Been a while since I last pushed a piece of software. Finally though I found a new program that I'm really happy with. Phoenix. This is a reworked version of Mozilla, like Galleon or Chimera. The difference is that where those browsers just use Mozilla's layout-engine (Gecko) and do the interface using native methods (Win32 or Cocoa) Phoenix uses ( Read more... )

The dutch government has finally fallen!

Now we can get a real government!

Looking at the pictures of the new Nokia 6650 has made me realize that people with large hands are all of a sudden hot property to the marketing departments of mobile-phone companies.

Our final offer for the house we wanted has been accepted today! We will move in december 16th (can I wait that long?). Such a strange feeling. I mean I'm happy we finally got it but at the same time I'm not jumping up and down shouting like you would expect. I guess that's what happens when you spend so much time working towards goal and gradually ( Read more... )

Lately Karine and me have found ourselves in a Shacker-like position. We want to buy a house in Utrecht, which is well known for being the most expensive and generally hardest city in Holland to buy in house in ( Read more... )

Since I got my holiday allowance this month I allowed myself a new gadget ( Read more... )

What else can it be, but MorrowindWhether you're a hard-core gamer or just happen to play games once in a while this is one you really can't miss. If you liked Deus Ex or Baldurs' Gate or anything even vaguely RPG-y this thing is the bomb! The depth of play is incredible and even though I've been playing almost non-stop for the past two weeks I ( Read more... )

I've managed to miss this until today: Amazon now keeps track of which countries it is allowed to ship products to. I somehow seem to remember that this wasn't always the case. Right now it means that I can't buy something that hast been released in US but not yet in Europe, like DVDs, games etc. Bugger!

Like this!
What's next? Americans-that-died-of-foreign-diseases-while-on-holiday-day ( Read more... )

Back in november or so last year I forced everyone I knew to look at Digital Harbor. Now it seems they are ready to release their PiiE software in 'a matter of days' (quote from email I got from them). It might not be the biggest thing since sliced bread but at least it is the biggest thing since people thought up a way to wrap sliced bread in ( Read more... )