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• Apr 6, 2006

  Schumacher Alt

  Hmmmmm, nothing’s better (for a drink I mean) than a nice cold Altbier, especially when it is from Düsseldorf.

  
  Schumacher Alt

  The drinking of Altbier is during carnaval often accompanied by the singing of the Altbier song: ”…Ja, sind wir im Wald hier? Wo bleibt unser Altbier? Wir habben in Düsseldorf die längste Theke der Welt…”

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• Apr 4, 2006

  Trimester 4.3

  A new trimester, new plans… With some quite familiar courses ;-)

  • Semantiek (exam)
  • Neurale Netwerken (exam)
  • Software Testing (exam)
  • Inleiding Formele Methoden (exam)
  • Geometric Algorithms (assignments + research paper)
  • Real-Time Architectures (exam)

  And… there they are once again:

  • History of Computing. Yes, the assignment still needs a subject.
  • The Linux Operating System assignment is finished within the next few weeks!
  • Hypermedia Systems assignment will be started after having read all the course hypertext.

  I need to pass Semantiek and one of the two courses Neurale Netwerken or Inleiding Formele Methoden and finish History of Computing and Hypermedia for my Bachelor “degree” (papiertje). I’ll focus on those first and of the Master courses I will do Geometric Algorithms seriously and I’ll probably drop the other courses for now.

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• Apr 4, 2006

  Rivella

  This probably is the most pointless entry in this journal to date.

  
  Drinking Rivella from a Swiss souvenir glass

  Hmmm, nice ;-) Actually, Rivella is nice. It is mainly made of components of milk. Rivella calls this colourless liquid “milk serum” and is the residue of milk when proteins and fats are removed. It contains no sugar (no sugar as in saccharose, it does contain lactose) and it tasts just great (when you’re accustomed to it).

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• Mar 23, 2006

  Rico's interactive flies

  

  Well Rico, there you have it: An interactive fly for your toilet.

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• Mar 19, 2006

  Slimme Marketing van Simyo

  (Dutch only)

  Rijd je hier door de stad, zie je overal posters van simyo hangen, met daarover stickers met teksten “Red de prepaid beller” en “Stop simyo”… Een bezoekje aan de website suggereert dat het hier gaat om een stichting die begaan is met het lot van de verdwijnende prepaidbeller. Robert Long (kent u hem nog?) spoort de bezoeker aan om zijn boodschap door te sturen naar anderen. Op de hele site geen referentie aan het moederbedrijf van de ‘stichting’ én van Simyo: KPN Mobile. Leve whois!

  Dus zó moet je reclame maken, door anti-reclame van jezelf eroverheen te plakken en je klanten te belazeren!

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