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Under My Skin – Gin Wigmore

This is my favourite song at the moment. I could listen to it over and over again.

It was also used in a commercial for Air New Zealand. Read more

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A Glimpse Ahead

A Glimpse AheadMicrosoft created a video montage envisioning the technology of tomorrow. Watch it and look for examples of how current prototypes may evolve in the years ahead: most of the items shown in this movie already exist nowadays, but the question is, when will they be used in everyday life? Read more

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Media Software

This article is part of a series of posts containing software that I’ve come to think of as being the best free and open-source ones around at the moment. Check the table of contents for the other articles in the series.

This time I’d like to list some image, audio and video viewing/manipulation applications that I would like to recommend. I want fast and light-weight viewers that open my files immediately but powerful full-featured editing tools for the more complex tasks: Read more

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Liempde

Two weeks ago we went to visit Alain and Wendy in Liempde (in The Netherlands). This visit was already postponed far too much and it was great to finally see them again.

Here’s also a great video compilation of our efforts to try and play mini golf in not too much of a ridiculous fashion (at which I at least failed miserably). For your amusement!

Update (February, 12th): unfortunately, the video compilation is not available anymore from now on.

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