Should I?


Books on my reading list for this weekend...


At the Dutch Interactive Awards 2014

Again I was member of the jury for the Dutch Interactive Awards 2014. It was a great line up with innovative ideas, beautifully designed and realized. My favorites this year were the "Vaarwater app" and "De Correspondent". We had a fun dinner at Krasnapolsky with surprising good food and (less surprising) awesome company.

Hmmm...


Joosten: We have a problem!

At the Houston Nasa Space Command Center - earlier this year.

The decline of Mark

A fun test on time: how popular will your name be in 25 years? Not so much it seems...

Jumping Rope

Michael Caine revisited

Now that the weather is still a bit gloomy what better time to re-watch some of the best Michael Caine movies? We started with the Harry Palmer series and see where we will end up. And even after 50 years or so - these movies are quite enjoyable and Michael Caine is great as ever :-)

Solar car port

Cute new idea from the BMW design center: a solar powered car port for the BMW i3 made from bamboo and solar panels . It is useless here in Amsterdam so I better stick to parking inside our garage...

Study: Straight men cuddle with other men. A lot.

Doesn't surprise me: Drawing on in-depth interviews with forty student-athletes at a British university, it was found that thirty-seven participants have cuddled with another male.
I am willing to help to expand this research to - let's say - 1000 more students...

Le1f

Le1f (pronounced: leaf) a.k.a. Khalif Diouf makes some interesting tracks. Listen to Soda e.g. it has some very different vocals. Not sure if I could compose this - or listen continuously to it for that matter...

And the winner is: Aram MP3

Strange name - but clearly the best song at this year's Eurovison. A mix of Olive's "You are not alone" and at the end a Skrillex dub-step. He wrote it him self - so that is a change from other countries (like Russia and Ukraine) who ordered their songs in Sweden.


Bumper

I am not a fan of smartphone cases - but with my unfortunate experiences with my Nexus 5s - I had to take precaution measures: in comes the Ringke Fushion bumper. That will provide my hopefully with more grip and some protection when my phone drops the next time. (it also give me back my red rim)

10.000 days and counting

Today after exactly 10.000 days Eddie and I returned to (almost) the place where we first met. The opera was closed - so we had to settle with café l'Opera - next door. Wow those days went really fast which is very logical when you're having fun :-)
Hopefully we can make it all the way through the next 10.000 days together in good health and with our ongoing love.

Nice (hoodie?)


Rose

Our (yellow) rose has finally bloomed :-)

You are my SUN

Wanna Wrestle?


New Screen and unique Nexus 5

Thanks to U-break-I-fix (what's in a name?) I got my Nexus 5 repaired within 30 minutes only thing is that there seem no red nexus screens available in the aftermarket - so I now have a hybride black/red Nexus. Which actually is that bad at all... But boy am I happy with my phone back. I had to rely on my old iPhone 4s - which is returning to the stone ages compared with the Nexus.

Oops: I did it again - the day I broke my second Nexus 5 screen...

When it fell - my Nexus took this picture :-)
Auw!

While taking some pics in Germany I dropped my Nexus and the screen was a goner. hmmm.. I could buy yet a new one or see if someone can repair my baby. last time the time that it took me to set up my new nexus was way longer then I had expected...