A rantbox
Posted by Michiel Scholten in posts
While celebrating christmas time in the high north of our small country, I took a hundred-ish pictures. Not only from us sitting around, but also from the scenery, from which I've put online some nice ones at this small album. If you like one, you can always ask me to …
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No, those aren't wedding rings, but we *are* officially engaged :) Don't worry: we will marry when the time is there, and it simply isn't yet [being student and such]. You'll certainly notice when we take that next step :)
Posted by Michiel Scholten in posts
Today my girlfriend and I are together for 7.5 years. That's quite a long time, concerning my 24th birthday is at the end of this month. So that deserves a celebration. More about that later! [Including an interesting picture...]
I love you sweety!
Posted by Michiel Scholten in posts
I'm spending the last hours of 2005 at the place of my GFs mother, where everyone is gathering to eat some of the home-made "oliebollen" [you know, those fried weat balls with raisins and such ;)].
2005 was another year that rushed by. Lots of things I wanted to do only …
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This is the subject of one of the spam messages I got today. Kinda links that software maker and incompetency rather nicely together, doesn't it? ;) As a sidenote, it's interesting the spammer used a normal mail program to send this crap, The Bat. [You see quite a wildly varying spectrum …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in posts
This week I have to do two examinations, and wrap up other things, but then I can sit back and relax a bit. Saturday the 24th an old friend comes visiting us, and will bring the movie Nosferatu with her. Old vampires galore :)
After that, days of celebrating we have …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in posts
Source: this Slashdot posting from jsse in the topic about Music should be heard but not understood
It is Q3 2030.
You're arguing with your wife again. It seems she's missed her spending quota again this quarter. A proud patriot, you have no problem spending 85% and sometimes 90% of …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in posts
Now that even Alex has seen it, I really need to go watch that movie before it disappears from the about 12 screens it's currently shown on in The Netherlands [really a pity it wasn't advertised more: Firefly really rocks]. So... who wants to come with me? :)
Posted by Michiel Scholten in posts
... even when you've bought it already. Let me explain: when you shut down the operating system on your computer [say, your laptop], you expect it to power down the hardware. So when you close the lid of your laptop while it's shutting down, everything is fine. Except when you wake …
Posted by Michiel Scholten in posts
As both he and I ran out of our monthly rate, he's persuiting a Flickr Pro account so he can upload as much as he want. It's a really nice geeky and thoroughly tought out tool, so it would be a nice gift for him. So if you like Gandalfar …