Archive for February, 2007

Update on my internship

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

Just e-mailed my test translations for U-TRAX. They were quite difficult, this is definitely a job with many challenges! I had to translate four pieces of text. The first was an audio-script concerning a football game, and I had to translate what the sports commentator was saying. Then there was ...

Gormenghast

Wednesday, February 28th, 2007

It's been on my list of 'things I really really want' for years and finally I decided to buy it: the beautifully adapted BBC version of Gormenghast. I remember it from approximately seven years ago, when I watched it on VHS. I was amazed by the beauty of it, and ...

Recensie: Martine Kamphuis - Vrij

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Martine Kamphuis: Vrij. Arbeiderspers, 196 blz. €17,95 ISBN: 90-29564016 Dagboek van een moordenares ***** (5/5) Marjolein Tamis Martine Kamphuis heeft geneeskunde gestudeerd en werkt in de psychiatrie. Ze behandelt mensen met gedragsstoornissen en heeft hierover diverse artikelen geschreven. Vrij is haar debuut en gaat over een vrouw die moorden pleegt in de naam van de ...

Cat Stevens - Morning Has Broken

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

This one has never failed to bring a tear to my cheeks, it's so beautiful. And when WWF put images of cute fluffy animals under that song, it got even better... too bad I can't find that one :/

Gallery in WordPress with WPG2

Monday, February 19th, 2007

I have successfully managed to embed Gallery2 into WordPress. This was not that easy to do. First I had to reinstall Gallery 1 on the new server (the website moved to Peter's new server), and I needed to fix the albums in it. That worked out fine, but then it ...

Every thirty seconds a man is hit by a drunk driver…

Thursday, February 15th, 2007

This is that man.

You know you’ve watched too much Star Wars when…

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

you try to close the already closing elevator door by waving your hand Obi-Wan Kenobi style. The force is strong in me.

See Saw - Yasashii Yoake

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

I've rediscovered the soundtrack of .Hack //Sign the other day, it has some brilliant songs on it. One of them is Yasashii Yoake (Gentle Twilight). Kiite! [audio:03 - gentle twilight - see saw.mp3] And if you think you can sing along (I'm pretty sure I can), here's the karaoke version! [audio:04 - gentle ...

My resume of gaming

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

For my current study I have to do an internship, and I think I found a cool company to go to! Last week I sent an email to U-TRAX, a company that translates everything to do with games, but I received no response. I started wondering why and found two ...

The rants of a Dell Dimension 4100

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

A funny story about a woman who has problems with her office computer, but the computer has a retort of its own...