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Changes..

Bram — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 21:16:53 +0000

I still have a blog..
Apart from that, a lot has changed. For one, Soosh and I broke up, and I’m living in Curacao again. Still working on finishing my new appartment, but at least the big parts are done. The todo list so far:

Put foil on the windows to keep the sun out

Something to keep the mosquitoes out

Cleanup the back porch

Fix the “kitchen” area

And probably lots more. But for now, let’s keep it at that! :)

Back to work!

Bram — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:38:01 +0000

Holiday over, so back to work again.. :)

Traffic

Bram — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 15:34:24 +0000

Lately, I noticed this site eating more bandwidth than usual. After a quick look at the stats, I saw why: Apparently, somebody linked to a 150M movie file I’ve stored ages ago. Yay for doing 3 times more traffic than usual :)

On a sidenote, I noticed some streams are quite popular these days.. At least it makes my server feel more useful!

Trip!

Bram — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:02:15 +0000

Ok, so, against all advice, I’m trying to go to the US this Wednesday. My passport is still damaged, and Homeland Security has advised me on multiple occasions that I should not travel to the United States with that document. Anyway. The Company still wants me to try. Worst case, I’ll be on the next flight back to Curacao (which is true ;). Let’s see how that goes!

Dinner

Bram — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:51:49 +0000

Nothing much happened today. The container is still planned to leave Tortola the 25th, destination Kingston and onwards to Curacao. ETA yet unknown, I’ll try and get that as soon as possible from the shippers though..

In other news, I had a nice dinner with a friend, and afterwards made this picture in front of “my temporary house”. Too bad the clear full moon wasn’t cooperative, I guess I really need something to stabilize that camera.

Pictures!

Bram — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 23:34:29 +0000

Yesterday, I went to Caracasbaai with a friend, to shoot some pictures. Some turned out quite nice! Next weekend, we’ll probably visit some other places around the island, just for fun. Hopefully, nothing will go wrong this time with the planning.. ;)

Also, word has it our container will ship from Tortola next Friday (the 25th). I don’t believe it until I see it happen, but hey, at least it’s a little good news, right?

On the roof..

Bram — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:51:02 +0000

More testing today, this time at a real customer. According to the account manager, “it’s no problem to get on the roof”. YMMV. Check this picture of how we got up there.. ;)

Testing

Bram — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:29:13 +0000

The last couple of days, we’ve been testing the new WiMAX setup. Though it’s only one basestation, the coverage seems pretty decent. Obviously, there are no customers connected yet, we’ll have to see how that works out in the end. Still, it’s fun to do. Having a decent car to do it would probably help though, the Suzuki I’m currently driving isn’t very optimal. Luckily we used a colleagues’ pickup truck Friday, which made the tests a lot quicker. No loading/unloading and hooking stuff up, just dump everything in the back and connect the ethernet cable when ready (read: parked on some hill).

I’ll bring my camera next time, there were lots of great shots waiting to be made.. Including one of Bonaire from Cocori, which rarely is visible due to the weather and distance. Oh well. Better luck next time, I guess! :)

Fireworks!

Bram — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:31:39 +0000

With my new camera, I celebrated the beginning of 2008 at a friend’s place in Sunset Heights. Overlooking nearly the whole island, I was able to make some nice shots. Everything posted in the gallery, if you want to have a look :)

Too bad Soosh wasn’t here, though. Hopefully we’ll be back together soon!

Camera

Bram — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:57:28 +0000

Today the Suitcase Express ™ brought me my new Digital Camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3! It looks pretty cool, and hopefully it’ll make decent pictures too ;) Currently I’m charging the batteries, just a minor drawback.. Not to worry, gives me a little time to find a suitable case/bag thing to put it in.

Quite an upgrade by the way, it’s replacing my old Fuji MX-1500, which I bought in 2000. It actually still works, or at least it did when we left to Curacao. Soon I’ll make some pictures, and compare them, just for fun ;)

Anyway, check the gallery for pictures!