Category Archives: Commentary

Fascinating development at Amazon. After creating a business on digital books, they are expanding their marketing efforts. And as an Amazon affiliate (for testing purposes only, of course), I am part of that effort. It is now possible for me … Continue reading →

On the island of Teshima, on Japan’s Seto inland sea, Christian Boltanski installed his Les Archives du Cœur project, in which the heartbeats of visitors are recorded, filed, and can be listened to. The intro for the Teshima installation refers … Continue reading →

You surely remember those amazing scenes in Minority Report where Tom Cruise manipulates several video streams, comparing them, replaying them, using hand gestures. The company that created the interfaces seen in the movie is now releasing info about a similar … Continue reading →

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The Dutch Railways’ NS Hi-Speed brand has introduced a new train to the network: Fyra, which links Amsterdam central station and Schipol airport to Rotterdam, without going through The Hague as is usual for that segment. It uses the more … Continue reading →

Open source software is an important pillar of humanity’s control over computers. Or at least used to be. Worthy systems like Mac OS X are built using open source components, and are built for human beings (read: they work out … Continue reading →

Every weekday, walking from my house to the Amsterdam Centraal train station, I cross De Ruyterkade, the street that runs along the northern side of the station, the “IJ side.” That street is a simple 2-lane, speed is limited to … Continue reading →

6 weeks ago, I started experimenting with ads on this site. In this period, Google Analytics tells me it received 295 visits, 392 page views, plus 220 views through the RSS feeds, for a whopping total of about 600 views! … Continue reading →

If you’re located in the US, you can now read this blog on the Kindle, by subscribing here for $1.99 a month. I don’t know what my cut is, and with my posting frequency that’s probably a bit expensive — … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago, I got myself a $260 Kindle from Amazon, after they’d announced its international availability. I am very excited about this device and its associated services, but the price conditions outside of the US are not … Continue reading →