Feels a bit like going back to my roots. Almost. I started on blogger, went to self hosted wordpress, did all of that, somehow landed on twitter, and now imported the entire 3k posts into wordpress.com with a paying subscription. There’s a stupid story about why that got decided 🙈 It involves setting up anContinue reading “Well hello there.”
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I did a PERMA test..
Your PERMA results are: Positive emotions = 6.67 Engagement = 8 Relationships = 7 Meaning = 8.33 Accomplishment = 8.33 Health = 7 Negative emotions = 3 Loneliness = 2 Overall Well-Being = 7.69 NOTE: Keep track of these scores to see if any of the metrics improve over time. You will be prompted toContinue reading “I did a PERMA test..”
New Beginnings.
It’s been since September 14, 2015 that I posted a blogpost on here.It’s been since September 14, 2015 at 12:40 am that I last commented on here and my closing words were “Moving on, there’s a new tomorrow.” A lot has happened since then. Truly a fucklot. I’m a different person now. Stuff I wroteContinue reading “New Beginnings.”
Goodbyes.
I’ve been putting this post off for a while now. Well, that’s not entirely correct, but it’s honestly long overdue. I knew I’d want to write this about a year ago, and well, this is it. My parents died years ago. I suck at dates, so I put them in my calendar. Let me look themContinue reading “Goodbyes.”
Stuff you will wonder about when installing Bamboo
Bamboo is software by Atlassian that will build your software and do stuff https://www.atlassian.com/software/bamboo You might also know Jira, Confluence, Crowd & Stash. Their PR machine is excellent (Like that time when they hijacked 10 years GIT. They made a beautiful congratulatory page & article that had half my twitter feed think Atlassian invented git.  TheyContinue reading “Stuff you will wonder about when installing Bamboo”
One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people.
I sometimes quote this to people There’s a reason you separate military and the police. One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people. – Commander William Adama, Battlestar Galactica (imdb) painfully relevant, consideringContinue reading “One fights the enemies of the state, the other serves and protects the people.”
Visit Russia.
Why are we not going there more? In a country covering nine time zones and one-sixth of the world’s land mass, stretching from the Pacific to the Baltic, from the Arctic to the Central Asian deserts, from near-medieval villages where people still draw water from wooden wells by hand, through single-factory towns and back toContinue reading “Visit Russia.”
De Android Bancontact app is super handig!
Een stukje hangouts conversatie .. bcc app is nochtans suuuuperhandig Mijn Babysit Aanvaardt BCC!!!!!!! 🙂 das obsceen dat is waarom wij allemaal in tech werken omdat IK dan niet meer ‘s nachts, moe, koud & te laat aan een bank moet staan om een nog te berekenen aantal euri’s uit de muur te halen enContinue reading “De Android Bancontact app is super handig!”
10 songs which played a major role in your life.
As with all things social media, sometimes you can’t escape the memes. As this one. I was asked about songs which played a major role in my life. It also says not to think too much, so I chose for that part & went for the experience. All these are important. Some for obscure reasons,Continue reading “10 songs which played a major role in your life.”
A bit on Ello & making friends
I wrote this on the Ello.co, spontaneous piece, but as writing something on a platform that has no reach (yet) is a bit senseless, it’s blog post time. One thing I really Really miss about modern day social networks is the social aspect of meeting new people. Most of the tools SUCK for that. ICQContinue reading “A bit on Ello & making friends”
