Before the end of the year I won't be a fulltime geek anymore. I will be a fulltime example for a new member of our society and parttime geek. Though I see possibilities to combine the two without doing too many concessions ;) Our close family and nearest friends have known …

Over the years I seem to have made a point of saying I need to dust off this weblog and post more instead of hanging around on ethereal media like Twitter or getting sidetracked by real life. I'm still trying to figure out a way of getting dammIT in my …

This morning one year ago I was eating breakfast at my parents' place, anticipating seeing my bride for the first time in her beautiful dress. The day that followed was a whirlwind of really great moments and happenings, leading us to be married at a beautiful castle, then celebrating it …

I've been reading a lot more since starting my new job and being able to relax in public transports with a book instead of sleeping behind the wheel. I even got myself an e-reader (a black Sony PRS-650, really great piece of machinery! Yes, Sony may be evil, but they …

Stress! The confusion created when the mind has to override the body's desire to choke the living daylights out of some idiot who desperately deserves it... (Also, I'm fine, thanks for asking! Just busy and not using my own computers that much...)

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." ~ Mark Twain

Today I released version 29 of, well, myself into the wild. You know you have been practising web 2.0 enough when most of the congratulations are streaming in from Twitter. Thanks everyone for your kind thoughts, whether you twitted, messaged, mailed or social-website'd me. Or for the few that …

The snow now is rapidly melting and turning into fog, which suits me just fine. We had a white christmas (and a whole lot of other white days), and the ice on the roads kinda took the magic from it. This wonderful 2010 is now almost over; a year in …

Today this weblog, dammIT turned seven years old. Combined with it being nearly the end of 2010, you might say it's a good moment for some reflections of the past year. 2010 was a year which brought changes, brought endings, brought new beginnings. We managed to get married before I …

So, exactly two weeks after my previous post about me running out of contract, I went applying for a job at the second company I was aiming at (in no particular order of wantedness). The meeting was quite pleasant and after surprising me with a question about SciFi after a …

My third temporary contract will run out at the end of December, and because this company is currently in the middle of a reorganisation, they don't take on people on a contract for undetermined time. That means I'm in the running for a new job currently! It's really too bad …

Now I'm done with my studies, I have some more time when I'm not distracted by the Internet. This time I spent mostly catching up with some great TV series, movies and of course my beloved books. I thought I'd mention some books I read in the last year (so …

Exactly a year ago (well, in a few hours, that is), I proposed to my sweet girl. She said 'Yes', and now here we are!

It started last Monday morning when I read this mail from the guys supervising the practical course I had saved for last: Hi Michiel, Congrats, your solution just passed our tests without any problems, so you passed the practical! Not long thereafter, an email was received stating my grade had …

I just submitted the software and documentation of my second-to-last practical, leaving me alone with my very last course to finish. I will dive into it tomorrow and hopefully will have tackled all issues before Friday. That should give me some time to document everything and submit. And then I'LL …

Quick update to point you all to Ineke & Michiel's website where the first wedding pictures have started appearing. More will follow. Also, it's no longer a site with our wedding invitation (it is archived, however), but also intended to host more info, pictures and other loose ends about us.

We interrupt this broadcast for a public service announcement. Friday the 2nd of July 2010 at 13:00h CET, Michiel Scholten and Ineke Post got married at Castle Assumburg and became mr and mrs Scholten. Lots of pictures were taken, lots of fun was had. Pictures will follow. Thank you …

As we bought a house last year, we're actively following its process of being built. Photograph-loving people as we are, we document the timeline graphically. The side not facing the street, aka the garden side :)