Amat victoria curam!

I don't know about you: but I don't like buzz in my gmail setup. Most of my friends are not using buzz - and if so it is a twitterfeed - so it doesn't add anything. So I removed buzz. What's next? Wave?

I finally had a chance to try out my new bike yesterday on the motorbeurs. I bought it straight from a picture (O, yes and from this video) - but hadn't had a chance to actually sit on it. Now I have - and I cannot wait to ride it.

A -very short- impression of my visit to the motorbeurs in Urecht with Eddie and Roland yesterday.

Remember that I had some trouble with my bike lately? Well I bought a new Z1000 and traded in my Milk... Today I went to the dealer because the battery was flat and the headlight was broken - their advise: just leave it here! So that was the end of the relationship me and Milk had. It was very nice the last two years, but sorry Milk: I have to move on... I only wished I could have taken it for a proper goodbye spin..

A sort of world press photo - but then gay: it's the new Pride Photo Award in Amsterdam. Starting this year with a new tradition.

Now that I am back on youtube - I thought it would be nice to share this amazing video of Stargate Studios about the usage of "green screens' in movies nowadays. If you watch this you will never trust a movie anymore (if you did that anyway...)

Because of my birthday No+Go surprised me with a great Demeyere smoking cooking set. It will open all kinds of new cooking possibilities and I cannot wait to try it out and start smoking!

After hundreds of mails in order to get my youtube account back after Google suspended it without any reason or explanation - today suddenly my Youtube account is up and running again: including all my uploaded video's etc. What happened? I don't know - but I am happy as a pig in mud :-))

I already gave Colin Firth the best chance for Best Actor at the Oscars this year for his role in A Single Man. The whole picture is beautiful and a powerful and very moving translation of Christopher Isherwoods book. I have to admit that Nicholas Hoult as the young "angel-like" student Kenny is mesmerizing as well. This is that kind of Movie that you absolutely need to see a couple of times more.
PS: I am happy that Tom Ford is not single but living happy with Richard Buckley for years now.

A nice article i the New Yorker about gospel singer Tonéx. His eccentric style and vertiginous high notes helped make him one of the most acclaimed praise singers of the past decade, and, for a time, one of the most successful. He had a certain hip-hop swagger and the status of a sex symbol - until he came out about his sexual orientation: yep, he's gay...
No nobody wants to know him anymore - I am not surprised. Why bother Anthony in the first place? Just continue to make music and forget your Pentecostal "friends"!

A district court in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent yesterday found a prominent photographer and film maker guilty of slandering and insulting the Uzbek people. However, the judge decided to grant Umida Akhmedova amnesty in honour of the 18th anniversary of Uzbek independence, her lawyer said. Akhmedova could have faced up to three years in prison. She was charged for making the documentary “The Burden of Virginity” and publishing a book of photographs – “Woman and Man: From Dawn till Night” – which portrayed daily life in Uzbekistan. Her trial had been criticised by several international rights groups. Amnesty International condemned her conviction “simply for exercising her right to freedom of expression” and called for it to be invalidated.

Speedskating is (according to Time Magazine) the dullest spectator sport on earth unless you are sitting with the inexplicably rabid Dutch skating fans who treat skating against the clock as if it were the Super Bowl and World Cup final combined. So I wonder how many people will follow it this year at the Olympic Games in Vancouver.

As calculated at the stockholmpride website based to my facebook friends newtwork....

Det här är fredrick federley, Svenska politiker. Han åkt till Gran Canaria och fått betalt för att skriva om det på Hanky. Han hävdar att det inte var han som åkte, utan hans drag-alter ego, Ursula. De gjorde ett reportage om ön inför en dragfestival, och det var ingen semester.
Sveriges tidningen Aftonbladet tänkte annorlunda och skrev en sensationell artikel om det. Även är Sverige det verkar svårt att vara vem du vill vara.... pfft.

The 24th annual Tough Guy Challenge took place last weekend on South Perton Farm, near Wolverhampton, England. It is the safest most dangerous taste of physical and mental endurance pain in the world. If you joined you had to sign this statement: "It's my own bloody fault for being here". More then 5000 people did (600 didn't finish...)

Well: one pic that is...

Five crates of Scotch whisky and brandy belonging to the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered after more than 100 years in the ice. They were buried beneath Shackleton's Antarctic hut, his expedition ran short of supplies on their long trek to the South Pole from Cape Royds in 1907-1909 and they eventually fell about 100 miles (160 kilometres) short of their goal.

Marc van Woudenberg won the Bicycle Mania Photo Contest with this very nice / sweet photo. He likes (amsterdam) cycles a lot as you can see at his blog.

At the recent Brussels Art Fair several cartoon drawings by Herge were on offer. Expect something to pay in the region of €200.000 plus. OOPS!
Herge is of course the most recognized artist in the world with TinTin But ohers like Franquin are catching up quickly. This original Spirou drawing is for sale for € 3500 at gallery 9.

Facel Vega are really betautiful cars and the nice thing is that you can actually buy nice restored ones even today at Amical Facel Holland like this FV2B cabriolet, 1956 (unfortunately sold...)

Michel Hania the candidate for the party student058 posed nude for the municipal election poster. To bad for the beer he holds in his hands and the rather skinny looks. The photo is taken by the way in the City Hall...

Now that the nominations are known - it's time to make my previous predictions a little bit more plausible:

My (adjusted) prediction for this years Oscars:
1) Best Film - Avatar
2) Best Director - Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds
3) Best Actor - Colin Firth in A Single Man
4) Best Actress - Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia
5) Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
6) Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique for Precious
7) Best Foreign Film - The White Ribbon
8) Best Animation - UP

Obama made a pledge during the election and repeated it during his first State of the Union. Now it seems that even the military are working on a way to end the ridiculous "Don't Ask - Don't Tell" policy - will it finally stop? Then all there is left is the Supreme Court proposition 8 ruling :-)

We're making progress!

A couple a days ago a guy at the Spui Straat whom was carrying a shopping bag from Gays & Gadgets (from my friend Hans) was brutally attacked without any reason. In Amsterdam! See the security camera video:

Today Mayor Cohen gave Gay shopping bags to shoppers so for a while everyone was carrying a gay message - I like the reaction, but it is unbelievable that you are beaten up for the bag you have...

What's the matter with guys nowadays: they all seem to be searching for something...

A couple of days ago my Youtube account was "suspended"... That is Google for terminated. Without any reason, explanation or possibility to complain. Just like that no more you in youtube :-(
It wouldn't be that bad if Google & Youtube were just normal companies: but we're talking about huge monopolies here - so actually i am screwed (and switching to vimeo)

In his first state of the union Obama came back with a great speech - so will it turn out as we hoped for?

It is actually an iTunes pad and a little disappointing (no camera - 64G - no multi applications running) - but hey: Can you live without it? So When and Where (to buy) are they only questions left...

I have no idea how he did it: but it worked - Spyker now owns Saab. One way or the other Victor is the sort of guy who makes (the most unbelievable) things happen and takes great risks with confidence. In that part he is an example for all entrepreneurs and a true descent of our VOC heritage.

De simmar alltid i Sverige - sommar eller vinter eller mycket kall vinter. Brrrrrr....

Jag ha bli med i Svensk-Nederländska föreningen igår på Skandinavisk dagen. Har som syfte att förstärka banden mellan Sverige och Nederländerna och organiserar sammankomster och föredrag. Ocha firar den typiskt svenska fester och ihågkommer viktiga dagar och händelser i Servige.
Jag ha got hopp jag lära känna mycket interesant och rolig människor!

Well - actually not a lot of jumping this afternoon but the dressage. Edward Gal won easily. His horse Totilas is absolutely an other class all together. I had an excellent front row seat and could almost "feel" the horses :-)

My prediction for this years Oscars:
1) Best Film - Avatar
2) Best Director -Michael Haneke for The White Ribbon
3) Best Actor - Robert Downey Jr. for Sherlock Holmes
4) Best Actress - Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia
5) Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds
6) Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique for Precious
7) Best Foreign Film - Winter in Wartime
8) Best Animation - UP

After Gilbert Gascard yet an other creator of a cartoon hero is dead: Jacques Martin father of Alix and LeFranc among others. Especially Alix is interesting: always wearing a bare minimum of clothes and always with his (very close) buddy Enak - he was a sort of gay superhero of cartoons...

Stephen won two awards at the National Television Awards show this evening. One lifetime achievement and one for his travel series: Fry in America. Well done! He even came out of his self imposed communication ban and was back on twitter (for a couple of minutes). Now he is back writing the second part of his bibliography - which sould be ready in April. If you haven't done so - read the first part Moab is my Washpot or watch the DVD of Fry in America while waiting for him to return.

On flickr you can find of kinds of HDR pictures. I especially like this set of Amsterdam - maybe just because it is around the corner where I live...

I couldn't resist and went for a ride today: wow! after a coupe of "motor-less" weeks it is good to be back! I was smiling all the way :-)))

Under namnet Morph har Nokia tagit fram en rad koncept och förslag till hur framtidens mobiler kan se ut när man med hjälp av nanoteknik förändrar det mesta. Elektroniken behöver inte längre byggas in bakom ett skyddande plastskal, den blir istället en del av materialet.

Jag tittar på äventyr med gubben Pettson och katten Findus. Den är mycket rolligt och mycket lätt - precis vad jag förstår. Tidigare förstod jag ingenting, men nu mestadels. :-)

OK its rather cold - but the weight he is lifting is no more then 30 kilos...

David Beckham has added another tattoo to his already huge collection of body art. The 34-year-old soccer ace already has 17 tattoos but decided to get the latest one — black and white image of Jesus Christ — to pay a tribute to his grandfather Joe West, who passed away in December. Go for number 18th David!

Iris Robinson, MP wife of Northern Ireland's First Minister, called for homosexuals to seek psychiatric counseling one year ago and now she is exposed as a sex mad middle-aged woman who can't keep her hands off teenage a boy - 40 years her junior -Kirk McCambley. Brilliant :-)

Philip's upcoming Activa MP3 player (April $130) changes what song is playing to match your rhythm. Its TempoMusics software analyzes a few different traits of songs in your library — such as the tempo — and will player slower songs when it looks like you're cooling down, or quicker ones to match your hard run. It'll even ask you to select an power song. The design looks OK. And as far I can see it has an USB connection. I wonder if it has any other (voice) feedback, like nike plus.

We don't know for sure what Sherlock and John all did together - but in this new movie they have great fun (and we too) as the solve intriguing Victorian mysteries. The art direction and machinery of this movie is really awesome - as are the jokes. I hope this will be the beginning of a new franchise.

Talking of which: we first have to wait for Iron Man II with Robbert I guess.

It was time to buy new running shoes. After some looking around and some solid advice from Run2Day I choose the new Nike Vomero fours. They are really comfy..

Today a plane from The Netherlands will arrive at JFK Airport in New York and two passengers onboard will, for the first time in more than two decades, be able to step safely onto U.S. soil. The arrival of Clemens Ruland and Hugo Bausch will also signal the end of a shameful and discriminatory policy and kept countless individuals - both straight and gay - separated from their loved ones: the US HIV Travel and Immigration Ban will be a relic of the past! :-)

Clemens will be the first HIV-positive person to enter the country in 22 years.

Fay Hartog Levin, the American Ambassador in Holland said goodby to the guys and the Dutch consul picked them up at the airport. Clemens won a contest by writing this poem:

Positive
No more lies
No more pretending
No more hiding
In the crevices of exclusion

Honesty
to the land
where once lay my destiny
in one viral load

Free I am
Free to travel
To hug, share, love
And once more be united

Alive and proud
I turn to you, America
America, here I come
Come as I am

HIV+

Clemens Ruland

The United Nations praised the United States on Monday for lifting travel bans on people with HIV and urged 57 other countries with travel restrictions (sic!) to end them quickly.

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