February 2012
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Chocolade koekjes!!
Gisteren heb ik weer eens de moeite genomen om wat te gaan bakken in de oven: Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies. Ze zijn best goed gelukt, hoewel ik de volgende keer wel wat grotere stukken chocolade ga gebruiken. Hoe ik ze gemaakt heb? Nou, dat ga ik je nu vertellen.
Ingrediënten
225 gram boter (op kamer temperatuur, is wat makkelijker met de mixer)
2 eieren
200 gram kristalsuiker
110 gram...
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Mac OS X 10.7.3 update caused "CUI" errors
Thursday evening just before I went to bed, my MacBook Pro (2009) asked me if I wanted to install the latest updates from Apple. Since I hadn’t had any problems with earlier updates, I decided to install them.
The next morning I went to a local high school to teach PHP and Java. I booted my Mac, cause my Keynote presentations were on it. Immediately I saw that some stuff just wasn’t...
August 2011
12 posts
Een oud "gedichtje"
Gisteren ben ik naar de IKEA geweest en heb wat nieuwe meubeltjes gekocht en zo. Dus ik ben nu de spullen en zo aan het overzetten en een beetje aan het opruimen. Toevallig zag ik net in een oud notebookje een gedicht van me staan. Het is zo slecht dat ik het ergens wel grappig vind, dus ik dacht ik pleur hem ook maar op m’n blog. Hopelijk kunnen jullie er ook mee lachen of zo! :’)
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Day 30: Your favorite song at this time last year...
I believe by this time last year I listened a lot to the live album this song is on (it could have been a few months earlier too, I’m not sure). This song really got stuck in my head at some point. I’m sorry if it gets stuck in yours too.
Milow - The Priest (live)
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Day 29: A song from your childhood (30 Day Song...
I remember getting this CD from one of my brothers when I was younger. I believe it was called GigaDance something and something else. :’)
Anyway, this was definitely my most favorite song on that CD and for some reason I still like it!
DJ Quicksilver - Bellissima
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Next challenge?
As you might have noticed I’ve almost completed the 30 Day Song Challenge. Since I found it quite amusing to update my blog frequently and not really having to think about what I’m going to write about, I decided to try another challenge.
I found these three on the internet:
Top Fives 30 Day Challenge
30 Day Blog Challenge
30 Days About Me Challenge
I’ve also found a No Sex...
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Day 28: A song that makes you feel guilty (30 Day...
Whenever I hear this cover I think of all the time I’ve wasted playing this game, so it makes me feel guilty.. well, kinda..
Angry Birds theme (covered by Pomplamoose)
Be sure to check out some of the originals by Pomplamoose too!
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Day 27: A song that you wish you could play (30...
I’ve never attempted to play this song, but I do think it would be awesome if I could play it. Does that even make any sense? Ah well, just listen!
Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover
Listen to this awesome guitar track on Spotify!
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Day 26: A song that you can play on an instrument...
I played this song on my guitar in front of an audience a few years back. It’s really easy, but hey, I played it by mind and well.. anyway.. I like it. ;)
The Shadows - Apache
Play this song using Spotify
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Day 25: A song that makes you laugh (30 Day Song...
I’m pretty sure that everyone thinks this song is funny, especially if you know Gerard Ekdom (a Dutch radio DJ who’s famous for his lipsync capabilities). :P
Spoiler alert: If I’m not mistaking my brother has picked the same song for Day 25.
Cliff Richard & the Young Ones - Living Doll
I suggest you watch the music video, but if you want you can listen to it using Spotify...
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Day 24: A song that you want to play at your...
I never really listened to this band before, but a whileback I was looking for some sound demo’s of Digidesign’s Eleven Rack on YouTube and I came across the cover (which I will include in this post). It was so beautiful, it really touched my heart and I listened to it over and over. I hope you feel it too. Just listening to this song is enough to make me cry.
Dream Theater - Best of...
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Day 23: A song that you want to play at your...
I’m so uninspirational and uncreative right now. Pretty sure everyone could see this one comming from miles away, but nothing else came to my mind, so this one will do. ;)
Counting Crows - Accidentally in Love
Listen to this song on Spotify
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Day 22: A song you listen to when you're sad (30...
Well, this is a song I would listen to if I had it on my iPhone (which I use as an iPod / MP3 player as well). It’s from Tim Knol’s latest album and I absolutely love this song. It’s amazing!
Tim Knol - A First
Check this song out on Spotify
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Day 21: A song that you listen to when you're...
I often listen to jazz when I’m happy. So the song for today is a jazz-piece for trombone. Unfortunately I could not find a YouTube video (if you can, please do let me know!) so I’m putting up a Spotify link. I actually have this song on CD, which is very rare, cause I don’t have a lot of CD’s. Hope you like it and that someone will be able to find a YT video with this...
July 2011
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Day 20: A song that you listen to when you're...
I listen to this band a lot when I feel angry or sad or whatever and this is one of their songs that might be put on repeat in those situations. Yesterday I was feeling sad and I put this song (clicky clicky - this is a link - yeah really!) on repeat for a while, so check that out too.
Paramore - Ignorance
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Day 19: A song from your favorite album (30 Day...
Day 19. Talking about 19, that was the name of this artist’s previous album. I’ve listened to her most recent album so many times. Since I like almost all the songs on it, I just picked one at random.
Adele - He won’t go
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Day 18: A song you wish you heard on the radio (30...
I found so many great artists and bands on YouTube, that it’s really hard to pick just one. I was thinking of Tiffany Alvord first, but I decided to go for another band which I’ve been subscribed to for years and years on YouTube. I believe this is one of their most recent songs. Hope you like it, I know I do!
Boyce Avenue - When The Lights Die
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Apple en garantie
Zoals je wellicht weet heb ik in 2009 een MacBook Pro 17-inch gekocht toen ik ging studeren aan Fontys Hogescholen ICT. Een pracht apparaat met een geweldige operating system (zeker mijn favoriet!). Ik heb deze notebook gekocht in de online Apple Store en eind augustus werd deze geleverd. Anderhalf jaar heb ik heel veel plezier gehad van dit apparaat, maar toen had ik Apple nodig om dat er wat...
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Day 17: A song that you hear often on the radio...
This song was the 3FM Megahit a few weeks back and I heard it throughout the whole day back then and it’s still being played often on the radio. I like the sound of this band a lot. Hope you do too!
Young the Giant - My Body
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Day 16: A song that you used to love but now hate...
It’s hard for me to come up with a song that fits this description. Not just because ‘hate’ is such a strong word, but also because my memory sucks, especially when it comes to artist names and song titles. So the song I choose better fits this description: “A song I used to listen to a lot, but now I rarely ever listen to it because I don’t really like it anymore and...
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Day 15: A song that describes you (30 Day Song...
Since I really didn’t know what song to pick I decided to do a few quizes on www.gotoquiz.com and the following songs came up.
Stephen Speaks - Out of My League
I absolutely love this song and it was the result of the first quiz I took.
Jordin Sparks - Battlefield
I haven’t heard this song a lot before, but it sounds really nice. I wonder if you get the same result when you take...
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Starting from scratch.. sort of..
I figured I write a short blog post about the progress I’m making on the Luister.us project a wrote about two weeks ago. Hope some of you find this information useful!
Not so long ago I wrote about the new Last.fm service I’m hoping to launch. A big, important part of the PHP code for the back- and front-end was already finished actually. I was waiting to get my MacBook back so I...
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Day 14: A song that no one would expect you to...
Most of you probably know I like a lot of different genres, so this really was another tough question. To make it a bit easier I decided that I would just pick a song most of you won’t know. Oh, by the way: be sure to check out some other songs of this composer, cause they’re amazing!
Joe Hisaishi - View of Silence
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Day 13: The Guilty Pleasure (30 Day Song...
For most of you this song won’t be a guilty pleasure, simply because you’re not ashamed that you like it. For me however, it is a guilty pleasure. Normally I rarely ever listen to this kind of music, but thanks to some lovely girl I’ve heard this song every day for a few weeks and it got stuck in my head. I wonder if you like this, let me know! ;)
De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig - Get...
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Day 12: A song from a band you hate (30 Day Song...
Ever since I’ve seen this band live at Lowlands, I really dislike them. Their songs are okay, but they suck when they’re on stage. Haha, I’m pretty sure I won’t make any friends by choosing this band, but I’m going to do it anyway..
Kaiser Chiefs - I Predict A Riot
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Day 11: A song from your favorite band (30 Day...
Well, as I’ve mentioned before: I listen to a lot of genres and I’ve got several bands I really like. So I picked a song from one of these bands that I’ve heard a lot on the radio lately. Hope you like it!
Foo Fighters - Walk
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Day 10: A song that makes you fall asleep (30 Day...
This was a tough one, cause I really couldn’t think of a song that is so boring that I’d fall asleep while listening to it. Therefore I figured I’d pick a slow song that I’d like and could listen before going to bed.
PS: Sorry for the delay, this was supposed to be posted on July 21.
Paul Weller - You Do Something To Me
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Day 9: A song you can dance to (30 Day Song...
Haha, this is an easy one.. You’ll probably know this song if you’re from the Netherlands or Belgium.
PS: Sorry for the delay, this was supposed to be posted on July 20.
Kabouter Plop - Kabouterdans
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Day 8: A song you know all the words to (30 Day...
I was thinking of choosing an instrumental song for this, just to be sure I do indeed know all of the lyrics (I’ve a terrible memory!), but I didn’t do that. I picked one I’ve listened to hundreds of times. Even though I’m not sure I do know all the words, it’s a beautiful song anyway.
Paramore - The Only Exception
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Day 7: A song that reminds you of a certain event
In 2010 I went to the Hurricane Festival in Germany; the first music festival I went to for several days outside of the Netherlands. This band played at Hurricane ‘10 (as did many other great bands). Everytime I hear this particular song, I see them rocking that stage again: awesome!
Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise it up)
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Day 6: A song that reminds you of somewhere (30...
A long, long time ago when I was still in high school I listened to this song quite often. We actually had to make an assignment about it in French class. I’ve seen this singer live in theatre De Hofnar in Valkenswaard, so it reminds me of two places actually: the old and crappy French classroom and the theatre (which I have lots of more memories of).
Wende Snijders - Ne me quitte pas
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Day 5: A song that reminds you of someone (30 Day...
This song reminds me of a girl that I loved (and who loved me back!). No, she isn’t anything like the woman described in this song. This song reminds me of her because this one time when she stayed at my place, we listened to some songs while she was sitting on my lap and this song really grabbed her for some reason.
I wonder if she’s reading this by the way..
Racoon - Clean Again
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Day 4: A song that makes you sad (30 Day Song...
The story behind this song is just heartbreaking and the singer really knows how to make her audience feel what she feels. The songs about cancer and as you might know some people that are very close to me had to deal with cancer. In my opinion it’s one of the worst diseases out there. I hope you like this one too. Be sure to check out the video in which she tells you a bit more about the...
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Day 3: A song that makes you happy (30 Day Song...
This song has a happy tune and I like the lyrics a lot (it’s Dutch though). Besides most songs of these guys are just awesome and have great lyrics when you really listen to what they sing.
Acda en De Munnik - Bij haar zijn
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Day 2: Least Favorite Song (30 Day Song Challenge)
It wasn’t really hard to come up with my least favorite song. I’ve heard this song so many times during my time in high school, on parties, in the pub etcetera etcetera. It’s just awful and people always want to singalong with it.. rather annoying! :’)
Meat Loaf - Paradise by the Dashboard Light
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Day 1: Your Favorite Song (30 Day Song Challenge)
It’s hard to pick a favorite song, cause there are so many great songs out there. So I decided to pick the song that was stuck in my head when I woke up this morning. I don’t know if it’s really my favourite song, but I really like it!
Foo Fighters - Times Like These
Be sure to check out this acoustic version too! ;)
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Scrobbling while listening to the radio?
As some of you might know I’ve developed a few applications in the past that used the Last.fm API, for example Last 3FM and Copy Paste Scrobble.
A few weeks back I started working on a new webservice, called Luister.us, that makes it possible to scrobble the music you hear while listening to the radio. You might think it’s similar to Last 3FM and you’re right, it is similar....
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30 Day Song Challenge
A lot of people have been doing it, so I decided to give it a try as well. I’ll be posting 30 songs on my Tumblr throughout the next 30 days (or more, I might skip a day) based on the following list from Facebook:
your favorite song
your least favorite song
a song that makes you happy
a song that makes you sad
a song that reminds you of someone
a song that reminds you of somewhere
a...
May 2011
5 posts
Reblog and bold what applies to you. →
Reblog and bold what applies to you.
I’m loud.
I’m sarcastic.
I cry easily.
I have a bad temper.
I’m easy to get along with.
I have more enemies than friends.
I’ve smoked.
I drink coffee.
I clean my room daily.
My appearance:
I wear makeup.
I wear contacts. -when I don’t feel like wearing glasses-
I wear glasses.
I have braces.
I change my hair color often.
I have...
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Why the internet is awesome..
There are a few things I really like about the internet. So, I figured I tell you the most important reasons why I think the internet is awesome.
Scientia potentia est
I’ve learned so many new things thanks to the internet and I still gain knowledge everyday just by surfing the web. By the way, if you want to know what the heading means, just Google it. ;)
Immortality
During the years...
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“No one is perfect until you fall in love with them.”
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“Don’t cry because it’s over,
smile because it happened.”
April 2011
4 posts
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Pushing the Bump!
Some of you might know this great little app called Bump. It let’s you share stuff, like pictures, music and contact details, by bumping in to each other. The other day when I was in the shower (I usually get great ideas when I’m taking a shower!) I figured it would be cool if I could send people I’ve bumped with a notification when the content I’ve sent them has changed.
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Bold what applies to you: I have... →
killvannah:
1. had sex. 2. bought condoms 3. gotten pregnant. 4. failed a class. 5. kissed a boy. 6. kissed a girl. 7. used a little paper bag for lunch. 8. had a job. 9. slipped on ice. 10. missed the school bus. 11. left the house without my wallet. 12. bullied someone on the internet. 13. sexted. 14. had sex in public. 15. played on a sports team. 16. smoked weed. 17. smoked cigarettes. 18....
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WatchHow to cuddle?
Somehow I find this very amusing!
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March 2011
6 posts
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NoT-Mobile
De laatste tijd heb ik redelijk vaak pech. Zo is mijn anderhalf jaar oude MacBook deels kapot en weigert Apple de reparatie te vergoeden, enkele bestellingen komen laat of verkeerd binnen, een hoop ICT keert zich tegen me etc etc. “One of those days” en dat dan heel vaak achter elkaar. Ook heb ik de laatste tijd regelmatig problemen gehad met het bereik op mijn mobiele telefoon....
“A simple ‘I love you’ means more than money.”
– Frank Sinatra