Monthly Archives: January 2007

Vista vs. OsX

Posted on January 30, 2007 by peter

With the launch of Windows Vista today I was reminded of a nice video I came across a while ago: The widget/gadget thingy kept me thinking…. I just had to look it up! Here are the definitions from the Oxford … Continue reading →

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Pixelroller

Posted on January 28, 2007 by peter

I’ve been following the processing framework framework for quite a while now. Processing can best be seen as a DSL to ease the task of programming interactive computer generated images and animations build on top of Java. Most of the … Continue reading →

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Dutch web 2.0 awards

Posted on January 27, 2007 by peter

Yesterday the 3voor12 website, architected by yours truly, won the second price in the category ‘BEST DUTCH APP’ at the Dutch web 2.0 awards. Erwin Blom (the man with the plan) went there to collect the price. Congratulations! Hopefully the … Continue reading →

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OsXcited again

Posted on January 26, 2007 by peter

Finally, I got a call about the fact that my laptop was ready for pick-up! I Jumped in my car and endured 90 minutes of traffic jams… but it’s back! The service center managed to ‘solve’ the problem by replacing … Continue reading →

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Apple and service

Posted on January 17, 2007 by peter

I’ve had plenty of problems with laptops in the passed year. I’ve alway thought that the service provided by Dell was reasonably, and probably comparable to service provided by others. How wrong could I be. My MacBook Pro was accompanied … Continue reading →

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Butterfly works

Posted on January 11, 2007 by peter

During the company meeting yesterday we where introduced to the Butterfly Works foundation. Ineke Aquarius (Stategic thinker and Social innovator) gave a short presentation on the type of projects they do. Most projects are related to educating people in various … Continue reading →

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DWR now sponsored by Tibco

Posted on January 11, 2007 by peter

Today Tibco and DWR announced the sponsorship of TIBCO of Joe Walker’s popular DWR (direct web remoting / ajax) library; from now on TIBCO’ll be sponsoring the project and they’ll start working on ‘popularizing’ TIBCO GI by proving an easier … Continue reading →

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ET iPhone Home

Posted on January 9, 2007 by peter

They actually did it. If you go through the comments over at slashdot you’ll find tons of people explaining how Apple couldn’t possibly have a product called iPhone. Well now they have. It’s not only a phone, it’s an WIFI … Continue reading →

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Powernapping…

Posted on January 9, 2007 by peter

Last week I discovered a rather serious problem with my MacBook Pro: the battery doesn’t charge anymore. I’ve tried all sorts of yoga magic on my keyboard to reset the NVRAM/PRAM but nothing helped. So I called Apple for support. … Continue reading →

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