26 April 08 - 14:32The 'Leave me alone' box

What people do with their spare time. LOL

Simple, yet brilliant.

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26 April 08 - 04:16Birthday party

Damn! :) Did I have a nice birthday party. Playing with the band, getting presents, loads of friends, 'lost' friends, people I never met, booze and music. It could have been worse :)

Thanks to all who attended for the great evening.

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20 April 08 - 03:17Shipwrecked Whisky

I know a guy who is best described as 'brother in law', although neither of us is married to the sisters we love so dearly

He gave me a taste of a rather special whisky.

The story is that a vessel carrying a load of whisky sank on the New Waterway (Nieuwe Waterweg) while heading for Japan. Its payload was destined to end up in one of the famous Japanese whisky blends. It did'nt get really far. The cargo was sold to a Dutch whisky trader who later marketed the stuff under the name 'Burn of Speyside'. Being an unfinished product, it was difficult to find out where the stuff originated from. It's whisky that is not finished, it's more like an ingredient. They found that the distillery responsible for this 58.4% alc. killer is the Balvenie distillery in Dufftown, Schotland.

To make a long story short; I've got a bottle of the stuff.

Thank you, Esther. Ghehe.

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20 April 08 - 02:48Little-Known Computer Languages

My buddy Zaphod pointed me to this piece of work:

http://www.gshotts.com/HUMOR/languages.htm

For all the smelly geeks out there. :)

Thanks, Zaphod.

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10 April 08 - 10:44Bad banana

This made me laugh quite a bit

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07 April 08 - 23:06Jazz festival, Gorinchem 2008

On the evening of Friday the 25th of April, the annual Jazz festival in Gorinchem will kick off. This happens to be my birthday and I happen to play with my band in Café 'Pavlov'. Isn't that a coincidence?!

I'd like to invite all who'd want to join me this evening. There is a slight problem though; the entrance fee for the festival is €7,-. You buy a button for this amount and the button gives you access to all the venues in town. Drop me a line when you'd like to come, and I'll see if I can arrange something.

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06 April 08 - 03:43Bad news

My dad's condition is downhill. Cancer has spread to his bones, in the Pelvis area. Chemo therapy starts next wednesday.

I'm confused. I don't know what to do! Can I do something, to begin with? It's a 1300km drive. Nope. I could call him... I want to cry, but I haven't found the time.

Okay, I'm crying.......

Fuck this shit...

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04 April 08 - 15:41Rumours of new Canon EOS 5D

The rumours of the arrival of a Canon EOS 5D mark II are getting stronger. If this is true, I really would consider the upgrade from my current 5D body (or keep it as a spare). It would be quite an investment again, though... The specs are to drool over:

"- 15.3 MP full frame CMOS sensor (vastly improved light-gathering capacity per pixel: improved micro lenses; miniaturized micro circuitry; enhanced signal/noise ratio)
- Weather sealing same as 1Ds Mark III
- Dual Digic III with all-new "CXR" NR system reported to best 3rd party NR software. Available as a C.F with 4 levels of customizable parameters. 14 bit A/D conversion
- ISO 12800 (C.F. up to 25600)
- Reported 1 2/3 stop sensitivity improvement
- All-new 29-point TTL CMOS sensor with 12 cross-type for F/2.8 or faster lens (35% faster than 40D)
- Micro lens fine adjustment for up to 14 lenses
- 300,000 exposure shutter durability
- 3.0" LCD 922,000 pixels
- EOS Integrated Cleaning System
- Live View (improved from 450D; latest generation)
- 6/3 fps continuous shooting for up to 68 frames"

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