Monthly Archive for March, 2006

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Roos Van Acker’s brain

Published on March 22, 2006 in Belgium and TV. 8 Comments

Roos Van ackerI cannot say I felt nothing when I saw the latest Humo cover. It started with “Mmmmm … Roos Van Acker” (I’m a guy, what can I say, I’m not alone in this).

But then my rational side took over. I started worrying about the damage this must do to her personality. Admit: she has been on the coverpage of Humo a couple of dozen times in various states of undress (the most famous one where she only holds 2 coconuts as an improvised bra) and she has just be chosen for X-th time in Humo’s Pop Poll in the category ‘Who do you want to see naked?” (“Wie wilt u uit de kleren zien gaan“). Thousands of men screaming to see your breasts, that can’t be beneficial for a girl’s self-esteem. We should really stop, guys, before it’s too late. Chances are that in 5 to 10 years, there will be no crowds cheering for her to drop her top and we don’t want her to fall into a depression and stuff herself with chocolate.
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Migration to WordPress: me vs Murphy

Published on March 21, 2006 in Google and Wordpress. 5 Comments

Some of you might have noticed my recent domain dance: blog.forret.com to peter.smoothouse.com to peter.forret.com and back. You might ask yourself the questions: why was that necessary, couldn’t he have done it in a smoother way and why did it take so long? Those would be three relevant questions. I am used to managing DNS and blogs for other people, so my pride got hurt in the process too.

PROLOGUE: WHY BOTHER?
I have been blogging since 2004 and have built blog.forret.com up to Google Pagerank 6 and Technorati rank 8000. For the non-bloggers amongst you: it’s an ego thing. I don’t want to start again from a PageRank 0, Technorati rank ∞. So that’s why I didn’t stop until I got it back.
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Barcamp Brussels: May 2006

Published on March 19, 2006 in advertising, Belgium, internet, Web2.0 and webdev. 7 Comments Tags: , .

Barcamp Brussel
Last year we organised a fairly successfull blogger’s dinner in Brussels, and now we’re gonna try something different:
next May we will have a Barcamp Brussels event.

WHAT IS A BARCAMP?

Barcamp NY
(photo by miss_rogue)

Barcamp was first organised in LA by Chris Messina and some buddies.

BarCamp is an ad-hoc un-conference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from attendees.

It is not your regular conference:

  • No spectators, only participants: Attendees must give a demo, a session, or help with one. All presentions are scheduled the day they happen. Prepare in advance, but come early to get a slot on the wall.
  • No fixed agenda: talks, demos and topics are proposed by the attendees when they arrive on a central whiteboard.

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Guys and head bands

Published on March 17, 2006 in Belgium and TV. 4 Comments

Small rant ahead:
De Diadeem van Van Asbroeck

One of Flanders’ fine actors, Peter Van Asbroeck, has let his hair grow. Way too long. And to make sure he doesn’t get any between his teeth, he has resorted to wearing a head band. Not a macho type of hair band – as far as that is possible – but the most sissy of hairbands: the stretching ‘diadem’ (we call them ‘diadeem’). For a guy that puts ‘Miami Vice’-like pictures on his website, takes pride in showing of his muscles – and as of more recently, his beer bulge – that is a surprising decision.
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