Archive for April, 2005

YMDB

30th Apr 2005Media, Film

It’s not that easy to construct a list of 20 favourite movies, but I gave it a try. Check out the results at More »

Koninginnedag

30th Apr 2005General

Now if you want to see a real streaming webcam showing real Dutch people on Koninginnedag in Amsterdam, take a peek at the More »

50,000,000

29th Apr 2005Technical, Software

Actually I saw the Firefox-download-counter get to 50,000,000 downloads too this afternoon around app. 17:50 CET, but forgot to make a screamshot of More »

Airbus A380

27th Apr 2005Technical

It’s good to see that it can really fly at all: the Airbus A380 made its maiden flight today. I’m already heavily impressed More »

STELLA

26th Apr 2005Technical, Hardware, Technical

Today in my hometown (Groningen, the Netherlands) Europe’s fastest supercomputer named “Stella” (Supercomputer Technology for Linked Lofar Applications) has been put to use. More »

Bear