I have just upgraded my weblog to WordPress 3.0.1, which is the latest version. The upgrade went quickly as always with WordPress upgrades… -> Make backup -> Remove all WordPress-files from your site. Saving the themes, plug-ins and the configuration-file -> Upload the new version of WordPress -> Put back the themesm plug-ins and the…
Month: July 2010
The lady is home again….
Late during the night of last Friday to Saturday a plane from the US landed on Schiphol Airport… and that was a wonderful moment for me! The last Friday was a long day… it felt if it lasted forever. I just went to work as normally, but even when I managed to do a lot,…
Thank you, Google…
There is a lot going around about Google. That they would be gather secretly or not all kind of information and endangering the privacy of people as us. This may all be true, but Google does also a lot good… Doesn’t almost everyone use the search engine of Google? And Google offers many more services…
“Fort Aan Den Ham”
Yesterday morning I was planning to visit the Ruin of Brederode (a ruin of a castle near the town of Santport Zuid). The idea was to make some nice pictures there. Just before I wanted to leave the phone rang and I was asked to come along with the Dutch Nikon Club (of which I…
“Zaanse Schans”
As most who read here will know I rented for almost one and half year a room in Amsterdam when I accepted my current job. My landlady from that time and I did get along very well. And why should that change after I moved to my own spot in Heemskerk? So for today we…
Halal and Kosher
Yesterday I listened to a discussion about “halal” and “kosher” meat. One of the persons in the discussion was a big mouth who clearly had not sorted out the facts. First of all, over here in The Netherlands animals only may be slaughtered by trained people… no matter of halal or kosher guidelines are followed….
Flowers… and something else…
Almost from the day I moved into my new house I have flowers inside. Some times roses or tulips… some times lilies… or as this time sunflowers. I think flowers always add nicely to the good atmosphere of the house. Apart from the nice flowers in my house, I have arranged tickets for Marion and…