2013-2014 New Year's Fireworks

A New Beginning, try 2

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...

Broodje Mokum

The Unofficial Story of… Mokum

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 Barn

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...

White Tulip

Fringe Finale — See You on the Other Side

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...

Discarded Christmas Trees

The Plight of the Christmas Trees

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...

Singel

Snow in Amsterdam 2013

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...

Timeline

A Billion Seconds Old

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...

2001: A Magnet Odyssey

The Unofficial Story of... Magnets

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....

Server Screenshot

Moving Server and SSL Fun

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...