Riding trough Northern Holland

With my motor club we had a nice trip through the Northern part of Holland (and back again). Maybe the last activity of this year who knows...
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On the Friesian Lakes


I was invited by Ogilvy to sail the Friesian Lakes with a nice crowd of their finest relations - the weather couldn't be better so we had an unforgettable time.
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Met him at the gym...


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Traffic Jam

Because of an accident in the Coen Tunnel, The A10 around Amsterdam was completely blocked. Luckily as motor riders we were able to ride to the beginning of the blockade, so we could have some small talk (about motors) and were the first to ride again - carefully because of the oil on the highway.
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The Lost Symbol - the new Dan Brown almost for free...

 
I ordered the Lost Symbol ages ago with amazon UK. I got a mail today that it is shipped and that I would get an additional 50% discount - so I only pay £ 4.50... While that is not a lot of money in the mean time you can also download the PDF or the audiobook for... free. :-)
I have to wait one more day for the "real" book to arrive.
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Porsche panamera

I had a look at the new Porsche Panamera at the brand new Porsche center Amsterdam. It is a huge car - especially compared with a 911 (which is still my favorite).
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Sundays' best: top ten pens


In this keyboard age - you still need a pen now and then. During the years I have used a lot of pens - I am afraid I am a kind of pen junkie. I noticed that the cheaper the pen, the faster I lose it :-)
Here are my favorite pens:
  1. Mont Blanc Meisterstuck
  2. Parker Duofold
  3. Waterman Edson
  4. Pelican Souverän
  5. Shaeffer calligraphy
  6. Pentel Tradio Stylo
  7. Sharpie - fine
  8. Fountain Pentel
  9. Pentel Sign Pen
  10. any pencil B...
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Hans Warren on Twitter!

A nice new initiative: the poet and writer Hans Warren - who died back in 2001 is on twitter :-)
Everyday a new snippet from his impressive autobiography...
Hans last writing will be published later this year and lots of activities are held to celebrate that.
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Finally: An apology for Alan Turing


The UK Prime Minister Brown has released a statement on the Second World War code-breaker, Alan Turing, recognising the “appalling” way he was treated for being gay.

Alan Turing, a mathematician most famous for his work on breaking the German Enigma codes, was convicted of ‘gross indecency’ in 1952 and sentenced to chemical castration.

Gordon Brown’s statement came in response to a petition posted on the Number 10 website which has received thousands of signatures in recent months.
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A once forbidden book - now a must read!

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote The Gulag Archipelago after his own experiences in the horrific Gulags of the USSR. He was already awarded the Nobel prize for earlier work in 1970, consequently exiled in 1974 and only in 1990 his Russian citizenship was restored. Now This very same novel is made an obligatory reading on all Russian high schools. :-) Time will always the ones that are right.
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Back to Holland

Back on my way to Holland I took the Stenaline from Harwich to Hoek van Holland. It is a very comfortable passage with cruise ship kind of luxury and  niceties. As usual the motorbike guys clung together and we talked about our bikes and riding bikes in general. The ships' crew did a great job to secure my bike and all I had to do was to lay down and go to sleep, the next morning I was back home!
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Finally: my BMW R1200GS adventure

I bought a new motorbike: the awesome BMW R1200GS Adventure - a sort hummer of motor bikes :-)
Because of the euro-pound exchange I bought it at Cannon Motorcycles in Braintree, England and today I flew to London stansted to pick it up. It was a great day, warm and sunny and I had a prefect first (terrific) rid through the Essex landscape with my new bike. It is really HUGE - but very agile and easy to ride. I visited the coast and some tiny villages.
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Sunday's best: top ten Beatles tracks


Now with the upcoming Beatles B-Day Sept 9 I was wondering: what are the very best Beatles tracks? Here's my top 10:
  1. Can't Buy Me Love
  2. A Hard Day's Night
  3. And I Love Her
  4. Please Please Me
  5. Love Me Do
  6. Michelle
  7. Help
  8. All My Loving
  9. Hello Goodbye
  10. No Reply
Maybe you wanna download the new black box or why now play your own Beatles songs with rockband?
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Funny funny people

I really liked Funny people. Adam is fun but my hero is Seth Rogen, who plays Ira.
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Niek's beautiful 456

Niek bought a beautiful green 456 (1 of only 9). It is in mint condition so when Niek offered for me to make a test drive I had to refuse - what a nightmare if you would make a scratch in this one... :-(
Here a nice film on how this car was made
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Do the Mojito - times 1000


Hurray! I saw the Bacardi Mojito commercial officially 1000 times - I cannot escape this one: every movie starts with it...
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Snow Leopard is finally here

While outside it is raining cats and dogs, inside I am more in a snowy mood: istalling Snow Leopard to be precise...
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Still Life

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No's birthday

A warm summer evening in the center of Amsterdam, a BBQ in a blooming garden, perfect company: the ingredients of a intimate celebration of No's birthday.
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Dutch Google earth alphabet

Thomas de Bruin created this wonderful alphabet from Google Earth images from Holland. It took him a week to do this - But I guess it took him 7 * 24 hours to do this...
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