My Bright and Colorful parents….
…Just came over on their way back from a party. The dress code was ‘Bright and Colorful’.
read moreMy New MacBook
The harddisk in my MacBook Pro stopped working last week. It didn’t just stop but got slower every day up to a point where just starting up would take 2 hours. Tessa brought it to the Apple store and even they were impressed! They didn’t see anything like it before. Makes me feel so special…. Yesterday I persuaded Arjen to buy a new MacBook and loan it to me until my MacBook Pro comes back from Apple. He bought the white 60GB version and upgraded it to 2gb internal memory. My MacBook Pro harddisk is 140GB and all my files...
read moreAm I Getting Cynical?
My old set-up didn’t work well so I decided to upgrade to the new Apple Airport Extreme today. I spent €179 on it and installed it when I got home. As you can guess it doesn’t actually give you twice the reach that they promise and works just as lousy as the old hardware set-up. Somehow I am not too surprised and I hate that. I want to stay optimistic and not be one of those people who says “I knew that would happen” when something goes wrong. Luckily we are announcing a new Wi-Fi hardware product* next week which...
read moreShoppen = Skypen & Hollen = Hyven
(This is about a dutch pressrelease for The Next Web Conference. So I’ll continue in dutch now…) Net gepost: Persbericht met als titel “Niet Shoppen Maar Skypen en Niet Hollen Maar Hyven!” naar aanleiding van het onderzoek van Ruigrok|Netpanel deed voor The Next Web Conference. Een paar quotes: Vrouwen shoppen en huishouden minder en besteden meer tijd online aan zogenaamde Web2.0 toepassingen als chatten, recepten delen en vrienden maken op social networks. Mannen werken, slapen en sporten minder door internet....
read moreBarend from Big Bang Ventures
We are having dinner with Barend from Big Bang Ventures. He is the judge for the Start-up arena and has the awful job of deciding who gets a table at The Next Web Conference. We are going over ALL the start-ups right now with a little help from a fine bottle of Brouilly Pisse-Vieille, oysters and rib-eye. As Patrick and I were exchanging oysters (different recipes) Barend offered us some, on the spot, good advice; he noticed us sharing some food and liked that. He said; “business partners sharing everything, even food, is exactly what an...
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