Archives for November, 2008

Existence


I couldn’t believe it when I heard. This is just not fair.

Nice…


…this move certainly improves the view from my window/balcony

This and that


My freelance work came to an end today as I’ve fulfilled all the hours (plus more) me and my employer agreed upon. It was nice to see their new offices today (the people I did the programming for finally moved into the offices of the company that took over their company); they’re in a really [...]

Protected: The wait


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Stickers & Snow


First snow of the year/season/winter/whatever. Not much yet, but the expectation is that there’ll a little bit more tomorrow. Nothing too exciting, but I certainly didn’t expect it to snow this early! It’s a good start, and hopefully a sign that this will be a good winter snow-wise!
I bought a new wireless access point/router for [...]

Protected: The answer


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Protected: The question


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Construction photos follow up


It appears that the construction worker that approached me has deleted (some of) his own posts. This, combined with me ‘going public’ (this sounds too big, sorry) with his request, brought the issue of unsafe situations in construction photos to the surface.
I must admit that I was way too quick in agreeing with him. I [...]

The shape of things you forget


While combing through countless videos I made during the late nineties I was constantly confronted with who I was. It’s weird seeing yourself like that; it’s like a chapter from the past you’d never expect to read again. The thing about home movies is that they’re so extremely specific. It’s a short but powerful memory [...]

Censoring construction updates


For the Dutch section of SkyscraperCity I take photos of the new Rabotoren being built in Utrecht. Like thousands of other people I post construction updates consisting of many photos taken near the site so that others (who don’t live close) can follow the building’s progress.
In other countries, certain people have been asked by the [...]