML file doesn’t make much sense without a browser to view it. Indeed, many of them will be inaccessible or hidden if you don’t have the right tools.
I think we don't really realize how the web will evolve, but the user experience will be totally different from what it is today.
And RSS will have a big impact in it.
I remember when talking to some investor about PhotoBlog. He said 'Imagine you can show the pictures inside of PhotoBlog on the ad-screens on Picadilly Circus in London.'
That future is near: users will communicate with internet and the content will go beyond.
I didn't get the idea of tagging, now I do -though I still think it should go beyond tags-
Posted on December 7, 2005
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Told you...
"Opvallend is verder dat slechts een op de vijf marketeers het huidige bureau als de beste adviseur beschouwt voor interactieve marketing. ‘Dit cijfer is schrikbarend laag. Traditiegetrouw zijn bureaus de plek waar marketeers hun kennis vandaan halen. Het lijkt er dus op dat de traditionele bureaus in de ogen van de marketeer de boot aan het missen zijn,’aldus het onderzoek."
Don't tell me I didn't tell you.
Posted on December 7, 2005
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Ikea: good marketing.
Ikea: good marketing.
Originally uploaded by idehandschutter
//HumoLiegt.be: similar story...
Posted on December 13, 2005
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Google Keywords
Now my shy-ness is even getting bigger...
People looking for these words ended up here:
1 supermodel 10.05%
2 julliette binoche 9.05%
3 sebatio salgado 8.14%
4 dragkings 7.33%
5 walking dinner plate 6.60%
Now I am wondering: dragkings is on 4, and supermodel is on 1, this makes me what?? lol.
Other remarkable keywords:
12 sexy women
16 what to go and see in israel
20 blondie gia
22 hookers adresses ine egypt huh??
Quite funny to read.
Posted on December 13, 2005
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Vodcasting the news
I only posted days ago this little article on iPodMovies (which is actually nothing else but vod-casting, Video On Demand)
VTM launched a new service: download the news to PSP or your handheld.
A pity they don't launch it as RSS. Less complicated than the download they are offering now...
View the news here.
Someone wants to write an RSS feed for it? ;)
Update: someone heard my prayers: the feed is available
VideoiPod, PSP, ...
Someone else is seeing the potential?
Posted on December 13, 2005
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To think about.
Eight traps we fall into
Wanting to be praised. Not wanting to be criticized. (praise and blame)
Wanting to gain. Not wanting to lose. (loss and gain)
Wanting to be happy. Not wanting to be unhappy. (pleasure and pain)
Wanting to be famous, Not wanting to be infamous, or ignored. (fame and notoriety)
Made me think, and smile.
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Posted on December 14, 2005
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Art and air
I love art.
For those who read this blog only recently, and think I am only busy with strange blogging and podcasting: you're wrong. I graduated as a photographer and 'artist' ;) not so long ago.
And now I am intrigued by this installation 'Shrink' of Lawrence Malstaf in Fortlaan17.
The installation shrinks with you inside and gives you an amazing feeling of peace and rest. (read this testimonial)
Zabine told me about it, and I didn't know for which reason I couldn't go on December 10.
Now I really want to go. -But the momentum has passed...-
I immediately mailed Isha from the gallery to check some things and what's the good news?
"indien er voldoende interesse blijkt te zijn, volgt er eind januari nog een zaterdag waarop het mogelijk is de 'shrink'-ervaring mee te maken onder begeleiding van de kunstenaar. wij houden u in elk geval op de hoogte."
Can you all please mail that you want to go too?
I can sum up some people who I want to put inside of that thing.
(Oh yeah Cat, you are amongst them...)
Posted on December 14, 2005
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Tabs and pleasure.
In a far away past, my dad used to be importer of Swiss tabs. Grohe used to be a forbidden word ;)
These days he's selling kitchens, and I can long for the perfect shower again.
The rainshower is something that was formerly not sold by Grohe, but by another very very exclusive and expensive brand (which name I forgot).
But Grohe has a copycat, and, when standing under it in my Hong Kong Hotel room*, I melted.
It is sooooo fabulous.
Cat, you might reconsider your choices ;) (you can skip the television in the bath. lol)
*When you try to look for the rainshower in the movie: you cannot see it, there were 3! shower heads built in, and it only shows one ordinary one.
Posted on December 15, 2005
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Web 2.0
Interesting article to read (in Dutch)
Posted on December 15, 2005
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Live TV
Now this is amazing. A friend of mine is working for Victoria Deluxe and tonight they are having a debate, which will be broadcast live on the web. They launched TVDeluxe.be to show all their own broadcasts.
You can see it here (You need Quicktime to do so) tonight at 8PM.
Minister of Media didn't accept the idea of 8 mediachannels for VRT. I do see the potential of downloadable items like interesting documentaries (pay per download) or initiatives like these...
Posted on December 15, 2005
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Hotel for free: marketingaction
Wellwell. This is nice.
Hotelketen NH-hotels pakte afgelopen maand uit met een schitterende en spraakmakende actie.
Er werden 20.000 hotelkamers aangeboden in Belgie en Nederland en de reservering ervan kost niets.
Het is de klant die bij het uitchecken zelf aangeeft hoeveel men wil betalen voor het verblijf. Dus 100 euro of evengoed 1 euro Aan de acties zijn geen verplichtingen verbonden (vb. verplichte maaltijd nemen) en zelfs het ontbijt is inbegrepen.
The word was spread through the web and the 20.000 rooms are almost taken.
Bet next time some people will go to the same hotel again.
The relation client-brand is key. Personalized marketing. :)
Posted on December 16, 2005
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How much to charge?
Posted on December 16, 2005
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Angry and nice
Look at the image above. On the left you see an angry man. On the right a nice woman. Now stand up from you chair and take several steps back. The nice woman is now on the left and the angry man is on the right. Can you tell me how this is done?
You may also want to check out the amazingly dissapearing purple dot and Boring's beautiful illustration.
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Posted on December 16, 2005
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Reorganizing
Added all entries of Podcasting to the PodCasting Category (hey Peter, I discovered I have a post on podcasting way earlier than Oct. 31, first post Oct. 6 I beat you ;) ), and I added Design category (might want to post some items on that in the future).
Posted on December 17, 2005
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Holiday Gift: a dreamhost with promo code: 40$ off
For those amongst you who don't find a nice gift for new year/christmas for friends, here a tip: offer a dreamhost account to your friends, install a one-click-wordpress on it (included) and get on top of it 40$ off the normal price when you subscribe with the promo code 'matuvu40'.
Go for it fast :)
Enjoy.
Posted on December 18, 2005
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Encarta Instant Conversations
Welcome, Ine@MaTuVu! My name is Encarta Instant Answers. I am a smart computer who can bring you the Encarta info you want right in your IM window!
Here are some questions you can ask me:
* What is the size of South Korea?
* Where was Abraham Lincoln born?
* Solve 2x^2+7x=5
Type your question and I'll look it up for you!
'what's the temperature in china?'
Sorry Ine@MaTuVu, I'm an Encyclopedia, I don't do the weather ;-).
Ask me "Where is China?" and I'll show it to you on a map.
'where is china'
China is located in East Asia and is bordered by Russia, Mongolia, and North Korea on the north; Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan on the west; India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, and Vietnam on the south; and the Pacific Ocean and its extensions on the east.
Let me take you to a map of China.
'thanks'
You're welcome.
Heck! The computer is talking to me!!!
Want it to talk to you too? Add encarta@conversagent.com to your msn-contacts.
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Posted on December 20, 2005
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Heat up conversations
Quote is chosen to heat up these nice dialogs between the lines:
D&tC and Smetty.
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Posted on December 23, 2005
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SMAK: dis/appointment
We visited the SMAK today. (Heyhey, we got there)
Thought Bratkov would surprise me, but he didn't...
Carsten Nikolai on the other hand did.
Perfect for a lazy afternoon.
The guy at the desk told us to come back in January for the opening of Franky DC: free opening, free drinks and free party, he urged to say.
Too bad I am in the US then...
Maybe you are interested:
Reception 'Friends of S.M.A.K.' + Opening Franky D.C + Focus: Henk Visch + Video: Phil Collins + Kunst Nu: Stefaan Dheedene: on January 27, 8PM.
Posted on December 27, 2005
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Talking on exhibitions...
I'll be in NYC in January (for 1 day...) but it seems I'll have some spare time (read 3 hours..)
Possibilities:
-Go to the MOMA (visit New Photography Exhibit, Between Representation and Abstraction, Design on Risk )
-Go to B&H Photo (and buy buy buy, lol, craziest shop I ever went to, but great)
-Visit Soho and Apple Store
Any other tips?
Posted on December 27, 2005
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To light up your day...
According to Zabine, I am talking too much technical stuff.
So here's one for you, as requested:
Posted on December 29, 2005
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Worthwile link
It will cost you 1 euro, but will put a smile upon your face: the wishes of i-merge.
(NB: it goes to the good cause!)
Posted on December 30, 2005
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links for 2005-12-31
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Film uit de oude doos
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Beautiful houses and other stuff
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Architecture in Holland
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Quinze&Milan design...
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A swicki, powered search
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Your own radiostation for free
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A nicely designed Flash site that links to urls
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Sterotypes is a beautiful series to play with. Nice idea.
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Make a paper camera and picture things with it.
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A nice calendar. Perfect to put on on new years eve to see the time move into the new year
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Beautiful figures to have...
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Amazing beautiful flash site. Fun to spend some time
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Well: insert your delicious bookmarks into your mozilla browser. No need for double work.
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The matrix in ascii
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Post your delicious links onto your blog on a daily basis
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Well: 40 Things That Only Happen In Movies
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Read through to make you think.
Posted on December 31, 2005
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List: Part of 40 questions
1. What did you do in 2005 for the first time in life?
I sat in business class ;)
2. Did you stick to your good intentions?
Mostly I did. Only the idea to do sport got somewhere lost.
3. Did someone got a baby in your environment?
More than one. Sigal got Alma, and Bart and Emily Oona, my little god child.
5. Which countries did you visit?
Hohoho... Israel. Touched ground in Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Singapore, Siberie, and Kazakhstan...
6. What would you like to have in 2006 you didn't have in 2005?
Less turbulence.
7. Which days are burned in your memory?
December 3. one week in November, and a trip to Gaza.
8. What was your biggest achievement in 2005?
Feel at ease in Belgium again. Say good bye to Israel and give it a place in life.
10. Where you sick in 2005?
Jep, lost 5 kilo due to it.
11. What is your best buy?
My FM2
12. Whose behavior was favorable?
My mom is the best mom in the world ;)
14. What did you spend your money on?
Traveling
15. What made your very enthusiastic?
Internet. Still does.
16. Which songs remind you of 2005?
Coldplay and Dido
17. In comparison with last year in 2005 you were.
happier or more sad?
happier
thinner or thicker?
5 kilo thinner
more poor or ricer?
hmmm. more poor than last year was impossible...
18. What did you preferred to do more?
Culture.
19. What did you prefer to do less?
Doubt.
22. Did you fall in love in 2005?
:P (and how...)
26. Best book?
Terrorist Hunter
27. Best musical discovery?
Kruder and Dorfmeister I guess (knew it before but never took the time to discover it)
32. What would have made your life more complete?
Nothing in fact.
33. What was your personal style in 2005?
'gekleed'
34. What kept you from getting crazy?
Enthusiasm.
37. Who did you miss?
Her, who I'll see more often in 2006 again. We'll start with a dinner and Brussels sprouts ;)
38. Who is the best new person who you've met in 2005?
Best... Sweetest... I have met some really 'beautiful' people this year.
39. What did you learn in 2005.
Follow your heart, always, even when it is hard to stick to it..
40. Give us a song that describes your year.
Extreme ways are back again
Extreme places I didn't know
I broke everything new again
Everything that I'd owned
I threw it out the windows, came along
Extreme ways I know move apart
The colors of my sea
Perfect color me
Extreme ways that that help me
Help me out at night
Extreme places I had gone
But never seen any light
Dirty basements, dirty noise
Dirty places coming through
Extreme worlds alone
Did you ever like it planned
I would stand in line for this
There's always room in life for this
Extreme songs that told me
They helped me down every night
I didn't have much to say
I didn't get above the light
I closed my eyes and closed myself
And closed my world and never opened
Up to anything
That could get me along
I had to close down everything
I had to close down my mind
Too many things to cover me
Too much can make me blind
I've seen so much in so many places
So many heartaches, so many faces
So many dirty things
You couldn't believe
I would stand in line for this
It's always good in life for this
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Like it always does, always does
Posted on January 3, 2006
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Let's flow.
Flow is a mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. Proposed by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the concept has been widely referenced across a variety of fields.
As Csikszentmihalyi sees it, there are components of an experience of flow that can be specifically enumerated; he presents eight:
1. Clear goals (expectations and rules are discernable).
2. Concentrating and focusing, a high degree of concentration on a limited field of attention (a person engaged in the activity will have the opportunity to focus and to delve deeply into it).
3. A loss of the feeling of self-consciousness, the merging of action and awareness.
4. Distorted sense of time - our subjective experience of time is altered.
5. Direct and immediate feedback (successes and failures in the course of the activity are apparent, so that behavior can be adjusted as needed).
6. Balance between ability level and challenge (the activity is not too easy or too difficult).
7. A sense of personal control over the situation or activity.
8. The activity is intrinsically rewarding, so there is an effortlessness of action.
Not all of these components are needed for flow to be experienced
More in Wikipedia: Flow
Posted on January 3, 2006
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Fly SN
As already told, I am part of the frequent flyer program of SN Airlines.
I subscribed for their SMS news last month.
I didn't expect to be spammed all over (since January 1st, I guess I have been receiving each hour like 10 smsses...)
I had to call them and was pretty pissed off (Imagine each 10 minutes an SMS arriving and filling up your mailbox)
Seems it was a huge technical problem, and they just smssed me, saying I receive 5000! extra miles.
That, dear gents and girlzzz, is a one way ticket in Europe...
That's what I call customer support!
(PS: Become a Privilege member yourself. Or find yourself someone with some miles on his/her account and try to get some through their transfer system.)
(PPS: I have to admit, Movable Types Support system is not bad at all either. Thank you Maarten for solving my problem!)
Posted on January 3, 2006
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Aaitski
[via Zabine]
Posted on January 4, 2006
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PowerPoint
Making great PowerPoint presentations - the 10/20/30 rule:
An excellent blog from a venture capitalist who details how to create effective slideshows - the right amount of slides, the right length, and the right font size. A must-read for those in the business world.
I hope the marketeers amongst you read this...
Posted on January 4, 2006
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Huh? Holographic sound
Ok this is amazing!!!
Put your headphones on, put it on a good level, and listen to this sound....
Where is the ghost??
Posted on January 4, 2006
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To see in London
Need to remember this for next month's visit to London.
The Reunification Suit is a business suit with printed phone numbers... a wearable filofax for when technology breaks down.
The Golden version of the suit is to be worn when you travel London. Printed on it are contact details of important numbers in London from the best Fismongers in town to the best Therapist.
The garments are part of the Reunification Project. Pascal Anson assembled collections of objects that once belonged to sets such as cutlery, tea cups and saucers, tables and chairs and modified their appearance, giving them new purpose and meaning.
See the work at the (second) Design Mart exhibtion, London’s Design Museum, January 14-February 19. Pictures of the first Design Mart.
Products on view include Julia Lohmann's lights made from sheep tripe, Roger Arquer’s birdhouses, Committee collages of found objects, and Matthias Megyeri’s security devices. Designers Assa Ashuach, Peter Traag, Christopher Pearson, Michael Cross & Julie Mathias, and Caroline Noordijk&Florian Ortkrass will also be among those participating.
More details in the PDF of the museum.
Posted on January 5, 2006
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How-to VideoPodCast by 3 gorgeous girls :)
http://www.frenchmaidtv.com/movies/howToVideoPodcast.mov
Yep, you can thank me for this link ;)
(and Wordtraveller for sending it to me)
Posted on January 6, 2006
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De Poort
Because of the bad bargains, I decided to go to 'De Poort', the best comic store in Gent.
I bought all the comics of Largo Winch I didn't have before. (Jihaa... can't wait to go on the plane next week...)
And also bought a new series: Pandora's Box.
Pretty interesting:
"Pandora box" voert de Griekse mythe van de doos van Pandora opnieuw op, maar nu in het licht van de technologische ontwikkelingen van deze tijd.
In acht albums, getekend door zeven tekenaars, leert "Pandora box" ons hoe de wedloop om de macht en de vooruitgang de toekomst van de mensheid kan vernietigen.
Een cyclus in de vorm van een waarschuwing die in elk album een hoofdzonde verbindt met een moderne technologie en een mythe uit de Oudheid.
Het is het verhaal van de mens die wordt geconfronteerd met zijn oude demonen. Met zijn onverzadigbare machtshonger.
Met zijn grootheidswaanzin.
Met zijn verlangen om altijd weer grenzen te verleggen.
Met het risico dat de natuur enstig wordt verstoord.
Met het risico, vooral, dat ooit zijn eigen voortbestaan in het gedrang komt.
De reeks komt terug op de mythe van de doos van Pandora door deze aan te passen aan de technologische ontwikkeling van de moderne tijd.
Het principe van "Pandora box" kan in één zin worden omschreven:
"Wil de techniek een element van de vooruitgang zijn, dan zullen onze morele concepten een parallelle ontwikkeling moeten ondergaan."
Deze zin dateert uit 1958, een eeuwigheid geleden dus, gemeten naar het ritme van de technische vooruitgang. Hij werd uitgesproken door koning Boudewijn, in zijn openingstoespraak voor de Wereldtentoonstelling in Brussel. Het bewijst dat de gevaren en onrust rondom de vooruitgang niet van vandaag of gisteren dateren. En dat ze zelfs nog lijken toe te nemen. Want de wetenschappelijke vorderingen openen verschieten die in een niet zo ver verleden nog als puur speculatief werden gezien.
Of als sciencefiction.
Who said comics are boring?
Posted on January 7, 2006
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Irreversible
Well, gay party in Culture Club..
Maybe we should go and dancedancedance?
On Friday 13th.
Anyone?
Posted on January 9, 2006
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Why to date geeks..
I start to understand why she thinks geeks are sexy ;)
Posted on January 9, 2006
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Crazy at Dreamhost
Are you considering moving to your own domain?
Are you thinking of podcasting and fear problems with bandwidth?
I guess Dreamhost just gave you a reason to go on with your plans:
They went totally nuts and now offer 20GB! of space and 1TB!! of bandwidth.
Now to make the deal even more appealing:
subscribe with the promocode 'matuvu20' and you'll get a 20$ rebate on the already 120$ bargain price for one-year of hosting.
Tellin' you: perfect bargain.
Christmas is in January!
Posted on January 10, 2006
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Ego Ranking
Must be a die-hard blogger according to Bert.
Yep, that is 9255, Bart... Keep on sporting.
Posted on January 11, 2006
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Charlie White: Everything is American
"Everything is American," photographer Charlie White's first solo show in nearly three years, opens this Friday, 13 January, at Andrea Rosen Gallery in New York. White's latest subjects, like the Tate-LaBianca murder trial, gymnastics, and early man, are cultural touchstones that capture the popular imagination and inspire controversy. Created with elaborately-staged sets and lighting design, his work is about the horror and pathos of history and current events; in part, a comment on how popular mediums like film and television communicate these collective stories. The dramas as envisioned by White's unflinching gaze make for unsettling results: a young gymnast open-mouthed in her coach's arms, a human-like creature with gore in his hand and at his feet (Homo Habilis, pictured above left), and a courtroom crowd foregrounded by three women with shaved heads (Tate-LaBianca, above right). Honest and ambiguous—Is she yelling or moaning? Are the entrails human or animal?—the effect is neither drained of emotion nor overtly manipulative.
Through 18 February 2006 at Andrea Rosen Gallery, 525 West 24th Street (opening reception: 13 January, 6 - 8 pm and running concurrently at f a projects in London through 25 February 2006.
Posted on January 12, 2006
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Interested in Da Vinci's drawings?
Posted on January 13, 2006
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What is the influence of blogs?
Do they matter, do they change opinions? Why do you read them?
Netlash has a nice series of articles on it (Dutch).
Worth reading.
Posted on January 14, 2006
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Joe Cartoon is podcasting
Now I want a video pod...
Posted on January 14, 2006
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Kottkes Meme
2005:
Gent, Belgium
Brussels, Belgium
Geraardsbergen, Belgium
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Cologne, Germany
Dusseldorf, Germany
Tel Aviv, Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
Gazacity, Gaza, Palestine
Rafah, Gaza, Palestine
Bethlehem, Palestine
Dahab, Egypt
Seoul, South Korea
Tokyo, Japan
Singapore, Singapore
Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Bangkok, Thailand
Next months in cities:
NYC, USA
Washington DC, USA
Chicago, USA
Paris, France
London, UK
Seems a bit like bragging though, this theme...
Posted on January 15, 2006
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Free advertisement
It normally takes you 2 weeks to adapt to jetlag. The main reasonis your stomach needs to adapt to the time difference.
Last night, we didn't get that opportunity at all, since we were invited at the Belga Cafe in Washington DC.
The Belga Cafe is owned by a Flemish bloke, and the boyfriend of the always stunning Greet De Keyzer (who unfortunately left the VRT, and doesn't give us a charming smile on TV anymore. Too bad, in real life she is even more stunning and more charming.)
We had delicious food.
Really delicious.
So if you happen to be in Washington DC, and you happen to be hungry, go for it: Belga Cafe.
Posted on January 17, 2006
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Time Square
L-Word on Time Square!
(This series is popular here. Soooo popular.)
So why-oh- why don't they release it on Apple Store? I'd buy iTunes Gift certificates for years...
(D&tC. this ones for you ;) )
Posted on January 20, 2006
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Bush's photographer
While in the White House, I happened to talk to 2 of Bush's personal photographers (he has 3...), which was quite interesting.
While looking to get in touch with one of them, I googles 'White House Photographer' and found a series of interesting links.
Check this one.
And check photoessays here.
I also found an interesting interview with several White House photographers here.
Also nice to know is this:
The position of White House photographer was first officially created by President Lyndon Johnson and held by Yoichi Okamoto. Reportedly, Johnson had been unhappy with the photographs taken of him, noting that the camera was kinder to his predecessor, John. F. Kennedy.
Previously photographers from other federal entities—such as the Army, Navy, Air Force, and National Park Service—were periodically assigned to cover the President for the historical record. Starting in 1941, Park Service photographer Abbie Rowe filled the position for a quarter century, covering five Presidencies, from Franklin D. Roosevelt's to Johnson's.
Posted on January 24, 2006
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Citizen Reporting
Oh I believe in citizen reporting. More over, I believe in blogs that tell you about the common world.
What is really happening in the Arab world? What is really happening in China?
Read it in blogs.
Toot is an interesting blogfinder for the Middle East. Go and check it out.
Posted on January 24, 2006
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Interesting: Iranian blogger visits Israel
The world will report on this soon:
Hoder, an Iranian-Canadian blogger, will visit Israel.
He is invited by Lisa Goldman, an Israeli Canadian blogger (who I follow since months)
He is followed by many readers worldwide, not only Iranian (he claims to have more than 20.000 readers)
This is what I call citizen reporting, with a much larger impact than any other tool.
Curious to see what he writes the following days.
Posted on January 25, 2006
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Pass the stick...
Received from Filip.
Damn it is a hard one...
Four jobs I’ve had/have:
-Panos girl selling bread
-Au pair at the sea side
-Carpenter (yep, I can deal with a hammer and a saw, and I can make furniture...)
-Oh, photographer... :)
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Posted on January 28, 2006
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Avoiding the news
I don't know why but lately I just avoided any news sources.
Didn't check the Standaard, nor any RSS feeds, didn't see tv for the last 3 weeks. (not even when being at home in the weekend)
And it feels perfectly fine.
So what is happening lately?
Sharon? Still alive?
A roof that gets down
and Hamas that wins the elections...
I swear that at the very moment I am about to google this stuff online, Pietel invites me to Newsvine (seconds ago)
And there is Google News...
Internet is such an easy way.
How not to get addicted is the question.
Posted on January 30, 2006
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For sale: Tokina for Canon
As said I bought a very nice new objective in the States.
Due to that buy, I am selling this lens: Tokina AF 19-35/3.5-4.5 AF for Canon.
New: 177 euro
Make me a good offer. (The lens is 1.5 years old. In good condition. Still under warranty if not mistaken.)
I also have this one for sale: Canon 18-55mm, never used.
New: 100 euro
Price: Try me.
Posted on January 30, 2006
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Generation Y: ‘Me Ltd’.
Who?
There is no consensus over the exact birth dates that define Gen Y, also known by some as echo boomers and millennials. But the broadest definition generally includes the more than 70 million Americans born 1977 to 2002.
What?
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Posted on January 30, 2006
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Marketing in TV-series
I guess Kiki Smith is by now very famous in lesbian circles ;)
Posted on January 31, 2006
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Kopergieterij: Bal des Boiteux
Friday, there is a nice happening in the Kopergieterij.
Bal des Boiteux,presents 'Small House, Wide Open View' with 3 free performances. The Kopergieterij will be filled with art (amongst one of Bart and Emily, 2 friends of mine.)
The album was produced by Stef Kamil Carlens, and that should fire a light ;)
But hurry up, will be sold out soon
Posted on February 1, 2006
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ComedyZone
These days, Comedy is taking over Ghent.
Yesterday we went to Han Coucke (which I didn't like so much) and Mireille & Matthieu.
Mireille & Matthieu was on one hand totally absurd and at the same time fabulous contemporary.
I thought it was fantastic. The humor was refreshing and well balanced, and the story through awkward objects was well orchestrated.
A bit too long, but never boring.
Perfect start for the festival in my opinion.
It is surely one to check out if you have the chance.
(I will post a little movie later on today.)
Posted on February 1, 2006
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Looking for a roommate/Looking for an apartment?
More and more people are looking for ways to find cheap accommodation.
The 'Friends' way of living, or the 'Melrose Places' around can be found here:
Appartager.
With many offers in Ghent and around.
Interesting in case you look for something ;)
Posted on February 1, 2006
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Tv on demand
I believe strongly in content on demand: DVD, music, and I still don't understand why VRT is not doing anything to offer old documentaries and such stuff online for bargain prices.
It could create a new revenue.
TV on Demand is nearing.
Check out this trial from BBC: imp
Posted on February 1, 2006
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Pillow Fight...
Rules:
1) Tell everyone you know about PILLOW FIGHT!!!
2) Wait for the Ferry Building clock to strike 6:00pm
3) Don't hit anyone with out a pillow (unless they want it)
4) Don't hit anyone with a camera
5) HAVE FUN!!!
(Rain plan: put your pillow in a plastic bag, see Rules 1 - 5)
Posted on February 6, 2006
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Raising Yousuf, diary of a mother in Gaza
She's 28 (my age), working for Al Jazeera, and blogging about her personal life in Gaza.
Look at the world from another perspective...
Posted on February 6, 2006
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Spicy Valentine
Though I am very romantic (and some people will be ready to testify if one doubts :) ) Valentine is not my cup of tea...
I think it is too commercialized and I don't see anything romantic about going for dinner that night and being in a restaurant full of sticky couples...
Or buying flowers at a double price for that matter.
So in that perspective I tend to throw a little smile and offer all of you some ideas that might lighten up your 'boring traditional' valentine.
Durex just released 'Play Range', a series of sex toys for women and men!
You might surprise your partner and bring some spice on the 14th ;)
Posted on February 7, 2006
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Logic?
I am in an attempt of trying to understand a little bit of it.
And in an attempt of making more sense in my own chaotic life.
Yet, on paper it all seems more obvious than in real life...
Hope she is doing well today. (Go, baby, go!)
Posted on February 7, 2006
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DIY
"D.I.Y.: Design It Yourself (Design Handbooks)" (Princeton Architectural Press)
Pretty neat book for little business...
Might want to buy...
Posted on February 11, 2006
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Hormones?
SYNOPSIS L Word episode 7 Lonestar:
Jenny injects hormones into Moira; Dana undergoes chemotherapy; Shane and Carmen get matching tattoos; Alice frantically searches for her Dana cut-out; the B52's perform at The Planet; Kit fires Billie; Tina takes a step toward Josh.
Aaargh... L Word is becoming a true lesbo-drama.
Nooooooooo......
Posted on February 13, 2006
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Eviva Serbos
Victoria Deluxe and CC Belgica are presenting a new project:
pictures and stories of a neighbourhood: Eviva Serbos.
From February 17 onwards.
More on Victoria Deluxe and ccBelgica.
Pic by strash
Posted on February 13, 2006
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L Word represents 33% of ShowTimes online traffic
"L Word" Drives One-Third Of Sho.com Traffic .:
The "L Word" may be Showtime's breakout online hit, the one that actually gets people to remember that the domain is Sho.com, not showtime.com. In the weeks since the drama about lesbian love and lust returned for its third season, the show has been responsible for more than one third of the site's traffic. That digital activity helped get the show an early pickup for a fourth season, Robert Greenblatt, who heads Showtime, told the Hollywood Reporter.
"L World" digital offerings include "deleted" scenes, podcasts, a fanisode, video clips, set tours, character icons for IM. It's also a good example of targeted advertising -- jewelry inspired by the show, PlanetOut personals and the new Mercedes R-class featured this season.
So when does it go to iTunes?
tx Peter [yep, I think there are actually more guys watching that series than girlzzz.]
Posted on February 14, 2006
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Bandwidth prices dropped amazingly.
I had a meeting with a partner/friend today.
He mentioned: thanks for the tip on Dreamhost.
The amazing part is, according to what he says, he now gets 6 years of hosting for the price of one year hosting at his former host.
And, he mentioned, all his movies are online in a work platform for use with his clients. Their bandwidth usage: 1TB a month.
It works like a charm.
All this reminds me that we used to pay 500 euro/month for 50gb transfer + 2.5 euro/extra GB for our PhotoBlog hosting.
That is only 2 years ago, and hosted in Belgium. (already receiving a major discount then...) Storage included for that price was 1,3 GB.
Amazing to know that now you pay for 20GB storage, and 1TB of bandwidth only 110 dollar (a year that is).
(And by mentioning the promocode 'matuvu' you get 20$ discount on that price!)
If only our Telenets and Skynets would start offering something more than the lousy 10GB download a month.
Posted on February 14, 2006
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Yutaka Loves London
Armchair adventurers and actual travelers alike will appreciate Yutaka Loves London, a slick flash-based guide to the city that's as amusing as it is useful. Yutaka cheekily narrates, describing everything from galleries to flights in terse yet detail-rich anecdotes that charmingly lapse into the third person. While lodging options seem to be lacking, the recommendations give detailed information about each location and they can be added to a downloadable 'to do' list.
via City Page One.
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Posted on February 17, 2006
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Rood: a place to eat
Ok ok overload of different cafe's and restaurants today.
But the food at Rood was delicious.
Technorati Tags: design, food, gent, restaurant
Posted on February 17, 2006
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For the classical music lovers amongst you: present!
Download 9 Mozart symphonies for free:
Danish national radio released 9 mp3s (at very high quality: 256kbps) with 9 Mozart symphonies in honour of the musician's 250th birth anniversary. Download for free.
Enjoy.
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Posted on February 17, 2006
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.nu
Lately many people asked me where the .nu name comes from...
Me I just kinda liked it, since it refers to the French 'nu' which is naked.
But .nu is the domainlevel of Niue, a little island in the lower South Pacific.
I copy paste:
Back in 1997, Stafford Guest, Richard St. Clair and I decided to set up the private nonprofit Internet Users Society – Niue (IUS-N) to manage the .NU ccTLD. The goal was to convince Internet users all over the world to register enough .NU domain names so we could pay for the equipment, installation, maintenance, management and connectivity costs for free Internet services for all the people of the tiny isolated South Pacific island nation of Niue. During the seven years since then, the technical team working in Niue – technical manager St. Clair and development director Emani Lui – have been able to pull off miracle after miracle – starting with the island’s first free email service in 1997, followed by the island’s first full-time digital connection to the Internet in 1999 and, as of last June, launching the first phase of free national WiFi services in Niue.
For more info on the island:
.nudomain
niue island
(might want to bring it a visit...)
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Posted on February 17, 2006
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Elle goes digital
Elle Magazine decided to go digital.
Each month they'll release an interactive magazine, that looks and feels like a normal one, but with added media.
With games, movies, music and more.
Nicenicenice...
They preleased a mininumber and you can watch it here
via Zabine.
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Posted on February 17, 2006
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Calendar Girls
Just watched Calendar Girls.
(Because of Helen Mirren of course...)
The fabulous thing about the web is that you can check everything immediately, and there they are: the original pictures of the calendar, online.
Great!
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Posted on February 18, 2006
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IT Crowd
Fabulous link: coolz0r has put some Google Video's online: hilarious
Technorati Tags: humor, link, video
Posted on February 18, 2006
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Coorporate blogging in a different way: Dior launches its blog
Dior plasticity launches its brand blog:
After many brands in France such as Vichy, or Celio, Dior Plasticity launches its brand blog, with 12 guest bloggers who will test the product, coordinated by a well known french blogher, Sophie Kune.
That in combination with what I read today in Knack (Marketing Offices as they exist will be dead in 2 years) kind of convince me that there is a major shift happening in advertising world.
And we are watching it now...
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Posted on February 18, 2006
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Your movielist
Yet another Ajax rendered idea: be.ajaxilicious.
Allows you to put your movies online.
I immediately see some people to whom this might be useful...: all those with their little IMDB banner on their site ;)
Link via Bart
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Posted on February 19, 2006
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Television screens
Mmmmm, looks good doesn't it?
The Sony Bravia Flatscreen (32 inch) with a high resolution and nice colors
Check also the beautiful ad
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Posted on February 19, 2006
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Cologne
Planning to go to Cologne in the near future?
Check this out. Addresses and places to visit/see.
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Posted on February 20, 2006
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The Skype Bunny - Nabaztag
The perfect present for your (geeky) lover is available online (and in stock): the Nabaztag.
Where before it only communicated with strange signals, by now, it uses Skype to talk to you and many more things to make you crazy about it.
And it moves its ears. ;)
The rabbit is wireless and you can put it in any room without needing a computer. Every rabbit also has a unique petname and emailaddress. That means that we can use the email forwarding features of Pamela to send recorded voicemails to a Nabaztag in any room or any location in the world.
I want.
Links:
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The Skype Bunny - Nabaztag
Nabaztag website
Buy online
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Posted on February 20, 2006
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Stief Desmet
Friday I went to an opening:
Cross References Part II
Stief Desmet was presenting some work.
One of my favorite Ghentish artists!
(Oh, the cocktail was del.icio.us)
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Posted on February 20, 2006
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Free faxnumber
I used to be a XOIP-user.
(Who needs a fax when there is something like email, yet some people want to have fax availability)
But Xoip was bought by Tiscali, and Tiscali was bought by something else, and in-between the service was cancelled.
But luckily I found eFax.
eFax seems to be paying, but when you check more profound, there is a free version as well.
It sends your faxes to your email address (convenient).
Check it out.
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Posted on February 20, 2006
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Shopping in Brussels
My wardrobe is not that full, but my wallet is empty...
Yet, someone told me to go shopping at Mr-Ego
I leave it up to you, telling me if it is really a good shop (hoping you'll say 'no', but knowing it is probably better for me not to pass by...)
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Posted on February 20, 2006
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Dustbunnies
The dustbunnies
from Hendrik and Stijn are being presented in the Muhka on March 1!
'Dustbunnies' is a small colony of digital dust balls that scan the space in search of crumbs of lost thoughts, emotions and dreams. They are a group of LoFi amoeba addicted to a past caught in flakes of skin and hair, in dust and in dirt.
Wanna join in?
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Posted on February 20, 2006
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Minnie Driver
"Everything I've Got in My Pocket" (Minnie Driver, Minnie Driver)
Ok, I didn't figured it till now, but the Minnie above is the same Minnie here:
And she sings pretty well...
And she is a nice actress. Remember "Good Will Hunting (Miramax Collector's Series)" (Gus Van Sant)
Update: And she is soooooo handsome ;)
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Posted on February 21, 2006
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The new marketing: Set Tours
Apple used to do it ages ago: send in material for the good guys in the movie (check it, in every series playing the guy with the mac is/turns out the hero...)
We used to see many things appear (Mars, Motorola Razrs, Samsonite, TagHeuer watches), and since end 90's fashion designers started to take the clothes from the catwalk and from Cannes into the movies. Good advertisement...
But now, it all goes several steps further:
You see something in a series/movie, you'll go to the site, and you'll know the details: which brand, where you can buy it and maybe how much it costs.
Already in Sex in the City and well adjusted in the L Word.
Fine marketing. Because: people go and check it out!
Set Tours:
1. Bette & Tina's Living Area
2. Bette & Tina's Kitchen
3. Bette & Tina's Bedroom
4. Jenny's Room
5. The Planet
sho.com Set Tours
Enjoy ;)
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Posted on February 21, 2006
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Lol
By Pépé Smit.
Posted on February 21, 2006
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Newspapers loose ads.
The newspaper industry is spending $50 million to convince advertisers that it's not dying, trumping the $40 million the magazine industry is spending to the same end. I agree with Rafat: If they took a fraction of that money and invested in experimentation and development of new ideas, it would pay off a lot more than this.
I am writing this as a reaction to a mail I received today.
I claim that money will go to the internet to advertise, she disagrees.
(The future will tell ;) )
Meanwhile we see several web 2.0 applications being built with one certain aim: the integration of advertisements.
Tags for that reason is the buzzword. Because when you tag, you'll be found by the right advertiser.
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Posted on February 21, 2006
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10 things that will change the way we live
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Posted on February 22, 2006
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Why you don’t want to own community
Why you don’t want to own community:
You don't want to own community. First, because you can't; the community owns the community. Second, because then you become responsible for all the community's sins: See MySpace having to hire a safety czar who, presumably, will tell people not to be stupid enough to meet strangers and get murdered. Way back when, in the heyday of personal homepages, I argued to my boss that he didn't want such services because he didn't want his brand appearing on the 6 o'clock news with the phrase: devil-worshipping serial killer's home page.
What you do want to do is enable community. You want to leave control and responsibility at the edges because that's where it is anyway and bring people together with information and each other. The web is the social application. The challenge is to find ways to bring people together in ways they couldn't otherwise do themselves. Think the social Edgeio (below) or the open Flickr or the Technorati of people.
Oh, I do remember the days of PhotoBlog, and the annoyances of communities that sometimes are sweet and sometimes bite ;)
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Posted on February 23, 2006
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Kill Bill
Quentin Tarantino always manages to surprise me.
Kill Bill rocks, and the site, well merchandising all over :) Don't we love it?
(Nice side stories on the site, btw.)
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Posted on February 25, 2006
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To start a perfect Sunday
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Posted on February 26, 2006
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Lazy Sunday...
Well this might be a nice introduction when NOT knowing the L Word...
Enjoy as long as it lasts... (Episode 7 of season 3)
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Posted on February 26, 2006
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Help needed with Googlevideo
For all the google video lovers out there: we are looking for weird video remixes (like the Madonna one below)
Send in you finest discoveries!
Tx.
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Posted on February 26, 2006
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Google keywords
Always fun to check the google keywords:
5 tamar eres
11 differences between modern jews and ultraortodox
16 synonym for famous
18 got a knife to disengage the voids that i can't bear
19 videopodcast convert
20 site to unblock orkut site in dubai
21 take a parachute and jump
22 we are deranged
23 questionary of a bus company
Now this is quite interesting
18 comes out of a K's Choice song. ( I googled my own site to remember that...)
22 comes from Markus Schinwald's 'Dictio Pii' which I saw in London, and was stunning
I wonder who googled Tamar.
And 'questionary of a bus company'??? Mhhh, uhm.
Should be questionnaire, I learned by now.
Synonym for famous and you end up on my blog. Wallah...
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Posted on February 27, 2006
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Conviction first episode for free on iTunes
Conviction the new series of NBC, from the makers of Law and Order, is being released for free on the iTunes store. In avant premiere (the series debuts on March 3 on TV)
The song accompanying the series is also released for free, as well as a 'making of' video.
Good marketing.
Hurry up to the iTunes Store!
(Guess who's downloading now)
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Posted on February 28, 2006
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Brasilia
by John MacLean for Millenium Images
“The virtue of the city is that it provides an abundance of forms and chance encounters. When recorded, they become a catalogue of the photographer's values. My cities are places where people shelter in solitude, or strive to make their voices heard. They are microcosms of calmness and emptiness, where the camera records the quality of light and the quality of things.” John MacLean 2006.
You can see a portfolio here.
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Posted on March 1, 2006
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Radio Bembem
My little brother is here (he's 4). Dad is working on Batibouw, and the big sisters do the babysitting these days...
A veryvery good tip for all those babysitters or dads that can't handle their little kids anymore: RadioBembem.
(Also very good for people with babyfever: put it on for 3 hours and the fever will be gone...)
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Posted on March 3, 2006
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PowerPoint Moleskin
Found it in the stores: the PowerPoint Moleskin notebook: a layout of two and four screens per page. Perfect to sketch your website ideas, or work out the powerpoint you had in mind...
Moleskine
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Posted on March 3, 2006
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ABC is going to provide free TV shows to download
Today is a great day in history! Why? Disney co. announced today that they'll he handing out free TV downloads through their ABC.com network. They will soon start the My ABC service and it will be free of charge! It wil go up in May.
The CEO said: Viewers will have the ability to access shows such as Lost,Desperate Housewives and Grey's Anatomy on ABC.com. They will be ad supported, free to the consumer.
ABC is the first network to show the guts to do this.
Surely this is indeed the way to move the stuff: let the advertiser pay our downloads
Willing to take advertisements for that. ;)
Pretty sure we'll hear more about these things and sure Apple is going to do something with it too. (Pixar being acquired by Disney, and CEO Jobs, it is all a little bit too conspicuous. Something must be going on. No?)
Will have to figure out a way to pass the 'US only' feature. (IP hiding must do something..)
Via AdAge (free subscription)
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Posted on March 6, 2006
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Good Hebrew...
(and beautiful women) for Pietel )really have to go once to Tel Aviv, you won't regret):
(and actually part of it is filmed on a little bridge which is right where I used to live :)) )
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Posted on March 9, 2006
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The L Word on My Space
Enjoy Bette :)
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Posted on March 9, 2006
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Designers against aids
T-shirts for a fashionable 30 euro
Done by designers against aids (a Belgian initiative).
Profits go to the good cause
Bernard Willhelm
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Posted on March 10, 2006
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Didn't you know? The world is changing.
Daniel Rosensweig from Yahoo and Al Gore explaining that the world is changing.
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Posted on March 11, 2006
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Found in my mailbox
A friend of a friend of a friend sent it, but I have no clue who the photographer is. Wonderful...
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Posted on March 11, 2006
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Yellow Eclipse
Who'll join us on the yellow eclipse?
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Posted on March 12, 2006
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Flyer
Haha!
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Posted on March 12, 2006
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Fred Eerdekens
Belgian artist Fred Eerdekens creates sculpture that masterfully manipulates light and shadows. Short Story, pictured above (click to zoom, it's really amazing) is a work recently shown by Spencer Brownstone Gallery here in New York. Copper is twisted and turned in a seemingly abstract squiggle that reveals text when light is aimed at just the right angle.
Found at Cool Hunting
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Posted on March 14, 2006
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iTunes offering full length movies?
Now that Apple is offering Music Videos, Short Films and TV shows for download on their iTunes Music Store, the transition to selling full length movies is not a technical issue, but more of a marketing / licensing issue.
It appears Apple is now offering the first full-length movie for sale on the iTunes Music Store.
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Posted on March 14, 2006
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Rare jongens die Chinezen
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Posted on March 21, 2006
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For motorbikers
Next Tuesday there are some bargains.
I wouldn't rely on the helmet and so, but the overall and stuff can come in handy for some amongst us...
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Posted on March 22, 2006
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The other blog...
Many of us write about anything and nothing, about new gadgets, and new technology.
But this guy writes about the past. And how. (Dutch blog)
I got the link from Matthias, the blog is from his dad.
His dad is sixty-something/seventy-something (Remind me, Andre?)
Now it makes me consider to have my grand-dad writing on-line.
Not sure though what he'd write...
Andre, go for it, hell of an interesting blog you have.
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Posted on March 23, 2006
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Geeks
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Posted on March 24, 2006
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Journal Of A Photographer (by Martin Fuchs)
Journal Of A Photographer is a website dedicated to photojournalism and photography. A website about my long lasting passion. I want it to be a resource for photographers, for aspiring as well as professionals, for viewers as well as shooters. Journal Of A Photographer aims to bring you insight views into the lifes of professional photographers through a continued series of audio interviews. It contains photography book reviews as well as tutorials on my workflow, provides you with photojournalism news, events and competitons and offers an extensive links section with sites related to photography and journalism.
Journal Of A Photographer (by Martin Fuchs)
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Posted on March 24, 2006
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Bouton de fievre...
Oral Herpes. Nicer said: Lip Fever Blister. You probably know this horrible disease. (90% of the people above 30 have it, apparently...)
Normally one will advise you to use Zovirax.
I don't know why, it just never worked on me...
Today I found out Compeed has this wonderful invisible patch. And it works!
The itching is totally gone.
More over: the patch makes it invisible.
So am I allowed to kiss now??
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Posted on March 24, 2006
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Mouse - mice
Nice to know:
The best known mouse species is the common house mouse (Mus musculus). It is found in nearly all countries and, as the laboratory mouse, serves as an important model organism in biology; it is also a popular pet. (Non-biologists often use the term "mouse" synonymously with "Mus musculus"). The American white-footed mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) and the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) also sometimes live in houses. These species of mice live commensally with humans. Although they may live up to two years in the lab, the average mouse in the wild lives only 3 months, primarily due to heavy predation. Cats, wild dogs, birds-of-prey, and snakes prey heavily upon mice.
Mice cannot see colors, but they can see shades from black to white.
They forgot to mention that a human to them looks like a giant. And some amongst those giants probably look like hysteric screaming giants... ;)
More and less nice info on wikipedia
Posted on March 27, 2006
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Tegan and Sara, the singing gay twin
They are the singing gay twin, and that sounds like they are part of those fairs with snake-people and bearded women, but actually they are pretty cute.
Ana keeps on msnning about them, so go and check them out: Tegan and Sara are the hots shots of the moment (and even featured in L Word)
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Posted on April 12, 2006
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Peaches, I am coming....
Clearly jetlagged, because working til 1 AM can't be a good sign of coming back of a vacation...
Anyhow. Guess who is going to Peaches next Tuesday...
Peaches is giving an exclusive -only on invitation- concert/dj set in DirtyDancing.
And guess who is also there: Lady Jane....
Well well. Might be a shiny return to Belgium after all.
(Hurry up to get an invitation too.)
Ana, I know you envy me now ;)
D&tC, thanx for the tip.
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Posted on April 14, 2006
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Pulp in Paris
Went to party.
Quite different from Ghent I'd say...
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Posted on April 16, 2006
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When in Paris
Make sure to visit 3W Kafe (for girlzzzz)
Posted on April 17, 2006
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Private
A fabulous photobook with manipulated pictures of Princess Diana, the Queen Mom and many others.
A nice work to explain to students and people that digital pics can 'proof' anything and pictures do lie. :)
Posted on April 17, 2006
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Google your name and be surprised...
Well well well:
VVJ links to me.
Posted on April 20, 2006
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Exhibits in the near future
-HISK Open Studios
On April 28/29/30
More on www.hisk.edu
-Gallery Fortlaan 17: 'cross reference' - part two
BRUCE McLEAN
PROCESS PROGRESS PROJECT ARCHIVE PROTOSPECTIVE GHENT
Vernissage:
Friday 5th May from 7 p.m. until 9.30 p.m
In presence of the artist
Cocktailbar
+
Jazz : An Interpretation by Red D
More on Fortlaan17
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Posted on April 20, 2006
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Women's World!
"A Guide to Womenomics: The Future of the World Economy Lies Increasingly in Female Hands." (Headline.) More stats: Around the globe since 1980, women have filled "two new jobs for every one taken by a man." "Women are becoming more important in the global marketplace not just as workers, but also as consumers, entrepreneurs, managers and investors."
Haha! Here we come..
More at Tom Peters | Women's World!
Posted on April 20, 2006
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Exclusive inside
Ok, so I was invited to the Microsoft headquarters in Brussels, for an exclusive view on MSN's future (with a bunch of other bloggers) and to listen to the pretty alternative Phil Holden.
As a total Apple freak I had to go and see.
I have to say, most of the stuff was totally new, since I never used it.
Very often I had the idea 'hmmm, I recognize this from somewhere' but then with more AJAX effects.
I have to admit: I love the Windows Live Messenger Idea.
And I am sure their spaces stuff will work for my grandfather and so, but I'll never work with it since well... I appear to be that kind of geek that wants to adapt things herself. Not mainstream...
And the idea of the regular phone connected to your Live 'passport' was pretty attracting -but I'll wait for the Apple iPhone anyway...-.
Life search was interesting and needs to be checked out.
Phil Holden
Update: LVB did an excellent review, so did Coolz0r as expected (and I am just too lazy to do so..)
For those readers amongst you that are Windows fans:
Windows Live Messenger
Windows Live Mail
Windows Live Search
Live.com
Windows Live Domains
Windows Live Family Safety Settings
Windows Live Favorites
Windows Live Expo
Windows Live Local
Windows Live Mail Desktop
Windows Live Safety Center
Windows Live Onecare
MSN/ Windows Live Spaces
Apparently they are doing a lot over there. :)
If they continue like that with online products, maybe they'll even cancel their Vista launch. Lol.
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Posted on April 21, 2006
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Electrabel Bloggers Contest
Due to all my activities and work I forgot to mention the recent BlogContest launched by Ogilvy for Electrabel: Slimme Tips.
Price to win: an mp3-player...
Give it a try I'd say ;)
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Posted on April 21, 2006
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BlogCom Antwerp
Yesterday I had soooo much fun at the BlogCom.
Clo, really, you rock. ;)
Catch all of you next time. (I forgot to take pics, or, no I did, but I am sure Peter, who dragged around all night like a little kiddo with his new toy, will post some material soon)
More on the matter can be found here
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Posted on April 22, 2006
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BlogCom Pics
Well, I did take some pics.
Just too lazy and too good weather to upload them...
But here they are finally...
Peter evangelizing his Nokia N91 to Smetty.
Someone from Kolgen and Laenen (Kolgen?) and Eug
Clo syncing her adresscard with Laenen.
Luc Van Braekel on the back.
(And then my battery appeared to be empty. Sorry for not having a pic of you ;))
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Posted on April 23, 2006
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iTunes Gift Certificates
All of you probably remember I got iTunes Gift Certificates.
I made myself an American account (due to the Certificate System, I don't need an American located Visa/Mastercard number) and I started downloading some TV series.
Now as it would seem obvious to download Lost and such stuff (which I did for some episodes) it is far more interesting to download series that are NOT on in Europe.
Like Showtimes 'Sleeper Cell'
Men, it's good: it is about Jihad in America and the part I like about it (and apparently Americans and American muslims too) is the fact that:
-it is trustworthy for the facts about Islam (they don't talk out of their neck)
-it is trustworthy about police and mistakes (they don't have high tech computers like in 24 or CSI, and police just acts stupid in several episodes, like in reality)
-it is trustworthy in the use of language. (I remember this episode in LWord and others where one speaks French like, well, I don't know like what, but certainly not like a French person. Here the French and Arabic is really French and Arabic.)
I bought 10 episodes (Season 1) for 10$ and can't wait to see all of them.
And found on their website (which isn't restricted to only Americans, like L Word...): they have a podcast on the series, just like Lost had.
They also show previews on Showtime of the series.
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Posted on April 23, 2006
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L Word Online
I found out while checking Sleeper Cell on SHO.com that the LWord site is opened for Europe!
And I have been watching 2 hours of deleted scenes, interviews with handsome women and crazy interviews with Dana and others.
They even have podcasts.
Check it here
(You can even download a ringtone, or check the wardrobe of your fav and get their clothes.....)
Oh sure you can thank me for bringing this fabulous news ;)
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Posted on April 23, 2006
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Hey Fanta, do ya listen?
As part of its forthcoming launch in the US, the firm wants to have "100 geek dinners in 100 days", running from 1 May to 9 August.
South African grapes ready to be processed into wine
From the vine to the table of the discerning geek...'
Maybe Coca Cola/Fanta can start to sponsor some of our events? (Instead of sending 1 can to 15 bloggers ;) )
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Posted on April 24, 2006
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BBC Spaces/Live?
BBC plans to change its site drastically.
Mr Highfield's presentation, Beyond Broadcast, outlined a three-pronged approach to refocus all future BBC digital output and services around three concepts - "share", "find" and "play".
He said the philosophy of "share" would be at the heart of what he dubbed bbc.co.uk 2.0.
Mr Highfield said the share concept would allow users to "create your own space and to build bbc.co.uk around you", encouraging them to launch ther own blogs and post home videos on the site.
The BBC is also running a competition to revamp the bbc.co.uk 2.0 website, asking the public to redesign the homepage to "exploit the fuctionality and usability of services such as Flickr, YouTube, Technorati and Wikipedia".
Now this is again a sign to me that media as we know it is changing fast and furious.
Certainly to be continued...
Posted on April 25, 2006
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Madeline Allbright speaks out
I happened to meet Madeline Allbright on the trip to the US.
I didn't have the chance to speak to her (and I would have been too shy anyway)
What we're trying to do right now is to get as many people on our side as possible. That after all is fundamental to the U.S. national interest — to get other countries to agree with what we're doing and to be supportive.
But where it has gotten off track is when the choice has been framed in a way that narrows the numbers of people that can support us.
Right after 9/11, President Bush was saying we were against the terrorists.
And so people who were definitely opposed to seeing airplains fly into the Twin Towers, who were against acts of terror, could be on our side.
But when the choice was enlarged or changed by the President saying you need to be with us on Iraq or what we're doing on Iran or in other parts of world, it became much harder for other people to be with us. We get into problems when there's an absolute definition of what it is that one has to agree with to be on the side of U.S.
Interesting article
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Posted on April 28, 2006
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Free Wifi
Well the logo tells it all: check out free wifi-spots in your neighbourhood...
Might come in handy when looking for a place to meet for a meeting or so...
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Posted on April 28, 2006
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Eye-Fi to Combine Wifi, Flash Memory
The one thing I wish my digital camera had was wifi so that I could auto-upload photos without the extra hassle of connecting the camera or memory card to a computer. There are cameras being released now that have this capability. However, min doesn't.
Eye-Fi is tackling the problem from a different perspective. They're building wifi directly into the flash storage. Their first product will be a 1GB SD card with built in Wifi. For about the same price as a 1 GB flash card sells for today - $100. You'll be able to upload photos, or whatever, directly from your device to a computer using the built in storage wifi capabilities.
be available, but they have working prototypes. If Eye-Fi owns the intellectual property around this, look for them to license the technology to flash memory producers. I will buy this the second it becomes available.
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Posted on April 29, 2006
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Ravenstein Brussel Finissage
Jan Hoet Junior just smssed me, asking whether I wanted to join for the Finissage of Ravenstein Brussels (with a performance of Matthieu Ronsse and Tillie Hond)
Unfortunately I already have tasty&funky plans...
But maybe one of you feels like going?
Find all info here.
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Posted on April 30, 2006
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Full episodes on the web at ABC
It has arrived: digital television...
ABC broadcasts full episodes online
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Posted on May 1, 2006
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PodHive.net
When looking for some resources on photoblogging, the wiki of photoblogs.org helped me out so many times.
It doesn't do anything special: it just gathers all kind of software, tips and tricks.
In fact it is just a list with all possible info gathered by photobloggers themselves.
Thus the perfect place to find the right stuff you need when starting up a photoblog or helping you out when looking for something.
A similar idea popped up in my mind when Bart asked me some info on podcasting.
So here it is: podhive.net: a wiki that gathers all technical stuff on podcasting.
Feel free to add what you know, to help the podcasting community find easily info on the subject.
I know it is still pretty empty. But those things are always pretty empty in the beginning... I am sure you know some stuff you might want to add: please do so, so the site becomes a resource for all of us.
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Posted on May 2, 2006
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I am a Mac
Posted on May 2, 2006
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While browsing through the archives..
I had to find a recent pic of myself for an article. Apparently that wasn't so easy. It seems I haven't got any recent pics (well worthwhile publishing...)
So yes Pietel, I'll opt for a session with you :)
The one above, I only found in low-res, otherwise they would have had that one. Kinda like it...
Posted on May 2, 2006
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Toyo Ito speaks
On May 10, 2006
More info
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Posted on May 3, 2006
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InfoWarRoom
Watching the live stream of InfoWarRoom now.
It is al happening in Vooruit now, I am sitting on 15 minutes away, outside on a nice Spring evening, watching on my portable.
Fabulous.
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Posted on May 3, 2006
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Lost: in case you missed season 1
Channel 4 offers whole season 1
Here
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Posted on May 4, 2006
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Digital TV
Well if this ain't nice.... Free episodes online, of whatever...
And more here
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Posted on May 5, 2006
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Picasa
My grandparents bought a digital cam (because they like to be cool I guess.)
The digital camera isn't anything, it is after buying the trouble starts.
Each time I come over I have to explain them loads of stuff. And since I am this kind of 'fast' person, yes, it sometimes annoys me.
But I installed Picasa for them, and it works like a charm (nope I didn't covert them to Apple yet...)
My grandfather, 76, knows now how to import and email those pictures.
How to print and how to make galleries.
The only thing they are wondering now is how to send it to the digital online store -for which he skyped me more than once already-. And well loads of other stuff like: can they use the card inside more than once or do they throw it away. How comes this cards gets full? And why oh why can a digital camera make movies?
Grandparents, I tell you.... Sigh... ;)
So to all the other grandparents (and dummies): give it a try!
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Posted on May 5, 2006
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7 reasons why webapp fail
Web apps are not about Ajax, tags, Web 2.0, SOA, REST, or any other technology. Why do so many startups and web pundits focus on these terms when talking about a product? To get a better frame of reference, talk about how your app empowers users to improve their life. Think about how the long-term successful companies sell their stuff. They relate it to some bigger idea. So, for example, Nike has always embraced the hero archetype. They might talk about how great their foam arch is, but that’s always secondary to how buying their shoes makes you a hero. Their commercials are often amateur runners out running in the rain. How cool is that?
When I talk about web 2.0 I mean the change compared to web 1.0, so I am talking about the idea behind all the stuff. And not about the web2.0 buzzzzzword. Half of the stuff made now just sucks, and most of the listed web2.0 apps lack integration: you need to log into a dozen services. It is way too complicated.
Don't we all want one simple way to handle it all. (Identity 2.0 will become a necessity...)
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Posted on May 5, 2006
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The future
Tonight Dutch television VPRO is featuring a documentary on the future of the news.
I don't have television/cable, but: they are featuring the episode online.
The main topics:
internet changes the news, and news papers will disappear...
Might turn out very interesting.
(Actually their archive is also very interesting.)
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Posted on May 8, 2006
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Sweet revenge...
Purely hypothetical situation:
Say that you would have been married with a guy for 7 years, in which you were unhappy, and finally sick of the financial leeching and verbal abuse.
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Posted on May 8, 2006
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Become a drugdealer
Become a drugdealer:
a cool T-shirt, all proceeds go towards purchasing drugs neccessary to keep AIDS infected children alive.
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Posted on May 8, 2006
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Kurt Stallert | jim coudal
Kurt Stallaert featured on Kaliber10000. Nice...
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Posted on May 10, 2006
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One to make you smile
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Posted on May 10, 2006
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Mothers day.
lust objectified
grin.
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Posted on May 13, 2006
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Interesting for photographers.
"The Negative (Ansel Adams Photography, Book 2)" (Ansel Adams, Robert Baker)
"Zone System Manual: Previsualization, Exposure, Development, Printing (The Ansel Adams Zone System As a Basis of Intuitive Photography)" (Minor White)
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Posted on May 13, 2006
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Neologisms...
Peter has made a tool that creates neologisms and describes their meaning.
Kinda of fun to play with:
contra- hypo- megalo- stereo- lesbo- phobia
Description:
the battle against the unreasonable fear of love between women with underestimated effect larger than life from two sides
or this one:
retro- hypno- homo- philia
Description:
the old-style preposterous preference for same-sex love under hypnosis
Lol.
Addictive...
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Posted on May 14, 2006
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Pinhole...
I recently received a comment from a reader: stuutekeer.
Checked his site out and apparently the writer makes pictures with pinhole camera's
And what kind of pinhole cameras...
A Lego-camera, a matchbox thingy and many others.
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Posted on May 15, 2006
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SQA team invites
Some weeks ago I received a mail asking for interiors of gay people, for an exhibition.
I just took my cam, took a picture and mailed it to the organization.
The exhibit opened on May 12th and runs until 21, in Cinema Nova in Brussels.
Click on flyer to see it in big.
A pity the thumbs are so small.. But the one with a lot of red is mine ;)
.
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Posted on May 15, 2006
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Amsterdamned: the web and beyond
Apparently I'll be going to this conference. ;)
Anyone else?
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Posted on May 15, 2006
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TV Deluxe
Later on tonight: Stadsuniversiteit and TVDeluxe in de Vooruit.
Watch the live stream from 8PM onwards, with the ability to chat during the session.
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Posted on May 15, 2006
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Commander in Chief
I downloaded another series that isn't available in Europe yet: ABC's Commander in Chief with Geena Davis.
She features as the first female president of the United States.
Geena Davis makes a stunning president. (especially compared to the one running in reality. lol)
The settings are nicely done: I am still wondering if it is just all in a decor or really in the White house since it really resembles well.
The Oval Room for example has exactly the same chairs as in reality (and heck I can tell ;) )
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Posted on May 15, 2006
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Lady Jane on MySpace
I shamelessly copy this from D&tC.
Not because of the nice flyer, but because of the good music on LadyJane's page. Which is free to download.
Visit now: LadyJanes MySpace.
Cool!
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Posted on May 16, 2006
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LOL
Look at the guy's face when he hears his name...
He clearly isn't the guy they thought he was.
LOL
Posted on May 17, 2006
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Cockroach part II
Since Smetty wonders if the cockroach lies eggs when dying, I checked in Wikipedia.
Some amongst you find Wikipedia not reliable but I think the info might be interesting.
A female German cockroach carries an egg capsule containing around 40 eggs. She drops the capsule prior to hatching. Development from eggs to adults takes 3–4 months. Cockroaches live up to a year. The female may produce up to eight egg cases in a lifetime. In other words, in favorable conditions it can produce 300–400 offspring. A regular cockroach, however, can produce an extremely high number of eggs in her lifetime. She lays up to 100 eggs in each egg sac. She only needs to be impregnated once to be able to lay eggs for the rest of her life, allowing one single cockroach to lay over a million eggs in her lifetime.
It is popularly suggested that cockroaches will "inherit the earth" after humanity destroys itself in a nuclear war. Cockroaches do indeed have a much higher radiation resistance than vertebrates, with the lethal dose perhaps 6 to 15 times that for humans. However, they are not exceptionally radiation-resistant compared to a number of other insects, such as the fruit fly. Their habit of living under shelter would also likely help them to avoid radioactive fallout in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
Is it a myth that they lay their eggs? According to this list, it is.
I am still not sure. One thing I do know: they're ugly and terribly fast. And freaking me out.
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Posted on May 25, 2006
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Racism
via Kris
Posted on May 26, 2006
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Madonna imitate
Some months ago we stumbled upon this amazing movie on Google Video:
Times com by con loli. by La Terremoto.
Apparently this lady is quite famous.
She is said to be a muze of Pedro Almodovar. And she flies from New York to Berlin to act on events.
She is coming to Belgium, to the Los Ninos BBQ, on June 9th
Hmmm, sounds appealing.
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Posted on May 31, 2006
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Comet
About to launch: project comet/vox.
Would Maarten need beta-testers? Because I think my grandfather is about ready to start blogging..
Comet/Vox is a blogging platform with an accent on social linking and private blogging.
Read more here
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Posted on June 1, 2006
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A dog
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Posted on June 1, 2006
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Millim
And there is Miall O'Leary of Millim again.
Sometimes it takes them months to have a new project, but when it arrives in my mailbox, it surprises me each time. In quality and beauty.
'The Diminishing Present' A New Publication By Edgar Martins
“The imagery of 'The Diminishing Present' is less a set of pictures than a series of moments in which spaces, mechanisms, signs, objects and events in the instrumentalist, modified landscape of the contemporary order have become independent of causation or function. It resembles a set of location shots for unmade films from lost scenarios. It constitutes a landscape without human figures, seen as though composed in the eye of the security camera - a seeing without a subject - of a landscape already arranged for surveillance. It evokes the coda completing Antonioni's L'Eclisse, with its new residential zones filled by autonomous machines and alien structures, or Doug Aitken's post-human video landscapes. But it is something more.
This landscape is actual, familiar, always there, and yet imaginary, unseen. It is the other place, which is always this place, in these things; it is there when our backs are turned, while we sleep, or as we drive past in the unconsciousness of speed, in the half-life of routine - it is the landscape that survives our absence.”
Photography as art, poetry and philosophy. Beautiful.
More on Millim's site
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Posted on June 2, 2006
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Moleskine
The day I bring this moleskine for someone, she should know what's next...
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Posted on June 2, 2006
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Hasselblad Xpan
Anyone interested in this camera? I have a friend who sells his (in perfect shape) with 2 lenses for 1500 euro (without taxes) (Yep PJ, it can be invoiced)
New price: 2500 euro, without lenses... (and check the prices of these lenses before saying anything...)
For info, mail/call this guy.
Damn beauty...
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Posted on June 6, 2006
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Urbanus
Henk might be a fan of Urbanus, I am just far fetched family.
You see the fragment where Urbanus is drilling in the ceiling? That's at my grandparents place...
(I can tell you: it wasn't what they had in mind when he asked them to use the house for a movie for BRT. LOL.)
Posted on June 6, 2006
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Open source animation
An open source animation movie can be downloaded for free on the Elephants Dream site.
Meanwhile I am going to go outside for a while. Sun is finally shining...
(And yes, I quit watching Lost unless there is good company convincing me to see another episodes.
I switched to the unseen episodes of Commander in Chief.)
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Posted on June 7, 2006
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Barcamp Podcast by Alice and Irene
The amazing podcasts of Irene and Alice are online: you can listen now.
Enjoy the show (and laugh)
Oh, and I mention the most beautiful and sexy internet word ;)
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Posted on June 7, 2006
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Numb3rs
NUMB3RS is a drama about an FBI agent who recruits his mathematical-genius brother to help the Bureau solve a wide range of challenging crimes in Los Angeles. The two brothers take on the most confounding criminal cases from a very distinctive perspective. Inspired by actual cases, the series depicts how the confluence of police work and mathematics provides unexpected revelations and answers to the most perplexing criminal questions. A dedicated FBI agent, Don Eppes (Rob Morrow), couldn't be more different from his younger brother, Charlie Eppes (David Krumholtz), a brilliant mathematician who, since he was little, yearned to impress his big brother. As a seasoned investigator, Don deals in hard facts and evidence, whereas Charlie, a math professor at a California university, functions in a world of mathematical probability and equations. Now, despite their disparate approaches to life, Don and Charlie are able to combine their areas of expertise and solve some killer cases.
With Navi Rawat from 24..
Just released on iTunes Store. Haha. I know what to buy when Lost and Commander in Chief are finished.
Numbers, I like numbers...
CSI is sooooo outdated. ;)
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Posted on June 8, 2006
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Mediatemple launches adnetwork
And another ad network: ads are hot on the web...
I have a MediaTemple hosting.
Though I prefer my DreamHost account for various reasons: one click installs, unlimited email addresses, mysql and dns-serving. And a discount of 20$ if you use the promocode matuvu. ;)
My MediaTemple account is very useful for MovableType installs, which turned out little bit more complicated on Dreamhost.
There adserving system can be found here.
Probably only interesting fro english writing bloggers. But it appears to be about design. Which is always better than google ads about 'blogging' ;)
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Posted on June 13, 2006
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Invited for preview Vista
Like some other bloggers I am invited for a preview on Vista.
'We zijn ons wel degelijk bewust dat je als fervent Mac-gebruikster waarschijnlijk nog niet met Windows Vista gewerkt hebt'
Hehe, they do check ups ;)
I am interested in Vista, because Mac Intel is dual boot-able :)))
And this information makes me very curious...
It certainly looks alike.
(I certainly want to hear about their protection against viruses. Has it become better??)
So if I find the time, I'll end up there.
Anyone else really interested? Give a yawp, I might get an extra invite ;)
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Posted on June 13, 2006
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Discoveries of today
My favorite paper shop didn't sell the 'Moleskine Cityguides' yet...
Instead I arrived home with 2 Plain Reporter Books...
in which I reported my 'found today's':
-Tasty in Hoogpoort: reminds me of the taste of Syria and Tel Aviv, by selling fruity juices. I like the banana-apple-orange mix (which isn't on their list...)
-Cream sells David and Goliath tees, but finding my way in their collection is much easier online..
-And Fnac is holding some kind of Gay highlight, presenting DVD's, books, comics etc.
I loved 'The devil's playground' of Nan Goldin. But I didn't buy it.
Already lost my heart on the comics by then:
Leo, the man of Aldebaran and Betelgeuze, apparently has another series: Kenia. Had to have... Luckily De Poort had them.
That's it? Yep, the money's gone...
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Posted on June 17, 2006
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ILI
The tees of David and Goliath reminded me of ILI.
Don't remember well how things started but I know the guy was one of our first members of PhotoBlog.
ILI has cool stuff. Check it out. and buy online.
I like a lot!
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Posted on June 17, 2006
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Books I liked reading
-"Sputnik Sweetheart (Vintage International)" (Haruki Murakami) 'Lost in space or lost in love?', fiction
-"The Memory Game" (Nicci French), and all the others, literal thrillers
-"The Kindness of Strangers : The Autobiography" (Kate Adie), a BBC journalist who starts her life time story, moving.
-Peter Verhelst, poetry, a Belgian writer who plays with language
-Bart Moeyaert, anything, Belgian writer who is able to change words into music
-"Digital Fortress : A Thriller" (Dan Brown), and all of his books, I know I know, they're not all good ones, but they happen to lie around here and read like trains.
-"Harry Potter Hardcover Boxed Set (Books 1-6)" (J. K. Rowling), wonderful, still have to read the last one though.
-"Shutterbabe : Adventures in Love and War" (Deborah Copaken Kogan) a photographer who tells about her life. Very accurate.
-"Terrorist Hunter : The Extraordinary Story of a Woman Who Went Undercover to Infiltrate the Radical Islamic Groups Operating in America" (Anonymous), also real story, revealing...
-Herman De Coninck, all his poems, still have to buy his 'Verzameld Werk'. (Dutch)
-Lydia Rood, the erotical as well as the 'detectives' written by Rood & Rood. Entertaining, light, and a fast read
-"The PowerBook" (Jeanette Winterson) and one on mathematics, fiction that drives you to your limits
-"Perfume : The Story of a Murderer (Vintage International)" (Patrick Suskind)
- Donna Tart, not her last one, which sucks.
-"Life of Pi" (Yann Martel) great at the end.
-"City of the Beasts (rack)" (Isabel Allende)
:)
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Posted on June 22, 2006
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How autistic are you?
So, tell me how autistic are you?
Via Bnox
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Posted on June 24, 2006
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Antwerp
I wanted to go to Antwerp, to a little design fair near Winkelhaak.
Winkelhaak is a beautiful building housing young designers in a nice concept: by paying their monthly rent, all costs are covered and they get a beautiful infrastructure included.
It was built in the former prostitute neighborhood and by building it, the area got a new input. (Quite some effort was done in this neighborhood: they also built the Permeke Library.)
The fair wasn't such a big deal, though I am sure some amongst you would have found something stuff they'd want...
We managed to sneak in the guided tour of the Winkelhaak.
As all of you know by now, I love nice architecture, and hearing the motivation behind some of these concepts is just interesting.
The weather was beautiful, and we decided to pretend as if it was vacation. So we headed for the beach after the tour.
Strantwerpen enlarged their beaches and now they have one near the Vlaamse/Waalse Kaai.
It felt like Tel Aviv. It really did.
I found out Antwerpen can feel like vacation, and really, I can imagine spending a weekend discovering the city.
Today I'll have vacation in Gent again...
PS: Tip: never ask a guy from De Lijn how to get to the beach...
Just ask people in the street. And remember Antwerpen has a metro, which in some cases is faster than the tram.
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Posted on June 25, 2006
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How cynical are you?
| You Are 36% Cynical |
 You buy into many of the things that mainstream society believes, but you're not anybody's fool. |
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Posted on June 26, 2006
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cool card
My bank just popped up something cool: put your picture on your card.
Free until the end of 2006.
What to do? Be a client of Dexia, surf to the design module, and make it.
Hmmm, started thinking what to put on it....
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Posted on June 27, 2006
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Guba
Guba started to sell/rent video's online. Only in US.. Damn.
Otherwise I'd rent Syriana tonight.
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Posted on June 30, 2006
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Feed your tree ;)
I urgently need this one...
A little bit bizarre but still quite unique, the I.V. Plant Pot by Vitamin Living is a self-watering pot with a medical I.V. drip feed. This allows the plant to be nourished with food and water as it’s needed. The I.V. drip is really much more of a powerful and almost awkward design statement than it is functional– although it does seem to act as a nice reminder to plant owners to take care of their oxygen-creating friends, water and nourish them.
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Posted on July 1, 2006
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Adoption Awareness
Beautiful campaign of Ogilvy Mumbai
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Posted on July 1, 2006
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Patchwork
My grandmother 'patchworkes'.
Maybe she should make a series like this... :P
(Campaign for Durex)
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Posted on July 1, 2006
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Animation
This little animation movie got a lot of good thumbs up (and prcies) because of the idea of making it by assembling single shots into an animation.
In '94 Ief Goossens, Niko Meulemans & Rob Breyne made 'Het museum'
Similar use of pictures.
But from Belgian ground, straight away from our famous academy)
Wonderful too see! (Het museum: Click on the second movie to see it)
Posted on July 3, 2006
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BBQ :)
In a recent past my dad used to sell garden utensils (heck, the list of things my dad sold is endless..). So when suddenly feeling the urge to BBQ, I almost forgot he knows all about it, until standing in the shop and thinking 'Huh, didn't my dad have these?'
and a second question 'Didn't my dad have spare one of these?'
One phone call later the question was solved: he had these, and he had a spare one which he didn't use anymore and was about to throw away...
It took more than 2 weeks to arrive, and unlike my expectations (seeing a dirty little BBQ) he showed up with a huge Barbecook, in a rather good to very good condition.
A walhalla for BBQ fans I believe... (though according to my dad real BBQ freaks go for Weber...)
I am not a freak, but I have a BBQ now :)))
Anyone into BBQ'ing on my gorgeous terrace?
(Anyone knowing how to fire up a BBQ and willing to make sure the meat isn't burning is welcomed too ;) )
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Posted on July 3, 2006
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Downloading on iTunes
iTunes Music Store is releasing a whole bunch of free pilots to promote series.
These days they offer 'Kyle XY' (check the site! there are clue trackers: they want to find the origin of the guy, and they made a sort of game which reminds me of a basic version of Myst.) and 'Blade' a new scary series on vampires with a beautiful woman, which unfortunately becomes a vampire.
It is kind of fun, having free access to rather unknown series in Europe.
But how do you do it? I mean, one needs a credit card in the US to be able to download series on iTunes. Or don't you? ;)
There is a way...
It is not entirely legal, but then again, you are paying to download, you are only in the wrong part of the world to be entirely legal.
The solution to your problem is gift cards.
Gift cards allow you to download content from the US.
You need to make an account and importantly, you need to make yourself an address in the States (otherwise it won't work)
And suddenly there you go... Free downloads...
If anyone is going to the US in the near future, let me know. I'll give some dollars to bring me some extra gift cards. Present for me, myself and I ;)
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Posted on July 4, 2006
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Kyle XY: interactive tv
Now it is teen drama, but the way ABC approaches their new series shows the way they see tv and internet evolving.
Kyle XY is certainly one of a kind. The pilot was released on iTunes before it was aired. It was available for free.
Next to that the show got a special website with loads of clues and fictional websites aiming at more clues.
The forum on ABC pinpoints the fact people are busy with it and are making new theories about where he comes from, only after 1 episode. (Episode 2 aired yesterday)
It shows a similar approach of Lost, but from the very beginning.
And I am pretty sure ABC is on the right track.
This is the future of tv: game and interaction. On Demand.
This is fun...
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Posted on July 4, 2006
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Nuclear loaded
Movies of nuclear tests long time ago....
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Posted on July 4, 2006
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Visualize a timeline
And there it is again: Peter posts something on timelines, and on exactly the same day, someone else on the other side of the world does it, giving indirect answer to Peter, without knowing him.
The guy happens to be in my feedreader...
So Peter here it is: the Smile Timeline, ajax and everything.... even free, from MIT, and how to make it... (already with rss...)
Enjoy.
(Didn't I tell you: we are in the era that you think of something and it actually exists, even when you thought it was innovation.)
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Posted on July 7, 2006
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Plazes
Where I am at this moment?
Check plazes... Currently in a new beta, but much much better.
Perfect to find some wifi-hotspots too...
Posted on July 7, 2006
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Immotheker
Monday I am going to the Immotheker.
I guess it is an amazing service: they look for the perfect mortgage for you.
For free!
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Posted on July 7, 2006
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Prison Break
Guess who just received the whole series of Prison Break :)
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Posted on July 8, 2006
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Books
I like to read literal thrillers.
The last year, I barely ready due to no good reason.
And recently I swore that after a huge fine at the library, next time I would atleast have read some of the books...
So now, the last 2 weekends, I have been reading a book a day.
It feels great.
By accident I stumbled upon Lucy Wadhams books: "Castro's Dream" and "Lost".
I almost find it regrettable they are finished.
Great stuff...
Posted on July 9, 2006
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(O)OK
(O)OK read like Ook Ok reads as 'Also Ok'
It is one of the sites I had to make recently.
(O)OK calls for tolerance, something we surely need in this country.
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Posted on July 9, 2006
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Books
"Das Jesus Video." (Andreas Eschbach)
I just read The Messiah Mystery and it is really good.
(Ok I have a pre-occupied mind when it comes to books that are related to Israel, since I can actually see the environment.)
But if you liked the Da Vinci Code, this one might interest you too.
Fast reading and keeps you occupied until the end. (which is quite some hours I was supposed to work...)
Although it has some passages which you can predict, it turns out differently.
If feels a bit like MacGyver that always has the right utensils at the right moment.
Apart from that I liked being guided through the country and remember some areas and landscapes I thought I forgot.
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Posted on July 11, 2006
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User generated ads...
Ogilvy/Proximus is asking people to make a your own ad for the proximus promotion.
It is an interactive thing to day, starting with a call to a 0800 number (which is a relieve after all the 0900 contests on TV...)
The winner, chosen by the voters online, gets a mobile phone.
I liked the MyRoom site, I liked the concept of being able to change the furniture, but unfortunately the furniture is OR OR, and not AND AND, except if you are very eclectic...
A little bit more of a game would have been fun.
Do I like the idea of making my own spot.
Yep sure.
Hey Zab, shall we have a BBQ, and brainstorm for fun on the subject? And then submit.
And have them vote for us! ;)
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Posted on July 12, 2006
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How do you communicate?
You Communicate With Your Eyes 
When you say, "I'll believe it when I see it" - you really mean it.
For you, what you see is a lot more important than what you hear.
You don't take someone's words at face value. You judge people by their facial expressions, body language, and appearance.
You tend to be quiet, but when you talk, you tend to make eye contact and describe things in colorful detail.
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Posted on July 13, 2006
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vCard
Instead of running around with too many business cards, I made this page on the web, referring to me, with, when scrolling down, referring to all my feeds.
It is an easy way to present yourself.
I have to make it a little bit better by adding links to my sites, but this way it is the 'professional' card, I can refer to when passing by.
One page, assembling all my stuff.
You find it here: matuvu.nu/vcard
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Posted on July 21, 2006
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Who killed Daniel Pearl?
I read 'A might heart' months ago. A book written by his wife, about Daniel Pearl, a very known journalist who was kidnapped and beheaded in Pakistan.
Bernard-Henri Levy also wrote a book on the murder:
A stunning story written like a fiction book, but certainly containing the enlightening thoughts of Levy. Worth reading.
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Posted on July 22, 2006
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My Ziki on Google
Ziki is a nice way to put all your info in a line. It directly links to all your sites.
The lay out could be better (That's why I copied the main idea into a better designed personal page: www.matuvu.nu/vcard)
But the girls and guys from Ziki bought sponsored links. So if anyone looks my name up, they end up on my Ziki.
(Wondering why this is interesting to them...)
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Posted on July 28, 2006
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Quicktime 3D
Point, click and drag. Grin.
In case you are interested in this technology, I have a friend who makes this kind of stuff. Nice to implement in sites for interior architects and alike.
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Posted on July 28, 2006
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Rate the sex of your brain...
This was probably one of the harder tasks. It tested your ability to mentally rotate an object in your head.
You scored 12 out of 12.
Studies have shown that men tend to do better than women at this task because performance is influenced by testosterone levels. Women with high testosterone levels often perform well too.
(Average score for men: 8.2 out of 12
Average score for women: 7.1 out of 12)
Lol.
According to this test I am 55% male, 45% female.
Seeing the results it has to do with the fact that:
-'Your choices suggest you prefer more feminine faces.' (Hehe... how's that?)
-My index (finger) ratio is 0.92
(Average ratio for men: 0.982
Average ratio for women: 0.991)
-And the test above... which really wasn't difficult at all to me...
So how female/male is your brain?
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Posted on July 28, 2006
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Smile
Click to enlarge
Posted on July 29, 2006
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Wow
11 years old... Link via Blauridder
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Posted on July 31, 2006
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For moviemakers..
Dear friends,
The next session of the Résidence du Festival de Cannes will be held from 28th February till 15th July 2007.
The deadline for sending applications is 19th September 2006.
The Résidence du Festival is a wonderful opportunity for young directors to develop their first or second fictional feature film project.
It makes available to them :
- a place of residence in the heart of Paris,
- a personalised programme accompanying the writing of their scripts,
- and a collective programme of forums with film industry professionals.
The residents equally benefit from:
a 800-euro grant per month;
free access to a large number Paris cinemas;
French lessons (optional);
the possibility of attending festivals during their stay.
Registration on line : www.cinefondation.com
The selection of the residents by a jury, presided by a director or a motion-picture celebrity, is based on the quality of their already made shorts - or first feature film, as well as on the interest of the feature film project in the course of being written, and on the candidates' motivation.
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Posted on August 2, 2006
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Fashion differently
We posted this one already months ago..: fashion presented as porn.
(Keep your children away when watching it..)
But does anybody know who sings that song. I like it...
You can download them...
I wonder if they sell this stuff. :)
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Posted on August 2, 2006
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9/11 Live: The NORAD Tapes
How did the U.S. Air Force respond on 9/11? Could it have shot down United 93, as conspiracy theorists claim? Obtaining 30 hours of never-before-released tapes from the control room of NORAD's Northeast headquarters, the author reconstructs the chaotic military history of that day and the Pentagon's apparent attempt to cover it up.
Posted on August 2, 2006
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DreamHost Blog » Anatomy of a(n ongoing) Disaster..
DreamHost Blog; Anatomy of a(n ongoing) Disaster..: As I'm sure most of you already know, we've had nothing but troubles, large troubles, for pretty much the last three weeks. A lot of these troubles were our fault, a couple of them were at least ostensibly beyond our control, and they all compounded each other.
Here I'll try and go into as much detail as possible about what happened, why, and the steps we're taking to stop this sort of thing from ever happening again. I can't excuse what happened, just apologize and hopefully elucidate.
I have a DreamHost account, it was hot damn cheap compared to my other hosts.
I have a MediaTemple account too, and admitted, I once cancelled my account because their PHP used to be an older version than I needed. They paid back instantly. That was the reason, 6 months later, I took them again.
Since then, I stayed. Their uptime is great.
I took 2 accounts to be able to switch easily if needed.
The cheap prices in the States are a relief, compared to some European.
What happened now at DreamHost would make me cancel an account, but because of their communication they get my support: accidents happen.
I hope they do more than sending nice newsletters and apologizing, now they'll need to rebuild their credibility of uptime.
They deserve a 5 star for communication.
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Posted on August 2, 2006
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Help build a bridge around the world
The bridge is big a charity effort that wants to unite people in a creative way to build a better future for others. Everyone can help build a mile of a virtual bridge around the world and for each mile companies like Adobe will give one dollar to a charity that you care about the most. It’s a great initiative and there are already pretty beautyfull creations and words added to the bridge. Currently there are 585 miles built and 24317 to go. So, get creative, let your heart speak and contribute.
Get this video and more at
MySpace.com
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Posted on August 3, 2006
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6 connections to someone you don't know?
Ok this is crazy...
I hear an podcast on Israel with a webdesigner living in the north of Israel (Don't bother to listen; it is nothing special...)
I google the woman's name, see she's on LinkedIn and get the message:
She is only 4 steps away.
Getting in touch with a woman I don't know at all will take me 4 people...
Amazing...
(I have no clue why she says she's located in the States, since she is certainly in Israel now..)
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Posted on August 3, 2006
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Véronique de Viguerie wins the Canon Female Photojournalist Award 2006
French photographer Véronique de Viguerie has become the sixth woman to win the Canon Female Photojournalist Award for her project on Communist Militiawomen in Nepal.
Véronique de Viguerie is 28 years old. French by birth, she studied photography in England before becoming a freelance photojournalist in 2004. Her work includes reports from Pakistan, and a number of in-depth reports on Afghanistan, a country she first visited for a newspaper assignment in 2003. In 2005 she narrowly escaped death in a suicide bombing on a Kabul café - the man sitting next to her was killed outright. Her work has been published in Newsweek, The New York Times, LIFE, The Daily Telegraph, The Times, Le Monde and Libération.
Check her portfolio. Is is truly GOOD photography. In every sense.
According to me she should win the Photojournalist Award 2006 without the Female title... Long time since I have seen such a portfolio... Respect.
Pic: © Veronique de Viguerie
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Posted on August 4, 2006
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Another wonder in the States...
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Posted on August 4, 2006
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Wanna be a superhero?
IN-CRE-DIBLE...
I am laughing my ass off over here.
We have all these reality shows, these Adventure Islands, these Idol shows, but this one rocks all: Who wants to be a superhero.
You laugh yourself to death when seeing the first selections of Idol.
But seeing people dressed up as superhero's and being serious about that. Well...
Meet Monkey woman, Big Momma, Lemuria, the Iron Enforcer, Cell Phone Girl, Nitro G, and more.
See them in their super-hero suits rescuing lost children, being attacked by dogs, hugging criminals and turn them in to better persons...
You have to check it, just to believe. Only in America (I hope, imagine what we'll see over here...)
First episode for free on iTunes
Excelcior!
Get free desktops here
Posted on August 8, 2006
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Peter Pan
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Posted on August 8, 2006
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Facettes de la petite morte.
Beautiful Agony is dedicated to the beauty of human orgasm. This may be the most erotic thing you have ever seen, yet the only nudity it contains is from the neck up. That's where people are truly naked.
The videos were made in private by the contributor (and sometimes their partner). We don't know what they're doing, or how they are doing it, we just know it's real and it's sexy as hell. Make your ears blush by putting on your headphones and turning the sound to eleven.
Yes, there are free samples. Look for the ones with the red borders and the text underneath that says 'free sample'.
New agony comes five times per week (at least).
They all have sound.
Overkill is our magazine section where we post interesting snippets, interviews and outtakes. If you find any orgasm-related stuff on the web which might be of interest to our readers please email us.
Some Agonees have told us their dirty secrets, and we will let you watch, so long as you promise not to tell. Look for the word 'confessions'.
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Posted on August 8, 2006
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The War Tapes
THE WAR TAPES is the movie they made with Director Deborah Scranton and a team of award-winning filmmakers. It’s the first war movie filmed by soldiers themselves on the front lines in Iraq. (Read the Director’s Vision Statement.)
THE WAR TAPES follows three men: Sergeant Steve Pink, Sergeant Zack Bazzi, and Specialist Mike Moriarty. Steve is a young carpenter with a dark, irreverent sense of humor who joined the Guard for college money. Zack is an inquisitive, ironic traveler and university student. Mike is a husband and father of two, driven to fight by honor and redemption. You will see Operation Iraqi Freedom through their eyes.
The soldiers were not picked by casting agents or movie producers. They selected themselves. 10 soldiers from Charlie Company carried cameras on IED-riddled roads and into combat—and into their own internal conversations.
They learned how to choose and tell their stories in constant instant message and e-mail conversations with Director Scranton. They filmed under unbelievable conditions. The unit was based at LSA Anaconda in the deadly Sunni Triangle, under constant threat of ambush and IED attacks. They traveled, as a unit, 1.4 million miles during their tour, and lived through over 1,200 combat operations and 250 direct enemy engagements.
Because it’s filmed by citizen soldiers telling their own stories, THE WAR TAPES is funnier, spicier, and more wrenching than stories other people migfht tell about them.
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Posted on August 8, 2006
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Where the hell is Matt?
What a job...
Ok, I want that vacation..Soon...
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Posted on August 9, 2006
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Confused about the who's who?
Check the Middle East Buddy List for children..
Who is friends with who?
Who is who's enemy.
It is a little simplified though...
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Posted on August 9, 2006
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Did you know?
Did you know there is 1 piece of art on the whole Moon.
Did you know it is made by a Belgian artist?
Read all about the Fallen Astronaut
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Posted on August 12, 2006
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Test your speed
So, is your provider cheating on you?
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Posted on August 12, 2006
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Photography
Nice weird series of pics. Click on the image to see more.
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Posted on August 12, 2006
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Sick and tired of flash?
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Posted on August 12, 2006
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Cribcandy
Coolest stuff for your house...
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Posted on August 12, 2006
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Made my Sunday
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Posted on August 13, 2006
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Iran: Ahmadinejad is Blogging!
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iranian President has started his own blog in four languages. In his first post he talks about his life. On his blog the following question is asked: Do you think that the US and Israeli intention and goal by attacking Lebanon is pulling the trigger for another world war? Visitors are invited to vote yes or no to the question.
Wallah!
It is like the orthodox jews with their ipods. Technology eventually rules over conservative minds.
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Posted on August 14, 2006
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La chute de l'ange
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Posted on August 14, 2006
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Dat ge gvrdmm goesting krijgt om een vliegtuig richting zon te nemen...
Do you also feel like booking a flight today? (Their destinations do not really feature the sun though...)
Virgin goes more south...
Posted on August 15, 2006
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Eve the aliens use Firefox...
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Posted on August 21, 2006
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The uchronians are back...
Remember all the buzz about Arne Quinze going to a desert and making an aprt project over there?
Well it is happening now and you can read all about it on their website: The uchronians are back...
Check the video's to see beautiful stuff.
It is all happening in the Nevada Desert, in Black Rock City, during the annual Burning man festival.
WHAT IS BURNING MAN?
Trying to explain what Burning Man is to someone who has never been to the event is a bit like trying to explain what a particular color looks like to someone who is blind. In this section you will find the peripheral definitions of what the event is as a whole, but to truly understand this event, one must participate. This site serves to try to paint a picture of the Burning Man experience to those who are new to the project, as well as to give those participants looking to keep the fire burning in their daily lives an environment in which to connect to their fellow community members. For a brief yet eloquent overview of the entire event from the time of arrival to the time of exodus, please read "What is Burning Man?", an essay written by participant and one-time web team member, Molly Steenson. Please see archived sections for each year to read more about the art themes, art installations and theme camps for each year.
Here you will find links that will take you on a trip through the past - through the history of Burning Man - from its early days on a small beach in San Francisco through its evolution into the bustling city of some 25,000+ people that the Burning Man event has become today. These people make the journey to the Black Rock Desert for one week out of the year to be part of an experimental community, which challenges its members to express themselves and rely on themselves to a degree that is not normally encountered in one's day-to-day life. The result of this experiment is Black Rock City, home to the Burning Man event.
Would love to go there once..
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Posted on August 24, 2006
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Looking for eager Second Life players
Got a mail 2 days ago from the Belgian television program 'Koppen'.
They are looking for Second Life players who want to tell something about it.
That's you? Then contact Pascal dot seynaeve at vrt dot be.
I have an alter ego in Second Life, but not yet eager to play.
It eats my CPU, and I don't get what's the fun of virtual dancing in a virtual Studio 54 club. (My alter ego was standing, staring, and not getting it...)
I love the idea of flying though (in SL you can fly.) And I also love the fact that people are building fabulous buildings and interiors over there and you can just walk through.
Imagine Google Sketchup in SL. Nice...
I also see the potential:
-virtual art galleries to walk through: it is an easy and nice way to have an art exhibition.
To see that potential fully exploited I advice you to check out Workspaces Unlimited in Vooruit.
-Live concerts online. Enjoy a unique concert, go virtual skydiving, but sit in your living room.
(I actually hate being on the festivals because of the amount of people... Love the life aspect though, so virtual concerts are quite an alernative.)
-Talk to strangers from different places on earth. Is always enriching.
I also understand the commercial aspect, one can buy or sell stuff in SL.
(But why in hell would I buy a virtual swimming pool?)
I have to admit: I have several 'guides' to lead me through SL.
People I know in real life.
And the nice thing is, whoever you ask in SL to help you out, they will.
So go and take a look.
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Posted on August 24, 2006
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Ads as seen in Beirut today.
Now these are amazing advertisements:
support for the locals and yet a perfect ad...
They'll get a lot of free attention in the near future I believe.
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Posted on August 29, 2006
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Fail Harder
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Posted on August 29, 2006
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Design your shower
Beautiful showerdesign: embedded in your tiles.
Comes in very handy when doing renovations and you don't want to open up the walls for the pipes.
Available in white too.
.
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Posted on August 29, 2006
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Peter's birthday
So I went to Peter's birthday.
Unfortunately, as raid in the last post, my digicam got lost on the highway.
So no pictures of him.
Although, I am sure he'll post some on his flickr account soon...
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Posted on September 3, 2006
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Boem...
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Posted on September 3, 2006
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Tip of the day for all of you
Looking for a nice image to add to your site? Don't have the large budgets to spend? Check stock.xchng. Perfect solution!
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Posted on September 7, 2006
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Tired of work?
Dealing with too many monkeys? Enjoy.
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Posted on September 7, 2006
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Alfred
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Posted on September 7, 2006
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Hollywould.be
From today onwards you can watch Hollywould.be on TMF.
Why am I mentioning this? Because my little (well he used to be little...) nephew is acting in it.
Senne Dehandschutter that is. (So this is a shameless promotion) (You might recognize him as the little kid in Vaneigens)
He and his companions went to Hollywould to make a one-minutemovie with a Hollywood-star.
Will they succeed?
Since I have no cable, please keep me up to date...
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Posted on September 7, 2006
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After17
After17 is a Chinese online-magazine I collaborate with.
In their recent special issue, they used pictures made by Israeli, Israeli-Arab and Palestinian children.
It became a beautiful piece of work, worth checking.
Some of the pictures were taken in the SnowBlog project, some by me, and some by some friends of me, and some bloggers I read (Lisa Goldman, we finally worked on a project together!)
The honors entirely go to dear friend Moko Chen, and the photographers themselves.
Congrats!
Too bad I don't read Chinese...
Posted on September 8, 2006
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The perfect camera-bag
I have been crying out loud for bags like these few years ago: Naneu Pro.
Not the ordinary and very uncomfortable sidebag, nor the bagpack that doesn't allow you to quickly grab your camera/lens.
But the messenger bag, turn, open up and take what you need, close it, swing it and it is back on your back.
A pity my portable doesn't fit in..
(Actually this one is even better..)
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Posted on September 9, 2006
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Underwear goes inside
Free music on MySpace rocks...
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Posted on September 9, 2006
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Featured on Lisa's blog
I got featured on Lisa's blog... Wow...
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Posted on September 10, 2006
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The next BarCamp
The last BarCamp was fabulous with loads of buzz and interesting people buzzing around.
This time BarCamp is moving to the SAP Lounge.
Regarding my taste for design and the lights over there, I *have* to go there...
For more info, surf to BarCamp Brussels or to Peter.
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Posted on September 11, 2006
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Voting in Belgium
Don't vote in clichés.
(A pity the voices speaking are mainly with an accent from Antwerp...)
(via)
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Posted on September 14, 2006
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Gadgets
You think Nokia or Sony Ericsson would come up with such a device?
The HTC Libra looks pretty cool.
.
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Posted on September 14, 2006
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Vooruit goes interactive!
Few months ago I went to an interesting lecture at Vooruit.
One of the things announced was the direction Vooruit is going, and it certainly is interactive (Their current exhibition proves it)
Today I found this request in my feedreader (Vooruit has a feed)
Droom je ervan jouw favoriete Pixies-nummer te coveren? En ben je ervan overtuigd dat je het minstens even goed, zoniet béter zal doen dan de Belgische muzikanten op Here comes your band, de Pixies tribute-avond?
Dan ben jij wie we zoeken!
Maak een Pixies-cover, plaats hem op je website, MySpace, blog of ander virtueel kanaal en stuur ons de link door. (mailen naar eddy@vooruit.be)
Wij plaatsen jouw nummer op de website van Vooruit en bieden je eeuwige roem binnen handbereik!
Pretty interested for the results.
Virtual life combined with real life.
The right track I'd say.
(Quickly translated: If you think you can make a good cover of the pixies, Vooruit invites you to put it on MySpace/YouTube or whatever and mail them the link. Good songs will be featured on their site. Eternal fame, that is!)
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Posted on September 14, 2006
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Rules of blogging
Sometimes people ask me for the 'rules of blogging'.
Heck, I don't know any rules except for the one 'never delete a post'.*
Blogging is all about common sense I think.
I googled 'Rules of blogging' and I found some interesting tips to take into consideration:
* blog about events, news, music, food, projects, thoughts, ideas, technology, etc., involving or of interest to yourself
* don’t blog about blogging (with exceptions) (this is one!), your current emotional state, your job/coworkers, or your love life
* don’t feel obligated to blog when you have nothing to say
* try to include photos and other images with posts
* keep posts short with 3 to 4 sentences per paragraph separated by full line breaks
generally accepted tenets of blogging
* post regularly
* title each post
* link to things on the web
* provide each post with its own url (permalink)
* allow full access to archived posts
* allow comments
* identify updated content with an appropriate label (such as 'update' or 'correction')
* provide a feed (rss, atom, etc)
some proposed ethical standards for blogging
* respond to comments
* don’t blog about blogging
* don’t quote content without citing a url
* don’t post to communicate indirectly with another person
* don’t obfuscate a post with overly abstract language
* respect the privacy of other people you blog about
* don’t assume everyone irl has already read your latest post
* don’t advertise a new blog–let it be discovered
Also take care of:
*your author biography
*your picture
*your posting titles
*your links
*your navigation
*your publishing frequency
*your topics
*your style (remember you might be writing for your future boss)
*your domain name (make sure you have your own, heck I know why!!)
Found at useit and justinsomnia
Read also '5 rules to make a better blog' which, in fact, contain at least 25 tips to make a better blog.
*Deleting a post is quite useless, it has been cached almost every-time... You probably get more attention by deleting the post (which probably wasn't the reason why you deleted it)
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Posted on September 15, 2006
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Which blog system to use
Sometimes people/companies ask me which blog-system to use.
Blogger and sponsored platforms are not very useful in those cases.
Scripting your own platform isn't an option either: it is like re-invention hot water with a bowl and a fire, while these days there are already thermostatic tabs... (Or you have a very wealthy client..)
All existing systems were during the years optimized for google and other search-engines. They learned the good things and the bad, they changed and got better.
There are 2 main competitors I advice: Wordpress and SixApart. ExpressionEngine is the third which is certainly for the more needy client, allowing adaptation of all sorts. (Extremely useful tool , but too advanced for most users).
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Posted on September 15, 2006
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Make you smile today
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Posted on September 15, 2006
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Looking for the perfect jeans?
Zafu claims they can help you find one online by filling in a series of questions.
Trying is not bad: 2 minute survey compared to hours of fitting into a ob is worth the try I'd say...
(Apparently I need to go and find a GAP store again.. Paris here I come.)
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Posted on September 15, 2006
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Compassionate
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Posted on September 18, 2006
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The challenge of the i.
Through Clo, LVB and I got some tickets for "The challenge of the I.'' a series of lectures on interactive marketing.
Joseph Jaffe (Jaffejuice.com) was one of the speakers.
Not a bad presentation but not really adding something new.
Summarized I would say he kind of said the things Nokia is doing with their bloggers campaign.
(Nokia already announced they continue doing it, seeing the good results of it, thus proving that this interactive marketing does work)
There were other speakers, with examples, proving that Belgium is still light years behind the market. A position that is not always that bad: we can learn from what the others did, and hopefully not implement the failures.
The remarkable fact was that bloggers are mentioned in almost every presentation while only a year ago, people would have asked 'bloggers?'
Now they are the big evolving market, one of the buzz words in marketing.
Good for us, I'd say.
The question is: are there enough 'influential' bloggers in Belgium?
To take Jaffe's words: take quality above quantity.
And then the answer is simple: the amount really doesn't count.
I am really interested in hearing the results behind the Ogilvy job ad some bloggers placed a month ago. Did it bring in candidates? How many came through the bloggers ad, and how many through conventional ways?
And what about the Word of Mouth, produced by people reading the blogs?
I am also interested in new numbers...
BVLG and Forret produced list with 'most famous' and 'most worth', but the lists are outdated.
How many blogs are there now, and how many of them influential?
And what is their ranking?
Some one?
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Posted on September 19, 2006
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Moo: Business cards from flickr
Moo is an online printing service that now lets you turn your Flickr photos into small business cards. After logging in to your Flickr account, there's a nice drag, drop and crop interface. The end result are thick, glossy cards that are long and narrow and about half the size of regular cards. The company will send you 100 of them for $20 and Flickr Pro users get 10 extra cards for free.
I am ordering some for the next mingling event...
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Posted on September 19, 2006
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Thailand...
A little less than a year ago, this guy popped up at our dinner, and shaked hands with most of the people at our table.
Only moments later, I realized I shaked hands with the Prime Minister of Thailand.
Today he's probably pretty stressed out: Thai PM overthrown in army coup.
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Posted on September 19, 2006
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A box arrived...
More news tomorrow...
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Posted on September 20, 2006
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sIFR
You also dislike the way IE and PC shows non smoothed fonts?
Or you just want to implement your own font, even if your users don't have it?
Then try sIFR...
Not that easy to implement, but certainly worth the hassle...
sIFR is meant to replace short passages of plain browser text with text rendered in your typeface of choice, regardless of whether or not your users have that font installed on their systems. It accomplishes this by using a combination of javascript, CSS, and Flash.
Check it out!
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Posted on September 20, 2006
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Homo Futuris
Next week I go to a lecture in the Vooruit: Homo Futuris.
The worl is changing and it is changing fast. But what will it look like in the future?
Scientists, artists, philosophers come and talk and give their ideas.
And we can start panicking ;)
Check the site of Homo Futuris
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Posted on September 22, 2006
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Real Momentum
Today I stumbled upon 'Real Momentum',
a series of documentaries on queer.
The nice thing is that these documentaries are being sold on the iTunes Store, featuring some really interesting stories (like gay life in Cuba for example)
Available in hig res these days, so really worth the 1,99 dollars.
That's the advantage of VOD: you can find and buy what your interested in...
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Posted on September 23, 2006
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BarCamp Brussels, my presentation
2 days ago I decided to tak part in the second Belgian BarCamp.
BarCamp is an unconference: everybody takes part, and everybody does something.
The amount of geeks is large and the speakers very often go into amazing but very technical things.
I decided to do a small presenation on taking better pictures.
Thinking: everybody bought that splendid new camera, and everyody is leanring how to work with photoshop, and aperture and stuff, but sometimes it ain't bad to reming them of the basic principles, and those are 'watching'
So here is my little presentation, in pdf and in a movie.
Enjoy.
Posted on September 25, 2006
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Marketing stunts: webcast previews
Just received this in my mailbox (see above)
On the geeky engadgets, gizmodo's and other sites, we try to grasp the new products being released.
Is there finally the perfect phone, will the iPhone be like this or that, will Mac finally come up with the perfect iPod?
Rumor sites, but their popularity is the perfect proof we want to know.
Nokia (hey, they again..) will webcast their new technologies live. To a wider audience. Like an Apple Keynote but only on the web.
Perfect marketing stunt I'd say (knowing how many people follow the Keynote of Apple, I am sure there is still a large audience for Nokia left)
The best thing: you can see all of it out of your lazy chair. :)
Will I be watching?
Maybe.
To see whether they finally release the perfect phone aka organizer aka wifi/voip communicator aka ipod aka ... ;)
Update: what NOT to do: provide a url, and have no 'stop page' there. It gives a mistake for the last 2 hours. I just want to see what I missed guys... Bad marketing that is.
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Posted on September 25, 2006
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Discovery of the day!
Vlog of Zazon.
Great little movies that make you smile.
They should give her a Nokia N93!!
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Posted on September 25, 2006
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Challenge of the I: a video interview with Joseph Jaffe
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Posted on September 26, 2006
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Kijk eens op de podcast
Weird podcast beginning.. From De Standaard.
I am sure there will be some reaction to the Dolfinarium...
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Posted on September 26, 2006
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Presents
Are you also always in search for the cutest present?
Or you just don't know what to buy? Take a look at Atypyk...
Perfect presents for small events :)
(And yep, check out the T Factory to see Zab/ine featured :) )
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Posted on September 27, 2006
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Or do it yourself..
Or make the perfect present yourself :)
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Posted on September 27, 2006
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Skynet Blog Templates
I had a sneaky preview of the new Skynet Blog Templates, and damn they are sexy!
(I remember saying to Clo that something had to be done about those templates, well, ain't she fast...)(And Clo, nope, I am not going to tell you how I got to see those previews ;) )
Posted on September 30, 2006
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My bag climbed the Mount Everest, not me....
Bags Made from Pieces of Adventure:
Read about these amazing laptop bags and Blackberry cases from Everquest Design (unrelated to the game of the same name). The bags are partially made out of materials from the relics of adventure history.
Your bag can feature a piece of the parachute of a Soyuz mission, or a piece of a sail from an America’s Cup boat.
This has instant appeal for me because it’s limited edition, has a great story, and the bags look pretty cool.
Posted on September 30, 2006
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Let's party like it is '99...
Dykesandthecity summed up all hot (gay) parties for Autumn.
Let's see:
Dolly: October 10: Could be a good start of Autumn...
Planet Pussy: October 28th (Knowing that I am leaving for India on November 1th, things might be a little bit messy that period...)
Trouble: November 11: cannot miss...
Loveball: November 17: Way beyond my agenda, but when in Le Pulp in Paris, I wasn't so convinced about their music...
Well... we'll see then.
Posted on October 1, 2006
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The One Minutes
Apparently I'm one of the jury members of OneMinutesBelgianOpen.
Theoneminutes are videos of exactly one minute, including credits. Worldwide The One Minutes foundation and partners are organizing exhibitions, country competitions, award ceremonies, TV broadcasts and in 2008 the Olympic One Minutes in Beijing.
The Belgian Branch hosted by the Hogeschool Gent organizes, in collaboration with the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), the official Belgianopen competition. The Awards will be granted October 26th at SPHINX cinema in Ghent during the ELIA conference 2006.
Curious to see!
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Posted on October 2, 2006
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Mosquitos
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Posted on October 2, 2006
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I just became a FONero
FON is the largest WiFi community in the world. Our members share their wireless Internet access at home and, in return, enjoy free WiFi wherever they find another Fonero’s Access Point.
It all started as a simple idea. Why should you pay for Internet access on the go when you have already paid for it at home? Exactly, you shouldn’t. So we decided to help create a community of people who get more out of their connection through sharing.
We call members of the FON Community Foneros. It’s simple to become a Fonero. You just need to buy La Fonera, which enables you to securely and fairly share your home broadband connection with other Foneros.
Then when you’re away from home and you need Internet access, just log on to a FON Access Point, and you can use the Internet for free. You don’t need to take your router with you – you just need to remember your Fonero login and password.
Visit our maps and find thousands of FON Access Points worldwide.
As the world of WiFi is growing, you can do more and more for free. For example soon we will launch the Skype FON - a cool WiFi handset that lets you make free Internet calls from any FON Access Point.
Join the FON Community today by ordering La Fonera – a FON Social Router for just €/$ 5. (Offer valid until end of the year)
Yep I ordered my FON Router, for 5 euro and hope it will arrive soon...
I noticed there are a lot of Fonero's in Brussels and I hope many more will follow in Gent.
The nice thing about FON is: you open up your WIFI but only to people who open up theirs to you. So no mis-use. And all is encrypted. ILI.
Posted on October 2, 2006
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Frontpage news: 1 in 10 kids don't know about the internet
Frontpage news on the Morgen...
Now, to me that's really a silly shift of information.
The glass is half empty or half full...
In this case it means that 9 in 10 kids do know the internet...
In '97 Internet was introduced in the libraries in Belgium -I remember being one of the few going each week 2 hours to learn about this thing, discovering email and chatchannels. Back then there were no lines for waiting...-
In 2000 fast ADSL was introduced, and just graduated and starting independent, I was one of the first to have such a line (at a cost of 50 euro a month, and an installation of 250 euro)
Let's assume that that's the point were internet got known: 2000.
Internet became accessible to a lot of people at reasonable prices.
(I know people like LVB and many others in institutions and universities knew about it earlier, but let's look at the mass..)
We are now 2006, and 9 kids in 10 know what the internet is and worked/played with it.
Isn't that impressive??
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Posted on October 7, 2006
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And the results of the jury are...
A cool application that allows you to quickly see the results of the Belgian Elections.
Google API and a lot of data I'd say.
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Posted on October 9, 2006
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Presentation
As promised to the audience:
My presentation for Stichting Marketing, organizations and NGO's.
(In Dutch though...)
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Posted on October 11, 2006
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Fon arrived and installed
Fon arrived, and got installed.
Still some major beta problems, but we cannot complain... Not at all...
2 separate wifi networks, like Peter mentioned months ago...
My problem is, my mac mini cannot connect to the private network for some reason or another.
Beta will solve this, I guess
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Posted on October 11, 2006
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Billie King
We want...
To see, to hear, to ...
Posted on October 12, 2006
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Party next week
I didn't made it last week to the amazing party in Antwerp, and last night I almost crashed in Kortrijk on the opening party of Interieur, and thus didn't end at the exclusive parties -although we had free tickets...-
We still have enough opportunities to go though...
Next week there is lost ninos, but I am not going.
Nope.
I am going to Almost Reality...
Definitely.
Masked ball to finish the International FilmFestival of Ghent.
I will not be me, I will be someone else. So don't worry if we don't meet, or do meet...
Have to find the masks yet...
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Posted on October 14, 2006
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Dreamhost
Few months ago, Dreamhost really blew up their good name, when suddenly their whole system started to crack down.
Although they kept good communications on the matter, their system didn't get any better, and I am sure many of you looked for another account.(Including me.)
I left some of my accounts over there, and transferred quite a few to another host I already had -Oh yes, I am betting on 2 horses all the time.-.
Few days ago, a colleague of mine was looking for a host to put some of his students, test accounts, to have them play around.
I advised him Dreamhost, but told him not to use it for professional reasons, since sometimes there are some problems.
He tested on my account and called me: 'This is blazing fast for no money..'
I checked, and heck, I must be upgraded to a new server, because suddenly my accounts are up to high speed.
I still don't advice it for business reasons, but I do think it is the perfect account for blogs and playing around.
If you are interested: using the promocode matuvu drops your bill with 20$.
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Posted on October 16, 2006
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Tomorrow at KASK
Inge Henneman: “Het motto van mijn praktijk als 'beroepskijker' zou dit citaat van Philippe Dubois kunnen zijn: "As for photographs, don't believe everything you see ! Know how to see what is shown (and what hides itself).
Know how to see beyond, through and beside them. Look for the negative in the positive and the latent image at the heart of the negative. Move from the consciousness of the picture to the unconscious of the thought. Retraceonce again the endless path of the psycho-photographic apparatus, from the eye to memory, from traces to the unrepresentable. Cut through layers and strata like an archeologist. A photograph is only a surface, lacking in depth, but burdened with fantastic weight."
Inge Henneman is hoofdredactrice van het FotoMuseum Magazine en als curator verbonden aan het FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen. Ze is curator-in-residence bij het literaire tijdschrift DWB. Ze heeft verschillende tentoonstellingen en publicaties samengesteld, o.a. 'Het archief van de verbeelding'
(Mercatorfonds/ FotoMuseum, 2002), 'Short Stories' (FotoMuseum, 2003), 'RUS' (FotoMuseum, 2005) en 'Tunnel Vision' (FotoMuseum, 2006).
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Posted on October 16, 2006
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Info War Room
Jens Mortier in Vooruit, next week, talking on advertising.
Entrance free.
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Posted on October 16, 2006
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David Adika
David Adika, friend of mine, is showing in Tel Aviv.
If you happen to be around, go and take a look ;)
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Posted on October 17, 2006
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Bravia Ad: Artvertisement
Although the budgets are way too high and one wonders why to spend soo much money, the results are stunning.
I would call it artvertisement...
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Posted on October 18, 2006
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No time to visit Interieur?
Then check these reports
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Posted on October 19, 2006
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Stolen
To the person that stole the milkmaids at Interieur: please bring them back..
.
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Posted on October 19, 2006
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Snowblog
For those interested in SnowBlog, you can mail about this subject.
The platform is not open to explore since it is for scholars only and the conversations are locked for other visitors.
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Posted on October 21, 2006
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InfoWarRoom
Last night I went to InfoWarRoom at Vooruit.
I must be too much into stuff, because I thought nothing new was told.
I would have liked something more than the surface.
Jens Mortier told about the campaign (humo liegt) they had on the web.
C. thought it was interesting since she didn't know the campaign. Me on the other hand would have like to hear more about how they came to certain decisions and how they think they will wok into the future with internet playing a more extended role in the life of youngsters.
Anyhow, another thing in the presentation was 'technical difficulties'.
Quite some times they didn't manage to play the movies right away.
C. asked 'is it so difficult to make this play?'
My answer 'If you only knew...'
While looking at the screens I saw there must have been like at least 3 computers for the 3 screens, next to that one computer could take over the 3 screens to play simultaneously, and on top of that they wanted to play movies which isn't always that easy in Keynote.
There were several television screens that showed the speakers or the info from the computer, meaning that one of the 3 computers could take over the television screens and the videocam.
InfoWarRoom was also broadcasted life on the web.
That's what I call 'WOW'.
But that might have been the reason why things went wrong.
And that ladies and gents is the absolute horror for the person behind the computer.
Because the only thing you have to do is to have the show go on.
Nothing more, but when one thing goes wrong, you can be sure that you sweat like a horse.
In one week I need to present 3 keynotes in 3 different cities.
The keynotes are ready and tested.
We have a spare computer for when something goes wrong (oh no sire, we won't have the 'Microsoft Bill Gates moment' happening)
But you cannot know what is going on on the moment itself.
And frankly speaking, I will be nervous and I won't sleep.
It is a one hour presentation and after that it's gone, it will disappear out of the heads of the people, and that's the thing you recall when something went wrong: 'nobody died, nobody got hurt, and actually it really didn't matter.'
But I can assure you, the moment self, you die inside...
(How to tip: As for integrating movies in a Keynote: rip them with Handbrake to mpg4 and then drag them into your keynote. I can assure: it solved a lot of headaches for me...)
(Geert: hat off ;) but I guess next time you'll prefer one screen and few monitors less...)
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Posted on October 25, 2006
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MooCards arrived.
Yep, my moo cards arrived.
You so want my business card now :)
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Posted on October 25, 2006
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Tjernobyl
April 2006 marked the twentieth anniversary of the most devastating nuclear civil catastrophe ever. The radioactivity that was freed in the explosion of the nuclear factory in Chernobyl (ex USSR) contaminated the whole region, its inhabitants, it's soil, water and air.
You can see a portfolio of Christoph Bolten's work at http://milim.com/HTML/new_work.htm
Christophe Boltens says "When I first set foot into the Zone of Chernobyl I was immediately surprised by the peacefulness of this landscape, underlined by the fact that everything was covered in snow. Abandoned villages, towns, industrial complexes all felt very serene and only my knowledge of what had happened in the past instilled a slight feeling of horror into the scene. Monuments of human achievement: art, technology, architecture, medicine ?all falling to pieces. Nature is taking over again and entropy is at work. In the back of your mind is always the omnipresent yet invisible force called radiation. The whole scene overwhelms you with so many different feelings ? some negative, some positive."
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Posted on October 25, 2006
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Why blogging matters
No need to convince me, seeing the results of 3 years of writing online...
But maybe you want to know.
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Posted on October 28, 2006
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Belgian platform for social photography
To bookmark...
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Posted on October 30, 2006
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Media Temple's new system...
The Next Generation of Redundant Hosting
In the past, your site (along with hundreds of other sites) was stored on one server making it vulnerable to resource limits and inevitable hardware failure. Beyond simple load balancing, the Grid uses an ever-expanding "cluster of clusters" all working together to serve your site with blazing fast response times. Resource limits, hardware failures and everything else you hate about shared hosting is history! The Grid was designed and built with numerous layers of redundant hardware, software, network and power systems. Downtime caused by device failures will be a distant memory once you switch to The Grid.
100GB storage and 1TB bandwidth for 20$ a month.
You want a reference? Group94 is hosting there too. (Belgians indeed).
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Posted on October 31, 2006
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In case you want to buy me a present..
It can be this book...
Worldchanging: A Users Guide for the 21st Century is a groundbreaking compendium of the most innovative solutions, ideas and inventions emerging today for building a sustainable, livable, prosperous future.
From consumer consciousness to a new vision for industry; non-toxic homes to refugee shelters; microfinance to effective philanthropy; socially responsible investing to starting a green business; citizen media to human rights; ecological economics to climate change, this is the most comprehensive, cutting-edge overview to date of what's possible in the near future -- if we decide to make it so.
Buy it at Amazon: "Worldchanging: A User's Guide for the 21st Century" (Alex Steffen)
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Posted on November 1, 2006
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Apple's Insomnia Film Festival
Apple has just announced their first ever Insomnia Film Festival, open to all student filmmakers over 18 years of age. The concept is simple, you have one day to script, film, and edit a 3 minute (or less) short film that incorporated three elements that Apple will post on November 10th at 5pm. You will then have 24 hours to complete your film and submit it, though the films must be made on Mac and submitted in Quicktime.
Only the first 500 teams to register can participate, though each team can have up to 5 members. Full contest guidelines canbe found here, and Apple has also posted the judging criteria which will be used by judges like Matthew Modine, Jon Shenk, and Rebecca Stockley.
More info here
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Posted on November 1, 2006
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Shel Israel... the sequence
Imagine you being invited to a nice dinner in a good restaurant with some interesting people.
You thik 'Good food' let's go and see, interesting people is a very nice surplus.
Imagine ending up in a really interesting conversation.
And then imagine weeks later seeing this text:
5 Stories Destined for the book
I've had a chance to mull over the trip without the advantage of the notes on my wayward computer. So I'm skipping a few names and links for now. But these are stories and points that will be featured in Global Conversations.
* A young, talented Belgian photographer studied for a time in Israel. When she was there, she got a group of Israeli and Palestinian teenagers to start blogging to each other about there everyday lives. They wrote about their clothing, about preparing for holidays, about school. Over time they learned that they were more alike than they had believed. It seems to me that this is among the most powerful stories that I yet have heard. It is a shining example of how social media can transcend even the harshest of borders. If these kids grow up understanding the similarities they share, they will be much less likely to wish war and terror on each other.
Ok, I grew 2 inches.
But most of all, I hope this story might open up some extra doors.
LanguageConnections is doing really a nice job in talking to MIT and trying to get the program into a bigger story. The main problem is still 'lacking funds' and next to that the fact that software keeps on evolving and SnowBlog should be able to keep up with these evolutions coz the kids do so.
In a short time, I'll be sitting with Kris to talk about that.
Tx Kris, for sending the link. Didn't have time yet to check all my feedreader due to the hectic past week.
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Posted on November 9, 2006
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Design Brussels
The second edition of designbrussels takes place in Hall 7 of Brussels Expo from 18 till 26 November and runs parallel with two other fairs, Cocoon and Smart Living.
For some time now, Cocoon has specialized in more conventional home style, from traditional to modern. Smart Living is a brand new fair, focusing on the latest technological gadgets for homes, from household appliances and home automation systems to swimming pools.
Together with designbrussels, these events now form the home and interior fair, an event unequalled in the Benelux, both in terms of numbers of visitors and size, and offer and completeness.
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Posted on November 9, 2006
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INuron
A while ago I wrote about the Belgian McNucle, software that is aimed at accessing your data from a distance.
I know many of you are fond of online storage, but I am sure that in the case of confidential stuff, you might think differently.
Mc Nucle could be a solution for that.
Anyway, after writing about it, Jorre from iNuron contacted me an today we had a coffee in Ghent.
Interesting stuff, Jorre, I certainly gonna test things out very soon...
The interesting part is for me is the part where you make groups and some data is available for certain groups.
Would love to see such a feature in Skype: I am available to certain groups.
Can't wait on the arrival of such a feature...
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Posted on November 9, 2006
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Babel
Download here the trailer for your iPod
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Posted on November 14, 2006
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New Perspectives
"Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography" (Editors of Phaidon Press)
itamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography is a collection of contemporary photography from 121 living artists who have contibuted to the international art photography scene in the last five years. The latest installment in Phaidon's lauded Vitamin series (which also includes titles Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting and Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing, Vitamin Ph) features photographers chosen by a distinguished panel of 78 critics, curators and fellow artists. The artists selected represent over 30 countries and run the gamut from established artists like Tacita Dean, to emerging talent and newcomers to the art world. Vitamin Ph features an introduction by art historian TJ Demos who explains that "photography, through its growing diversity, illustrates the many ways that we are different, helps us to understand those differences and connects us to the global world."
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Posted on November 16, 2006
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InfoWarRoom
Copy Paste:
'We kijken altijd maar wie zien we eigenlijk? Is ʻde Anderʼ niet alles wat wij niet kennen en niet zijn? Ze leven anders – dat denken we toch. ʻDie anderʼ is permanent aanwezig in de media.
De wijze waarop men ʻde anderʼ in beeld brengt, versterkt dikwijls de stereotype vooroordelen.
Of het nu het ʻdom blondjeʼ is of de ʻcriminele allochtoonʼ. Kifkif en Victoria Deluxe willen deze
stereotypering ontmaskeren en nagaan hoe de ander op een serene manier in beeld gebracht
kan worden... De ander die eigenlijk niet zoveel verschilt van ons als we wel denken.
December 5th, 8PM, Vooruit.
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Remark: Last time I was really disappointed.
I do hope this time they don't have several speakers and no connection.
A true debate would be nice...
Last time I was left with some ideas but no real new input. A pity.
Posted on November 16, 2006
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Girly Goodness
22h00 - 23h30 LORI GLORY (Trouble, Gent)
23h30 - 00h30 CLEMIX (Winner Girly DJ Contest 2004)
00h30 - 01h15 LADY JANE (CatClub, Brussels)
01h15 - 02h15 LYDIA SANZ (Silk, Barcelona)
02h15 - 03h15 MELLE CARO (Pulp, Paris - Crosstown Rebel Label)
03h15 - 04h15 TRICK-C (Slovenia)
04h15 - 05h00 INSHARA (2nd winner Girly DJ Contest 2006)
Might be the first time I'll attend a party at 10PM.
But heck, Lori Glory is turning the tables and, telling you, she makes the floor shake.
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Posted on November 17, 2006
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C-list
According to this cool tool I am a C-list blogger.
Coo-hool.
(I just checked a bit around, and the only Belgian A-list I found until now is Veerle Pieters. Way you go Veerle!)
To put it in Pietel's words: Blogon and fokof. :)
Via Clo
Posted on November 18, 2006
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Take me to Paris...
Muji's Christmas Catalogue is out..
Posted on November 19, 2006
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Beautiful Japanese Minimalism
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Posted on November 19, 2006
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Cell Phone Disco
Cell Phone Disco is an experimental installation made out of flashing cells. By multiplication of a mobile phone gadget, only slightly altered consumer product, we created a space to experience the invisible body of the mobile phone.
When technology gets art. Fabulous.
It seems very poetic...
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Posted on November 21, 2006
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Did you know: Family of Man
The Family of Man is the title of an exhibit of photos collected by Edward Steichen in the 1950s and first presented in 1955 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. According to Steichen, the exhibition represented the 'culmination of his career'. The 503 photos were selected from almost 2 million pictures taken by 273 photographers, famous and unknown, in 68 countries, and offer a striking snapshot of the human experience which lingers on birth, love, and joy, but also touches war, privation, illness and death. His intention was to prove visually the universality of human experience and photography's role in its documentation.
The exhibit was turned into a book of the same name, which contained an introduction by Steichen's brother-in-law, Carl Sandburg, and became an instant classic. The book was reproduced in a variety of formats (most popularly a pocket-sized volume) in the 50s, and was reprinted in large format for its 40th anniversary. It remains in print and has sold more than 4 million copies.
The exhibition later travelled in several versions to 38 countries. More than 9 million people viewed the exhibit. The only surviving edition was presented to Luxembourg, the country of Steichen's birth, and is on permanent display in Clervaux .
That is a 3 hour drive for us, Flandriens, and a perfect excuse to go for a weekend to Luxembourg which is, really amazing to go for hiking.
Info on the exhibition can be found here
And the good news is: it is open from March 2 until December 31. From Monday - Sunday, from 10AM - 6PM.
And you can enter for only 4.50 euro.
Info in Wikipedia
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Posted on November 21, 2006
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Blogging and its influence: under-estimated?
Blogging was the hottest human-interest story of the Lebanon-Israel crisis of 2006. On 18 July, less than one week after the conflict began, I summarized the phenomenon in a post for my own blog, titled ‘The most blogged war?’ I didn’t realize then that the question mark was utterly superfluous. Not only was this the first time in history that residents of two countries at war were able to maintain an ongoing, uncensored conversation in real time, but it was also the first time ordinary citizens were able to provide grassroots reporting in real time. In the same post, I used the term ‘surreal’ to describe the experience of chatting with Charles as my country’s air force bombed his city.
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Posted on November 21, 2006
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4 steps to Flow: - get real, get clear, step back, enjoy
1. Get Real
* Recognise cause and effect as it really is. We are cause. Recognise that everything starts with a thought and the world we see reflects our thoughts and beliefs, not the other way around.
* Accept responsibility. We are in control. In stepping back and watching our limited thoughts, beliefs and our self concept that spawns them, we recognise that who I thought I was cannot be true, that who I am in this Presence that is to doing the watching. Remember how easy this was to do? This is the choice for Free Will. From this non-resisted 'place of rest', happiness, understanding, the flow state, creativity and perfect intuition are able to flow naturally - simply as attributes of who we Are
* Acknowledge the power of our choice (intent). There's little use trying to still the mind or overcome fear in order to get into flow, but thankfully we don't have to. The only way to get rid of darkness is to turn on a light. The Truth within us dispels our illusions just as one candle will light a cave that has been dark for thousands of years. It is our true Self that knows the way into our conscious awareness - effort and 'reasoning' play no part in this - the ego simply cannot go beyond itself. We need only call upon it and trust it to be so. And to experience we need but step back, relax and feel the warmth of the Love that envelopes us as we recognise our Self in this space.
2. Get Clear
Once we realise that our one real choice is between either being led around by our everyday thoughts (ego) or stepping back and letting our true Self flow and run this show of ours, the question is, 'which one?'. Attention follows desire, and so rather than struggle with our ambivalence, apathy or confusion the key is simply to take a few moments whenever needed to get clear by asking this question. We need to direct this question to the heart (what we really want) rather than the head (what we think we want) because the ego will never sign its own death warrant.
Our Self 's only agenda is to express itself, to shine true, and so we cannot experience it if we try to either control it or impose our own goals. It is in letting go of our attachment to our own agenda and preferred outcomes that allow our Self to flow. In whatever situation we are in we need ask ourselves, 'Why am I doing this?'. - Is it to experience my true Self or for some other reason? Am I willing to let go of control and what I think I want, so my true Self can bring me what I really want? Or, put another way: Right here, right now, do I choose to express my ego or my real Self. Whatever we do and wherever we are, the choice is always between expressing Love or some form of fear, and whichever we choose the outcome has to reflect this choice.
Would I rather be right or be happy? This is the choice. So which is it to be? Why not take a moment to ask our true Self give us clarity? It's hard to image how incredible a day we have when we are willing to let go of control and allow our true Self to come out and play.
3. Step Back
Recognise that we need do nothing. It is in stepping back and getting out of our own way - trusting and allowing our attention to rest our intent to let our true Self shine true, that allows the miracle to happen.
Remember, anticipation plays no part at all as it's our true Self that knows exactly what we need in each and every moment. If we need a thought, a word or just a tranquil open mind then that will be It's gift.
4. Relax and enjoy letting our true Self express itself.
Just rest and receive; and enjoy the process. Not only because it the most enjoyable experience imaginable but because it is the most helpful thing we can do. Remember when we looked at attention and how what we focus on expands? Allowing ourselves to saviour these Flow experiences and all the joy that comes our way as we start to apply these principles, is what perpetuates the whole process. This is the basic decision we make to be happy.
And that's it.
More on 'The little bok of Flow'.
Tx Peter
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Posted on November 22, 2006
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Discovery (for over 18 only..)
Box Magazine
with nice dared photography.
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Posted on November 22, 2006
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Carl De Keyzer @ Fotomuseum
Today, I skipped a day, and decided to get inspiration at the FotoMuseum.
Carl De Keyzer, one of the few Magnum Photographers, graduated at the same academy I graduated. And today, the same school decided to visit his retrospective.
And Carl was going to give a lecture.
It turned out very interesting.
The highlights to remember:
Magnum mainly gets its money out of cultural and or commercial jobs. About 80%, against only 20% editorials.
That's the opposite of 10 years ago, when 80% of the jobs were editorial.
The prices for editorial jobs have dropped significantly the last years.
(It all started since the coming of Corbis who bought most agencies and even tried to buy Magnum)
Carl cannot live from these editorial jobs only or even from his books. To make a living he does the commercial work. (I think this is a stunning evolution...I don't mind the commercial work, but the fact a famous and good photographer cannot live from editorial work anymore...)
Most of his jobs come through his (splendid) website.
And yep, it gave me the feeling again 'Take the camera and go for it.'
(photo ©Carl De Keyzer)
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Posted on November 23, 2006
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Music in colors
Musicovery: discover music by dragging to your mood and adding your style.
Like Pandora but then different.
Me like :)
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Posted on November 23, 2006
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Things I want for Christmas
I know I am waaaay beyond Christmas, but, as the past proves, you're prefer fast, and direct instead of ending up with horrible presents.
So mum, I know you are reading this (please pass it on to the rest):
"Small Kitchens (Evergreen)" (Evergreen)
(You wonder why? Heck I bought an apartment of 57 square meter, nothing else fits in..)
"Happy Days with the Naked Chef" (Jamie Oliver)
(Hmmm, to cook in that kitchen?? ;) )
New Muji glasses: 6 Clermont Whisky Glass - 340ml (as my roommates seem to break them over here lately...) (very hard to find it seems.)
Bose Surround system (hey I can try, can't I ;) )
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Posted on November 23, 2006
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Claude Cahun
While visiting the Fotomuseum today, some self-portraits of Claude Cahun struck me.
I thought it was a transgender / drag-queen. (meaning a male dressing up as a female)
But after googling it, it appears she is really a she, rather dressing up as a guy, playing with gender.
When reading the story in Wikipedia, I was stunned.
Claude was a genius.
Especially the part in WWII.
Check it out!
Claude Cahun (25 October 1894 – 8 December 1954) was a French photographer and writer. Her work was both political and personal, and often played with the concepts of gender and sexuality.
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Posted on November 23, 2006
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Difficult, me??
Ok, a question for the uber-geeks.
I want an audio system for my apartment. Then I think, A dvd player plays CD's too, so I better choose for a Home Cinema System.
And then it starts:
I want to connect my computer to my system, since it is easy to have iTunes in the whole house. Luckily a 5 euro cable and AUX does the trick.
But then it comes: I want to connect my iPod. Another 5 euro cable I hear you say. Well... I mean, I want to have 1 remote. Not 3... I want to be able to change the volume AND the song by using the main remote. And I want to be able to connect both my computer and my iPod at the same moment.
Until now I found:
Pioneer with a dock and apparently I can connect the dock to their home cinema system.
(Pioneer is said to be very good quality. Is this true?)
Kef is another (unknown?) player in the market.
The dock is designed to connect video and audio iPods to Kef's existing Instant Theatre systems. It comes with A/V dock cables, nine iPod adapters and a 3.5mm audio jack for MP3 players and other digital audio media.
I checked Bose, but their design was ugly, and next to that, they have no iPod integration whatsoever it seems.
Although, admitted, Bose is a perfect component system. So maybe they'll reveal something in the near future.
Anyone aware of another system?
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Posted on November 24, 2006
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Linking.
I am sick :( (cough cough) and I have a headache. Snif...
So I think I need a blog absence due to circumstances ;)
Anyhooo, I am not leaving without linking to Shel's story.
Yep I am flattered indeed. :)
While, as Shel's says, the story is a story on me, I gladly point the spots to a series of other people: SnowBlog is a hard working team in Israel, West Bank and Gaza.
The project would never have taken off without them.
(Applause.)
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Posted on November 27, 2006
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Ecologic living
More and more articles in the newspaper state 'We are aware of ecological disaster' or 'People afraid for the future'. But few articles point out what we can do to make a better living, and to help perceive a better world for tomorrow.
I am worried too. Really.
I won't become a 'green activist'.
In a way I am busy with energy: one of the reasons why I decided to live with roommates is because of energy: when living together you waste less energy. (and that returns in an economical return, which is really nice). I don't have a car. (I am sure if I would have one, I would use it way too often.) We have green electricity, and the house is filled with 'saving lamps'.
But there are some other things, one can do.
Things we might not even think of.
I did a small research online and found these things:
Ones we all know:
-Put the heating a few degrees lower.
-Close the curtains instead.
-Take a shower instead of a bath.
-Take the bicycle once more often
-Eat along with the seasons.
-Take your own bag to the shopping mall instead of taking another plastic bag.
Ones that probably slipped our mind:
-Buy quality products (this results in buying less clothes and thus less production)
-Don't buy flowers, they request a lot of energy in the greenhouses...
-Don't buy food that needs to be transferred by plane. Like bananas.
-Travel together.
The nice thing is, that while integrating these little things, you don't give in any comfort.
Even better: buying better quality clothes or 'bio products' will upgrade your life, and this while saving the environment!
Check www.groenevoeten.be (dutch) for tips and tricks.
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Posted on November 29, 2006
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O-oh
'Congratulations: You've scored right in the middle and are a happy and well adjusted lesbian babe.'
Grin.
Well...
Posted on November 29, 2006
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3 minutes
A Dutchman who explains how to cook a meal in 3 minutes.
It sounded attractive.
But then you start to watch...
First of all: the clip lasts 10 minutes!
And then I saw the meat...
No way this is ready in 3 minutes...
See for yourself. And judge.
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Posted on November 30, 2006
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Start stop
Via Lamazone
Should check if our school has things alike...
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Posted on November 30, 2006
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World Aids Day
Talk with a HIV positive person...
Posted on December 1, 2006
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Hey photographers!
You might like this:
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Posted on December 4, 2006
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Making sense in the city (symposium)
This symposium focuses on the impact of global urbanisation on those cultural, religious and other ways which generally give human beings meaning and direction in their lives. We refer to these as 'sense-making' processes. It is a fact that now over half of the world population lives in urban contexts, varying from historical cities (of the European and Asian type) with heritage character to the new continuously changing urbanised areas with multimillion concentrations of people in the so-called Third World.
By 2030 estimates are that over 70% of the world's population will live in an urban context (Castells, 2002).
Sounds interesting...
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Posted on December 4, 2006
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Osteopath
You can't imagine the start of my weekend...
Somehow I managed to make a wrong movement, resulting in a strange noise, followed by blocked neck...
After 10 minutes wondering how the heck I would get out of the bed, I finally managed to move, rollover and get out without being broken.
By now I DO understand why turtles cannot get up when lying on their shield.
Anyhow, I tried to get hold of a osteopath. And lucky me, my friend Koen was willing to give me a treatment on a Saturday evening.
So at around 8PM he ordered me in the strangest positions one can imagine, while pulling and pushing me gently in all directions.
Although in Belgium osteopathy is still not accepted as a regular treatment (and thus one does not get refunded) it does seems logical to me our body is a puzzle and sometimes the pieces loosen up a bit.
Osteopathic principles
These are the eight major principles of osteopathy and are widely accepted throughout the osteopathic community.
(1) The body is a unit.
(2) Structure and function are reciprocally inter-related.
(3) The body possesses self-regulatory mechanisms.
(4) The body has the inherent capacity to defend and repair itself.
(5) When the normal adaptability is disrupted, or when environmental changes overcome the body’s capacity for self maintenance, disease may ensue.
(6) The movement of body fluids is essential to the maintenance of health.
(7) The nerves play a crucial part in controlling the fluids of the body.
(8) There are somatic components to disease that are not only manifestations of disease, but also are factors that contribute to maintenance of the disease state.
These principles are not held by osteopaths to be empirical laws, nor contradictions to orthodox medical principles; they are thought to be the underpinnings of the osteopathic perspective on health and disease.
The result: after Koen finished the treatment, I was able to move my neck again.
Two days later it still hurts a bit but I can assure you that without the treatment things would feel different.
And yes, it turned out to be a wonderful weekend :)
More on osteopathy on wikipedia
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Posted on December 4, 2006
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Diversity: good work has no color
I have a company but only one employee: me.
If I would have a big company the diversity agreement is something I'd integrate immediately.
When working in de past for a major interim company, I was stunned to see how many of our clients weren't willing to accept foreigners/immigrants.
But diversity is more than colour, it is about taste, about age..
Don't you love walking in the streets and seeing all this diversity of people enriching our culture, expanding our views?
Don't hesitate to sign the Diversity Agreement for employers if you are one thinking alike. Because giving a sign, speaking out is the best one can do.
If you are interested in integrating a good diversity management, then check Alain the diversitymanager's site.
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Posted on December 4, 2006
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Second Life
Clopin asks me if I want to talk to Flair about Second Life.
I visited Second Life few times and I am not convinced, but again, I am sure youth is.
Now my tip to Flair is: why are you looking to Second Life players through weblogs?
I mean, to me, finding Second Lifers in the blog world is like looking for meat in a bakery... Second Life people are gamers, and chatters, while bloggers are mainly writers. And off course there will be a lot of bloggers testing Second Life (we are early adopters after all.) but I am not convinced Second Life is our 'tool'.
Why don't you make an alter ego in Second Life and take your interviews over there? Because it is that simple: go over, fly to an island, and start talking to people. Write down your own experience, start to talk to other avatars and try to find your way around. That's how we did it.
There wasn't one person that didn't help me over there. So I am sure you'll find them too.
As for other SL's, I refer to Corneel, my real life neighbor, he seems to have spent more time in Second Life.
Me, for now, prefer the delights of my First Life above the virtual one.
It seems more 'touchable' for the moment :)
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Posted on December 6, 2006
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In the series 'Live Greener'
Find out how much carbon you consume and find some alternatives.
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Posted on December 6, 2006
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What kind of intelligence do you have?
| Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence |
 An elegant speaker, you can converse well with anyone on the fly. You are also good at remembering information and convicing someone of your point of view. A master of creative phrasing and unique words, you enjoy expanding your vocabulary. You would make a fantastic poet, journalist, writer, teacher, lawyer, politician, or translator. |
Posted on December 7, 2006
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BAwards
Choose your top 3 blog. Anarchy rules... :)
My top 3 is somehow a little unconventional I believe.
But beautiful..
Hyperfictie
Het Geheugen
And on a shared 3rd place ;)
Endorfien, Druppels, and Tales
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Posted on December 7, 2006
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You like Muji, Ikea, Vitra, etc
Then try this site: 2modern.
Just in time for the holidays/read presents/...
Any giftcard will do ;)
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Posted on December 7, 2006
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Funny story
So apparently Flair is not the only one sending out journalists to cover Second Life...
Humo did the same.
And apparently they do get to this site, while googling or being referred. And immediately go to Corneel (because I believe after reading my post, not willing to contact me anymore ;) ).
But who is Corneel??No contact info on the site. grin.
My real time neighbour was interviewed by Humo on SecondLife.
The journalist mentioned 'I found something on Monuments and this Corneel, but I couldn't figure out who Corneel is...'
He grinned: 'He is sitting next to you.'
She didn't understand it.
'He's me!'
'But you are P*'
'Yes, but I do have an alter-ego: Corneel'
Ok... ROTFL...
Btw to journalists doing research: surf to a DNS site, and fill in the fields. Press enter. Get the info you were looking for...
Or just leave a comment on Corneel's blog. You might be surprised someone answers...
(C'mon guys. Sorry to say, but how hard can it be?:
Maybe check the meaning of Journalistiek / Journalism:
Journalism is a discipline of collecting, analyzing, verifying, and presenting. Why do I have the feeling lately the last word became so much more important than the first ones?)
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Posted on December 7, 2006
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For the non-geeks..
.. (extremely) bored with the former posts:
surf to this site and watch any series you were looking for.
For those at work: don't get addicted and use headphones... :)
Posted on December 8, 2006
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What kind of cook are you?
You Are a Learning Cook
You've got the makings of an excellent cook, and the desire to be one.
But right now, you're just lacking the experience. You couldn't be a top chef yet, but you could be an apprentice.
Yeah right... lol
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Posted on December 11, 2006
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If I found the right Hifi already?
.. someone asked.
I think I actually did last week.
I looked at Bose and was amazed by the sound. But there are no digital connections like DVI yet, and the system starts at 1600 euro. And it is soooo ugly. I think I want to buy that set in 5 years or so (and only if there design gets better, or goes back 5 years in time when it looked so much more beautiful)
I looked at 2.1 systems, and was no convinced. So I wanted 5.1.
The Samsung XT100 got an EISA Award, and it maintains the most important connections I was longing for:
an optical-in (for audio connection with my Mac Mini. -Eat that mister Fnac who was convinced that he was right when saying that combo plugs weren't possible-), a 2 kinch for my iPod, and a HDMI for my connection with or my MacMini or my future flatscreen/projector.
Those should do for the moment.
The set has no DVD recorder, but my mac mini IS a HD recorder, and has a TV card, so why bother.
It has a DVDplayer, thus a CD player, it can be connected to my computer, thus iTunes and internet. It has FM, and can play DIVX.
It has no traditional connections (like scart and s-video) but who needs them?
There is a USB connection, that enables connecting your camera/mp3player or HD to the system to show images/video/music.
Apparently one can by the rear speakers wireless, so that is a real saver for cables in the house.
The only thing I need to hear is the sound... :)
Update:
I heard the sound and was a little disappointed.
But the guy in the store had an alternative, featuring the same connections (actually 2 times USB, optical in and HDMI)
but a different sound: Harman Kardon.
Anyone knows that these speakers are in general pretty good.
And the design...
The design is better according to me. :)
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Posted on December 12, 2006
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Fix you
Tears in my eyes.
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Posted on December 16, 2006
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250 Matryoshkas
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Posted on December 16, 2006
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War of the Worlds
While Belgium is getting over their 'War of the worlds', the original War of the Worlds is quite a shocking radio emission, dating 1938.
Via Corneel: surely read his post, which is really interesting:
This hoax reminded me of the alien invasion broadcast in 1938 that caused a widespread reaction among the millions of listeners. The radio-adaptation was extremely detailed, just like the RTBF hoax this week.
Many people have heard of this incident but only a few have actually listened to the 55 minute play. Being a sci-fi fanatic I think the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds is a masterpiece. Here is a link to a downloadable mp3 (via). Take a bottle of wine, dim the lights and listen to it.
While you listen try to keep in mind that the people in those days were genuinely frightened. They were living in a time where tension and anxiety were building up (it was just before WW2). The strange thing is that they would believe anything (an alien invasion???).
We are also living in a time of anxiety. Beware of what you believe!
And the question in the end is certainly:
'How reliable is the “official news”? Can we trust them? Are they too powerful? How will we get our reliable news in the future?'
And how will be teach our children the message 'be aware.'
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Posted on December 16, 2006
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Links
This site links to my site.
I am pretty curious what they are writing about... :)
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Posted on December 18, 2006
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Shopping for books
As I am collecting Christmas presents, I ended up in a bookstore.
The thing is: I can find a list of books I want for myself. But it is so hard to find a book for someone else.
Nice books you might want to read:
Gedichten, Herman De Coninck
Icarus achterna, Hans Crijns
In het hart van AlQaeda, Omar Nasrin
Lezende vrouwen, Stefan Bollman
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Posted on December 18, 2006
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Linklove
I am stunned.
4th week, without any publication or demand on this site to vote for me, no banner on the right side for linklove, and yet you voted me to nr. 40.
I am so honored. Really.
(I never expected to be on this list, knowing that I am not included in other lists ;) )
I guess that's the part I like about this initiative: bloggers are showing appreciation for others (although apparently it is turning into a real contest by now.)
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Posted on December 19, 2006
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The Unseen Video
The Unseen Video is a weather controlled, dynamic music video generator that has the goal of creating new synergies between the music, the video, and the surroundings of the viewer. The site creates a unique flash video that is gauged on the weather and local time from the viewer's position
Because the inputs to the video generator are ever-changing and dynamic, you'll never see the same video twice. Sure, it may look similar from minute to minute, but come April it will be completely different.
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Posted on December 19, 2006
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ICE number
Imagine: a person is driving a car, and gets involved in an accident. The person is taken to the hospital. One finds his identity card, mobile etc.
A mobile full of numbers.
But who to contact?
A nurse came up with an idea: let's create the ICE number: In Case of Emergency.
Insert a new entry in your mobile: ICE Mom, and add the number.
For every next person you want to be contacted add ICE2, ICE3 and so on.
Doesn't cost you a penny, but can be very useful.
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Posted on December 20, 2006
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My nephew
There are quite some artists in the family.
My nephew is a director, and is making some funny movies too:
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Posted on December 21, 2006
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My niece
In the series artistic people in the family:
My niece is an opera singer.
Quite impressive...
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Posted on December 23, 2006
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Pas de Calais
Total blog silence for few days.
With reason.
I was here, feeling like a queen in France..jpg)
At a 1.5 hour drive from Ghent, it is the perfect refuge.
Alex has internet, but I didn't even touch it for a sec. (The proof I am not an internet addict after all.)
The phone was silent for 3 days, the books were numerous, the walks cold, and the sea-food delicious.
If you ever need that 2 days away from everything, trust me, this is the place :)
*When going in winter, don't forget to take the thermal underwear. -I know someone who'll finally agree on this one.-
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Posted on December 29, 2006
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What tarot card are you?
You are The High Priestess
Science, Wisdom, Knowledge, Education.
The High Priestess is the card of knowledge, instinctual, supernatural, secret knowledge. She holds scrolls of arcane information that she might, or might not reveal to you. The moon crown on her head as well as the crescent by her foot indicates her willingness to illuminate what you otherwise might not see, reveal the secrets you need to know. The High Priestess is also associated with the moon however and can also indicate change or fluxuation, particularily when it comes to your moods.
What Tarot Card are You?
Take the Test to Find Out.
Posted on December 29, 2006
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Wise words
Sometimes you need to find your words.
Sometimes someone else writes them down.
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Posted on December 29, 2006
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Hug my shirt
Ok, if anyone wants to give this hug-shirt as a late present, you are most welcome :)
via Lichtgeraakt
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Posted on December 31, 2006
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Shel Israel: Global Neighbourhoods
Shel is releasing more and more on the new book...
Here is the TOC, and apparently Scoble is writing the foreward of this one.
Posted on January 2, 2007
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Virtual Debit Card from PayPal
This is the next Christmas present for my grandmother: A virtual Debit Card from PayPal.
So she can go and shop on eBay as much as she wants...
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Posted on January 2, 2007
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Countdown: L Word Season 4
starts on Sunday...
(On for DykesandtheCity ;) )Technorati Tags: lword
Posted on January 4, 2007
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Vista is no rip off!
From New York Times. lol.
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Posted on January 4, 2007
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Cartier-Bresson
I found this amazing picture of Cartier-Bresson, featuring 2 girls making out. It was made in 1934, in Mexico (!!).
If there is a picture I want above my bed, then this one is great according to me...
There is a high res available online, and I am wondering how much it costs...
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Posted on January 5, 2007
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Picture on the wall
In the series pics I want, this one can count too
Update: 4000 euro for 125*150cm, stuck on alu.
I better start saving...
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Posted on January 5, 2007
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You're the man now dog??
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Posted on January 5, 2007
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2007: The year internet moves to your telly
Still just a beta, this Windows Live Media Center plugin allows MCE owners to use various Windows Live services from the couch. Working with Vista, Windows Live for TV lets you browse your friends Spaces kinda like their blog/MySpace and call or IM your friends via Windows Live Messenger.
Code named "Orbit", this project is still beta and thus, still flakey. If you want to try it out, you can sign up for the here.
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Posted on January 5, 2007
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Flash gods
These Days is looking for Flash gods. Checkout the ad a little longer to see the flashing boobs :).
I think the joke in the ad represents the company pretty well: Always in for a joke.
I know some people at These Days, and had the opportunity to be in an informal party with some of them. It rocked! Really.
So better check it out, when you are that flash God(ess).
*Yep I get paid for the ad in the left, but not for writing this down. And I certainly wouldn't if I knew it sucked.
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Posted on January 8, 2007
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Comics for PhD students
Comics for PhD students whilst not feeling like writing that research...
And for those joking at PhD students :P
More at PhDComics.
Via Ubiquitous
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Posted on January 9, 2007
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No more lurking! It’s De-Lurking time again :)
I know that you are there so don't try to deny it. I've seen you hiding all this time but no more :) It's De-Lurking time again, that time of the year to leave that safe place and come say hi to all of us.
What exactly is De-Lurking?
The term is used for people that read blogs or join chat rooms or newsgroups and don't participate in commenting. The readers that just look around because they don't have anything to add to the discussion or because it's already been said. Does this sounds like someone you know? It's something that got orginally started by Sheryl from Papernapkin.
You can do it...
Just leave that comment, tell me who you are :)
To say it in Veerle's words:
So don't be shy and hit that keyboard NOW!
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Posted on January 9, 2007
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Keep your ads for yourself...
A few weeks ago, a newtvchannel.be was looking for employees.
Today you can see what they will be presenting in our nearest future: yoBuz: Shopping channels in during your lunch break.
I am pretty happy I don't have a regular office with a mess.
I cannot imagine being bothered with ads during lunch.
When I was a kid there was one golden rule: no tele during breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Things have changed a lot, and I do eat while watching tv, or vice versa, but only when alone, or when having 'magic french fries friday'.
It is like people being on the cellphone all the time while being with friends. It just makes us more impersonal than we already were.
The mess should be the place where people talk during lunch, about kids, life, movies.
yoBuz is like saying: ads on tele don't work anymore, let's trick you people and put a tv during your lunch, that only shows ads.
I don't like at all...
And I cannot imagine this 'pushing to see ads' without being able to choose/rewind/fastforward will become a success.
Posted on January 9, 2007
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iPhone sites
Only one day later and the sites are already popping up.
iPhone Shuffle (idea of These Days)
iPhone Shuffle (stolen idea?)
iPhone Countdown
The ZunePhone
Lol.
Feel free to add in the comments.
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Posted on January 10, 2007
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Mike and Maaike
Mike and Maaike are product designers, and you probably already saw some stuff they designed (Like the Xbox...)
Their portfolio rocks, not only beautiful design, but also some political art.
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Posted on January 11, 2007
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Group 94
Apparently something went wrong at Group 94.
Hilarious and great idea!
Wouldn't mind to work over there ;)
(Disclosure: Pascal of Group94 is one of my indirect collegues at KASK.be)
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Posted on January 11, 2007
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Imagine me and you
I don't know how it ended up there, but suddenly I found 'Imagine Me & You' on my movie HD. I didn't see it yet.
So I watched.
And it really made my day :)
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Posted on January 12, 2007
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Kris Hoet interviewed by GapingVoid...
Kris Hoet on GoogleVideo.
Hey Kris, you are getting famous now...
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Posted on January 13, 2007
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Ha!
| You Are 51% Addicted to the Internet |
 You can keep it under check, and you're by no means a hermit. |
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Posted on January 15, 2007
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Belgium=Brussels?
Apparently the whole of Belgium is becoming Brussels these days...
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Posted on January 17, 2007
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Nür spass
February 10th 2006 - Sioux Café - 5 EUR - 11pm >> 5am
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Posted on January 17, 2007
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Tokyo
Mmmm, wouldn't mind to see the city this way.
Hey Corneel, no way you can doubt such a trip...
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Posted on January 21, 2007
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SCAD teams with West Elm
News to us. Perusing various sites yesterday for new spring merchandise, we stumbled across framed photographic prints at West Elm. All of the prints are limited reproductions of artwork by Savannah College of Art and Design students. Through a partnership, the school and West Elm offer a series of affordable and original artwork by emerging artists. It's great to see a big-box store support student artists...
Wonderful idea to copy for photography students over here...
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Posted on January 21, 2007
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Falling
This is funny. The picture above is floating on my desktop for a month now.
I wanted to write something about it, but I didn't remember the name of the artists, and somehow, I didn't find them while googling...
So it is a nice surprise when today I see Jeroen posted about them.
Jep, this is an installation at the Biennale of Venice, few years back.
Apparently the work is from Gerda Steiner & Jörg Lenzlinger , and I am really ashamed having forgotten their names, especially since I got a lecture of them in Tel Aviv, and we went to drink coffee together. (Sorry guys...)
They are really great and the 'why' of the work is really nice to check, knowing that most of their pieces
I saw this in the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
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Posted on January 24, 2007
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Pole Position
While the 'Get a first life' site gets many hits these days, I rather link to something IRL (in real life ;) )
which is fun I think: Pole Position
Play a computer game, but not on the computer :)
Play PONG, or space invaders.
Interested? 11/02/07 in Vooruit. For more, visit the website
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Posted on January 24, 2007
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Expensive gets cheap
If you are looking for a good bargain, then go to Obius on Monday or Tuesday: -70%
Last time I walked in, I saw this amazing jacket, I really really liked.
That is, until I noticed the price label: 1500 euro.
For a jacket!
I mean, I wouldn't dare to walk in the rain with such an expensive coat...
Anyhooooo, on Monday the same coat would cost you 450 euro.
(Still not really to walk the rain with, but hey, it is almost Spring ;) )
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Posted on January 25, 2007
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Which car are you?
I'm a Lamborghini Murcielago!
You're not subtle, but you don't want to be. Fast, loud, and dramatic, you want people to notice you, and then get out of the way. In a world full of sheep, you're a raging bull.
Take the Which Sports Car Are You? quiz.
via Clo
Update: I don't fit the upper profile according to some people. So I did the test again, and hey now I am a chevrolet corvette: You're a classic - powerful, athletic, and competitive. You're all about winning the race and getting the job done. While you have a practical everyday side, you get wild when anyone pushes your pedal. You hate to lose, but you hardly ever do.
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Posted on January 31, 2007
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"And if I don't meet you no more in this world..."
Although Cerith Wyn Evans concentrates his efforts on work in film and video, it is his art installations that say a lot with very little. Wyn Evans works well with words that reference history, philosophy and literature (among other areas) and uses media such as neon lights to bring these ideas to life. The harsh light brings out the poetry of the words, giving them the chance to truly stand out. The ideas become etched on our minds. Most of Wyn Evans’ pieces are in English, but In Girum Imus Nocte et Consumimur Igni is a Latin palindrome meaning 'We go round and round in the night and we are consumed by fire' and indeed, the artist has created a piece that takes place in the round.
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Posted on February 2, 2007
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You should visit...
| You Should Visit Argentina |
 Learn to tango, hike across Patagonia, eat at fine restaurants... you'll never be bored. |
Why am I not suprised? :)
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Posted on February 2, 2007
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Aldebaran/Betelgeuze -> Antares
Most of my avid readers know that I kind of collect comics.
My absolute favorite of all times is Aldeberan and Betelgeuze.
Series 3 'Antares' is announced and will be released in April (in French)
Meanwhile this site might ease the waiting...
I am totally lost: finally all the weird animals listed.
(Certainly check the fabulous screensaver under 'cadeaux', only for PC though..)
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Posted on February 3, 2007
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Wanderer
| What Your Soul Really Looks Like |
 You are a grounded person, but you also leave room for imagination and dreams. You feet may be on the ground, but you're head is in the clouds. You see yourself with pretty objective eyes. How you view yourself is almost exactly how other people view you. Your near future is likely to be filled with great successes and accomplishments. You just need to figure out how to get there. For you, love is all about caring and comfort. You couldn't fall in love with someone you didn't trust. |
via Ubiquitous
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Posted on February 7, 2007
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Call for entry: shortmovies
courtisane festival of short film, video and new media / 3-6 May 2007
CALL FOR ENTRY: deadline FEB 15 2007
You can still submit your work for the 6th edition of the courtisane festival of short film, video and new media from 3 to 6 May 2007 at Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium. Deadline is 15 february! The entry form can be found on their website.
info, entry form, regulations click here
www.courtisane.be
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Posted on February 9, 2007
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Michelle Kaufman
I very often had the idea: I can do this better (hey, that's just me...) so I tried it.
(And failed several times ;) )
But I would never have the nerve of Michelle Kaufman: she didn't find the house she wanted, so she kind of started her own 'prefab' design, had it produced and decided to sell more of it.
Wow...
If you are interested in prefab (like me) you need to listen to this podcast
I'm fond of prefabs (google this site for prefab and you'll see...) and I do not understand Belgium had no real prefab producers (except for the awful traditional stuff.)
There should be a market for it, since the costs are getting higher and possibilities are endless with the new materials.
No Belgian Michelle Kaufman in the neighborhood?
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Posted on February 9, 2007
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An iceberg in town
Did you know there is an ice berg hiding beneath the Vooruit?
Wonderful fantasy to check.
I totally loved the Yes Men, who do identity theft in a clever way. ROTFL.
(While I wasn't so impressed by the rest of the Game is up...)
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Posted on February 9, 2007
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Demande serveuse
OK, I want an invite...
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Posted on February 9, 2007
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The Readers Show
By accident I stumbled upon an invitation to the 'Lezersshow', an initiative of Ontroerend Goed.
In their first episode Peter Verhelst would speak.
Since I am amazingly moved by his wonderful sentences in 'Memoires van een Luipaard' I decided to buy 2 tickets on the spot. (NTGent allows you to buy online, jihaa)
So yesterday, me and my victim (;)) went to the NTGent.
I have to admit, I was a bit afraid of the combination 'Verhelst' 'Blancquaert', but it turned out to be OK.
The whole concept made me think of the salons of the 20's, and of the evenings we organized while being at the academy: inviting artists to talk about their work in an informal way.
At the 'Lezersshow' there was a concept behind it, with music and jingles (our evenings were just plain talking with a drink afterwards).
I guess that's the remark I had: there was no need for the extra stuff, for the jingles: the strength lies in the content. In what Peter said, in the song Lieve sung. In the amazing poem Wim Opbrouck performed.
I was surprised by Chris Van Camp, the columnist, who talked about Johan Anthierens. And admitted, I think, next time in the bookshop, I'll buy something from Anthierens.
I was moved by the story of Peter Verhelst's first kiss.
And the vulnerability that spoke out of many that night.
That actually it is OK to be vulnerable once in a while.
That it suits us.
The next Lezersshow is on March 30, I am already checking if there are tickets left.
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Posted on February 10, 2007
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Nür Spass
Sunday, 8PM, and I am a wreck.
I guess age does have an influence on recuperation.
And on the amount of alcohol one can absorb without getting too drunk.
(Though I was merely tipsy, as (almost) always ;), -grand-ma reads this blog...- )
The former does describe the amount of spass on Spass.
I have to admit: a party at Sioux never equals "good" in my mind. But again, I was wrong.
Frau Genau and Lory Glory turned the tables upside down.
I couldn't help keep on dancing.
(And since I had to take pictures: take pictures.
Question: How come gay cutest tend to pose for camera's, while handsome and not so handsome dykes tend to watch rather angry at the camera? Is it me?)
Can't wait to hear the where and what-abouts of the next Trouble.
Now excuse me, this late twenty-something is going K.O for another 9 hours...
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Posted on February 11, 2007
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Learn how to cook
LOL
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Posted on February 11, 2007
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How many earths would we need if everyone lived like you?
My results:
If everyone lived like you we'd need 2.6 planets.
My footprint is 4.6
The average for Belgium is 6.7 (hehe, not doing so bad after all.)
Worldwide there exist 1.8 biologically productive global hectares.
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Posted on February 13, 2007
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YPU Job Opportunity
POSITION : PROJECT MANAGER WITH STRONG COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Young Photographers United (YPU) is an organization that teams up 150 young, up and coming photographers which are located around the world. Each year YPU selects 50 new photographers (out of 2000 applicants), who stay in the organization for three years. One of the main YPU activities is to develop and implement photography projects. It concerns both art as well as corporate projects. YPU offers a unique alternative to image banks. Clients such as Proximus, P&G, Nivea, Mini, increased their brand image impact as well as its cost efficiency through their cooperation with YPU.
Please check out www.ypu.org (corporate website: click on “clients” and enter the following log in: projectmanager, password: helloypu).
More at YPU.org
Posted on February 13, 2007
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Spass... the pictures
OK, you have to admit, they are rather sharp. So I really wasn't that drunk, grand-ma!
Apparently the size isn't really fitting my template... Check the full sized pics here.
Hey Sar, what's that in your hand??? ;P
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Posted on February 13, 2007
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True valentine?
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Posted on February 16, 2007
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Go Lori Glory and Frau Genau. GO!
Ok, the bWards are looking for the best blog-dj.
More info here
My favorites:
Dj Lori Glory (check mixes here)
Dj Frau Genau
Please spam them, to convince them to participate.
Posted on February 17, 2007
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Shutdown Day...
Shutdown your computer for one day.
Can you survive??
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Posted on February 18, 2007
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Imagine Cup
Microsoft Announces Kickoff to Imagine Cup 2007, World’s Premier Student Technology Competition
Global competition invites students to apply technology and artistic talents to enable a better education for all.
Imagine a world where technology enables the blind to overcome obstacles; a world where mobile devices actively link doctors with their patients; a world where students explore, engage and interact regardless of geography. More than 65,000 students from 100 countries competed in Microsoft Corp.’s Imagine Cup 2006 competition, using their technology skills and talent to address these and many other health issues.
This year, Microsoft is calling on young programmers, artists and technologists around the world to bring their ideas to life in nine categories, each catering to a different talent
and then it becomes interesting:
• Digital arts:
Photography. Through a photo essay format, students are challenged to communicate a story about education using only photos as the communication medium.
Short film. This invitational highlights the art and science of telling a story. Students are challenged to share a perspective on the Imagine Cup theme and express themselves in the digital media of film. From concept and storyboard through shooting footage and editing, the participants must be able to create a film that moves the audience while conveying its strong purpose and meaning.
Interface design. Creativity and usability are the necessary ingredients of a well-designed user interface, one that contributes to a successful piece of software or Web application. This invitational challenges designers all over the world to create functional, compelling and forward-thinking user interfaces. Competitors have a unique opportunity to envision an application, connect it to the Imagine Cup theme, and show the world how their skills bring it to life.
Those interested in participating in Imagine Cup 2007 or seeking additional information can visit http://www.imaginecup.com to register and review full entry requirements for each invitational.
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Posted on February 20, 2007
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Sharing Tuesday
Songs that popped up...
Posted on February 20, 2007
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Gebarentaal
For those amongst you who are eager viewers of the L Word, and truly interested in sign language (and hot deaf chicks): here's a Belgian site that can help you out.
Don't forget, sign language differs in different countries, so you might not understand Bette anyway...
And don't expect to learn it by a glance on the site, like Bette, coz, you know, that's only in the movies where people never look bad, and don't seem to pee either...
Oh, the designer of the Belgian site is (or used to be) an avid reader of this blog, so questions related to the subject can be posted in the comments.
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Posted on February 20, 2007
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Sex, lies and Andy
I always have been a huge fan of Andy Warhol, especially after seeing some video documentaries on his life and work.
Andy Warhol was pronounced dead at 6:21 am on February 22, 1987. He was 58 years old. An open-casket ceremony was held at Thomas P. Kunsak Funeral Home in Pittsburgh. He was wearing a black cashmere suit, colorful paisley tie, a platinum wig, and sunglasses. He was holding a small prayer book and a red rose... The coffin was covered with white roses and asparagus ferns… Before the casket was lowered, Paige Powell dropped a copy of Interview magazine, an Interview t-shirt, and a bottle of Estée Lauder perfume into the grave.
20 years later, the Beurschouwburg celebrates the anniversary of his death by scheduling unordinary events during 3 days in a row to illustrate his life.
To kick off these 3 days, don't miss the DJ set of STIJN with a musical walk within Warhol imaginary world on Feb 22 at 22.00.
At Beursschouwburg Brussels.
I'll try to drop by...
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Posted on February 20, 2007
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Discovery of the day
The site of Vooruit isn't only beautiful, and full of interesting stuff.
I found a 'Music box' today.
Nice alternative to radio
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Posted on February 21, 2007
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Kristin Hersh
My most favorite song when 16 was 'Your Ghost' from Kristin Hersh.
I slowed with my first girlfriend endlessly while on repeat.
Kristin Hersh had these fabulous songs, amazing texts. My mom said she whined...
I could leave the CD for hours. Try to unravel the texts into something I thought I understood.
Years later Throwing Muses still fills my Last.FM. I still get moved by Kristin's whining. And I am still trying to understand her flood of words.
I was impressed some years ago by her 'silent fan releases online' allowing fans to download versions of songs. A good way to introduce unique music as an alternative to the starting download scene on the internet .
Kristin didn't disappear... She merely was out of our eyes.
And recently she's back:
Today Kristin has a blog, YouTube has a series of her songs, and, she even has a videocontest on YouTube: Learn to sing like a star videocontest
Moreover, she's coming to Gent, to the Handelsbeurs.
I might end up there :)
*Listen to some new songs on MySpace (she's soooo web 2.0 ;) )
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Posted on February 22, 2007
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Fancy a Recruitment Chat?
Vacature, one of Belgium's largest recruitment media (magazine + website) has just launched a 'chat bot', which enables anyone to make contact with its job database by adding a contact (carrierrecoach@vacature.com) to a Windows Live Messenger account. You still have to register with Vacacture, but afterwards you will automatically get links to relevant job offers based on your chat conversation.
I think that's a great idea, Live Messenger is widely popular in Belgium, and something like this can only lower the threshold for turning 'passive' into 'active' job seekers.
I have to say I'd think it is kind of strange to chitchat with a possible company.
I guess this evolution is just part of the current time spirit.
But I really cannot imagine an msn conversation with my future boss.
Or as a boss, to chat with a possible recruit without really seeing him/her.
Whilst working for Randstad, I learned that you judge the person in front of you in the first 5 seconds (this is a official research result) and the rest of the conversation is about checking if your first judgement is right.
I cannot imagine doing a first judgement based upon a chat conversation.
Naah, I am not convinced. Not convinced at all...
Update: OK OK I misunderstood. This is a chat BOT, so apparently the bot remembers your preferences and updates you when new jobs based upon your query are available.
Sounds a lot cooler than the msn chat.
Thanks Kristiaan for pointing that out to an audience of 250 people... ;P
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Posted on February 22, 2007
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Viral marketing
Tag Air force one, and get it on YouTube. Success guaranteed...
(I guess this is what 'stealing the billboard' tried to start. but wasn't 'real enough', then again, we have no airforce one to tag :))
Tx Kris
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Posted on February 23, 2007
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House for rent.
Once, there was this beautiful girl, who decided to quit her job and to go traveling.
Now she's trying to rent her newly renovated (beautiful) place.
People interested?
It's available for at least 3 months, but more is possible (negotiate!!! coz it is a really beautiful place.)
From April onwards.
Location: Gent.
You can contact Catherine at e_moy(a)pandora(dot)be.
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Posted on February 28, 2007
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Poker
My dad promised me my dining table like 6 months ago, he was kind of busy, so the table never arrived. (And we're still eating in the sofa or in the restaurant...)
He promised me it would be ready in one week. (We just ordered the wood, so I kind of hope this time it's for real...)
Why this explanation?
Well, when the tables are ready and delivered, I can finally host guests.
And I will: I want to do a poker night
Since the L Word, ladies and gents, poker is extremely hot...
(Dad, for that I need those tables. I really do...)
Meanwhile, I am trying to figure out the rules of poker.
Tanja Dexter is doing a good job teaching me.
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Posted on March 2, 2007
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Do schools kill creativity?
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Posted on March 3, 2007
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Cool site
A nice site with cool interface. And splendid things to buy....
Worth checking out.
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Posted on March 5, 2007
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Vacature writes on blogging
and Sebastiaan Van Doninck, old pal, made the illustration.
Let's all run to the bookstore this Saturday to check what we are all about ;)
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Posted on March 6, 2007
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Nexcite
Once upon a time, just a couple years ago, there was Niagara. A Swedish company had developed Niagara as an herbal love enhancement supplement for womenand it was huge! I remember it being all over the news. These bubbly blue bottles of love disappeared fast; all because a certain pharmaceutical company felt it threatened one of their big earners, the tiny blue pill for men known as Viagra. But blue isn't just for boys. We came across the men from Sweden bearing these blue bottles recently, and ta da! Niagara had been reborn as Nexcite. Nexcite's label is more exciting than Niagara's with their very cute little love bunny in a better position and other subtle updates that really make a difference from a branding perspective. Nexcite comes not only in the traditional "split" size, but also in a Magnum bottle for those of you who like to party like rockstars. As far as I'm concerned, it's bubbly, controversial, and fun in the late night. So I'd say it's time to get excited about Nexcite's soft rebranding launch: it'll be more fun than Red Bull.
copied from JoshSpear
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Posted on March 6, 2007
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Travel tips
Yesterday it was quite a long day: we went to UZ Gent, to get some vaccines to go abroad.
Instead of the planned 'hour', we ended up there for 3...
Apparently some parts of our hospitals look like going back in time for quite a while...
Dr Joski is the funniest doctor I have ever been to.
And each time I am amazed how he manages to give you a vaccination without hurting at all (in fact, I never even felt the needle entering my skin...)
Why am I saying this? Because I am convinced people sometimes leave without necessary medicines.
And without a lot of other stuff.
Therefore some good advise:
-check the travel advise on the country you are about to visit.
(can be checked here for Belgians), check also the CIA-files, which contain a lot of useful background info.
-Be sure you have a travel insurance.
(Normally your social insurance will cover most trips for basic things like repatriation and some stuff (make sure you take that little card along). For a travel annulment insurance, your travel agent can inform you. But be sure to see if you are not covered in another way. People who have MasterCard Gold or Visa Gold, and pay their trip with the card get a lot of these advantages included. Worth checking at your bank!)
-Check if you need a vaccination, and do this about 6 weeks before take off.
-Do you have a valid passport (most passport need to valid for atleast another year after arrival in the country of destination. So be sure it is still valid long enough)
-Do you need a visa? If so, get it asap because these procedures might take up some time ( I remember getting mine for Israel and we had to go 2 times...)
-Make sure you have copies of documents. Make 2 copies of each: one copy you carry around in your luggage apart from your original documents, and another copy you leave at family or friends, so they can help you out...
-If you go into a dangerous area, be sure to have someone updated on your whereabouts. Inform the local embassy or consulate of your country.
-Make sure you have money or a creditcard.
-Be sure to take enough Dr Janssen stuff (such as Immodium Instant and Motilium) and some aids preventives (hey, you never know, traveling is fun!)
-When in the country: make sure you pack your luggage yourself.
I might sound like an Israeli guard now, but heck, the last thing you want to happen is that security finds weird stuff in your luggage...
Most of this advise can be found here.
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Posted on March 7, 2007
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Women's day
Today is women's day.
Ladies room is holding a blogmarathon.
f you're a woman and blogger, you might want to participate.
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Posted on March 8, 2007
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Entrepeneurs
I first heard of entrepreneurship when John posted something on it, years ago.
Until now LinkedIn is the only social network I know that is being used by entrepreneurs all over the world. (Ok, there is Orkut, but that seems to be more of a dating platform than anything else...)
Recently a new network especially for entrepreneurs has been launched: Join To Grow. I know some people who'll subscribe right away ;)
And guess what: it's Belgian...
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Posted on March 8, 2007
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The everything test
The Everything Test
There are many different types of tests on the internet today. Personality tests, purity tests, stereotype tests, political tests. But now, there is one test to rule them all.Traditionally, online tests would ask certain questions about your musical tastes or clothing for a stereotype, your experiences for a purity test, or deep questions for a personality test.We're turning that upside down - all the questions affect all the results, and we've got some innovative results too! Enjoy :-)
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| Politics Your political views would best be described as Liberal, whom you agree with around 55% of the time. | Socioeconomic Your attitude toward life best associates you with Upper Class. You make more than 0% of those who have taken this test, and 42% less than the U.S. average. |
| If your life was a movie, it would be rated PG-13. By the way, your hottness rank is 67%, hotter than 92% of other test takers. |
TAKE THE TEST
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Posted on March 9, 2007
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Stylish backpacking
Stylish outdoor wear fitting perfectly in the urban jungle.
Perfect for flashpackers with a twist ;)
Nau is certainly proving that outdoor clothing and thermal underwear can be very stylish.
(On top op that the products are built as environmental friendly as possible)
I definitely want... (okok I admit, there is a flashpacker inside of me...)
They even have a blog!
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Posted on March 11, 2007
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Blogging and its influence on me
While I was reading the blog of Nau, I got linked to the new blog of Patagonia (another great outdoor clothing company).
Now I am not so much convinced about Patagonia's style (let's say it looks rather 'very very backpacker' instead of 'stylish'.)
It is high quality clothing and will last forever (let's say that chances are big when you get under an avalanche the jacket will come out of it...)
and thus good to travel with.
But as I said, I'll doubt buying it, when seeing the colors alone.
After reading the blog though, I really started checking the clothing, to see if there was nothing that would suit me anyway.(check one above.)
I noticed this behavior already several times: when I am convinced by stuff, or I read the people behind the brand, I am really ready to invest.
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Posted on March 11, 2007
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Be cool
Some tips to lower the energy:
Showers use nearly half the water of baths and cost a whole lot less to heat. If you really must take a bath, save energy and share it with a really dirty friend.
grin
Technorati Tags: energy, environmental, humor
Posted on March 12, 2007
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Stella
Ok there we go again, Stella Mc Cartney seems to have a new Adidas collection.
And skiing gear suddenly seems sexy...
(tx Jeroen)
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Posted on March 12, 2007
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I'm... you?
If you are wondering why all my next Msn chat's start with I'm, I want to tell you I am not egotrippin' at all:
"i'm is a new initiative from Windows Live Messenger. Every time you start a conversation using i'm, Microsoft shares a portion of the program's advertising revenue with some of the world's most effective organizations dedicated to social causes. We've set no cap on the amount we'll donate to each organization. The sky's the limit. There's no charge, so join now and put our money where your mouth is."
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Posted on March 12, 2007
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Group94
Way back when I just graduated as a photographer and I started extra courses webdesign, I applied for an internship at Pascal Leroy, way back before he got famous.
He never answered me...
He formed a company and named it Group94.
By now Group94 is famously known around the world.
Pascal is teaching at the KASK these days, and giving a lecture next week.
Feel free to join in.
Tuesday March 20 2007 at 8PM
Auditorium Victor Horta Departement Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten
Campus Hogeschool Gent, Jozef Kluyskensstraat 2, 9000 Gent
The best of all: free entrance :)
More info here
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Posted on March 13, 2007
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Winner (big smile)
Apparently I won the poetry contest of Gent.blogt.
Only in Dutch...
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Posted on March 13, 2007
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Gabbly.com
Gabbly is yet another chat service, but it might come in handy on certain moments.
I can imagine some sites can use the service. I think of bwards for example, where you have a lot of visitors and a chat on the matter could be interesting.
I also think of having a weekly chat.
There are certainly enough alternatives, like skype multichat and whatever, but the fact is: with Gabbly, you don't need to have someone's name, and one can chat anonymously...
Moreover, nothing needs to be installed. So perfect for travelers and people with no fixed computer.
Technorati Tags: chat, gabbly, homepage, irc
Posted on March 13, 2007
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Kristin Hersh
If you were asked to do an interview with Kristin Hersh, what would you ask her?
(Please comment on this one )
My notes:
-Her father, W. James Hersh, is a philosophy professor at Salve Regina University specializing in the philosophy of the imagination and political philosophy. (mmm wonder if that influenced her songs.)
-Her father wrote a song 'Houdini blues' if I am not mistaken
-She edited her own wikipedia entry (would ask something on that too)
-Her first songs were written 'automatically' while later on she started to really writes songs (what is the difference for her.)
-For me 'The Real Ramona' was her best album ever. (But what is the best album according to her?)
-When seeing the tour dates + places: doesn't she get tired by these tours?
-There is a contest lip-singing she released on YouTube. (Who's idea. Why.)(check this out, the results are stunning!!)
-Would she speak my voicemessage :)
Kristin Hersh is touring with The Mc Carricks, and is in Gent on Thursday in the Handelsbeurs
Sounds like this could result in something really weird but nice
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Posted on March 13, 2007
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Expo: Annelies De Mey
Annelies De Mey was one of my favorite teachers at the Academy.
Today she's exhibiting at Fotomuseum Antwerp + in a gallery in Brussels (click to read more)
Worth checking out since it is really fabulous photography.
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Posted on March 16, 2007
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Kristin Hersh
Your Ghost was my favorite song back when I had my first girlfriend.
She learned me how to slow, and meanwhile Kristin whined.
I had the opportunity to go and see her yesterday, and though I liked her new songs, which remind me of Throwing Muses, I kind of missed a certain atmosphere. She made some jokes, yet, they didn't feel that good.
I enjoyed the concert even though, catapulting me back in time.
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Posted on March 16, 2007
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Lada Niva
Somewhere in my archives it is written: my favorite car is a Lada Niva.
I said it probably like 3 or 4 years ago, and I am still convinced: one day the Lada Niva will be totally hot.
Whenever I said this in a conversation, people gave me a strange look.
I like the car conz it doesn't compromize: it is a pure line form.
If you would ask a kid to draw a car, it would draw a Lada Niva.
Tonight I was glad to be in this company totally agreeing with me. They actually chose the same car as a favorite.
At 13000 euro (GPL) this is a pretty cheap car.
(I probably never would buy the Niva, since I don't support driving 4*4 in the city, thus opting for my second choice: a saab convertible... ;) )
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Posted on March 17, 2007
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Pirates of the Caribbean
I got this friendly link inside my mailbox, referring to the brand new (yet unreleased) trailers of Pirates of the Caribbean 3.
Check this link...
The QT HD trailer... is not live yet, but coming soon
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Posted on March 22, 2007
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Future of cities
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Posted on March 24, 2007
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Hillary Clinton 1984 Ad...
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Posted on March 25, 2007
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Link of the day
I didn't post so much lately coz I am busy, and well. I didn't find so much interesting to post about...
I stumbled upon this though:
Front door storage not to forget anything (would be very useful for me...)
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Posted on March 27, 2007
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Nokia NSights
Nokia Series Nsights is analyzing the past and the today of Internet, music, photo, video, gps, and mobile computing
You can download the series through RSS to get it on your pod, psp, or if ou like, your nokia ;)
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Posted on March 30, 2007
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Smile
Woman: I was talking to God the other day, and he told me he's coming soon, you know?
Man: Well, if he doesn't show up in half an hour I'm leaving.
Mexico City International Airport
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Posted on April 4, 2007
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Save your numbers
Fill in your form and keep it safe.
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Posted on April 4, 2007
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TedTalk Winner James Nachtwey
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Posted on April 6, 2007
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New Flickr Group
Since I like Belgian Design so much, I decided to easily make a Flickr Group featuring Belgian design.
The idea is pretty simple: pictures of Belgian Design are dropped to this group.
I decided to do it invite only or the moment, but I guess I'll soon open it up.
(Just a bit afraid it becomes a group with lousy pics in it, and we don't want that...)
I believe it is fun to see new designers pop up in this group, allowing us to discover new stuff. I restricted it to Belgian design, since, wll, that's a niche I'd say :)
If you want an invite eagerly, just yawp.
Feel free to post your opinion below.
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Posted on April 17, 2007
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Bill Viola's Videos in Flagey, in a concert given by the Flemish Radio Orchestra
© Kira Perov: Déserts, Bill Viola
On 21 April, the Flemish Radio Orchestra (Vlaams Radio Orkest) will perform Frames, a concert immersing the audience in a world of unexpected images and sounds. On the programme: Eric Satie’s ‘film music’ for René Clair’s film Entr'acte (1924), the ethereal and highly captivating Celloconcerto by Morton Feldman and Déserts, Edgard Varèses insistent orchestral work for brass, percussion and electronics. 40 years later (1994), Bill Viola made an impressive video film as an additional visual score for a live performance. Moreover, Flagey invites you to discover a series of videos by Bill Viola in Studio 5 on 21 and 22 April.
14.00 BILL VIOLA'S VIDEOS : FOUR SONGS
14.45 BILL VIOLA'S VIDEOS : THE REFLECTING POOL
16.00 BILL VIOLA'S VIDEOS : HATSU YUME
17.00 BILL VIOLA'S VIDEOS : THE PASSING
Info & Res: 02 641 10 20 or www.flagey.be
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Posted on April 17, 2007
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Nokia Nsights bloopers
I got interviewed for Nokia Nsights.
Of course I made some bloopers.
Just to make you guys smile:
The final video's are here: on photography, and on citizen journalism.
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Posted on April 17, 2007
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Mobile future
I think internet and computer is moving 2 places: micro and macro, read phone and living room.
As I am researching some stuff for fun, I came across a rather large amount of interesting projects (especially at IBBT.be) but also quite some 'just for fun'.
One to mention is certainly Nokia's Beta Mobile Codes.
Type a text, get it converted to a barcode, and expose it. Your mobile can read it.
Now as this is fun, it is obvious a rather large amount of useful things can be done with it.
Technorati Tags: mobile, software
Posted on April 18, 2007
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Ice ice baby
Via Eskimokaka.
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Posted on April 18, 2007
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To see
Reminder to myself:
The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. The movie looks at young people's lives in Tel Aviv through the POVs of gays and straights, Jews and Arabs, men and women. It all begins when Noam, a young Israeli soldier, serves in the reserve forces and meets at a check point a Palestinian young man called Ashraf. Following an incident during which Noam misplaces his ID card at the check point, Ashraf shows up on the doorstep of the apartment that Noam shares with a gay man and a straight woman. How will the meeting effect all of their lives? Written by A.M.
"The Bubble" is the story of a group of young people who live in Tel-Aviv (a main city in Israel). The movie follows the group's difficulties of living in Israel's reality. Their routine brakes when a young Palestinian man enters their life. Written by A.T
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Posted on April 19, 2007
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Kelli Connell: Double Life
Beautiful...
Kelli Connell's first solo show in New York opens tonight at Yossi Milo Gallery. The show, called "Double Life," appears to document an evolving relationship between two women. However, the photographs are actually completely staged and constructed. While digitally creating the photographs, Connell used the same model to portray both women and then composited multiple negatives into one picture.
The result is a series of intimate scenes from relationships that Connell either experienced or witnessed. Because one woman enacts multiple roles within the same relationship, Connell's photographs hope to make the viewer question sexuality and gender, and also try to reveal something about our personal notions of identity and social constructs. Double Life is about the duality of self: the interior and exterior, the masculine and feminine, the rational and irrational.
via Josh Rubin
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Posted on April 20, 2007
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The Basics: The Techniques of Continental Cooking
Most Belgian with a bit of cuisine attitude know this little book. I was introduced by my mom's lover. (And recognized it at C's apartment while thinking 'Yesyesyes, she likes cooking' ;) )
It is the perfect give away, has very good info, and especially really great photography.
We know it as 'de basis', which made me realize I like this word 'basis'
Since it is immensely popular, it got translated, and is for sale even in the US very soon.
Couldn't resist in posting this item.
(And no, don't worry, I didn't buy it, nor have it in my library yet. On request of a keen insister I have to cut down my cooking. Tellin' you, a great cook will be lost :P)
This book of essential techniques and basic recipes was a success in Belgium, France and the U.K., and is finally coming out in the U.S. on 15 June 2007. This small black book with gilt pages packs a much larger punch than its size infers.
The basics covers all of the culinary bases, including classics and new techniques such as sous vide and foams. Each basic is presented on a single page, with a photo on the facing page. The writing and recipes are straightforward and very manageable (by Filip Verheyden), and the photography (by Tony Le Duc) is beautifully shot.
The Basics: The Techniques of Continental Cooking is available at Amazon and Amazon UK.
via Cool Hunting
Posted on April 20, 2007
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Chris Jordan Photography
Beautiful photography on sheer consumption of the human being.
Worth checking out.
Tx Bernard for pointing it out :)
Posted on April 22, 2007
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Brandhome.com
Well these things get me intrigued... Brandhome.
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Posted on April 22, 2007
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The Peckham house: a sustainable house
This is the story of some urban wasteland rescued by innovation and will power. It wasn't easy and we proved them wrong. Don't be scared, do it too, but take the tips, save some pain and use us as an example.
"...It's full of, it's built of, exciting original ideas. This could have been, you know, one big failed experiment but thanks to the genius of Dr Monty it's not only an engineering success, it's a beautiful house..."
Kevin McCloud
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Posted on April 22, 2007
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We Think
'Fireside chats with Charlie' is what we called our Friday afternoon Social Entrepreneurship lectures with Charles Leadbeater. I was unaware at the time that Charlie was council to Tony Blair, a writer for the Financial Times, and ranked by Accenture, a management consultancy, as one of the top management thinkers in the world. What struck me about this utterly understated man was that, unlike most other lecturers, he spent the entire 3.5 hour lecture periods asking questions. While he was 'leading' the class, he barely spoke.
It came as no surprise that before printing his newest book, 'We Think' Charlie posted it online in a Wiki format for everyone to view, edit, and correct. In the four months the book has been online, the eleven draft chapters were downloaded, on average, 35 times a day. He received 91 emails from people with detailed comments and suggestions and about 150 comments were posted on the site. As a rough estimate, by the time the book is formally published in the summer of 2007 the rough draft will have been downloaded about 12,000 times.
In a profession where individual creativity and ownership have dominated for centuries, it is incredible to see an entirely collaborative writing process.
You can find out more about 'We Think' and post your own comments here.
Shamelessly copied from Nau Kitchen
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Posted on April 24, 2007
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Jonathan Liu
Artist jonathan liu has taken etch-a-sketch art to a whole new level with his custom pieces. This raven design was done for amy ruppel but you can view more of jonathan's etch-a-sketch work right here.
Wow.... can't imagine doing such a thing...
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Posted on April 27, 2007
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Think before you post
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Posted on May 1, 2007
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Projects of a photographer
A minute ago I said goodbye to my friend, Peter, who got up at six o’clock this morning to drive me from the centre of Copenhagen to the truck stop in Koege where I am now. It’s up to me now to get from here to the Mediterranean Sea with only 14 Euros to spend. It shouldn’t be too difficult.
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Posted on May 1, 2007
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Martin Parr interview
And we are all photographers now.
(A nice add-on for Nokia nSights on photography)
Via Wendy
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Posted on May 3, 2007
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Sustainable Suzuki
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) National Convention opened yesterday to a standing ovation following world renowned ecologist David Suzuki (CC, OBC, BA, Ph.D). His opening speech touched on his research of the 'ecological imperative of sustainability from a life sciences perspective.'
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Posted on May 5, 2007
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Photography in a changing world...
I was in an interview yesterday with Paul D'Hoore, who at a certain point was talking about the changes in economy due to the globalization.
His point to take notice of was 'It is true certain jobs are disappearing in our region, because of the simple fact they move towards countries that have much cheaper labor. But does it mean, there are no jobs left? No, there are other jobs, economy is shifting.
I think we see a similar shift in different things. For example music. The music shop disappears. But these people find themselves other ways.
A similar thing is happening with photography.
Due to digital era, and the fact that we, in the West, became more resourceful, and the digital era allows us to spread our images, more 'amateur' photographers are born. Good ones!
Photography will never dissapear, especially because more than ever we became a 'visual world' and large companies, now more than ever, want their actvities to be captured in pictures.
See it as the computer/printer: before it commercialized, all was written, some stuff was printed. Upon arrival of the computer everybody said paper was dead. 30 years later the rain forrest is still dissapearing due to paper production.
Now they say true news-photography is dying and professional photographers will loose their jobs.
The truth is: all is only shifting: news photography is going to be made by the public (the amateur becomes the reporter), while we will look for good filters (because of an overdosis of images) and prof. photographers get different (rather well paid) jobs.
It only just started, guys...
Frankly speaking, I am not worried at all.
(I only hope the amateur photographer does try to learn the language rather than just point and shoot.)
(Tx Pascal for the link)
Reference: a talk with Carl De Keyzer on the subject
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Posted on May 5, 2007
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Google your name
Ha.
Guess what happens when you google Ine... (Tx BVLG to point it out)
To show the irrelevance of the above: guess what happens when you google Ine or when you google Ine
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Posted on May 6, 2007
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Greendeavor: Incentive to Shop Green
A fresh and free-to-use social shopping website, Greendeavor is moving us in the right (eco-friendly) direction with regard to our consumer behavior. This site is a hybrid of a social network and a shopping rewards program you can connect through others to aid your understanding of sustainable shopping, help others with their assimilation, and create powerful community centric networks to build broad-based awareness. As you shop within the site and earn rewards points, you'll be simultaneously offsetting your carbon emissions and can monitor your friends progress as well. The site offers additional resources in their 'Learn, Live, and Act' sections in the form of helpful educational, sustainable living, and advocacy resources for members.
There are already some great brands and retailers on board with the site like The Discovery Channel, Nau, Nalgene, Puma and REI.
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Posted on May 7, 2007
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Interesting to think about.
link to the presentation
via TheseDays
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Posted on May 8, 2007
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Did you reach your maximum networking saturation?
I’ve haven't reached maximum social networking saturation yet. (But I did reach my personal saturation of available time.)
I am a blogger,
I have Linked In,
a Flickr account,
a You Tube account,
a LastFm,
I am connected on 43 places, to 43people, I do couchsurfing, and you can find me on Plazes.
I'm on Technorati.
And I collect links on Delicious.
I have
a passive Virb,
a once used Vox,
a wordpress.com account for the spam count,
a Twitter,
a MySpace (somewhere),
an Orkut I never open,
a Biztribe,
darn I even have a Notsoso subscription, and a Scrapblog thing.
I have a dead Photoblog, and a dead Dailymotion.
And probably a dozen things I once subscribed to.
And a day job. Hey I still have a day job.
And an IRL...
Do I still have an IRL? Hello?
*I am too damn lazy to add the links. Google it when interested ;) *
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Posted on May 8, 2007
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Eurovision Song Festival
So, it is May, and Eurovision is nearing...
Last weekend a friend told me about the Belgian participants. KMG. Again chosen by Wallonia.
(Admit, Flanders is really not good in chosing good participants, with Barbara Dex, Liliane St Pierre, ... in their past)
No great selection shows, no big boom on the matter: a handful of people decided, and KMG is going.
Who are they? We don't know.
Are they good?
They are definitely funky! A bit 70's.
I guess they won't beat Ukraine in their looks, but dunno, I feel like doing a Eurovision Marathon for the laugh. Someone wants to join?
Semifinals on May 10th.
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Posted on May 9, 2007
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On Belgium
Belgians, like most Europeans, also drive much faster than North Americans. For example, Everberg looks like a quaint, quiet little town. It is rural and charming and very, very quiet until quitting time rolls around. During rush hour I feel like our house is a metre away from the finish line at the Indy 500. Those Belgians who do not live in their cars, protest the speeds at which people race through their towns. They have thus come up with all manner of creative ways of slowing down traffic, generally involving putting something in the middle of the road: a giant speed bump that requires a 4X4 to get over, cement barriers that only allow one car to pass at a time, planting trees in the street (that's right I said in the street) and painting parking spaces in one lane.
LOL!
More on Belgium seen through the eyes of an expat over here.
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Posted on May 9, 2007
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Tips for life
Before we get into specific guidelines, the two fundamental principles of selective ignorance are
worth mentioning:
1. If you don’t define your goals clearly, everything seems important and requires action.
If you define your goals clearly, especially your single most critical goal, almost all things are of
little or no importance and few things require action.
2. trying to make everyone happy—besides being impossible—is the surest way to make yourself
miserable
Taken out of The low information diet: how to eliminate email overload
Via Unizo
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Posted on May 12, 2007
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Eurosong 2007
I missed Eurosong due to a fabulous party in Brussels (featuring Lady Jane and Lori Glory, and I am still recuperating from leaving the dance floor when the light peeped in.) I didn't mind missing Eurosong, coz I think it was boring (like it always has been since Sandra Kim forward.) I won't nag about this festival becoming a political music thing as it always have been (The Netherlands always voted for Belgium and Belgium always for The Netherlands...)
What surprised me this year was the attendance of several 'queer' and not so obvious choices. Serbia presented the 23 year old lesbian Marija Serifovic, who has roots as a Roma. She won. I hope this winning also helps Serbia forward in their fight to get decent gay rights.
(A similar story with Ukrainian drag queen 'Verka Serdyuchka'. The whole act was definitely a laugh, but they did put a drag queen on stage...)
So if this means the whole festival is becoming a East European one, I can only say: why not...
Posted on May 13, 2007
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Things to do when in Bejing
Link
Hat tip Zabine
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Posted on May 14, 2007
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Day Night Day Night
When in Palestine, I always wondered how someone could become a suicide bomber.
The answer to that will probably never be black or white, or to be grasped in an definition.
Day Night Day Night seems to be a stunning movie how suicide bombers learn what they'll 'destined' to do..
A 19-year-old girl prepares to become a suicide bomber in Times Square. She speaks with no accent; it’s impossible to pinpoint her ethnicity. We never learn why she made her decision — she has made it already. We don’t know whom she represents, what she believes in - we only know she believes it absolutely.
Hat tip Zabine
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Posted on May 14, 2007
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Quinze & Milan
Are you a talented architect looking for a challenging job?
Check www.quinzeandmilan.be.
If today I'd want to work for a company, it would be this one.
(Though I am pretty sure it is atime consuming and pretty intensive place to work...)
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Posted on May 17, 2007
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