Net via-via een PowerBall op de kop getikt - wat een leuk en uiterst verslavend speeltje; en dan heb ik nog de versie zonder toerenteller ! Ik bezit de Blue versie, die blauwe LEDs doet oplichten wanneer de PowerBall boven een bepaald toerental komt. De kracht die dit ding op je hand uitoefent is in elk geval indrukwekkend - bij de hoogste toerentallen begint de Powerball bij mij al uit mijn hand te slippen; maar dat ligt misschien aan mijn prille techniek.

Choose from any plane (eg F-35 fighter or a C-130 cargo plane), find the technical details and have a look at the cockpit (I just love the F117 Stealth NightHawk !).

Here's your 2008 geek career horoscope.

How would a coder see DNA ? is a rather humorous link how a programmer would look at DNA : it has source code, can be compiled, and can be contaminated by worms and viruses.
The article also contains a link to Ensembl, a browseable click-through map of the human genome.

Howto increase your geek factor : impress your collegues with an origami orthorhombic crystal on your desk. Crystal forms offers paper models for the 32 crystal classes and 7 crystal systems reproduced in .pdf format.

Looking for a spiffy looking layout for your printed résumé ? Cause after all, the way your CV is presented, tells something about yourself, and for your new company it is the first contact they have with you.
Here's a way of using LateX to provide a professional looking CV, complete with a LateX template. Now if only companies stopped asking after a Word based CV...

Early British kingdoms offers a fascinating look into the early history of the Dark Age Britain.

DrWhisky reviews the Tullamore Dew and concludes its misty taste is unlike anything else he has ever tasted. Tullamore Dew is an Irish blend, and my favorite whisk(e)y (though Bowmore is quickly reaching for that place too), famous for its soft and sweet 'misty' taste. If you're fond of Talisker or Ardberg, chance is that you'll hate Tullamore. If the Laphroaig harsness is the yin, then the Tullamore sweetness is the yang. And remember : Tullamore is just another way of writing Tout l'amour.


The nose : fruity, sweet, a hint of smoke.
The taste : a fresh breeze on a hot summer night. A faint mist rising from the fields, covering you like a warm blanket. Mountain dew in the morning. The taste of an angels kiss. How ice cream and vanilla tasted when we were young. Yes, I'm getting lyrical, but that's the effect of Tullamore on me, sir.


On a side note, I received the Whiskey Encyclopedia from Michael Jackson as a Christmas present. 2008 will be a good year.

Elvis = Lives
Clint Eastwood = Old West Action
Astronomers = Moon starers
The Morse Code = Here Come Dots
The Hilton = Hint: Hotel
Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Z's


Many more great anagrams in the Anagram Hall of Fame.

I have a laptop that acts as a MediaPortal testbed. Dangerous stuff is tested there before I install it on my HTPC. If stuff doesn't work, that's the place. I was therefore quite surprised to see playback of Matroska video files fail on my HTPC, where there was no problem on my laptop. The only difference was that my laptop was Vista based, whereas my HTPC runs XP.


I roamed the MediaPortal forums long time. Many reported the same error, but no solution. Some had success installing the DirectVobsub splitter, but that didn't do the trick. Installed PowerDVD failed also. However, yesterday, I found the solution by simply installing the Matroska splitter. Putting the .ax file in the MediaPortal directory enabled Matroska video playback.