This year, I did some crazy, stupid things, like most years. But one of the craziest things this summer was when I randomly decided to dress up like a Santa. That's when I accidentally recorded this short little video message.
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This year, I did some crazy, stupid things, like most years. But one of the craziest things this summer was when I randomly decided to dress up like a Santa. That's when I accidentally recorded this short little video message.
Last week, I visited the Home Computer Museum in Helmond (https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl), and I decided to write a post on how I experienced this museum. This was in fact my second visit, since I visited the museum several years ago for a first time. In between my visits, many things have changed, all for the better. […]
Hi everyone. It's been a while since I last posted here, so this little update is long due. I've been getting a LOT of responses to this little post here, and I want to thank specifically a person called James for responding to many comments that I haven't commented on myself. I've not been keeping […]
People tell me I'm a funny guy. And I know I can be funny. I don't know where it comes from or why I do it, but it's just something that helps me to get through my life or something. A coping mechanism, perhaps? So I got that going for me, which is nice. Here's […]
I caved in, again. I created a new account on the Instagramz. My previous account was hacked, and it made it so that I was following thousands of people I didn't want to follow. So I disabled the account, made a new temporary one in the meantime, and now that my previous account name became available again I re-opened ustoopia at the Instagramz. Not sure yet if I'll be using it actively a lot, but I do know that I'll be using it to lurk around here and there, now and then.
Here's a video from the TV-news in 1994 about the traffic chaos problems around Eindhoven, the Netherlands caused by the hard-rock festival Dynamo Open Air that was visited by 125.000 people. Looking at the video now makes me feel ancient because I was at this festival with two good friends when I was in my […]
Let me tell you about Laurens. He's a young Dutch guy with a fresh family, and I know him because he also plays the game World of Warcraft. He became a member of our guild for a while, and we had the opportunity to get to know him through Discord. Furthermore, he is an intelligent […]
Many people have asked me questions about my colorblindness, but I've never been able to explain it as clear and informative as the fellow who made this video.
I just saw this video below, and I found it to be very positive and inspiring. It's about a company I "stumbled upon" about 20 years ago, and eventually it transformed in to something more meaningful than "just a company I knew of". It's difficult to describe. Let's just say I'm thankful and proud that […]
I've been really busy these last few weeks setting up all sorts of IT related things since I moved to a new home with a 500 Mbps fiber connection to the mother-milk-tit we call the internet. I was really getting into learning all there is to know about the 100% free Sophos UTM for Home […]