Just came across this: Astronaut Chris Hadfield: how to take photos from the ISS
Great stuff!
–jeroen
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Taking pictures from space
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/07
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30 april 1993: the free and open WWW started…
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/05/03
This year, the Dutch Queens day this year had a special nature. On the nation level: the abdication by former Queen, now Princess Beatrix, and the succession and inauguration of King Willem-Alexander. On the marching band level: Adest Musica had their Dutch premiere of the new show Mother Earth which will be their entry during the quadrennial Word Music Concours this summer. On the personal level, my best friend visiting The Netherlands for just a few days, so finally a chance to catch up in person.
So I totally missed another important historic event: the 20th birthday of the releasing the WWW source code in the public domain.
On the 30st of April 1993, CERN: Read the rest of this entry »
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Way too much “friendly comment” SPAM lately. “Spam, lovely Spam, wonderful Spam.”
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/25
Since about 2 months, I get truckloads of friendly comments indicating my blog is so wonderful that gets through Aksimet.
I’m not alone: one spammer posted his full spam script on Scott Hanselmans blog, and of course, Scott blogged about it: Exposed A Blog Comment Spammers Source Template
Not so cool.
Cool:
–jeroen
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Woon je in Amsterdam de Aker? Nog 4 dagen de tijd om je voor Glasvezel in te schrijven en voorop mee te lopen.
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/17
Het stuk in de krant zelf: Read the rest of this entry »
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The Europen evening premier of Frozen Planet in Concert: acoustic OK, video + composers’ introductions great
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/04/14
The Europen evening premier of Frozen Planet in Concert was much fun, and great to see the antarctic species we encountered alive at the big screen.
But the Ziggo Dome venue was too large to provide the right acoustic for a symphony orchestra like this Het Gelders Orkest. The sound was OK. Great though were the video footage, the humble introductions by the composer/conductor himself and Dutch translations by presenter Sacha de Boer.
Last two years (and hopefully next week “Return of the King”) the sound of Rotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest playing Lord of the Rings Live in De Doelen had awesome acoustic.
The Ziggo Dome should work on their acoustic system to match De Doelen.
http://www.ziggodome.nl/event/297/Frozen-Planet-in-Concert
–jeroen
via: Jeroen Pluimers – Google+ – The Europen evening premier of Frozen Planet in Concert was….
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Absolutely awesome MacBook sticker!
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/20
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Track My Runners : Results of NYC Half-Marathon 2013
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/17
Ran the NYC Half Marathon 2013 with my wife and friends today.
Here are the unofficial results through Track My Runners : Results.
I cannot copy the graph here, but it is interesting to the comparison of split times and average speeds on each 5K parts at Track My Runners : Graph. It struck me that both Conny and me ran a very flat second half.
You cannot run this event without taking some pictures; they are currently being uploaded here: Jeroen Pluimers – Google+ – NYC Half-Marathon 2013.
| NAME | MARKER | BIB | GENDER | CITY | COUNTRY | BACK TO RESULTS |
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| Jeroen Pluimers |  |
14522 | M | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
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| NAME | MARKER | BIB | GENDER | CITY | COUNTRY | BACK TO RESULTS |
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| Nicolette van Cronenburg |  |
14648 | F | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
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| NAME | MARKER | BIB | GENDER | CITY | COUNTRY | BACK TO RESULTS |
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| Elke Van Erp |  |
14650 | F | Amsterdam | Netherlands |
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| NAME | MARKER | BIB | GENDER | CITY | COUNTRY | BACK TO RESULTS |
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| Conny Slagboom |  |
14596 | F | Duivendrecht | Netherlands |
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–jeroen
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Google Reader stops at 2013-07-01: How can I download my Reader data? (via: Reader Help)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/14
Google Reader will not be available after July 1, 2013
Reminder to self:
- Download the Google Reader data
- Find a Google Reader alternative
(maybe host the software from tt-rss.org at one of my own servers; note their site is static as they are flooded with hits) - Read How to Build Your Own Syncing RSS Reader with Tiny Tiny RSS and Kick Google Reader to the Curb.
- Check out The Old Reader.
- Read Most Popular Google Reader Alternative: Feedly.
- Read Five Best Google Reader Alternatives.
Edit; this Dutch post covered it nicely: Wat zijn alternatieven voor Google Reader?.
Google stopt per 1 juli met Google Reader – IT Pro – Nieuws – Tweakers.
–jeroen
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IKEA into the Hotel Business (via: nu.nl – De Jager)
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/07
Today, Gerrit de Jager again had a brilliant comic. This time on Marriott pairs with IKEA for its first budget hotels | Reuters.
Translates it says
IKEA gets into hotel business
“Here is your room key. And your hex key.” Read the rest of this entry »
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NYC Half Marathon Preparation
Posted by jpluimers on 2013/03/02
A few links we should not forget:
- The event:
NYC Half 2013 | NYRR.
New York City Half Marathon 2013 – Google Maps.
New York City Half Marathon 2013 – Google Maps.
where is the route…. - Public Traffic:
- Maps:
New York City maps • mappery page 1.
New York City maps • mappery page 2. - Neighbourhoods:
- New York City Maps, Manhattan Map.
–jeroen
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The Wiert Corner - irregular stream of stuff 