At Bubb Kuyper Book auctions I was able to finally get a copy of "Le Livre Blanc" - the famous book written en illustrated by Jean Cocteau. It is a 1949 copy (#100 of 475) signed by Cocteau.
Nice timing: on Harvey Milk Day the U.S. Postal Service unveiled today the image for its new stamp honoring Harvey Milk. Looks great - almost tempted to sent a hard copy piece of mail...
So after some consideration for the best configuration I ordered my new Mac Pro today. I hope that that will erase messages like "you computer is to slow for playback" which I now sometimes get. Even as my current Mac Pro is a quad core 64Gb monster. I guess I have to much audiotracks and devices... It will now be made in the US, shipped and then in a month or so the big migration will start. Fingers crossed.
Back in 1985, Wubbo was the first Dutch guy in Space. And no he died. I admire Wubbo highly. He was a very intelligent and most creative person. Always pursuing new ideas. (And probably the only human ever with woolen socks in space...) He will be forever in our history and that is a remarkable achievement.
Again I was member of the jury for the Dutch Interactive Awards 2014. It was a great line up with innovative ideas, beautifully designed and realized. My favorites this year were the "Vaarwater app" and "De Correspondent". We had a fun dinner at Krasnapolsky with surprising good food and (less surprising) awesome company.
At the Houston Nasa Space Command Center - earlier this year.
A fun test on time: how popular will your name be in 25 years? Not so much it seems...
Now that the weather is still a bit gloomy what better time to re-watch some of the best Michael Caine movies? We started with the Harry Palmer series and see where we will end up. And even after 50 years or so - these movies are quite enjoyable and Michael Caine is great as ever :-)
Cute new idea from the BMW design center: a solar powered car port for the BMW i3 made from bamboo and solar panels . It is useless here in Amsterdam so I better stick to parking inside our garage...
Doesn't surprise me: Drawing on in-depth interviews with forty student-athletes at a British university, it was found that thirty-seven participants have cuddled with another male.
I am willing to help to expand this research to - let's say - 1000 more students...
Le1f (pronounced: leaf) a.k.a. Khalif Diouf makes some interesting tracks. Listen to Soda e.g. it has some very different vocals. Not sure if I could compose this - or listen continuously to it for that matter...
Strange name - but clearly the best song at this year's Eurovison. A mix of Olive's "You are not alone" and at the end a Skrillex dub-step. He wrote it him self - so that is a change from other countries (like Russia and Ukraine) who ordered their songs in Sweden.
I am not a fan of smartphone cases - but with my unfortunate experiences with my Nexus 5s - I had to take precaution measures: in comes the Ringke Fushion bumper. That will provide my hopefully with more grip and some protection when my phone drops the next time. (it also give me back my red rim)
Today after exactly 10.000 days Eddie and I returned to (almost) the place where we first met. The opera was closed - so we had to settle with café l'Opera - next door. Wow those days went really fast which is very logical when you're having fun :-)
Hopefully we can make it all the way through the next 10.000 days together in good health and with our ongoing love.
