Marco Simoncelli Tribute

 Marco Simoncelli, MotoGP  No Responses »
Oct 242011

Yesterday Marco Simoncelli died during a crash in the second lap of the Malaysian GP in Sepang. As a long time follower of the MotoGP I am deeply moved by his fatal crash and with this post I want to show my respects to him. Simoncelli was a unique talent with an unseen aggressive driving style that forced you to the tip of your seat. He always pushed the battle on the track to the max, but also stayed his happy and flamboyant self after the finish line. It is charismatic persona’s like Simoncelli that made MotoGP into the great sport it is today. With his kind of talent and passion there should have have been so many more years. Unfortunately we will never see him on the starting grid again.

Passing away at just 24 years old is unfair, especially with such a bright future still a head of him.  My condolence go out to his family and the ones close to him.

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Street impression of Amsterdam

 amsterdam, Street art, Uncategorized  No Responses »
Jul 292011

During my graduating internship at Strawberryfrog I worked in the Grachten Gordel of Amsterdam. This is one of the most impressive parts of Amsterdam where all the tourist come to look at the crooked houses and end up thinking the whole country looks like this.

I really loved this environment and when I came across something nice or beautiful I try to make a photo. So now in the end I thought it might be nice to share them. Most of them are from street art/graffiti, the canals and offcourse the crooked houses.

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Chinese cities in pixels-awesomeness

 Entertainment, Gadgets, Guangzhou, Hoge gebouwen, Print, SCUT, Uncategorized, Vage dingen in China  No Responses »
Mar 092011


Today is the official day of awesomeness, so I wanted to share something, I think, is quite awesome. I came across this like a week ago and it has most Chinese cities in detailed pixelated 3d images. This project is from Baidu done as an alternative to Google and bing maps. They have allready made most Chinese cities into these pixelated 3d maps as can be seen above form Guangzhou. It’s quite nice to browse over the map and see the simcity like graphical wonders. This is especially true if you have spent a long time in such a city like I did.

The link is: http://map.baidu.com/

Since most cannot read Chinese I made a step by step walktrough to get to the 3D Pixel viewer. Just hit the jump to see how to end up there. Also in the end I’ve posted some comparison pictures with photo’s I took during my stay in Guangzhou.

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Introduction graduation assignment: Portal Visions

 graduation, mobile apps, Online  1 Response »
Oct 252010

There is a shift going on in how advertising reaches consumers and how it is interpreted. Consumers are becoming more selective and in control of what messages receive them. The changing possibilities and availability of internet have been the key factors in this change. To underbuilt these statements think about how smartphones and mobile internet in combination with social media like Twitter, Foursquare and Facebook have change your consumer behavior.
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The freedom on copyrighted content

 Entertainment, Films, Games, Music, Uncategorized  No Responses »
Oct 202010

This video is by Lawrence Lessig who is trying to give an better insight on how ridiculous regulations on copyrighted materials are. This topic is quite striking cause it is almost safe to assume that at least 95% of Internet users are breaking these copyright laws. As an example he points out that in the time of the first airplanes the law was more or less the same and airplanes where seen as tress passers when flying over someones property. I remember of seeing a same type of discussion on the engadget show about the resistance of radio in the beginning from the music industry.
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