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Screens in train – again

Nou, eindelijk die WiFi van de NS kunnen testen. En hij werkt best aardig (op de sporadische time out na). Gelijk een dilemma op Plazes. Hoe geotag je een bewegend object? Beetje jammer dat ze het alleen niet voor elkaar krijgen de juiste reisinformatie op de schermen te krijgen. Op weg naar Den Bosch is volgens de NS de volgende halte Amsterdam Centraal, tot grote verwarring van menig reiziger…

NStv testtrein

V for Vendetta: will they get it right?

After seeing several of his great graphic novels1 being turned into crappy Hollywood movies; will Alan Moore finally be honored with a proper silver screen adaptation? One of my favorite comics of all time, V for Vendetta, is being translated to a movie at the moment. The accompanying site has made me quite hopeful…

  1. From Hell, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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Yahoo! buys del.icio.us

Wow. Yahoo! continues on it’s shopping spree. Now they’ve bought social bookmark service del.icio.us. I guess I’m just glad I’ve already got an account with del.icio.us – otherwise I’d have to struggle through Yahoo!’s horrible sign up process… Congrats, del.icio.us!

Update: Dan Saffer writes about all the users bemoaning the takeover.

Xbox 360

Xbox 360 Xbox 360 Originally uploaded by Kaeru.

Last thursday I got to try out the new Xbox 360 before it launched in the Netherlands. The wireless controller was nice, the graphics of both games I tried were as good as was to be expected. But sadly – no innovations in gameplay. I would’ve loved to see some massive online games in action. That had to wait to after the launch of course. Some more shots over at Flickr.

56,7 km of snowy hell

56,7 km of snowy hell 56,7 km of snowy hell Originally uploaded by Kaeru.

Last night I had to get from Den Bosch to Utrecht. Public transport decided to break down, we had a crazy snow storm, and the longest traffic jam total in Dutch history (over 800 km at it’s height). My only option: take a taxi. Together with a south korean business man, who’d already missed his flight four times, I was in traffic for over three hours over a trip that’s less than 60 kms long. Crazy, crazy stuff! Here’s some shots of a snowy A2.