NASA’s Cassini – Huygens mission

Always been an fan of SF. And on June 30 we have yet another moment in history. After a nearly seven-year voyage from Earth, the Cassini spacecraft is fast approaching the moment that scientists have dreamed of and planned for over the better part of their careers. It will fly close to Saturn 76 times

Historic moment

I attended, for the first time in my life, an Opera (June 1st). Got free tickets from a friend who played in this opera where he had a walk-on part. Liked it. Was really an experience worth repeating. After the performance all the people were giving the cast and all other people involved a standing

Sunkist

Some things in life should stay the same. I’m happy to see this brand again after at least 13 years. It was probably there, but I just didn’t see it, because I changed. Made me remember a childhood feeling I had. And now I was preparing this orange for my children. Some things in life

Zonsverduistering

Bij de Tolkresj. Samen met de kinderen kijken naar dit fenomeen.

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

Oil and politics

China, VS en Europa lonken naar Kaspische olie Olav Velthuis – 5 juni 2004 – link Als het om olie gaat, zijn alle ogen op de OPEC gericht. Maar de olie die West-Europeanen verbruiken, komt vooral uit Rusland. Ook de VS willen een minder dominante OPEC. ‘Als de olie in de Kaspische Zee op de

How much? Way to much

OPEC to boost oil output The Star – 4 juni 2004 – link OPEC agreed today to raise its oil production ceiling by two million barrels a day next month and an additional 500,000 barrels a day in August if necessary in a bid to rein in uncomfortably high prices for crude. Oil prices fell

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

Groovy

Scanning LP’s (or any old mechanical audio carrier), it’s getting better and better. Even better than the original. The trick: confocal laser microscopy. And it’s not just for fun. LP’s scannen versie 2.0 Herbert Blankesteijn – 30 mei 2004 – NRC Handelsblad Vier jaar geleden hoorden ze (Carl Haber en Vitali Fadejev) een radiouitzending waarin

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