I don't care much for new year "resolutions" and other such contraptions, but seeing how my last post here was from January last year, while the Drafts folder is getting thicker and thicker, I decided to give it another try. As they say, "perfect is the enemy of good" so…
Sailing on to the sun 'till the sea of green might be were most of us would expect to find any self-respecting Yellow Submarine; a quiet canal on the side...
Anyone living in Amsterdam for longer than a few years must have come across this affectionate nickname for the city itself: Mokum. I know I've heard it well before even...
The sticky sweat of the afternoon heat is clinging to the sides of the freshly painted barn like flies to strips of adhesive paper hanging around the kitchen. Swathes of...
A little while ago I was writing about configuring SSL/HTTPS to secure my own website. In the meantime, I read about some "interesting" experiments the Chinese government seems to be...
A Dutch historian called Johan Huizinga wrote about the "Playing Human" (Homo Ludens) in a 1931 book, among the first to discuss the important part games have played in shaping...
There are few TV shows that really capture my interest, but the ones that do tend to combine intriguing ideas, unusual characters and decent amounts of fun in an unforgettable...
As I got out of the house yesterday, I was greeted with the first surprise of the new year — the white blanket covering everything, a première this winter (we...
This year snow came to Amsterdam a bit late, missing Christmas by a few weeks. Still, it presented a nice surprise in the morning and a welcome diversion from the...
Sometime one of these days, I will become 1,000,000,000 (one billion) seconds old. Of course, being born tends to be a messy affair, it's not an exact science, and then...
I was fascinated with magnets from the earliest age, amazed by the magical force that was keeping all those pieces of plastic fruit attached to the outside of the fridge....
I've been a bit quiet lately, but that was because of all the work going on behind-the-scenes. I just finished the move of all the websites and mail domains I...
Here I am, at the beginning of a new year. There is a lot to look back on, and a lot more to look forward to... But first of all,...