Nike using the blog as advertising

Gawker Media, a small company that operates snarky web logs on culture and politics, like Gawker and Wonkette, has begun blogging on behalf of major advertisers. The company’s first paid blog is for Nike. The original article in The New York Times. Found out about it through the newsletter of Mediachannel.org.

Space: the final frontier

Just read in the Noorderlicht magazine of the VPRO that on the 21st of June there the first private plane will enter space. I must say that it triggers my imagination. And after going through the article and the website of the builders I’m getting excited to see it happen. I’m 32 now and the

Augmented Surfaces

Have a look at this, like it but you need loads of stuff to get it really working. But it gives an idea of the/a future where we carry our data with us or can access it though the internet. And work with and share it from any table. Augmented Surfaces is a computer augmented

Enter Fusedspace

Just entered FUSEDSPACE (an international competition for innovative applications for new technology in the public domain). Together with IPSD. The deadline is closed now. But there probably be a new one in the near future and anyone can enter! It’s important to think about this new public space called internet and the world wide web

Clouds

My thoughts are like clouds. Some are small and drift away. Others are big and grow out to give rain to the tree of life. And hopefully we will harvest the fruits someday.

I love to facilitate!

More and more I am becoming aware of the fact that facilitate is all I want to do. All the time.Creating structures, systems that are mostly automated but make live easier, more practical, fun, interesting, you name it and I want to do it! It all started with a discussion we had at a party

Spammy proverbs

Get more every day. Just started one e-mail address yesterday and it got spammed today. But like this spam message because it was embedded in loads of random proverbs. When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise. Good day to you, my name is Georger, i am

Chateau Alpen Sahne my favorite

Just so you know and for me to remember.

The ultimate statistic of a capitalistic world

An article stated that the calculated the worth of a western person is 6 million dollar. And that of a person in a 3rd world country is 22.200 dollar (approx.). They wanted to know they should invest in people or the environment. My first reaction was that they should start investing in me. I will

Waste of / wasting time

Kids asleep. Turning on the tv, another hour of production swallowed by inactivity. I want to run, and escape myself. But watching tv is like floating on my dreams and those of others to never wake up.

Happy

This weekend is family weekend. So we left amsterdam and traveled by train, bus and boat to Ameland. Small island in the north of The Netherlands where my parents live. Just made this website public and love the abbility to update it from a different location and computer. I write this at the neigbours place.

Het Amelander Bos

Geen tijd

I find nice blogs everyday. This time it’s a dutch one. And it’s small, and no-nonsence. And it’s made with pivot. Have played around with pivot for publicworks.nl and percentageregeling.nl, but couldn’t get around the fact that you couldn’t have sub categories. Using xoops instead now (here anyway). But whenever I see a pivot blog

It’s all about commitment

And the focus there-in. I am committed to my children, my family, my work, my friends, my neighbours, the people I work with, my city, the society I’m living in. And in my work these items come up every time. Lot’s of commitment and less able to focus. My brother just graduated on management. Made

Storytime

It’s about ten in the evening. pissed off because I had to take something somewhere. A useless activity (live is full of it). When you have that flow of adrenaline you can drive fast (by bike). So I thought I could shorten the time lost, “back in half an hour or so”. Until someone waves

Looks

Like I said in a previous post. Finally got this xoops website running. I’m in xoops heaven and was happy with the looks, isn’t ideal but functionality is more important. But after a week I can’t stop thinking off restyling. Will it never end? Will have to ask the xoops community lots of questions.

Me and my shadow

About 3 years ago I came up with this idea. My idea’s and my knowledge of internet has grown. And the idea from then still stands tall. In short: All the things I buy plus the where and when tells a story about me. Would it be possible to really know me with all that data? I already have years of reciepts to share (on paper).

Have a look at the flash presentation at stats.bemyguest.net.

Onze ouders

Over 10 jaar is een kwart van de Nederlandse samenleving boven de 65 jaar. Achter elke 4e deur woont dan iemand van 65 jaar en ouder. Mijn ouders zullen daar deel van zijn.

kraijenhoff.nl

Deze website is op geheel eigen initiatief ontwikkeld inclusief ontwerp, concept en uitvoering. De website is bedoeld de cohesie met de buurt en de mensen die in het gebouw werken te vergroten. Veelal heb je als bezoeker geen idee wat zich achter die andere gesloten deur afspeelt. Door deze via het web te ontsluiten geef

Wind crane

On the building-site next to my studio there are two large cranes. They move with the wind. When the direction of the wind changes they slowly and silently align.

De eerste tram

De eerste keer dat ik een tram door de Czaar Peter Straat zag rijden.Nieuw gevoel.

Open brief naar de Wik

Geachte heer, mevrouw, Bij deze bied ik mijn verontschuldiging aan voor het late toesturen van dit Heronderzoek- en inlichtingenformulier 2003/2004. Het leven is geen kattenpis, en slokt mij derhalve volledig op. Tussen mijn gezin, werk en kunstenaarschap (ontwikkeling, productie, acquisitie, presentatie, competities, prijsvragen), wettelijke verplichtingen, eten, verteren en slapen, vind ik nauwelijks tot geen ruimte

Source

Last night I was working with linkbase, an open source program. This morning my kids were drinking a strawberry yogurt drink. Originally made by a cow but altered by others. No sign of the original maker. The cow. Lets extend creative commons! On every product the source of the product should be seen as a

Nature

Today the sun is shining, almost no wind and blue sky. Not behind my computer. I’m with my kids outdoors. Flowers crushed. Strange. They look at me with wide open eyes. Feeling guilty, and wondering why they haven’t changed.

Regina Spektor

American-Russian musician on a piano. The lyrics alone are worth it. Lot’s of humor with a message underneath. Had me somewhat thinking of Loudon Wainwright III without the expressions but with similar context. artist: Regina Spektorwebsite: reginaspektor.com/VPRO: Regina SpektorXFM: Regina Spektorgenre: Folk musicorigin: USA/Russialive concert VPRO: audionumber=15208189favorite song: Consequence of Sounds

Fabchannel is amazing

Fabchannel.com is the streaming Flash video portal of Paradiso Amsterdam. Main Purpose of Fabchannel is to record and broadcast concerts, preformances, speeches and competitions from the Paradiso on the internet and television. Next to live webcasting is there a video-on-demand collection of full length concerts. The music lover in me is enjoying this very very

Die Maus

Did the general drawing of a mouse change since the introduction of the computer and it’s mouse? I think so.

P.C. Hoofdstraat – Amsterdam

De geur van nieuw hangt hier in de P.C. Hoofdstraat.

Spin-offs of the space-program

Gravity stimulates our motivation to undertake. There are bacteria that can transform sugar into energy. These sugars are made by plants. A new cycle is made. The cycle of energy. Wubbo Okkels (first Dutchman into space 18 years ago) Today the second dutch astronaut went into space. 9 days of space x years of training.

Het lichaam is vreemd

Lichaam en geest worden vaak van elkaar gescheiden terwijl wij niet begrijpen of weten waar de grens eigenlijk ligt of er überhaupt wel is. Toen ik vandaag toekeek hoe mijn kinderen gingen slapen en vanuit hun slaap de juiste houding zochten werd ik weer geconfronteerd met de verwevenheid. Vergeet ik wel eens. Zoek vaak de