Media Bad news Shaking things up every now and again helps to keep things fresh in your life. If you keep on doing the same things you do every day without any change in pace, input
Palmyra Syria in retrospect Back when I got home in July I saw this video on Vimeo by Ruslan Fedotow about Syria which reminded me of my two weeks of travelling back in 2008. 5 minutes of
festival Lowlands 2011 One of my favourite pastimes has to be music. Listening to a new album over & over again, going to a concert of a newly discovered band but the highlight of the year
tv Australia in hindsight In hindsight it's always easy to look at decisions you made and know what you would have done different but that's not really how life goes now is it. One of my favourite
Ubud Bali & Gili Trawangan It's already been four days since I landed in this rather rainy country. Although it's summer on this side of the hemisphere it very rainy but I can't complain to much, the flights
Fremantle Western Australia As you read this blogpost I am flying towards my next & final holiday destination, Bali, where I'll be staying for 2 weeks until my flight leaves for Amsterdam on the 13th of
WWOOF In & around Melbourne It's been a while since I posted on my little blog, the last story was about Tasmania and my big adventure on the Overland Track. That was back in the end of February.
Launceston Tasmania & The Overland Track For over two weeks of incommunicado, especially the 5 days on The Overland Track, it’s time for another post from me from Down Under. So as you read before in the previous
Victoria Melbourne After visiting Sydney, I moved on to Melbourne. I took the night train from Sydney to Melbourne on Friday around 20:40 and arrived in Melbourne in the early morning. I really wanted
Sydney First week in Sydney Well after several days in Sydney I've finally found some time to make a blogpost about my experiences here. It's been almost 7 days now and I'll remain here until Friday when I
Preparing for travel After years of longing and months of planning today I will finally fly towards Sydney, Australia (don't worry I'll definitely NOT make the Sydney, Canada mistake). Preparing to travel for a long period
travel A slightly different holiday It's that time of the year again when Christmas and New Year cheer is in the air. Family and close friends get together for dinner and to enjoy each others company. Pity that
linux Backup your Flickr account with Linux As promised in my previous post, in this blogpost I'll guide you through a way to keep a local backup of your Flickr photos with the use of Python script on Linux. The
linux Backup your Google mail and calendar with Linux Our lives these days are more digital than ever. Just think about all the stuff you have online. E-mail, photo's, addressbook, calendar and probably a whole lot more. Of course you can trust
Facebook Enjoying Facebook Nope your not going crazy, my second post in two days. I had some drafts that I needed to finish up on. That and the preparations for my big travel plans in January
tips Enjoy the moment One of my favorite pass times has to be listening to music, I enjoy it immensely. And on occasion I get to see one of my favorite bands live, which is an experience
Vibram Learning to run I never been the athletic type or liked sports much, especially watching sports on television has never much interested me. Although watching the Olympics Games and World Cup is always fun. I didn't
recommendation Bands that you might have missed, the Nordic connection Last time that I made post about Bands that you might have missed it was on Dutch and/or Flemish bands. Bands from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are the subject this
social media Another social experiment Last year around this time I started using Twitter and soon I reached my 1000 tweets. I like Twitter a lot because it's simple and down to the point mostly due to it's
public transport The commute made easy Ever since I started going to a school in another city at the age of 9 or 10 I had to take a the bus. This was my first experience with public transport
philosophy The transition At the end of this week I will have finished my study of Computer Science (Bachelor) and I begin to wonder which course my life will be taking in the next several years
Shuttle The failure of Shuttle It's never fun when hardware fails you, especially if you lose your data but of course you need to backup your data damnit! And I did so no worries there, although I did
recommendation Bands that you might have missed It's about time that I posted about music again but this time dedicated to bands from my region of the world. With band members that are either Dutch or Flemish or a mix
share StumbleUpon - Discover the web Although I try to post atleast once every 2 weeks recently a lack of inspiration and lower back problems has cost me to keep to this promise. Besides that I'm also quite busy
video HTML5 Video - The alternative to Flash Flash, a great delight for rich web content like streaming video on site as YouTube and Vimeo but a major annoyance as blinking ad banners. And irritation doesn't end there with this browser