Corne van Dooren - (Multimedia) Designer

May 26, 2008

Sorry once more for the lack of feedback on the blog... Just didn't get round to do it.

Today I had a bad day. Just after 16:00 hr I felled dizzy and awkward. A major headache also started to grow. Taking pills didn't help anymore... I hope I get a good nights sleep tonight so I am back in form tomorrow.

On another, more joyful subject. The new gadgets have started to be out there concerning the European Championship football. Personally I don't give a .... about the EC in Austria and Switzerland. The team I support (Man Utd) has just won the Champions League so my summer is great already!

But the gadgets are always pretty cool to see. This year Heineken produced the trom-pet, a cool cap that is also used for serious drumming.

Jupiler came up with a Holland-horn as it is used in Switzerland (or Austria, I am not sure). But my favourite came through a chain of stores called Blokker. They came with an awesome t-shirt of a lion (symbol for the national team of Holland). It has a flap. When you lift the flap, the lion roars!

Anyway, time for bed now. Gotta get this headache to be gone in the morning...

Take care.

May 19, 2008

Today I called my internet provider because of the issue I mentioned yesterday. And yes! I am not on a black list at Hotmail and such. It was actually my provider that was on the black list. I wasn't the only one with the problem!

Thank God for that. I was afraid I had made a mistake or something. But as Shaggy would say: it wasn't me.

Oh yeah, there's this commercial on Dutch television that is really awesome. I don't know whether it was made with the European Championships in Austria in mind, but that doesn't even matter really. Its hilarious. Especially the lyrics. "Life is a tunnel with black light at the end". Black light?? Hahaha.

Speak soon.

May 18, 2008

Sorry I haven't written in a while. Its been busy and there were loads of free days inbetween. Obviously when the weather is good I am not spending my time behind the PC!

But now I am behind the PC again I seem to have a huge problem. I cannot send emails to Hotmail-accounts. I have been placed on a black list because they have received complaints about my IP?!

Weird shit that I don't understand. Immediately asked my anti-virus software to do a full check. So far it has found Trojans in the Java plugin.

Anybody got an idea how I've been placed on the black list (no, I have not been sending random emails to unknown addresses) and what I can do to sort this out? Has my IP been taken over?

Take care.

May 6, 2008

I've written it before on my blog, but this time its really happening! Me and Nadine are spending our holiday in Egypt!

I am totally looking forward to this holiday, I have always wanted to visit Egypt. I expect it to be nothing less than amazing.

We are going in August, when it can get really hot over there. I've been told the temperature can rise up to 50 degrees! That means I'll be packing loads of sunscreen as I have seen too many doctors on holidays before. I burn so easily...

Last time we wanted to travel to Egypt we planned a trip through the country. It was cancelled back then because there weren't enough people to participate. We were offered a trip to Mauritius by the travel agency at that time. This time though, it looks like its really going to happen! Fingers crossed!

Anyway, just wanted to share this exciting holiday with you guys. Can't wait!

Take care.

May 4, 2008

Hello again. Today I want to share a little known park with you. Its a parrot-park which is actually pretty close to where I lived as a kid. Yet I had never heard of the park and had never been there before.

Yesterday Nadine's sister visited with the kids and we got word by an aunt of mine to go to the parrot center near Veldhoven with the kids. She said they would have a blast there - and they did.

The park was bigger than expected and they host a whole range of birds and other animals. Not only did the kids like it, so did we. The parrot center is definately a great place to visit with kids. We had a great day!

For those interested: http://www.papegaai.org/ or http://web.vriendenkringnop.nl/index.php.

I also want to share a photo that I took last week. Last Thursday or Wednesday the sky suddenly turned really dark. I quickly took my camera to take a picture. Just a couple of minutes after this photo it started to rain badly. Oh yeah, absolutely no Photoshop tricks or anything on the photo, this is really an unaltered photo!

May 1, 2008

Yesterday the second semi-final of the Champions League took place. After Manchester United made it to the final on Thursday, Chelsea beat Liverpool last night to make it too. Fuck!

If there is a team I don't wish well at all - its Chelsea. It has nothing to do with the players or the way they play. I just hate the fact that one Russian dude with a lot of money buys the club and spends millions and millions on players to get them trophies.

I can only hope Manchester United beats them both in the final and the English Premier League.

I kinda am starting to hate watching football. For instance, yesterday's game. Do you know how many millions were on the pitch? Take a wild guess and let it be above 100 million. For a game of football. A game! Bloody hell, can't they send that kind of money to third-world countries?

There's also an overkill of football on TV. And to have football on TV, the TV corporations have to pay millions as well! Amazing world we live in...

Anyway, just wanted to express my hate for Chelsea. I'd rather have Liverpool win the trophy every single year. Chelsea is buying history while Liverpool and other English clubs actually have a big history.

Take care.

Corne van Dooren, Multimedia Designer