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Following the announcement earlier this week of Robert Scoble, Microsoft's 'Geek' blogger, leaving Microsoft for Podtech, there was another announcement coming from Redmond creating even more attention:

Yesterday Bill Gates announced he will step back from day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft from July 2008…could there be any link between the two stories, or would this be too much for a conspiracy theory??

Work has been killing me the last days, so I'm a bit slow no posting. Things are settling down now, so I can pick up my life again

My mom turns 57 today, happy Birthday!

Found some wireless internet and couldn't resist: the destination of the surprise weekend: Texel!

Weather will be beautiful the coming days: sun, sea and sand between my toes!!

Kristel arranged the returning 'Birthday surprise weekend'…I really have NO clue where we'll go, exciting! She's continuously putting me on the wrong foot the last days, NOT good for a curious guy like me.

Charles F. Kettering: "Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down."

Taken in Friesland last weekend, a new header graphic with a typical view of the dutch countryside.

Am back from a great and relaxing weekend with friends in the always friendly village of Lippenhuizen (indeed, where on the F…ing map can that be found? ;-))

We made no plans upfront and found ourselves enjoying the quiet atmosphere of an old farmhouse surrounded by typical dutch nature views. Had 'some' drinks, marvelous food, played outdoor games (the game of boules was the weekends favourite), listened to great music and had good and interesting discussions. What else can one wish for?

Photos are uploaded to my Flickr-page!

Guess what? Sun is shining…amazing!!! I'm outta here, off to Friesland! Catchya all on the other side of the weekend!

Meteorologicaly (what a great scrabble-word btw.!) summer started today, 1st of June. Not yet though…frrrreezing cold, around 11 degrees.

Weather actually has been shitty for the past two weeks orso…hope things will be better the coming days as I'm spending the weekend with friends in Friesland (the northest province of The Netherlands).

The region is famous for its lakes, so if weather does what it's supposed to do from 1st of June and Sunday does what the name implies, it would be a perfect day to rent a small sailingboat and drink some beers on the lake…uhhh, sail!

Am not the biggest soccer fan, but like to watch a game every now and then.

Tonight I saw the dutch team making it to the finals of the European Championship under 21 in Portugal. They beat France in the semi-finals 3-2…way to go guys, hope the 'older' players have the same result in the World Championship starting in Germany next week!