Posted in Personal Ramblings on Dec 12th, 2009
After months of waiting German “tanzmetall” band Rammstein finally performed in Antwerp as part of their Liebe ist für alle da tour. Tickets for the concert in the Sportpaleis were sold out nearly instantaneously, the ticket sales system was flooded with orders and I wasn’t able to order them myself. Fortunately, I found someone with [...]
Posted in Personal Ramblings on Sep 3rd, 2009
Prosper De Backer (11 mei 1933 – 2 september 2009) Liefste pit, Voor ons heb je altijd heel goed zorg gedragen, Van in de kinderwagen tot na onze tienerjaren, Als er iets was konden we altijd bij je terecht, We zagen je heel graag en dat menen we oprecht. Veel fijne herinneringen verzachten nu onze [...]
Posted in DV Hardware, Personal Ramblings, Technology, Travel on Aug 23rd, 2009
I went to Cologne, Germany for a couple of days this week to visit Gamescom. This new trade show is the replacement for the Games Convention in Leipzig and it was immediately a big hit, Koelmesse announced today that the first edition of the five-days long fair received a total of 245,000 visitors, making it [...]
Posted in DV Hardware, Personal Ramblings, Travel on Aug 17th, 2009
Wednesday morning I’m heading to Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. This event is the (unofficial) successor of the Games Convention in Leipzig and will be one of the largest gaming expos in Europe. There will be four entertainment halls with nearly 400 exhibitors from all over the world, all major game publishers will be there and [...]
Posted in Personal Ramblings, Photography, Travel on Jul 26th, 2009
This year Carmen and I went on a holiday to Lanzarote, the easternmost island of the Canary Islands. It’s a relatively small island located in the Atlantic Ocean, just a bit more than 100 kilometers west of Africa. We left home very early in the morning on Wednesday July 15th and arrived at the hotel [...]
