Zo ik ièts ben, ben ik dus geen Hagenaar.

Beelden van Fernando Botero op het Lange Voorhout in Den Haag (en dan ook voor de liefhebber wat foto's van Louis Couperus - wel Hagenaar!)

[Fernando Botero set @ flickr]

Dear Michiel,

Thank you for:

• keeping my computer healthy
• keeping my server running
• keeping all 3D services professionally run
• chatting when you're tired
• being a very very good friend!

Happy Sysadmin Day, Michiel!

[for System Administrator Appreciation Day Friday July 28th 2006]

This weekend I received my very first bought piece of art: it's called "Number 975", or at least, I think that's its name :)

Read more about these numbers on onethousandpaintings.com

Actually, with a lot of help from my sister, my room is back in good condition. Over the years I had collected so much stuff, I simply didn't know where to begin to organize it all.

Thankfully I have a practical minded sister, who volunteered to help me during her free weekend. While the temperatures outside where over 30°C (and inside closer to 35°C), we slaved away, cleaning everything.

Lieve Marianne,

Onwijs bedankt!

Kus!

[before and after pictures]

Victoria Lily (detail) - Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, The Netherlands

[For the full image, please visit Victoria Lily @ flickr (underside) and Victoria Lily @ flickr (normal)]

Too bad we forgot to check all autographs needed for our Three-Dimensional documents.

But, thankfully Sofie has come up with an excellent solution.

The real official launch of Three-Dimensional VZW will just take a few weeks more.

This is what my computer setup was like, while staying at my parents'.

Today was my first day back at work.

My email box wasn't too bad, and the stack of mail on my desk was not big either.

It was great seeing all my colleagues again :)

All that is left: trying to get everything I had at my parents' back into order here in Leiden!

[Link to selection of vacation photos: Vacation 2006]