A few days ago, I cancelled my KPN telephone subscription. I hardly ever use my landline and really don't like being called on it. It's interesting how someting once so essential can become superfluous. Only a handful of people had its - unlisted - number. I generally use my mobile to ...

I've been a loyal customer at Pair.com for 11 years (after my first hosting company was bought and ruined by old-style Yahoo) and although I have a Dreamhost account as well, I've always entrusted Pair with my more 'important' sites... i.e. just about everything, except some dormant photoblogs.Whedonesque.com, the most ...

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Now that I have had my Asus EEE for a week and have taken it for a test run in the field I think it's time to jot down some thoughts. The EEE pc is one of the most satisfying buys ever. It weighs nothing. I don't even feel I'm carrying it. ...

Herman Pieter de Boer - schrijver, dichter, liedjesschrijver Interview with my uncle, the writer H.P. de Boer. Dutch. (tags: dutch interview familie literature) United Hollywood: WGA Members Vote to End Strike Members of WGA Vote by 92.5% to Lift Strike. "The strike is over. Our membership has voted, and writers can go back to ...

99 euro to be able to play my vinyl collection again and transfer them easily to my computer, not bad. I picked up this Lenco USB turntable at MediaMarkt this morning and am currently playing my old singles.It's working fine most of the time, but sometimes there's some crazy ...

Sometimes I wish I was an OS-nazi. I'm not. I appreciate Windows and the abundance of software available to it as much as I like the neat structure of OS X. I admire Apple's design as much as I don't care about a tool's aesthetics. I like that you can ...

Was the net slow for you yesterday? My transatlantic connection was completely throttled. It's a wild guess, but it may have been the 140260 people torrenting the Season 2 premiere of Heroes combined with the 113347 breaking the law for Prison Break S3x02. And that's just counting the ones listed ...

I recently switched from KPN to Vodafone to get a good deal on the Nokia N95. I'm terribly brand-loyal, but KPN aren't the most happening provider around and they couldn't offer me anything better than 370 euro. I picked up the phone for 129 € from the Vodafone shop yesterday ...