The day @nokianl let me down...

My phone came back from Nokia Care - it said: "Repaired". But it isn't repaired at all and the same problem of my Lumia 920 - it freezes when I charge it- still exists. When you try to call the number on the repair receipt there is no connection - number doesn't exist. So I tried to call Nokia Care. A friendly woman in English explained to me that the only thing she could say to me is to send the devise to Nokia Care again. It seems that only the second time it will be send for repair they will actually have a good look at it... At least that is what she told me. The same story at Nokia HQ (in swedish) and the same story (in German) at Arvato (the company that does the repairs for Nokia.
Strangely: the (red) phone that I borrowed from Nokia NL with the same apps, operation system, firm software and charging equipment doesn't have this problem at all. So it must be in the devise it self.
So the guy from UPS just came to my door and picked up my (yellow) lumia. Let's see if this time the will repair it... :-(

Vintage BMW at the Motorbeurs Utrecht


Coffee with Nils

Talking about the gym, internet and motorbikes of course.

CopyCats

Hungary already has my 12 points for Andréas Kallay - Saunders..
If you know Modern Talkings ”Cheri Cheri Lady” you know where Martin Rolinski and his song ”In And Out Of Love” got the midi file from. Fortunately I don't think Martin has a chance to become the Swedish entry but Germany already made his choice in Cascade with an exact copy of Loreen's Europhia, called: Glorious.



Are actors afraid to show who they really are? The rise of the beards...

Roald Dahl  always wanted to "do something against beards", because he had an acute dislike of them. He said that men who had beards were evil and had something to hide. Well Roald would had have a fit if he had attended the Oscars 2013- every guy it seemed turned up with full facial hair...
Ben, George, Russel, Hugh, black or grey - a beard seems to be a must have nowadays in Hollywood.
Even Daniel Day-Lewis is having a beard (ok - only when playing Lincoln, but anyway)

Besides from that the Oscar event was a bit tacky - I don't like Seth MacFarlane so much; the longing for the Academy for a younger demographic is so much that they are willing to cross the line of decency. William Shatner—as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk—beamed in from “the future” and labeled MacFarlane “the worst Oscar host ever.” He was right.
Great that Anne Hathaway got his oscar (as I predicted beforeand that Amour got the statue. (sorry for Emmanuelle Riva not having hers)
But the night's biggest triumph was  the ageless Shirley Bassey, who performed an amazing version of the Goldfinger theme, she out shined Barbra and Adele.

Stcokholm: vi har et resultat!

Efter sista deltävling vet vi vem ska vinna Melodifestivalen 2013 och representerar Sverige i Stockholm på Eurovisiesongfestivalen. Han heter Ulrik Munther med "Tell the World I am here" (Thomas G:son, Peter Boström - de samma som har skrivit Euphoria från Loreen). Jag tänker med honom har Sverige en stor chans om att vinna igen.

marrowfat Peas (kapucijners) with bacon, piccalilli and fennel sausages

Typical Dutch (severe cold) Winter fare.

How to switch from iOS to WP8 - this are the must have apps.

Actually beacuse of the many API's out there - having your favorite iOS apps on WP8 is rather easy. Sure they work different (mostly better) - the all your basic features are there. These are my must have apps on my WP8 (Lumia 920) so far:
4th & mayor - foursquare client
authenticator - google & dropbox authenticator
calculator3 - scientific calculator and universal convertor
caledos running - runkeeper client
cloudy box - dropbox client
connectivity tiles - shortcut to wireless connectivity and such
emailme - for reminders and to-do's in you inbox
evernote
facebook
flickr
flux - googlereader client
GDrive
gMaps - google maps client
Google
Googletranslate 
LinkedIn
Mehdoh - twitter client
Metrotube - youtube client
Moleskine
NY Times
OneNote
Parkmobile
PDF reader
Pinsation - pintrest client
Wpodder
SkyDrive
Skype
Soundrivin - Soundcloud client
Spotify
Tripadvisor
Weather flow
Whatsapp
Wifi Scale tracker - withings client
Yelp

Nokia Lumia: first impression - hmm mixed feelings

I got my Nokia Lumia 920 WP8 last week. Yes it is heavier then an iPhone5, but it feels nicer, rounder, warmer. The screen is much larger and brighter. The response is super quick and I am impressed with the lay-out of WP8. It all works very intuitive and much better then any android system I have. It also looks and feels much more modern then the outdated iOS interface. The live tile function is really handy and immediately feels like something which is hard to miss day-2-day.
Nokia maps, Nokia music the camera (with several "lenses" ) are great and yes all my heavy usage apps are available in WP8 or you can reach the services via API's with other apps.
The typography of WP8 is also a cute feature which looks rather nice.
I am hooked to wireless charging (Fatboy!) and battery life is two days or longer - so much better then iOS and much much better then android.
The build quality of the Lumia 920 is excellent - it feels solid. The buttons, the body, the screen - they are foolproof. If only... My first Lumia 920 just stopped working each time when I charged it. I had to hard reset it to bring it back to life. Nokia Care is trying to recover it. It seems to be a known issue for the Lumia 920. Strange that 5 months after its introduction these kind of issues still exists - I never encountered something like this with Apple products and did not expects such thing to happen with Nokia. On the other hand Nokia was so kind to sent me a replace (red) Lumia 920 for the time of the repair. That phone is doing ok.

Tyvärr: Eddie Razaz förlorade i tredje tävling

Hur är det mögligt? Eddie Razaz hade allt: ljuden av Thomas G:son, Peter Boström (från Euphoria - Loreen) och en bra act. Men inte så bra live prestanda... Nu är det slut för honom.

Marijn very busy doing the books

with MoneyBird naturally...

Why not?

Why should we do without wrestling at OS2016? What's better then this?

The Charioteer of Delphi

As a birthday present from Eddie I got this great statue of The Charioteer of Delphi; it's a copy of the one in the Delphi Museum and the original one dates from 500 b.C.

Birthday in Berlin

Curry Wurst


To Tempelhof

NSU R80 - classic beauty

Berlin

Neues Museum
Neues Museum
At the river Spree
Salmon on FIRE!
Bode Museum
Eddie and I visit Berlin for a couple of days. Seeing some old friends, museums and restaurants and discovering new ones. (Like the amazing Bode Museum and the Deutsche Technik Museum). Food is always great in Berlin, especially typical German Food; which I like very much.

Spirou

At Dussmann Berlin

All grown up

Preston and Porter  (Desperate Housewives) are now Teen Wolfs and added a little more muscle...

Finally: Lumia 920

Courtesy of Nokia I received this (red) Lumia 920 to get an idea about this phone and windows 8 phone. I am still waiting for my own (yellow) one to arrive. First impression: great!

Kirk, Spock and Me

Impression of my keynote at the CIO SUmmit 2013

Hmmm...