MSU's Acafella's

these wonderful guys bring us a wonderful rendition of hallelujah, the leonard cohen song that worked so well for jeff buckley... as fits a acapella u group, this one's straight from the dorm hallway or something... nice carpet, guys, and great stage

fix you

its been a while since i last blogged sth... rather than mowning about the latest train frustrations, i want to make sure you are updated on probably one of the best live performances ever.. enjoy..

bahnhove

we have a new pub in hove, since today.. they choose the very appropriate name 'bahnhove', as it is located in the old train station building.. i hope they will serve coffee in the morning, when all of us hove-livers wait for the train that is always late..

office

found some funny office videos: david brent sharing his views on the microsoft values, and handing ideas on 'realising your full potential'.. apparently, this microsoft uk ordered video material recently found it's way to the net without microsoft wanting it.. the two 20 minute clips were filmed in 2004, after ricky gervais had said his 'david brent' character had retired, never to appear again in public.. microsoft obviously are annoyed, and are now figuring out how the viedo made its way to the net..
(via kogeler)

microsoft belux: scoble #2?

bruno, the general manager of microsoft in belgium and luxemburg, today announced on his blog that he has resigned from the company.. reminds me of scoble: two of the most inspired microsoft bloggers have now changed hats, which may sound a bit sad but probably is like music to the likes of mini and co.. i sure hope for mr segers that he's a L68, so he won't have to bother about the finances for a while..

hp - the sequel

last may, i as going crazy with the 'help'desk of HP..
it now appears hp is going crazy itself, at least it's board is..
check out stories about hp's ethical way of running a board/company..
who invents that kind of stuff??
(hinting at teh time when 'HP invent' was still a mantra)

beta blogger? no thank you!

blogger is giving me a hard time: when using firefox, i'm constantly re-directed to their beta-blogger page, which automatically logs me in on a new empty blogger dashboard.. on the blogger homepage it says to pay attention to the url: when it starts with beta, you'll go to the beta application.. (ok, seems logical).. however, my firefox does not allow me to log into www.blogger.com, as firefox (or blogger?) automatically redirects to the beta site..

google is forcing me to use ie to allow accessing my blogs? i don't get it..

of course, help on this topic can probably be found somewhere, buried well behind another set of google/blogger registrations.. however, i should not have to use the help file: it should be obvious from square one!! and why the heck can't i link my old blogs in my beta-profile? why would i ever want to switch? this new release better be worth all the trouble of using ie again.. blogger will have to improve their communication in order to keep up with all the newbies around..

denjames

book-a-take

my kid's come up with a wonderful solution for the unpronounceable dutch word bibliotheek, which translates into the unpronounceable 'library'.. since we're taking books back and forth from this building, why not call it a 'boekentheek', closely related to the endangered 'videotheek' but then for 'boeks'.. it works in english as well - see title - so i think it' s a great find..
this should reduce the frustration with young readers around the world, who hesitate to ask their parents for a round trip to the public house of books, because of their fear to get stuck in a stammering 'librewery' or 'bibbel-ibbel-joebel-teek'..

increase the literacy in the world, start with simplifying the words for the literature institutions
well done, kiddo!
daddy