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I meant to write a follow-up about Beck's Canvas exclusive preview party last week but I found myself being busy redesigning the gloves online shop which seems to be a much bigger design project than ...
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I had a really relaxed weekend after a bit of an annoying week. You see; I have been trying to get some sample urls from a client for three weeks now, to see what kind of design they would prefer and ...
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'The worst-tempered people I've ever met were the people who knew they were wrong.'
Wilson Mizner
I went to the Summer Fair yesterday and was extremely disappointed about the whole thing. I thought i...
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I have been in deep thinkers mode lately; just too many questions in my head. A letter came in this morning from the Lowlands and it ended up unopened on top of the one that has been lying on my desk ...
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I've met up with my friend Karin yesterday. We've known each other for quite some time but while I was still living in the Lowlands she decided to move to London at some point, came back to the Lowlan...
Continue reading: Networking Images here...
The Dutch have a saying that goes: 'Hij weet van voren niet dat hij van achteren leeft' which literally translates to, 'His front does not know that his back is alive'. Yes I know... we have some odd ...
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I think I'm addicted... to games and coffee... You see, I have this new game and I have to play it each and every day for an hour or more. It's relaxing in a way although I still need to use my brain ...
Continue reading: I'm Addicted here...
my precious time! What happened to people and politeness in this world? No-one seems to be courteous anymore these days. Is this because I'm getting older and I start to notice? Hold on for a moment, ...
Continue reading: Stop Wasting... here...
I finally got my plastic pass in that I applied for weeks ago, it came in with the post this morning. I went to meet with my accountant today to sign the company papers. Of course I ran into that swee...
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My interview went really well yesterday and I will have to be patient for another two to three weeks before I will get my pass in. Hopefully it will be delivered on time, there has been a mail strike ...
Continue reading: The Interview here...
Tomorrow is going to be a very important day for me and when the day is over I will be able to relax, sit down and do nothing for a change [but probably not for long...]. I wrote a while ago about my ...
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I've decided that I will stick with the first accountant that I found online. I had an appointment with him a few weeks ago and he spent an hour to inform me. I have no clue if what I'm doing is the r...
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I had to go see an accountant today, it was quite hectic so I took notes and wrote stuff down that I had to remember or had to look into later. He was a kind man and he took an hour to explain all the...
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Last Thursday I had an important interview with J. from the recruitment agency that I found online the previous Friday. I had sent my CV along with an introduction in an email and basically asked for ...
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I haven't written much lately... I guess because there is too much going on at the moment. Pleasant things mostly and also stuff that needs to be done, so I ain't complaining. A. has been in Egypt for...
Continue reading: Bi-Weekly Update here...
God, I'm good... I'm amazed by myself [is that a smell of arrogance?]: I've finished most of the website already, it just needs a bit of hacking, plugging, research and image adjustments which I will ...
Continue reading: What's That Smell? here...
I seem to be more interested in pictures these days... so not much writing and a lot of faffing in a nice way. But [and that's a 'capital but'] I need to get things done too unfortunately. Got a phone...
Continue reading: The Quintessence here...
Nothing spectacular going on lately... I'm just doing my thing, whatever that is. I was supposed to meet up with Amit today but he cancelled. I met him at the Flash Actionscript course that I did. We ...
Continue reading: Smoggy Cider here...
I didn't sleep for two nights in a row. I know it would've been better if I had, especially after being seriously ill for a whole week. Monday -last week- I decided to work on my website and once I'll...
Continue reading: Live... here...
Just when I'm getting ready to jump into the pool of job wonders, I -all of a sudden- get assignments in. One after the other. Today I have been busy designing an html email [which is a true pain in t...
Continue reading: What's Going On? here...
I just received a phone call from the photographer I mentioned in my other post. She's interested, so we'll meet up next week to discuss the design of her website. Things are getting hectic *grin* I'd...
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Yesterday and today I have been working for Maurice trying to finish two Flash galleries. It will be linked to the Dutch/UK stock photography websites and elsewhere on this planet. Maurice called last...
Continue reading: Lifted here...
I'm still working on my portfolio. I need to finish one online and a physical one and since I have a five years of backlog it seems to turn into a never ending story. Also because I'm working on both ...
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Things have been hectic last week when I started the Flash 8 Actionscripting course. It was quite an experience and I've met some really nice people. I thought I wouldn't be able to follow but I reali...
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Things have been good for a few days now. I seem to be able to accomplish a lot more once I set my mind on it, which leaves me feeling good about myself. I try to set a goal each day and instead of no...
Continue reading: Culture Shock here...
I'm sad today, a problem has reared its ugly head while I'm supposed to be happy. So I keep myself busy producing artwork for Carla and Tjalling their wedding announcement and trying to focus on this....
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A. is in the south of France, looking after his house and visiting his parents, sister and probably some more expats. I'm in London, on my own and trying to finish all the work that needs to be done t...
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I'm so tired today, I guess it's because I stayed up all night to sort out some Flash problems. I'm supposed to meet up tonight with C. and go to a pub somewhere near Bethnal Green to watch a colleagu...
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I feel like I'm on some emotional rollercoaster lately. One moment I'm fine and the next I'm not. Reading other people's blogs is a nice way to distract myself from the madness that is going on and to...
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I've been working and had not much time to post on here, sorry about that. I'm addicted [again] and spent two days in a row sorting out my Flash website [business] and had about 3 hours of sleep each ...
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I've received a really cool letter from the Lowlands yesterday! Awesome! It came from my ex colleague [Gerrit Rietveld Academy] and friend Christiaan. I can't explain what it means to me because some ...
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I have been working on a business card for a few days. A project I need to finish for a beauty therapist. Her name is Aje which is Nigerian and means surrounded by wealth. I designed a logo for her co...
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Just a quickie before I shoot off to bed. The rowing machine was out of stock unfortunately and I'm eager to get it in, so is A.. Hopefully it will be delivered somewhere this week. I've been working ...
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I miss them you know... Internet is flacky out here and I hate it. The moment storm or rain, or both, mixed with a bit of thunder shows up, it will stop the internet hub from working and will send out...
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I promised a sketch version of my website, so below you will find the link. It's still a sketch and not a fully functional website. The only link that works so far is comb number five... If you count ...
Continue reading: I Need You! here...
But I'm extremely busy updating my website and learning Flash 8 at the same time. It's not that bad just actionscripting is a pain at times. Slowly getting there... But I want it to be good so... you ...
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Not much going on at the moment. I'm busy redesigning my website which is finally becoming a bit easier now that I know what I want from the design. The sketch is still in Photoshop and partly in Flas...
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This might affect you too some day! So spread the word!!! I have seriously strong negative feelings about: chain letters, spam, people who don't use BCC in mail and other forced-on-me-without-asking i...
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I'm supposed to be offline today but I ain't... I changed DNS already so things shouldn't show up. Isn't that weird?
I hope they take me offline asap because I want to be able to upload stuff to the...
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here...
here...
I love him to bits you know, but sometimes he can be a bit demanding my silly guy. He now wants me to take pictures of the Red Monster and design a brochure. Like I haven't anything else to do, more i...
Continue reading: It Won't Take Long... here...
I'm almost finished with A.'s website. Finally *sigh* I guess I'm getting fed up with it because I have so many other things to do still. And if there is slow progress then it starts to annoy me. I w...
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I can't sleep, it's too warm... way too warm! Doors open to the garden. A frog tried to get in, he was already in the room. It's probably warmer in here than outside. I wish for rain and thunder. Just...
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I've finished the website for Sonja: she paints her own art impressions based on Japanese paintings from the Edo period. Finally... One more to go and then I'll have some peace of mind. I need a break...
Continue reading: Wednesday: Like Any Other... here...
So many things are going on at the moment. I don't have time to write... We'll go sailing in Croatia after the second week of August but before we go we'll have to move country... I have a major to-do...
Continue reading: Personal Whirlpool here...
This post is taken from my other blog on Blogger:
I'm trying not to write on this blog [Blogger] anymore and update the other one instead although the other one [Movable Type] still needs some adjust...
Continue reading: Japanese Images here...
Have not done much this week. I needed to chill for a change. I went to the hairdresser on Thursday and had my hair cut... Yes: about 12 cm is gone but it was quite urgent because of split ends. I wan...
Continue reading: Week #19 here...
You never realise what you're missing until it's gone... I've found out that I didn't have the latest version of A.'s website, it has been destroyed in the crash a couple of weeks ago. All my hard wor...
Continue reading: Would Have, Could Have here...
We went down town to pick up my machine today. The box is much bigger and heavier than I thought it would be. I mean I've lifted these machines at work so I wasn't expecting it to be bigger and heavie...
Continue reading: Windscreen Cracks here...
Yes I'm still here, just been really busy working on projects. I've built a new Flash website over the weekend for A.. Not finished yet because it's quite a big project and so there's still a lot of w...
Continue reading: Busy Bee here...
I slept in this morning, guess I needed it after all the disturbed nights. My stomach is much better and not making noises anymore, but I didn't eat anything yet and I didn't eat much for 5 days alrea...
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if you were wondering whether I'm still alive or not, here I am, after a long period of silence. Lots of things happened in the meantime. First of all for those who didn't get my personal new year's f...
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I have been really pissed off with the domain hosting people lately since they've decided to change their DNS without telling me. Last Wednesday I found out that my website had been offline for quite ...
Continue reading: Hosting Problems here...
It's been on the Apple website for weeks; the IBC 2005 annual media trade exhibition. I went there today with my colleague Christiaan. We were in and out in an hour though. Only the Apple demonstratio...
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We're staying at a four star B&B near Culbokie on the so called 'Black Isle'. We just came back from having dinner at an 'international' restaurant in Inverness which is about 18 kilometers from the B...
Continue reading: Achiltibuie - Ardvreck here...
It's midnight and I'm writing this in bed like I did every evening so far. We're in a tiny little village called Rhue at the west coast of the highlands, just above Morefield which is right above Ulla...
Continue reading: Northern Highlands here...
A. called me to ask me if I rented the last DVD from the Kingdom Hospital series. Of course I didn't. I have been to the park this morning to meet up with Dina for a run. Silly girl over slept. So I s...
Continue reading: Stench Everywhere here...
I've been browsing for a while, just surfing the net, but I should stop doing that because it annoys me after some time, having to look at all the crap that is on the internet. Especially the type of ...
Continue reading: Housewife Design Award here...
I've received last years annual report from the broadcasting company last Friday and I have been busy for hours making a quote today. It was fun to do though and exciting but also hard. I sent it thru...
Continue reading: Lazy Day here...
I received an email tonight that made me smile from ear to ear. A chance to get a really cool design assignment. I can't say anything yet but hopefully will in a couple of days... Bear with me and kee...
Continue reading: You've Got New Mail here...
I noticed something funny today on the internet. I found out that I was number 572 on the top 1000 list of websites [Web Statistics], with a total of 2734 websites all together. Isn't that funny? Prob...
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Yay! My new business cards are in, can't wait to go to the post office and collect them... I'm curious about the final result. They're printed in Belgium, I ordered them online thru a website that my ...
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I seem to be on some Russian website. I found out today. They've put a link to my website there. I'm under the section: Useful links » Outsourcing » Design and Art » Multimedia Designer...I'm nu...
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I just came back from a 5 days trip to the Côte d'Azur/Provençe, A. invited me to come along so we took the plane to Nice on Wednesday and left the cold and the rain behind. Temperature i...
Continue reading: La Côte d'Azur/Provence here...
My study books came in weeks ago, had a quick look what was in the box. Tons of books, 2 video tapes, 2 CDroms and some brochures. I'd really like to take another look again and start reading but I gu...
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Just when you're ready to go live, you find bugs... I think I have a love-hate relationship with Flash. Offline testing ain't exactly the same as online testing... although it should. Then this action...
Continue reading: Critters here...
Still have some work to do on the site before I will publish it, I'm getting there though. Picked up my licence today, all I need is a car now *grin*...
Continue reading: Websites, Websites here...
Wanted to go for a walk in the park today
Benito needed to get some fresh air too
But it was kind of nasty today, rain
So he sent me sms to see
If we could hang out next week instead
So I stayed in ...
Continue reading: Fresh Air here...
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Reuben: hi Reuben, good to see you again, how are you? Thank you for the compliment, it's flattering...
- wen on Follow-Up:
I had a look at the website you hyperlinked. It is really cool! I liked her "innocence" project :) ...
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Hi my dear viendrin (amiga) :) How are you? It is Friday again and I can breath a bit and of course...
- Reuben Chircop on Reflection:
Hi Tess long time no "visit". So many has happened so many yet to happen. I like the closeups over...
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I'm not sure whether to smile or be sad... :-O...
- jim on Reflection:
I shouldn't have come back, one look at the pics and then your words and suddenly I'm starving :-)...
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Yeah boy (more of same, but somehow it doesn't come across in type), workin' retail you learn how to...
- jim on Beck's Canvas:
Yes I did see some very nice chocolate :-) And I can wait, going to have to do a lot of preparation...
- Tess on Reflection:
Oh you did it again... got me all blushing *hehe* I didn't realise this is seen as creativity but I ...
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Your Southernese huh? *LOL* No better be quiet now *hehe*...
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:) I think you've seen some nice chocolate pictures ;) I'll have to write a post about the evening ...
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Oh my!! I scrolled down and took one look at the pics and had to save the text for later. Does your ...
- jim on Mental Detour:
Well, it is fascinating to watch a tornada (sorry, my Southernese still lurks) from a couple miles a...
- jim on Beck's Canvas:
Hehe.... tell me about compromises :-) We both could stand some winning these days. Yes, avoid the ...