Posted in Personal Ramblings, Technology on Jun 30th, 2008
I just ordered the Lowepro Cirrus TLZ 25 camera bag and the Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS lens for my Canon EOS 450D dSLR camera.
I already have the EF-S 18-55mm IS kit lens and this new lens should give me more zooming power. The 55-250mm lens features Image Stabilization (IS) and according to many people who [...]
Posted in Personal Ramblings on Jun 24th, 2008
Wow.. I can’t believe I forgot to renew this domain name.
I tried to access my blog two hours ago and all I saw were a bunch of ads. I hadn’t received any domain expiration e-mails from Namecheap - perhaps they were accidentally caught by my spam filter - but fortunately I could buy back the [...]
Posted in Earning money, Investing, Personal Ramblings on Jun 22nd, 2008
An easy way to earn more money is to make the money you already have work harder for you. Here in Flanders most people keep their savings in savings accounts or other financial products from one of the three largest banks but in most cases you’re leaving a lot of money on the table if [...]
Posted in Personal Ramblings on Jun 1st, 2008
Last week Carmen and I went to Disneyland Resort Paris for three days. Here’s a small report of our trip
Day 1 - Sunday May 25, 2008
We left early in the morning to get on a TGV in Brussels and an hour or two later we arrived in Marne-la-Vallée. This is the first time I [...]
Posted in Investing, Personal Ramblings on May 29th, 2008
I just noticed that Yahoo Finance now offers real-time stock quotes. AFAIK they are now one of the only sites that give their visitors access to free real-time stock quotes, sites like Google Finance all work with a 15-minute delay and that can sometimes be an eternity as things can move really fast.
Real-time data shown on [...]
Posted in Personal Ramblings on May 24th, 2008
Two days ago Thomas (yeah he has the same name as me) and I made a trip to Oceade, a tropical waterpark in Brussels.
Pizza Hut
First we went to one of the Pizza Hut restaurants in Brussels for their Pizza Buffet. Everyday between 12 PM and 2 PM you can eat as many pizzas as you want [...]
