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…
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...
This was initially written for the internal magazine, called Offline, of the company where I was working in 2012, and published in the December 2012 issue. I added it here...
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,...
Fireworks in the Pijp, Amsterdam, during the New Year's night between 2012 and 2013
The last day of some old calendar is slowly drifting away, but the world remains in one piece — unsurprisingly enough. If the Mayans didn't do it, then what I...