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…I guess this one gives it away…:)

Back home…expect an announcement tomorrow! 🙂

I haven't signed a contract yet, but when I do, I will start June 18 (!). Not much time left…and since these days having the longer (Whitsunday) weekend were the most convenient for *both* of us, Kristel and I are on house-hunt at the moment!

Can't tell whereabout till I have signed, most likely later this week if we get the last things settled…exciting!! 🙂

Miguel de Cervantes: "Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn."

Traveling for almost a month in April and working with heavy, loud machinery in the house this month (prepping it for renting it out) didn't really help in catching up with Adam Curry's Daily Source Code, my *favorite* podcast! Being on my 'road to future' the last days finally made it possible to speed up the catch-up; I listened to 12 episodes (wow!) and arrived at DSC #600 FINALLY…am still over a week behind, but getting there…

Hehe, finally found out what the whole 'Savants' thing is about being part of Adam's new format, which he started on April 23rd (DSC #586)…my Birthday! Nice timing dude, am digging it! Have a listen for yourself, the Savants are cool and interesting. Hmm, would I be able to make it to an official DSC-savant, in early podcast adoption perhaps?!? 🙂

I noticed that the 'Post Comment' button was not available on all computers (got grayed out)…this has to do with the need to have Javascript enabled for the anti-comment-spam method (Hashcash) used in my weblog tool (Pivot). Sorry for anyone who wanted to post a comment and couldn't, I changed it now, so, the Hashcash is disabled and you're free to comment! I'll keep an eye on things and see how things are doing. You'd better believe the Hashcash will be back if I receive *any* comment-spam! 🙂

Am not at home these days, instead I'm 'on da road' heading towards a new future life. In practice this means discussing/negotiating conditions of the next step in my professional life!

As mentioned before, this means leaving NL!! Verrry interesting, but…the package must be right! In the end it is *me* who's in control of my future…:)

Damn, I really wanted to go to Pinkpop this year (coming weekend). Kinda *had* to go since Marilyn Manson and the Smashing Pumpkins will be there, but…no one to go with 🙁

hehe, it sucks to have no friends 🙂 

The line-up is great though; besides MM and the Pumpkins they got Good Charlotte, Within Temptation, Snow Patrol, Muse, Korn, Evanescence, Linkin Park and more!!

Anyone? 🙂

Lois McMaster Bujold: "What you are is a question only you can answer."

Huh, just found an email in my (Gmail) spam-folder, coming from…Google!! I know their spam-filters are strict, but I never expected them to even block one of their own emails! Funky 🙂

The email itself announced the new version of Google Analytics, a bit old news since I was able to access the new version for over a week, but thx anyway.

I noticed that some f*#king spammers are using my .com domain to forge emailaddresses and spam the world…aaahhhh!!

All of this started on May 15, so it's about time to take some serious measures. After poking around on the net I found SPF (Sender Policy Framework) which should  be THE solution for this. I asked my provider this morning to implement it for the .com domain (managed via Google Apps for your Domain) as well as the .nl domain…all I can do now is sit and wait.

Normally a day-off, but I don't feel this one…still enjoying my time off! Coming week I expect to be able to write a bit more on what direction my future will have! 🙂

Heyhey, let's go to heaven y'all!!

Have spent yet another day fixing stuff on a computer, *not* my own computer but my parents' (2 pc's)…it's probably something that most people with 'a little more than average' knowledge on computers will recognize; whenever there is something wrong, who they're gonna call? Yeah, me, me, me! Hehe, tell me again why I like pc's so much?? 🙂

It will never be a problem to help out, it's just one of those things one should do, helping out…especially if it's related to mystic things as computers. It can be frustrating sometimes…windows, microsoft, pfff…perhaps I should advise my dad to buy a Mac? 🙂

I must overlook something really simple and obvious, but I can't enable one of my Google Apps For Your Domain (GAFYD) accounts/mailaddresses to a Google Account…example; I would like to be able to use my primary mailaddress (raymond [at] raymondpoort [dot] com) to directly login to Gmail, Google Calendar, or Google Reader (!). At this moment I still have to login to the domain and from there to the (G)mail account. The main reason that I really want this, is the fact that I can't use Google Reader with my GAFYD account (and still have to use the old, original Gmail account…anyone???

Helen Keller: "Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn whatever state I am in, therin to be content"

Weather's shitty, so what better way to spend the day in the sauna?

Relax!

P.S. Luckily I gained the day back during the flight back, so Friday April 27 was a *very* long day…not that there was much to enjoy, since the entire 'day' was spent flying 🙂

Watched an eye-opening documentary last weekend: Oil, Smoke & Mirrors (dutch subs), interesting alternative perspective on the phenomenon 'Peak Oil' and the consequences it has (Afghanistan, Iraq, even 9/11?!?)…a MUST SEE, so reserve an hour in your agenda and click the link!

Next on the list to watch is 'A History of Oil', as recommended by Adam Curry in Daily Source Code #578 (I'm still catching up after my vacation)…interesting stuff!

Oscar Wilde: "The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly – that is what each of us is here for."

Oww, it took till Saturday afternoon before I could login to Gmail again, and till Sunday before all mail was sent over to the raymondpoort.com domain…sjeez! I already understood from Adam Curry that this process can be troublesome, really thought I got his issues covered (even though his Gmail-account was bigger than mine, appr. 4Gb) and still got hit by the Google-hammer!