About 95% of my income as a front-end web developer comes from large ad and web agencies that hire me to be a part of project teams. These teams build websites that cost anywhere from 10,000 to 1,000,000 euro.* The other 5% is from small jobs, and the smallest of those are when other freelancers … Read More
I replaced my Canon Ixus 300 HS pocket camera by a Canon Powershot S100. The Ixus tended to get terribly soft for subjects that were more than a metre away, and although I had discovered a work-around for this, the work-around involved switching continuously between Program mode and Apperture priority, which was driving me nuts. … Read More
Swiffer The problem? I am lazy. The circumstances? A downstairs with a laminated wooden floor. Usually I use either a broom combined with a dustpan to clean the floor, or a vacuum cleaner. At a time when I spent a lot of time working for the man, leaving me little time to clean, I was … Read More
I just loooooove Queen’s Day. Don’t ask me to self-analyse why, there are probably some deep-hidden anxieties that show themselves through me rooting through other people’s garbage, and I just don’t want to know. (In my defense: Parson’s Pleasure.) Shown in this photo is the stuff I bought. Bought is the wrong word. Acquired. To … Read More
Oom Henk A quick review. Synopsis: Koen is a law student who, for a reason I missed, pretends Henk de Koning (Hank King), a notorious criminal, is his uncle. Henk forces Koen to start working in an old people’s home to try and get the secret of 12 million euro ransom money out of former, … Read More
The following entry is not finished, but it was looking at spending an eternity on my hard disk, so I am releasing it into the wild in the hope that you will forgive my rampant lack of clarity of thought. I also would like to apologize in advance for mentioning TV Tropes & Idioms. If … Read More
Last week I talked a bit about my new and my old DSLR (the latter has found a new owner by now), and showed some demo photos. With the new lens you can zoom in really close on any subject, in fact you have to watch out not to hit the subject with your lens, … Read More
(As compared to the Canon EOS 1000D and its 17-55mm kit lens.) I have been getting into roller derby photography lately, and that means I could use all the light I can get. It took me a while to figure out what I wanted exactly, outlined in painstaking detail before. In the end I decided … Read More
This is going to be the lamest howto ever. Don’t say you weren’t warned. The HEMA department store sells these pairs of red and white LED lights in the Netherlands. When it gets dark you see them everywhere, on dogs, joggers, police horses (whole bunches of them), and of course on bicycles. At 2.50 euro … Read More