Archive for March, 2010

QOTD March 11 2010

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Albert Einstein: “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”

Flying boat

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

THIS is cool, hehe, I could use it for my commute; take off from the nearby lake and land in the Oslo fjord close to the office, easy! πŸ˜‰

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In Belgium

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

It’s always nice to drive from NL to Belgium…jeez, I have driven that road (for work) SO many times that I can see my tracks on the highway! πŸ˜‰

I’ll have an all-dayΒ  supplier meeting tomorrow, followed by some social activity I presume (we are in Belgium after all, better make it fun too πŸ˜‰ )…so, it’s bedtime for me, nightynight y’all!

Group Study Exchange website

Monday, March 8th, 2010

Back in 2004 I have been part of a Rotary program called ‘Group Study Exchange‘. We went with a group of 4 non-Rotarians and a Rotary member and had the opportunity of a lifetime to visit Japan and stay with Japanese families! An amazing experience filled with a lot of good memories.

I had to think of it again last weekend when I prolonged the internet domain gse2004.nl for historic reasons…good times! πŸ˜‰

Mouse fitness

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Nutrition and exercise brings great achievements, also for mice! πŸ˜‰

Oh, don’t stop watching halfway even if you feel like it (I can understand)…play it through till the end, it’s worth it…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7YvzrwpQxA

QOTD March 6 2010

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

Dag Hammarskjold: “The longest journey is the journey inward.”

Happy Birthday grandma

Friday, March 5th, 2010

My grandmother is turning 90 today, so Happy Birthday to her!
A respectful age, although she is still very active and young at heart (going to the gym once a week for a workout as well as flying to Norway last summer!).
Hehe, she shows us the ultimate way for a long and happy life!

Avatar 3D

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Finally I will see Avatar 3D, am wondering if it is really as special as ‘they’ say. I guess that if I start LARP’ing it really has been too much for me, ha!

The Annoying Orange

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Hahaha, this is hilarious: The Annoying Orange…indeed, pretty annoying! πŸ˜‰

Check out the The Annoying Orange YouTube Channel, packed with this stuff!

Ten Rules for Being Human

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

For everyone who has been wondering, wonder no longer because here they are: the Ten Rules for Being Human!!

(by Cherie Carter-Scott)

  1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it’s yours to keep for the entire period.
  2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, “life.”
  3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The “failed” experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately “work.”
  4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.
  5. Learning lessons does not end. There’s no part of life that doesn’t contain its lessons. If you’re alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.
  6. “There” is no better a place than “here”. When your “there” has become a “here”, you will simply obtain another “there” that will again look better than “here.”
  7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.
  8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.
  9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life’s questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.
  10. You will forget all this.

‘No Agenda’ love ;)

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Haha, I got mentioned on No Agenda #176, Adam Curry and John C. Dvorak’s podcast (which they recently called ‘Open Source Radio Show’)!

According to John, Adam was keeping track on how long the Daily Source Code was off the air for (one year and three days, patience IS a vitue! πŸ˜‰ )…Adam actually wasn’t keeping track, but read my blogpost last week, funky! (no link love though: raymondpoort.com dudes! πŸ˜‰ )

Have a listen below, it’s around 6 minutes into the show:

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Adam & John, I haven’t donated to the No Agenda show yet (so much for hookers & blow πŸ˜‰ ), so I’d at least like to plug your show:

I recommend listening to No Agenda to everyone who is interested in an alternative view on the ‘truth behind the news’, eye opening and not controlled or censored by mainstream media…people, wake up and listen!