Naked men from the upcoming Swann Photographs auction




A nice collection of "nude male" photographs on sale October 22th at Swann, New York.
Photo's from Avedon, Von Gloeden, Bianchi, Hine, Forbes, Seidner and McDermott

Finally: I ordered The Amazon Kindle (2)


Amazon made a very interesting offer with their new kindle 2 - international version. For $279 (plus shipping and tax) you can download books ($11.99) almost everywhere in the world within 60 seconds.
Although I already own a iRex Iliad, I thought this was an offer I couldn't refuse and so pre-ordered my kindle. It will be delivered in two weeks :-))

From this week's New Yorker...


Nana Kofi Acquah - photo's from Ghana

Am I Bored to death or NOT?



A hilarious new HBO comedy with Zach Galifianakis (Hangover) and Jason Schwartzman.

How to make a good political campaign


The conservative party will win the next elections - no doubt about that. But the way they are organising themselves is pretty good. Have a look at their campaign website: myconservatives and see how they are using web 2.0 to mobilize volunteers and voters.

The Ugly Truth

The Ugly Truth is that this movie totally SUCKS. It is a mindless, foul, formula movie without any nice moment (or pretty people).

IKEA hacker




Some people are not satisfied enough with the usual stuff you can make out of the DIY IKEA packs and create whole new things out of standard IKEA. Like this miniature train coffee table or dozens of other ideas...

Cliff: only € 375 a shot


From the catalog of the danish sperm bank company Cyros: Cliff always shows up in a very good mood and is always up for a little chat with the staff. He is a very well spoken and charming donor who loves to travel and has a special affection for Germany. Cliff is also an intelligent and ambitious guy with a very good sense of his surroundings. He is definitely a guy that our male staff would wish to have as a brother-in-law and that our female staff wouldn’t mind using as a donor. Cliff has a round shaped face with large round blue eyes. The staff agree that he bares a striking resemblance to the cyclist, Lance Armstrong.

The Danes are the biggest sperm exporter in the world because of their relaxed (anonymous) regulations...

new trend: raise your own chickens in your back garden



An English company, Omlet has found a new niche market: it seems that more and more people are keeping chickens in their back garden. They make a new kind of chicken houses and even sell chickens online. If your more into bees, ducks or rabbits: don't worry they have them too!

Project Gaydar


Just by looking at a person’s online friends, you can predict whether a person is gay two MIT students found out. They did this with a software program that looked at the gender and sexuality of a person’s friends and, using statistical analysis, made a prediction. So people may be effectively “outing” themselves just by the virtual company they keep.
Their project is called Gaydar - and I would loooove to have a copy of that software :-)

The High Price of Being a Gay Couple


The stereotype that gay people are more affluent than heterosexuals appears to be just that — an (other) stereotype. In a worst case scenario, a gay couple’s lifetime extra costs of being gay is $467,562. Nearly all the extra costs (social, medical, tax) that gay couples face would be erased if the federal US government legalized same-sex marriage...

The Moto Guzzi Firestarter



Just take a 'normal' Moto Guzzi Griso V8 and bring it back to the essentials and voila: the firestarter - sweet :-)

Faithness



If you want to do fitness while being a Muslim girl - sometimes you have a problem. I really admire all those girls who swim, surf and work out in their (high tech fabric) Burqini, Hijoods and even do Nordic Walking in their Burqas. But I wonder: what's the point to be in shape when nobody will ever notice?....

Desperate newspapers will use anything to survive


 The new cash cow of many US newspapers could be you. Whenever you drive to fast or do something illegal (which by US standard is almost everything) The local Sheriff will take you mugshot and publish it. Because it is free information newspaper collect these mugshots and make nice websites out of them which are a hit by their readers. It is their main traffic driver...

Me at Picnic 2009


An interview with Vincent Evers about auto.nl

On the boat

At the Ogilvy boat trip - I couldn't help myself and told my vision of the future of Internet to the people aboard (They couldn't escape - so had to listen - except for the captain that is as you can see ;-) )

80% compatibility - So Whipped...


I was trying Moonit and test my compatibility with Eddie... Here's what I got:

He's defenseless against the really strong pull you've got on him. In fact, his friends are probably teasing him right now, accusing him of being whipped. But you'll both have the last laugh. That's because you were put on this earth to make sure he achieves his true potential. So he can continue being himself, only better. Don't get us wrong, things are going to be intense whenever you're together. With two forces as powerful as both of you, it's not going to be a cake-walk. Especially since his temper has a way of flaring every now and then. But any disagreements and drama along the way are a small price to pay for him becoming a more mature and evolved person. It's important for both of you to make the most of this relationship because something like this doesn't come around too many times. That means he needs to take any constructive criticism you offer in stride and not let petty jealousies and rivalries get in the way. You've got too much at stake here for him to let his temper mess it all up.

Meanwhile at our front door

The canal in front of our house (The Prinsengracht) is under siege of a huge building project - to reconstruct the walls of the canal. It more looks like a site in Baghdad...
(click on the picture to see the full size pano)

Christoph Waltz is my Basterd

By far the best actor of the funny movie Inglourious Basterds from Quentin Tarantino is Christoph Waltz. He is believable, funny, knows his languages and is just Hans Landa. I never heard of him before, but hope to see him very soon again.