Hmmm...

01:47 mareku 0 Comments


Yep: I am a mac addict

10:04 mareku 0 Comments

So now it is official: I only work on macs. It all started with my Macbook, then I installed a Mac Pro at home and now at the brand new Zomoto Head Quarters I am proud to work on a new iMac 24". It's GREAT! never had a better computer...

How the free dutch spirit is ruined...

09:51 mareku 0 Comments

What's happening in the Netherlands? The new government is acting like we are a bunch of dumb sheep. We are not allowed to think and to act as free citizens any more. The past few weeks all kinds of new laws are rapidly introduced to "protect and to help" us. It seems we are stupid and they have to help us to avoid to do stupid things.
examples:
1) study books are now for free - Why? can we no longer afford them?
2) porn is restricted - what's wrong with porn
3) the legal coffee shops and brothels are restricted - why when it is legal in the first place
4) shopping Sundays are restricted - we need to enjoy the free day
5) children are monitored even more - the parents are not trusted with their own children
6) the government is tracking Internet and blocking certain websites
7) high incomes are limited - cannot the share holders decide themselves
etc. etc.
Where does this end? Why is nobody protesting? I am starting to be a little bit worried. Let's keep a close eye on this development.

Please make more noise...

04:36 mareku 0 Comments


Because the Prius makes virtually no noise at slower speeds when it run solely on electric power, blind people say it pose a
hazard to those who rely on their ears to determine whether it's
safe to cross the street or walk through a parking lot.
"I'm used to being able to get sound cues from my environment
and negotiate accordingly. I hadn't imagined there was anything I
really wouldn't be able to hear," said Deborah Kent Stein,
chairwoman of the National Federation of the Blind's Committee on
Automotive and Pedestrian Safety. "We did a test, and I
discovered, to my great dismay, that I couldn't hear it."

Maybe Debbie shoul come over and listen to my Prius in the morning when I try to leave my garage: It is screaming like hell! The rear gear beeps constantly, the parkingsensors roar and the don't forget your safety belt alarm kicks in as well.... The neighbors didn't complain just yet...

Stupid

01:29 mareku 0 Comments

How stupid can I be? I completely missed the fact that Bill Clinton was signing his new book (At Give) in Rotterdam today. I certainly was willing to stand for hours in line to give the man a hand shake. Yet an other reason that Obama MUST win. If Hilary is president I will never see Bill live...

GI Marque

07:30 mareku 0 Comments



The BBC will air a new documentary from Stephen Fry: HIV and Me. Part of the series is a website were you can build your own GI Joe. 


New Start

07:35 mareku 0 Comments

Today I started developing further our brand new Zomoto website. In our new office at the Herengracht in Amsterdam I am working hard with Marijn, Jeroen and Steven to bring the website in to its next stage. Our back door neighbors, Ruby and Hans from Skipintro surprised me with a nice bunch of flowers - which just fits in our compact offices... :-)
(the photo quality is thanks to Steven's new phone...)

The last of Hans

07:42 mareku 0 Comments

Yesterday the special Hans van Manen ballet series already came to an end with an excellent performance in Care theater. The extraordinary ballet "Live" in which a baller dancer is followed live with a video camera was again a big hit. Afterwards I had the chance to thank Hans in person (and to congratulate him with his 75th birthday). I must admit that in real he really looks more like...say...76!