Wedding video
This weekend I was invited to a friends wedding. She asked if I could film everything that happened. This was basically the first time I’ve filmed something. I decided to edit everything together with...
View ArticleContacts lost after update to IOS5 (iPhone)
Yesterday I decided to (finally) upgrade to IOS 5. This new firmware for the iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad adds a lot of new features, including iCloud, iMessage and more. At first the upgrade seemed to...
View ArticleDevoxx 2011: Speaking at Devoxx
I’m back home from Devoxx, I’m still alive (kind of) and it was great! First of all, I had never been to Devoxx before, so it was all a new experience for me. And second, I was speaking at this...
View ArticleThe project manager and his pregnant wife
Adding resources Today I’ve (again) seen this quote on Twitter: “A project manager is someone who thinks that 9 pregnant women can create a baby in 1 month” This obviously isn’t the case. The story...
View ArticleFemale coders, lighten up
The Real Katie Today I stumbled upon the following blogpost: The Real Katie – Lighten Up Katie talks about the sexist jokes and remarks she regularly gets in the IT/programming world, and she is sick...
View ArticleLudum Dare #23: Itty-bitty botty
The last two days I’ve been competing in a competition called Ludum Dare. This is a short, 48 hour, contest. In this time you have to build an entire game based on a theme given at the start of the 48...
View ArticleRotoscoping in Prince of Persia
This afternoon I was reading about rotoscoping. Rotoscoping is a technique where an artist takes a filmed movie and animates a drawn (cartoon) character frame by frame. The end result is highly...
View ArticleVisitors, you make me proud
With the sudden surge of visitors from Reddit (Hello!) I decided to take look at Google Analytics. And two things caught my eye: First of all, Google Analytics ‘Realtime’ is awesome, you can see...
View ArticleDevoxx4Kids
A couple of weeks ago I went to Devoxx4Kids. Devoxx is a very well known Java conference (the best in the world actually!). This time they organized an event especially for kids ranging from 10 to 14...
View ArticleFacebook status: Deceased
In the next couple of years dead will become an important aspect of the social networks. A time will come that most profiles on Facebook will belong to people who’ll never be able to post another...
View ArticleConference videographer
A couple of years ago, when our family was planning a trip to South Africa, I bought a nice DSLR. We had friends with excellent cameras, huge lenses and wild life photography experience. So instead of...
View ArticleTeaching; Programming apprentices
We have a huge problem. The knowledge gap I’ve been a professional programmer now for over a decade, and during this time I’ve met a LOT of excellent programmers. Most of them are partially...
View ArticleEthics for programmers
Programmers need more ethics. And I’m not talking about ‘craftsmanship’ ethics such as “always make clean code”, “be agile” or “coffee should be consumed pure and black”. No, I’m talking about real...
View ArticleCongratulations to Devoxx4Kids!
If you haven’t heard about Devoxx4Kids, first read the following post and watch the video: here! The people behind Java (Oracle) have recognized the great potential behind Devoxx4Kids and decided to...
View ArticleDevoxx and my online identity
This week I was at Devoxx 2013 in Belgium. Like the previous years I helped film the event. Together with other a couple of Devoxx4Kids organizers we also did a session and an informal BoF talk. I...
View ArticleDevelopers are (code) artists
Last week a manager went to an artist for a new painting in his living room: M: “Hello Mr Artist. I’d like a painting from you” A: “Hi Mr Manager, what kind of painting do you want?” M: “It needs to be...
View ArticleI won’t enter a teleportation device, ever.
In the future somebody will inevitably invent a teleport, no doubt about that. But how will it work? Digital teleportation The most likely way to teleport would be to digitalise yourself. Some yet...
View ArticleBuilding Commander Keen on OS/X
Below is a build-log on how to build Commander Keen: Keen Dreams (which was recently released on Github) on OS/X using DOSBox and a shareware version found online. Step 1: Download and install DOSBox...
View ArticleKids amplify your life
Three years ago my life was pretty normal, I had a house, a wife, a car and a decent job. Everything was nice and easy, very mundane. And then, my daughter was born. Impact of kids Every parent will...
View ArticleShaved FAQ
What happened to your beard? I shaved. Have you lost a bet? No. Who are you? How did you get past security? The same guy as last week and the months before that, I shaved, sorry to shock you, it...
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