Diet

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Scale
Scale
December is diet month - My goal is to loose about 8 kilo's (fat I hope..) and to go back to 85 kilo. After two weeks I am halfway - so just on target! :-)) If only xmas wouldn't be in December...

Cologne

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Koelner-Dom
Koelner-Dom
We went to pick up a photograph which Eddie bought at an auction in Cologne. The city is still one big building site and especially the river site with huge new modern buildings is great.

Xmas Dinner

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Zomoto at Xmas
Zomoto at Xmas
At the very nice restaurant "Te Pas" we had a wonderful Christmas dinner with the whole Zomoto Team.

I think I stay in Bed today...

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Waking up next to...
Waking up next to...

Cute

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Rachida & Sjonnie
Rachida & Sjonnie

Merry Xmas

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Elves
Elves

Lisa can Swim

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first A-level license
first A-level license

ms. Dionne Warwick live! in Amsterdam

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Dionne Warwick
Dionne Warwick
Yesterday evening I finally saw Dionne Warwick live on stage in the RAI Amsterdam. She sang all her famous tunes and as a bonus, her eldest son, David Elliot (also the drummer), sang a few songs on stage with his mother.The evening started of with Sabrina Starke and a few numbers of her debut album "Yellow Brick Road" which wasn't that good actually...

Sundays' best: Top 10 worst technology predictions of all time

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Candlestick pay telephone
Candlestick pay telephone

1. BRITAIN DOESN'T NEED TELEPHONES

Made in 1878 by Sir William Preece, chief engineer at the Post Office.

'The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys,' he said.

2. X-RAYS ARE A HOAX

Lord Kevlin, President of the Royal Society was clearly unconvinced when he made his comments in 1883.

3. THERE WILL NEVER BE A BIGGER PLANE (AND IT ONLY HELD TEN PEOPLE)

The maiden flight of the Boeing 247 took place in 1933.

Speaking after the happy event, an engineer reportedly said: 'There will never be a bigger plane built.'

The world's biggest plane is currently the Airbus A380 can carry up to 853 people.

4. TV WON'T LAST

Darryl Zanuck, 20th Century Fox movie mogul was responsible for this clanger back in 1946.

He claimed the technology had a short shelf life because people will 'soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night.'

5 HOMES WILL BE CLEANED WITH NUCLEAR HOOVERS

Back in the 1950s, Alex
Lewyt, president of the Lewyt Corp vacuum company, claimed it was only
a matter of time before nuclear power was used in the home.

'Nuclear-powered vacuum cleaners will probably be a reality within ten years,' he said.

6. LETTERS WILL BE DELIVERED BY ROCKET

'We stand on the threshold of rocket mail,' said U.S. postmaster general  Arthur Summerfield in 1959.

7. COMPUTERS AREN'T FOR HOME USE

In
1977, Ken Olsen, the president, chairman and founder of Digital
Equipment Corp (DEC) claimed there was no reason for anyone to want a
personal computer.

8. YOU'LL ONLY EVER NEED 640KB OF MEMORY

Bill Gates's first entry into the chart with his 1981 claim that no personal computer would ever need huge amounts of capacity.

He has since denied making the statement,,,

9. WE'LL KILL SPAM IN TWO YEARS

... though there's no doubt he said this one.

Speaking at the 2004 World Economic Forum he claimed a solution was in sight.

10. THE iPOD WILL BE KAPUT BY NEXT CHRISTMAS

And rounding off the technology hall of shame is Sir Alan Sugar.

He made his claim in 2005, telling an interviewer: 'Next Christmas the iPod will be dead, finished, gone, kaput.'


And we can make that a very long list... What about "Newspapers will always be there" or "Television is here to stay" or even "New cars will never be sold online..." ;-)

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