Uit het maandarchief: september 2004
Wired News 29/08
The communications failure that nearly brought NASA’s Spirit mission to Mars to an early end in January was caused by an unforeseen aspect of the DOS file system, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist said Monday.
During a presentation at Stanford University’s Hot Chips conference, JPL software developer Robert Denise said [...]
Lees verder →I’m a fast reader: I’m known to prevore a good novel at 60-70 pages per hour. My Saturday purchase “Essential actionscript 2.0 by Colin Moock”, reads a wee bit slower. I’ve had my nose in it on the train, during breaks, while the G5 was rendering and under the shower. It’s fascinating to [...]
Lees verder →I dreamt that my employer made a last minute decision to extend my contract. It may have been the third time I had that dream.
I’m cleaning up my e-mail archive: 3 years worth of projects, mixed with small personal words from people I’m gonna miss like crazy. I’m bad at goodby’s (aren’t we all).
Lees verder →You thought Cirque Du Soleil was great? You’ve seen all their shows, right? Tonight, I was in the cutest little blue tent to see Cirque Ici, organised by the Zomer Van Antwerpen. For almost 2 hours, Johann Le Guillerm showed us his studies of motion and balance, wrapped in [...]
Lees verder →Nobody seems to have noticed fall is in the air. Go on, laugh. This is not just a lot of rain, kiddos. There’s change in the air. Twins have a nose for change, I assure you. In no time, leaves will start to tumble and evening skies will die gracefully behind skeleton trees. Is the [...]
Lees verder →Wake me up gently Klara, you know how I like it.
Lees verder →The bastard is doing better than before. My suicidal plant. Remember how he broke in 2 last month? A morbid gesture from my side stuck the broken top back in the earth next to the standing remains. Both are doing fine as I write this. Better even, as the 2 halfs now support each other. [...]
Lees verder →Roeland and me are brainstorming about a film script, based on a dream his friend Veerle had. Past projects that never made it past the script phase haunt me; 4 years some mad dog placed an ad searching for people to work on a video project. 12 Meeting later just about everyone had [...]
Lees verder →Man down! The suckers got to me!
Actually, Unable to find what was tickling me around the knee in my pants, I sat down again. On the wasp. It stung me good. To take revenge, I smacked and scanned it. I should print it out letter format to scare its family.
Lees verder →My hard disk broke down yesterday. I’m at Christines, my thoughts wander to the sick one at home. Hang in there hun, we’re gonna fix you up. Slowly walking though 12 electro stores looking for a new external disc, I realize I’ve only used the old one twice in 2 years. That’s like buying a [...]
Lees verder →Mobiele kiekjes
