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Happy Flemish Holiday
Today is the official holiday of the Flemish Community in my country. One of the things we commemorate on this day is the Battle of the Golden Spurs which was fought on July 11, 1302. Happy holiday to all people that live in and outside Flanders! Here’s the full text of the national anthem of Flanders, but…
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U.S. dollar sinks to new record low
Fears that troubles in the subprime mortgage loan sector would spread to other parts of the U.S. economy caused a new record low of the U.S. dollar against the euro and another currencies today. Financial media reports the euro is at it highest level ever against the U.S. dollar. As most of my income arrives…
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Looking for a new laptop
About 1.5 years ago I bought a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook and set up a wireless network so I could work everywhere in and outside our house. This was pretty nice and allowed me to work while lying in my bed, sitting on the couch or while relaxing a bit outside in the sun. But…
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DV Hardware back up and running
As I already posted earlier today DV Hardware was hacked today. The hacker managed to upload a PHP file to my server and ran some commands to completely delete all the files on my webspace. Fortunately my webhost takes daily backups, I contacted them and they were very helpful. They first uploaded a backup of…
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Back from Rock Werchter
I just arrived back home from Rock Werchter. Later today or tomorrow I’m going to post a small review of this year’s edition of Rock Werchter on this blog, including lots of photos. Now it’s time to get back to work. I haven’t been at home for about 4.5 days so I have a lot…