We zijn morgen terug in de studio met een [korte] week, maar de line-up liegt er niet om. Ik kijk vooral uit naar Jovink donderdag. KidV zit de komende 2 weken aan tafel ivm de vakantie van Michiel.
Uiteraard blij dat hij vrij is, maar is het handelen met gijzelaars een taak van de staat? Is deze bank van lening beschikbaar voor iedere nederlander?
We've been thinking about a US road trip for summer this year. Wading through the various googelized sources is harder than I thought. Most of what seem to be reputablecompanies for RV rentals and vacation planning have very poor websites. Our preferred route right now is the east coast, cruiseamerica has it plotted out in this image, but nothing linked to it.
I can't get KOA's trip planner to work properly, but their vacations by region has some reasonable detail of where to go and where to park.
JB points out that Lufthansa has wifi available on some flights and they add this nugget: "WLAN is far less powerful than mobile phones and has no effect either on the in-flight systems or on health - in fact, it is even approved for use in intensive medical care."
The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty by Kitty Kelley will have an initial print run of 500,000, and the main source is believed to be Sharon Bush, the ex-wife of Neil, President George W Bush's wayward brother.
Something else I wanted to mention about our trip back from Vegas. We didn't have time to share all of our pictures together and no one had blank cd's on the plane, so I decided to try out the 'Create Network..." feature on my Powerbook. Unbelievable! My 'windows' companions were able to mount my machine as if it was a server, wirelessly and at 10 Mb/sec. It got even better when I was trading out video and audio files via iChat with Katja who was 12 rows back through Rendevous networking. We didn't try it, but I'm confident our iSights' would've worked as well.
Ofcourse broadcasting a signal of any kind on a passenger airliner is illegal and potentially hazardous, so I don't recommend this, but it sure was fun! Naturally I kept an eye on the inflight moving maap system to verufy our navigational equipment was still steering us in an easternly direction. Being a base station wears on the battery, so the fun didn't last all that long. Just waiting for laptop power to become available on more flights :)
BTW, in lieu of my previous post, shouldn't airliners be aware that potentially dangerous terroists can easily create wireless networks aboard planes?
Lord Chesterfield: "Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked."
As I was sitting in my armchair watching this piece, my 14 year old daughter said "hey, that sounds like Velvet Revolver". She was even more surprised to learn that I have hung out with the band, when most of them were in Guns n' Roses back in the MTV days.
The music business may be dying, but it's old ways still work.
I'm back in the belgian countryside afer 8 days of broadcast fun and games in Las Vegas. Great trip, good fun and 5 happy freshly married couples.
Question, what's up with homeland security these days? I'm still forced to remove my belt and shoes, forfeit my nail file and gas lighter when attempting to board a plane, yet am happily provided with stainless steel cutlery on board the aircraft. Who's fooling who?
Pffff, ben weer thuis in het belgische landschap. Wat een reis! Vooral frustrerend om op de terugtrek opnieuw te moeten constateren hoe gefokt het is bij de afdeling Homeland Security. Je voelt je ook als amerikaan gewoon voor lul staan op het vliegveld, met je riem in je handen op je sok-voeten door het poortje lopen.
Wat een bullshit, temeer omdat we in het vliegtuig gewoon met stalen messen mochten eten.
Maar ja, buiten dat is amerika nog steeds een heerlijk land. De mensen zijn er gewoon vriendelijk, altijd klaar voor een praatje over koetjes en kalfjes, altijd in voor een grapje. Zelfs in Las Vegas, waar het eigenlijk allemaal draait om de $$. Jammer dat de mormonen maffia het trouw feestje bemoeilijkten door onze lesbiennes te weren. Zielepoten.
De laatste avond hebben we met z'n allen doorgebracht, directie, management support staff en ochtend crew. Prima gegeten in the Venetian (bekend van CSI) en vervolgens een nieuwe show die in Vegas proef draait, Zumanity. Een soort Cirque du Soleil meets Moulin Rouge. Best aardig, maar minder schokkend voor de doorsnee europeaan dan voor de gewone yank. "Doris, I can see her nipples!"
Één ding is me geheel duidelijk na deze trip, Veronica wil graag dat ik na augustus door ga met de ochtend show. Ik ook, maar dat betekend een langdurige overeenkomst en dus veel minder andere projekten voor Adam omwille van de tijd dat zo'n show in beslag neemt. Time=money. Uiteindelijk ben ik daarin ook een echte Yank :) We gaan daar binnenkort over in gesprek.
We've been thinking about a US road trip for summer this year. Wading through the various 
Something else I wanted to mention about our trip back from Vegas. We didn't have time to share all of our pictures together and no one had blank cd's on the plane, so I decided to try out the 'Create Network..." feature on my Powerbook. Unbelievable! My 'windows' companions were able to mount my machine as if it was a server, wirelessly and at 10 Mb/sec. It got even better when I was trading out video and audio files via iChat with Katja who was 12 rows back through Rendevous networking. We didn't try it, but I'm confident our iSights' would've worked as well.
