I have been playing with my new gadget, a Garmin Zumo 660 for my motorcycle. As a bike GPS, it’s great. It took me a couple of hours to install, but that was because I wanted to pick up the power in the dashboard of my bike, and not at the battery of the bike, [...]
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Don’t Forget To Empty The Trashcan!
Posted in Mobile Computing, Personal, Software on 18/05/2012 | Leave a Comment »
April Gloominess
Posted in Personal on 01/05/2012 |
While completing the numbers for the solar energy production from the panels on our roof, two things became very clear: March and April 2012 were gloomy months, April even more so than March when comparing the number of hours of sunshine (at least according to our local weatherman) Nobody checks the numbers on the table [...]
Making Movies With A DSLR?
Posted in Personal, Photography on 14/04/2012 |
It’s a bold move on behalf of Canon, but I can’t help wondering if this is really a good idea: “Canon announces EOS-1D C 4K DSLR with 8-bit 4:2:2 1080p HDMI output“(DP Review). I love the ability of my Nikon D7000 to record movie fragments, but I use my camera first and foremost for still [...]
It must be Friday the Thirteenth, otherwise there’s no explanation for the “explosion” of the glass cover of our gas cook top while my dear wife was frying burgers and potatoes! No one was harmed, luckily, but we had to do with a slice of bread. No fun, after such a frightening experience. The cook [...]
The Numbers Are In
Posted in Personal on 01/04/2012 |
The solar electricity numbers are in, and they say that March 2012 was a relatively dark mornth, compared to the two previous years. Let’s hope for better (sunnier!) weather in the next weeks and months!
Solar Power, Here And Elsewhere
Posted in Personal, Society, Technology on 01/03/2012 |
As usual at the beginning of a new month I point out our solar production numbers. It’s the most productive month of February of the last three years, in terms of electricity produced on our roof ;-) But solar power can be found all around the world; you just need a way to harness that [...]
Remembering My Early Days In Photography
Posted in Personal, Photography on 22/02/2012 |
As I have written earlier in this blog, my first camera was an Olympus OM-1. Rationally, I know I had to sell it – there’s only so much space in a house that you can fill. But I remain very fond of it: the build quality as well as the optical performance of the Zuilo [...]
Minus Fifteen Degrees Celcius Isn’t Cold…
Posted in Personal on 06/02/2012 |
Minus fifteen degrees celcius isn’t cold? Actually, it is cold, but as long as you are appropriately dressed and keep walking it isn’t too bad. I never felt cold myself, although we were out from 19h45 until 02h45. And we had a great time trying not to get too lost: we only walked 22.5 km [...]
Snow At Last
Posted in Personal on 04/02/2012 |
Yesterday the snow came to Belgium – finally it’s really winter. Just a few hours later, we had more than 1200km of traffic jams on our highways, and that is a record! I updated the header picture with a photo from this morning, and of course there is snow to be seen. Anyway, today the [...]
Winter Sun
Posted in Personal on 02/02/2012 |
In order to celebrate the first winter cold here in Belgium I have updated the header picture again. We haven’t had real snow here in Flanders until now, but perhaps that will be coming soon ;-) In the mean time, the sun is doing its best since Jan. 30th. But all in all, last year’s [...]
Waiting For The Real Thing…
Posted in Personal, Photography on 17/01/2012 |
Since we still don’t have winter weather here in Belgium I have decided to update the header of this blog with a picture of autumn leaves ;-) Now can we please have a bit of real winter, with snow at night and sunny weekend days?
Gadget Of The Year 2011: My Samsung Galaxy S Plus
Posted in Android, Mobile Computing, Personal on 02/01/2012 |
I was very busy during the last weeks of 2011, with too few spare moments for writing and blogging. But now I can spill the beans: I have replaced the ZTE Blade with a Samsung Galaxy S Plus as my mobile phone. I have explained the reasons for this move earlier… The Plus isn’t really [...]
The Sun In 2011
Posted in Personal, Technology on 01/01/2012 |
I have taken the time to update the numbers on our solar energy production. Our solar panels were installed late in 2009, so I have waited until today to add an overview table per year. My conclusion: the sun didn’t do so well in 2011, at least not in our neighbourhood. Let’s hope 2012 will [...]
Best Wishes!
Posted in Personal on 01/01/2012 |
Joris Goes Native
Posted in Personal on 27/12/2011 |
Joris Luyendijk is a dutch anthropologist with a mission (for the UK newspaper The Guardian): he’s “going native in the world of finance“, by listening and talking to people from the City of London about their job in the financial district. My interest in the subject shouldn’t come as a surprise, since I work for [...]
