Effective use of social media tools

This news item shows how social media tools can be applied to reconstruct dramatic events. It’s an enlightening example of accidental collaboration using mobile phones and services such as Twitter.

Needless to say: we had a good laugh.

Klein Geluk

Margie: “Ik wordt juist gelukkig van kleine dingen. Bijvoorbeeld een hommel”.

Een memorabel moment op ons dakterras, waar een wilde klaver zich heeft gevestigd in de pot van een andere plant.

(Margie: “Especially small things make me happy. A bumble-bee for example”.)

Evening photoshoot with Margie (and more)

Margie and I went for a walk in the evening sun. We had a mission: try out my new SLR camera. I’m very pleased with the resulting photography. And how I love Flickr! My PC is still busy uploading… we took 300 pictures of which about a hundred passed our judgment.

What do you think?

Other shots of the day:

Dave at his little shop, around 13:00h

My colleague Danielle during lunch break, around 12:30h

New camera Canon EOS 1000D

And I’m happy with it. Went to a nearby park yesterday with Kessie.

A mysterious pool

A Japanese Monkey will cheer you up

via Reddit

Restored balance

Okay, I’m almost back. After a few months of too much work and no play, combined with no sporting (painful knee), the revival of a nasty habit (smoking) and hardly any motivation to cook a healthy meal, I seem to have refound a balance.

Two weeks ago I stopped smoking and stopped working long hours. I even took some days off. Today I will be running the 10km CPC in The Hague. As a preparation I have been on a high-protein diet and trained regularly. With results:

Oh I have to leave. The run starts in 2 hours, wish me luck!

Where is my mind?

I just love this song originally by the Pixies. Especially this version, since I also love Placebo.

On Youtube I collect decent versions in a special playlist. In case you’re interested.

Your daily dose of tulips, wooden shoes, hashish and hookers

CC jot.punkt

If you’re interested in the Dutch language, please visit my new blog DailyDutch. There I will daily post a short audio or video clip about Holland and the Dutch language.

Please let me know what you think.

Vacances à Montpellier, France

Just a note to let you know I will be staying in Montpellier for three weeks to improve my French language skills. The weather is fine, life is good!

If you’re interested, have a look at some photos I took today.

Funky Fungi!

Yesterday, Margie and I went for a walk in the woods near my work. These incredible pictures are the result.

Mushroom cloud

Mushroom upskirt

Margie having lunch

More pictures on my Flickr account.