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Operation iPhone 3G

dutchclick — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:08:18 +0000

Wanting an iPhone 3G these first days, that’s part 1. Part 2 though is much more important now: how do I get my hands on one.

I could wait in line and be lucky to catch one, but the war is over here in The Neterlands for more than 60 years now and I really don’t like soup kitchen lines. Not for food and for sure not for something else than food.

Next to that I refuse to sign a 2-year contract with a gsm operator. In The Netherlands this is T-Mobile, here known for its poor in-house reception, due to the used frequency. The iPhones you get are also simlocked, something I also don’t like for something that is mine.

I made my hands dirty and drove to our friendly southern neighbours in Belgium. Brussels to be more precise. Two hours to go and two hours back.

In Belgium a simlock is illegal and so gsm operator Mobistar has to sell the phone to anyone, with or without a 2-year contract. It wasn’t easy to get one and I will not get into details (unless you really ask me), but I got my iPhone 3G. It has a big and when I say big, I mean BIG WOW factor.

Am I a fanboy? Yes and No.

I was getting sick and tired to walk around with and a Nokia E61i (connections) and Palm Centro (calender (Datebk6!) and contacts infomation). I have everything in a bigger, but ONE device. Finally…

But do I like Apple and the operators to grap me by the b*lls/n*ts? I don’t think so!

Terminate a pregnancy

dutchclick — Sun, 20 May 2007 12:21:30 +0000

This term is right out of the dictionary. It is said being an euphemism for abortion and it is a very difficult subject with numerous angles (religious, health, etc.) and very difficult to think, talk and write about….

I would rather write about gps and other nice toys, but I have been watching Belgian television this morning. This is easy, as we share the same language Dutch / Flemish.

There was a coverage about French women who are going to The Netherlands to have a termination of their pregnancy. Again on their way to The Netherlands, just like drug couriers.

Does this say something about MY country or, in this case, the stupidity of France?!

Is The Netherlands a country without laws and with stupid ideas on drugs, abortion, and so many other subjects? I don’t think so.

In The Netherlands we have quite liberal (as in: liberty) ideas about things. It doesn’t mean that there are no discussions about these important issues.

Abortion is not always the solution, but to condemn, and even sabotage (yes, with filmed and recorded proof!) the intensions of women who have probably a reason not to have a baby.

So women still have nog right to make their own descision, within medical ethics and the law, even in France!

Vive La France!

The Hague inner city scape II

dutchclick — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:27:36 +0000

The Hague inner city scape I

dutchclick — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:23:40 +0000

Travelling Netherlands is nice

dutchclick — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:27:03 +0000

I have been away from home last weekend. I am a bit tired and wanted to take a little hike with my brother, just to relax. Finally we took the bikes out and went on the way. Wireless…
We took a Nokia E61, a Palm Treo 680, a standard gsm, a Magellan SporTrak Color (handheld) GPS and a QStarZ Bluetooth GPS ‘mouse’.

You wonder why we took all this ? We wanted to go out and play a worldwide high tech game: Geocaching (dutch: here).

People always want to travel to the other side of the world to see how life is overthere… And there is nothing wrong with that. I mean this is great. It grows more understanding for others I think…
The problem is that people (including me) don’t know what there is to see within say 50 km from there own home. That is a pity…

Don’t you agree? Tell me… With pictures if you can!

Hairy pussy

DutchClick — Sun, 12 Nov 2006 21:10:57 +0000

So once and a while you find yourself a nice hairy pussy…
I always thought I was a dog lover, but pussies are nice!!

:-)

New, extra extra GREEN!

DutchClick — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 16:51:45 +0000

With my buddy Servaas I did write for The Crab for quite some time . He started it and I jumped in. We were having loads of fun.

The Crab will relaunch today @ 18:00 CET

Why? We want to be GREEN!!! Nothing more, nothing less!

Tell the world ! The Crab is now about environmental issues, health and such, more than we already did.
Let us tell you how to go green in your life. And you tell us! Please?!

Killer spinach

DutchClick — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 05:31:45 +0000

It isn’t even a major item at the CNN Health pages, but in the rest of the US this is headline news: Killer Spinach!

• FDA warns consumers not to eat any fresh spinach
• Number of people sickened by E. coli on spinach now at 111
• Recall expanded Sunday night to three more brands

That does even floor you, Popeye! Doesn´t it?!

Sources: CNN, USAtoday and (as always ;-) ) Wikipedia

[edit 2006/09/26: interesting new thoughts and comments on Treehugger]

Green data

DutchClick — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 12:45:08 +0000

My Internet service provider (ISP) is swithing from normal ‘grey’ energy to sustainable energy.

I am sure XS4ALL is one of the first providers in the world to implement it.

As you can read in the press release the datacenter uses about the same amount of 1000 (!) [Dutch] family homes. Next to switching to sustainable energy XS4ALL will start using water cooling to go to an increase of energy consumption by 30%.

A good and healthy Internet doesn’t stop at your front door!

Source: XS4ALL

Long way home

DutchClick — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:00:00 +0000

For my great home made vegetarian chow mein (’bami’ in Dutch) I needed different vegetables. Leek, unions AND legumes among other things. Legumes are absolutely great in chow mein, because of the bite. My chow mein looks about like this.

When opening the package I did see the country of origin of the legumes. There were from the other side of the world: Guatemala! And this for about € 1,50!

I really grant the people in Guatemala to earn their money, but my question is what they will get for the vegetables they grow.
It can’t be much.

It’s a shame!

Dangerous adult toys

DutchClick — Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:46:56 +0000

Greenpeace is, besides to their concern for our environment, very concerned about our sexlife!! You wouldn’t think this of them…

The local Dutch branch of the environmental lobby organisation has had some adult toys tested by a major laboratory (TNO). The laboratory did find out that most of these toys for girls and boys contained the softening agent phthalates in high concentrations, 21 to 51 percent (!).

This is very much NOT HEALTHY!

You will find the English language report here.
The text on the website is Dutch, but the report is in English.