BUT, here it is. We're picking it up on Wednesday the 9th. Will post further details then...
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Bike
BUT, here it is. We're picking it up on Wednesday the 9th. Will post further details then...
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Monday, November 09, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Back to my mac with Livebox (Online)
Ok, so I've been trying to get Back to my Mac to work with my Livebox for some time now and couldn't find a lot of info, BUT got it working just now :)
1st) uPnP was not enabled by default on my Online.nl Livebox
2nd) The DNS didn't work so I switched to OpenDNS
3rd) ... that was it!
Setting uPnP to enabled meant going into my LiveBox, Advanced Settings, Network, uPnP. There it said in Dutch: 'Sta andere Netwerkgebruikers toe om de netwerkmogelijkheden van de Livebox te beheren' with a checkbox. Just check the box and apply... that's it. (Why it doesn't just say 'Enable uPnP' is a mystery to me...)
Then in Network (on whatever connection you use) go to Advanced and set 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 in the DNS box.
Done!
:)
*UPDATE*
This does not (yet) work at home where my Livebox is on an older firmware version (and I can't get it to update). It's an old, old Wanadoo box on Orange firmware that doesn't have the uPnP setting. Talked to customer service and they said they'd flash it for me... see how that plays out.
I've tried forwarding the necessary ports but that didn't do the trick either...
*UPDATE*
Talked to Online.nl about the firmware on my home Livebox. They told me they would update it remotely, and did (!). It is still however on Orange firmware, not Online.nl, and does not support uPnP. If you have internet AND a phone line from Online.nl they install their own firmware (with uPnP) otherwise you get Orange firmware (without it).
It seems that just forwarding the necessary ports for BTMM is not sufficient. Without uPnP it just doesn't work... :(
*SUCCESS!!!* :)
Online.nl were going to update my Livebox and let me know when they had... They didn't inform me of course but they did actually remotely update my box AND... it worked. I now have the option to enable uPnP on both my Liveboxes (at home and at the office) and BTMM works on both. Yay!
1st) uPnP was not enabled by default on my Online.nl Livebox
2nd) The DNS didn't work so I switched to OpenDNS
3rd) ... that was it!
Setting uPnP to enabled meant going into my LiveBox, Advanced Settings, Network, uPnP. There it said in Dutch: 'Sta andere Netwerkgebruikers toe om de netwerkmogelijkheden van de Livebox te beheren' with a checkbox. Just check the box and apply... that's it. (Why it doesn't just say 'Enable uPnP' is a mystery to me...)
Then in Network (on whatever connection you use) go to Advanced and set 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 in the DNS box.
Done!
:)
*UPDATE*
This does not (yet) work at home where my Livebox is on an older firmware version (and I can't get it to update). It's an old, old Wanadoo box on Orange firmware that doesn't have the uPnP setting. Talked to customer service and they said they'd flash it for me... see how that plays out.
I've tried forwarding the necessary ports but that didn't do the trick either...
*UPDATE*
Talked to Online.nl about the firmware on my home Livebox. They told me they would update it remotely, and did (!). It is still however on Orange firmware, not Online.nl, and does not support uPnP. If you have internet AND a phone line from Online.nl they install their own firmware (with uPnP) otherwise you get Orange firmware (without it).
It seems that just forwarding the necessary ports for BTMM is not sufficient. Without uPnP it just doesn't work... :(
*SUCCESS!!!* :)
Online.nl were going to update my Livebox and let me know when they had... They didn't inform me of course but they did actually remotely update my box AND... it worked. I now have the option to enable uPnP on both my Liveboxes (at home and at the office) and BTMM works on both. Yay!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Got my Samsung 52" HDTV hooked up to my MacBook Pro
and... there's a (new, just out) Mac Mini on the way. I bought the standard one (0 options) and also got the 1TB Time Capsule. It's a little more expensive than adding the 500Gig harddisk (as opposed to the standard 160Gig version I got) but it gives me 660Gigs more space, a router (with 2 channels), Time Machine backups, web access to my files, printer sharing, hard disk sharing amd guest networking. It doesn't have the Airport Express' audio out for AirTunes but that doesn't matter because the mini will be hooked up to my stereo anyway...
It's going to be my home entertainment and probably communication system. I think I'll add a webcam and a mic for on the couch Skype-sessions :) Barcelona here we come!
Also, it'll be hooked up to my trusty Popcorn Hour A100. Which is nice BUT doesn't decode DTS audio and I don't have a receiver that can... (most HD stuff doesn't have AC3) So I'll play the video over the network from my Popcorn's harddrive on the Mini (can you say NERD?! :) Right now I'm looking at both Boxee and Plesk for watching my video and online stuff (Daily Shows!). Plesk seems to be the smoother of the two. I think Boxee just doesn't play nice yet with Snow Leopard (it bogs down my MacBook Pro a bit). Streaming HD content is choppy, probably due to the bandwidth of my internet connection.
I thought a major down-side to the Mini was going to be the lack of surround audio output but I think the optical digital audio output will do that trick too. That shiny black Onkyo receiver is somewhere in the future (especially if / when I'm going to get a new pad here in Amsterdam).
Oh, hooked up an old wireless BT keyboard and mouse from Logitech. Works ok but at some point I want a keyboard with a trackpad (Apple?! one that is multi touch please :) Oh Rowmote on the iPhone serves as a nice remote and keyboard and trackpad.
It's going to be my home entertainment and probably communication system. I think I'll add a webcam and a mic for on the couch Skype-sessions :) Barcelona here we come!
Also, it'll be hooked up to my trusty Popcorn Hour A100. Which is nice BUT doesn't decode DTS audio and I don't have a receiver that can... (most HD stuff doesn't have AC3) So I'll play the video over the network from my Popcorn's harddrive on the Mini (can you say NERD?! :) Right now I'm looking at both Boxee and Plesk for watching my video and online stuff (Daily Shows!). Plesk seems to be the smoother of the two. I think Boxee just doesn't play nice yet with Snow Leopard (it bogs down my MacBook Pro a bit). Streaming HD content is choppy, probably due to the bandwidth of my internet connection.
I thought a major down-side to the Mini was going to be the lack of surround audio output but I think the optical digital audio output will do that trick too. That shiny black Onkyo receiver is somewhere in the future (especially if / when I'm going to get a new pad here in Amsterdam).
Oh, hooked up an old wireless BT keyboard and mouse from Logitech. Works ok but at some point I want a keyboard with a trackpad (Apple?! one that is multi touch please :) Oh Rowmote on the iPhone serves as a nice remote and keyboard and trackpad.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The first game I played to bits... :)
Sun Tsu's Ancient Art of War!
And, there's a ... ehm ... fan page: http://www.geocities.com/ancient_art_of_war/the-ancient-art-of-war.htm
Monday, October 12, 2009
Hallelujah
Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujah Hallelujaaaaaaah HALLELUJAAAAAAH!
Ok, ok, I got a little carried away there. BUT you've gotta admit, this is a pretty damn good website :)
Ok, ok, I got a little carried away there. BUT you've gotta admit, this is a pretty damn good website :)
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Miguel & Ino in Amsterdam
Yesterday, Miguel (a skydiving buddy of mine from the Philippines) was in Amsterdam with his friend Ino. So we hung out and I showed them some of Amsterdam's sights. This is us at the 'Begijnhof' (old-school nuns' living quarters), just before we go to a Coffeeshop and the Red Light district... :)
Led lights with built-in solar panels...
So... my bad-ass new city bike has these really cool LED-lights. They are charged through tiny solar panels in the front and back and activated by swiping this little magnet past them. How is that for cool?! :)
The only thing is... that when it's autumn and overcast and anything BUT sunny it takes...well, forever to charge them. So I came up with this solution:
:)
The only thing is... that when it's autumn and overcast and anything BUT sunny it takes...well, forever to charge them. So I came up with this solution:
:)
Saturday, October 03, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
Thursday, October 01, 2009
vanmoof
Onno and I bought ourselves corporate bicycles :)
We both got a vanmoof. We bought them at Fiets Toom, who don't even have a website... but service is pretty decent. You get the bike (no discounts) with a few small extra's and they service the bike 3 times for free.
A couple of features:
- frame is aluminum
- lights are leds, charged by small solar panels (they are just so people can see you, you can't see shit by their light :)
- leather saddle that is hard as a rock but hopefully gets better over time
Basic parts are very solid, things like the mudguards perhaps a little less so
Oh, and I bought mine with a flaw in the paint... not a big deal it's just a discoloration but still, on a new bike.
:)
We both got a vanmoof. We bought them at Fiets Toom, who don't even have a website... but service is pretty decent. You get the bike (no discounts) with a few small extra's and they service the bike 3 times for free.
A couple of features:
- frame is aluminum
- lights are leds, charged by small solar panels (they are just so people can see you, you can't see shit by their light :)
- leather saddle that is hard as a rock but hopefully gets better over time
Basic parts are very solid, things like the mudguards perhaps a little less so
Oh, and I bought mine with a flaw in the paint... not a big deal it's just a discoloration but still, on a new bike.
:)
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Photo filters that work pretty well...
In my previous post I mentioned: http://www.thebestcamera.com/
Funnily enough on their support page they mention the following bug:
We have discovered a bug in the app that affects Facebook captions in two ways.
First, if you do not write a Facebook when uploading your image via the sharing page on Best Camera, your caption says “Uploaded from Chase Jarvis’ Best Camera”. This text was created as dummy text in the development of the app and and was not intended to act as your default caption.
Second, if you do enter a caption for Facebook and then share your image to BOTH Facebook and thebestcamera.com, your Facebook caption is being replaced by the default caption. The current work around is to upload your image to thebestcamera.com and Facebook separately, thus retaining the Facebook caption you’ve entered.
We have built a 1.01 release which will correct both of these problems and is currently in the approval process at the App Store. We’ll announce as soon as the new version is available.'
...
Yeah right :)
BUT, the program does actually work. Check out this crappy pic that I shot this morning.
It's just a building across the street. Lighting is crap and it's a bit blurry. Now check out the same pic with two different filters...
I'M AN ARTIST!! :)
Funnily enough on their support page they mention the following bug:
'What's going on with my face book captions? Why does it say "Uploaded from Chase Jarvis' Best Camera"?
We have discovered a bug in the app that affects Facebook captions in two ways.
First, if you do not write a Facebook when uploading your image via the sharing page on Best Camera, your caption says “Uploaded from Chase Jarvis’ Best Camera”. This text was created as dummy text in the development of the app and and was not intended to act as your default caption.
Second, if you do enter a caption for Facebook and then share your image to BOTH Facebook and thebestcamera.com, your Facebook caption is being replaced by the default caption. The current work around is to upload your image to thebestcamera.com and Facebook separately, thus retaining the Facebook caption you’ve entered.
We have built a 1.01 release which will correct both of these problems and is currently in the approval process at the App Store. We’ll announce as soon as the new version is available.'
...
Yeah right :)
BUT, the program does actually work. Check out this crappy pic that I shot this morning.
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It's just a building across the street. Lighting is crap and it's a bit blurry. Now check out the same pic with two different filters...
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| From Blogger Pictures |
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| From Blogger Pictures |
I'M AN ARTIST!! :)
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Happy nerd :)
(and a bored nerd who's avoiding work right now, but it's Sunday, so that's okay-ish)
Anyway, I've got my new iPhone 3GS 32GB Black after having lost my old 1st Gen iPhone and having tried a HTC Magic Android. I didn't like the HTC Magic much... :)
I've been using the iPhone a LOT since I got it and there's a number of apps that I really like, so I decided to post about them here. I'll take you through my home screens and give you a brief review of the ones that are worthwhile:
NB - the links to the iTunes store were made using: http://linktoapp.com/, cool!
Best Camera - €2.39 - program that has a nice set of in-built filters which allow you to quickly pimp the pics you take with the iPhone. Also has a feature to immediately upload to Facebook which is cool but which puts the pics in a folder called: 'Best Cam Photos' and with a default caption that is a shameless plug for the author and the app... this sucks! There is an option to change the caption, but it doesn't work. You CAN just save to the camera roll and then upload through the Facebook app but that's more work, so I don't. Anyway, the effects are cool (example) and on the website they have a gallery of the most recent pics uploaded and the best pics uploaded, sort of cool.
Facebook - duh. Immensely improved app since the last version. Although I haven't figured out how to see a group or how to search for people and invite them...
Hyves - Dutch social networking site (for children) that I use from time to time but that needs to be next to the Facebook app because stuff HAS to be grouped properly ;)
NERD!!
Remote - Control iTunes on your computer through your iPhone. Get an Airport Express (or two), hook up your stereo / speakers to it and control all music in your house with your iPhone...
Newsstand - €3.99 - Bad-ass RSS-reader with a killer interface. Syncs with Google Reader and allows you to click through to the article on the website without leaving the program. I use it a LOT!
... a lot of random crap ;) ...
MotionX GPS Lite - Haven't used it much yet, but the features seem pretty impressive. Has GPS tracking, a direction-up map (means the map points the way you do, Google Maps doesn't do that and it's hugely useful when lost, like I always am), waypoints and more.
Trein - €2.39 - Dutch app made by Dennis Stevense (a 20 year old). The app shows you all departing trains from nearby stations (including delays), it has a planner that just updates as time goes by, hugely useful and very well made.
Mobypictures - App (that I don't really use) for uploading pics to all kinds of websites at once.
Skype - Voip program that doesn't work over 3G (only wifi), fuck all Telecoms.
Fring - The same but for more than just Skype... (like Google Talk)
Shazam - Hear a song you don't know? Let Shazam listen to it and tell you. It actually works! :) Cool app, though rarely used.
All kinds of games, the first half are for my nieces (3 and 5) who can operate an iPhone really, really well (and hardly ever drop it :) Anyway, they LOVE the fishies (Koi Pond - €0.79)
I don't play anything on the iPhone except for Sandstorm which is an amazing FPS and it actually works, interface, graphics, game-play, everything... amazing!
That's it...
Anyway, I've got my new iPhone 3GS 32GB Black after having lost my old 1st Gen iPhone and having tried a HTC Magic Android. I didn't like the HTC Magic much... :)
I've been using the iPhone a LOT since I got it and there's a number of apps that I really like, so I decided to post about them here. I'll take you through my home screens and give you a brief review of the ones that are worthwhile:
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NB - the links to the iTunes store were made using: http://linktoapp.com/, cool!
Best Camera - €2.39 - program that has a nice set of in-built filters which allow you to quickly pimp the pics you take with the iPhone. Also has a feature to immediately upload to Facebook which is cool but which puts the pics in a folder called: 'Best Cam Photos' and with a default caption that is a shameless plug for the author and the app... this sucks! There is an option to change the caption, but it doesn't work. You CAN just save to the camera roll and then upload through the Facebook app but that's more work, so I don't. Anyway, the effects are cool (example) and on the website they have a gallery of the most recent pics uploaded and the best pics uploaded, sort of cool.
Facebook - duh. Immensely improved app since the last version. Although I haven't figured out how to see a group or how to search for people and invite them...
Hyves - Dutch social networking site (for children) that I use from time to time but that needs to be next to the Facebook app because stuff HAS to be grouped properly ;)
NERD!!
Remote - Control iTunes on your computer through your iPhone. Get an Airport Express (or two), hook up your stereo / speakers to it and control all music in your house with your iPhone...
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Newsstand - €3.99 - Bad-ass RSS-reader with a killer interface. Syncs with Google Reader and allows you to click through to the article on the website without leaving the program. I use it a LOT!
... a lot of random crap ;) ...
MotionX GPS Lite - Haven't used it much yet, but the features seem pretty impressive. Has GPS tracking, a direction-up map (means the map points the way you do, Google Maps doesn't do that and it's hugely useful when lost, like I always am), waypoints and more.
Trein - €2.39 - Dutch app made by Dennis Stevense (a 20 year old). The app shows you all departing trains from nearby stations (including delays), it has a planner that just updates as time goes by, hugely useful and very well made.
Mobypictures - App (that I don't really use) for uploading pics to all kinds of websites at once.
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Skype - Voip program that doesn't work over 3G (only wifi), fuck all Telecoms.
Fring - The same but for more than just Skype... (like Google Talk)
Shazam - Hear a song you don't know? Let Shazam listen to it and tell you. It actually works! :) Cool app, though rarely used.
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All kinds of games, the first half are for my nieces (3 and 5) who can operate an iPhone really, really well (and hardly ever drop it :) Anyway, they LOVE the fishies (Koi Pond - €0.79)
I don't play anything on the iPhone except for Sandstorm which is an amazing FPS and it actually works, interface, graphics, game-play, everything... amazing!
That's it...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Monday, September 14, 2009
Sailing with Dad & Vincent
This weekend my dad and I went sailing with a friend of my father's, Vincent. He has a nice 30ft boat and was kind enough to have us amateurs along on the 'Zuiderzee'. Weather was pretty good for this time of year. Decent wind and more sun than rain :)
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| From 2009 09 Sailing with Dad & Vincent |
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| From 2009 09 Sailing with Dad & Vincent |
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Friday, September 11, 2009
Onno and I spent two weeks in Bergen
Mostly we were working. But the last weekend some people came over to hang out with us at Bergen Jazz & Sail. Actually, there was hardly any Jazz and only a few sails... There were beverages though! (so all was well ;)
Pics below:
Pics below:
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Lotta turned 5
September 1st was Lotta's 5th birthday... :)
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| From 2009 09 Lotta's Birthday |
Monday, August 31, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
:) cool song!
Have no fear
For when I'm alone
I'll be better off than I was before
I've got this life
I'll be around to grow
Who I was before
I cannot recall
Long nights allow me to feel
I'm falling
I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
T'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah...
I'll take this soul that's inside me now
Like a brand new friend
I'll forever know
I've got this light
And the will to show
I will always be better than before
Long nights allow me to feel
I'm falling
I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah..
For when I'm alone
I'll be better off than I was before
I've got this life
I'll be around to grow
Who I was before
I cannot recall
Long nights allow me to feel
I'm falling
I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
T'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah...
I'll take this soul that's inside me now
Like a brand new friend
I'll forever know
I've got this light
And the will to show
I will always be better than before
Long nights allow me to feel
I'm falling
I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah..
To others than you
Friend by enemy I call you out.
You with a bad coin in your socket,
You my friend there with a winning air
Who palmed the lie on me when you looked
Brassily at my shyest secret,
Enticed with twinkling bits of the eye
Till the sweet tooth of my love bit dry,
Rasped at last, and I stumbled and sucked,
Whom now I conjure to stand as thief
In the memory worked by mirrors,
With unforgettably smiling act,
Quickness of hand in the velvet glove
And my whole heart under your hammer,
Were once such a creature, so gay and frank
A desireless familiar
I never thought to utter or think
While you displaced a truth in the air,
That though I loved them for their faults
As much as for their good,
My friends were enemies on stilts
With their heads in a cunning cloud.
Dylan Thomas
also quoted in A Love Song for Bobby Long
and no, it's actually not applicable, especially not to you :)
You with a bad coin in your socket,
You my friend there with a winning air
Who palmed the lie on me when you looked
Brassily at my shyest secret,
Enticed with twinkling bits of the eye
Till the sweet tooth of my love bit dry,
Rasped at last, and I stumbled and sucked,
Whom now I conjure to stand as thief
In the memory worked by mirrors,
With unforgettably smiling act,
Quickness of hand in the velvet glove
And my whole heart under your hammer,
Were once such a creature, so gay and frank
A desireless familiar
I never thought to utter or think
While you displaced a truth in the air,
That though I loved them for their faults
As much as for their good,
My friends were enemies on stilts
With their heads in a cunning cloud.
Dylan Thomas
also quoted in A Love Song for Bobby Long
and no, it's actually not applicable, especially not to you :)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Monday, August 10, 2009
Worldoftext
I just created my very own world of text:
http://www.yourworldoftext.com/jorma
Go there, write whatever! :) You can also make your own. Just put whatever at the end of the url (like I put my name) and off you go! :) Completely useless but well made. Oh by the way, you can scroll wherever and write whatever.
http://www.yourworldoftext.com/jorma
Go there, write whatever! :) You can also make your own. Just put whatever at the end of the url (like I put my name) and off you go! :) Completely useless but well made. Oh by the way, you can scroll wherever and write whatever.
At the office...
Back at CHQ after a fairly slow weekend... Was going to jump but the weather sucked. Unfortunately, this also meant that they weren't able to finish the Nationals either. They should be done by the end of today.
Just worked out with Onno this morning. Damn, it's hard to get some blood flowing that early, but feel pretty damn good right now :) Am taking a motorcycle class or two a week, hope to get that license plenty soon and then a BIKE! Heh, heh, heh.
The weekend of August 21st - 23rd I'll be at the ToraTora meet in Cerfontaine Belgium... that should be good fun! http://www.toratora.nl/flightmeet.html
Just worked out with Onno this morning. Damn, it's hard to get some blood flowing that early, but feel pretty damn good right now :) Am taking a motorcycle class or two a week, hope to get that license plenty soon and then a BIKE! Heh, heh, heh.
The weekend of August 21st - 23rd I'll be at the ToraTora meet in Cerfontaine Belgium... that should be good fun! http://www.toratora.nl/flightmeet.html
Tuesday, August 04, 2009
Corporate brunch :)
Onno and I swam 50 laps this morning, paddled our bicycles through sunny Amsterdam, bought freshly baked bread at 'bakkerij Visser' (2 Waldkorn), continued to our lair at the Singel, went to work and had a few very tasty sandwiches for our brunch...
:)
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
O'Reilly
Here's a video response to Bill O'Reilly & co calling Amsterdam a cesspool among other things...
This is the view from my office window in the middle of this cesspool :) If you look closely there's drug related fornication going on just behind that ficus! We (the Dutch) are anxiously waiting to be invaded and liberated from this out of control pit of damnation we call our country! Could someone please smart bomb us into oblivion?
This is the view from my office window in the middle of this cesspool :) If you look closely there's drug related fornication going on just behind that ficus! We (the Dutch) are anxiously waiting to be invaded and liberated from this out of control pit of damnation we call our country! Could someone please smart bomb us into oblivion?
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Sweden with the clan 2009
Spent the weekend with the family (just my parents, sisters and their offspring) in our house in Sweden. Hadn't seen my sister (Mervi) for quite some time, great getting back in touch!
Clicky to the entire album and a 'small' selection below...
Clicky to the entire album and a 'small' selection below...
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