Pompeii the movie - a bigger disaster then the original one...

Even Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje can not safe this one...
I knew it would be a bad movie (sort of super B) but Paul Anderson really beat everyone's expectations in delivering the worst movie of this decade. Everything is wrong: the script, the acting, the action, the special effects. What were they thinking when making this movie? Trying to beat the real Pompeii disaster? Well they surely succeeded...
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Mustang on top of the

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/17/automobiles/ford-marks-the-original-mustang-with-a-new-model.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0#slideshow/100000002828581/100000002828605

October 1965

To mark the 50st anniversary  a 2015 Mustang was placed on the Observation Deck of the Empire State Building.
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Joe -Cool- Biden

Joe's first selfie on IG with a buddy... I like his handle too: @vp...
http://instagram.com/vp
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Tom of Finland Stamp

The Finnish postal service Itella is to release a set of stamps commemorating Tom of Finland. I am wondering what happens if you sent a postcard to Iran with this stamp or to Russia...
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New Nexus - New color

Because of the broken screen of my previous (black) Nexus I ordered a new one: bright red. And you can say that again: SUPER bright red. I like :-)
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A wanna be...

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The Day my Nexus 5 broke

I had this day today were everything I tried just failed. The mount for my new Garmin 350 GPS on my motorbike didn't fit - so I had to order a replacement and while doing that my Nexus slipped out of my hands on the (concrete) garage floor. Which was the end of the Nexus' screen... Not sure to repair it (€200) or order a new one (€349). What I do know that I stick to the Nexus 5: it is by far the best phone I ever had.
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PEP: those were the good old days

In the Meermanno Book museum a nice exhibition about the comic magazine from the 60's and 70's: PEP. I remember longing for the moment in the week that the new issue would come out and fall in our letter box. All my heroes started in the PEP: Blake & Mortimer, Tin Tin, Le Franc, Luc Orient - well everyone...
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Steel blue MacBook Air - sweet!

Stefan Verkerk showing of his Steel Blue MacBook Air. It looks very beautiful. It is done by Colorware. Pricy though... but worth it. Maybe if the new (retina?) MacBook Air is released later this year?
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Gay jeans? What's next?

Betabrand is crowdfunding for its "gay-jeans" which is a pair of jeans that over time when broken in shows rainbow colors threads. I stick to my 511.
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A day at the beach

Marijn and I had a brainstorm day at the beach and it did storm not only in our brains...
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The first E-Book?

"Host" by Peter James was published back in 1993 on 2 floppy disks. It sold 12.000 copies - not bad at all. However it was not the very first:  Project Gutenberg had been going since 1971 and a lot of books had been published on CD-Roms (think of all the encyclopedias). And what is a book anyway? So maybe we will never know what was the first E-Book - it was probably just a story / blog post on line in txt format.
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Dating yourself...


What is better then dating yourself? On tumblr boyfriend twin you can see guys who put that idea into practice.. Little scary isn't it?
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Normcore - I am not sure if I am in yet...

OK so there we have it: Normcore - the new trend which is actually to dress as inconspicuous as possible... Basic like in the late 80's. GQ even has a feature about the 10 essentials you should have in your normcore collection. And even brands like Dolce and Gabanna have essential basics in their collection (for none basic prizes).
So what do you need?

  • white T-shirt
  • 501 or similar
  • fleece jacket
  • white tube socks
  • grey walking sneakers
  • novelty T-shirt
  • light washed denim shirt
Yep: I have got everything....
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Hurray for Rimova!

Remember that after my latest flight from Houston my Rimova suitcase was terribly damaged? Well the lifetime guarantee made everything more then OK - Rimova fixed my case - they renewed everything while leaving the vintage look intact - KLM has already reimbursed me for the transportation costs - so things turned out good after all. Thanks Rimova!
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Why Readly is the new Spotify...

I have written a couple of times (in Swedish) about Readly and why I am a huge fan of this "all you can read magazines" service. But now lately Readly has become even more interesting: They added tons of US and UK magazines and this week I was surprised with (swedish) books.
Now for books alone I would not take a all-you-can-read pay monthly subscription - because how many books will you / can you actually read in a month?
But when added to a magazine offer it is great. They only thing now left to do is to add some newspapers and we're done: everything you ever wanted to read in one beautiful service: Readly!
You can try it out one month free...
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@ The Coffee Company - with a diet Coke that is...


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Är det så? - my first (swedish) hiphop track

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Marijn the Motor Mouse


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(Stefan Zweigs')The Grand Hotel Budapest

Wes Anderson lastest movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel is inspired by Stefan Zweigs' "Rausch der Verwandlung" which also plays in a Grand Hotel and is narrated as a story within a story, one of Zweig’s favourite devices. I also had to think of "Die Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull" of Thomas Mann, in which a lift-boy in a grand Parisian establishment charms and seduces the wealthy guests. Anyway it is a must see movie - really funny.
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