How Data Protection Commissioners fight a lost, former war on Google Streetview

The privacy or data protection bodies in Europe and elsewhere are fighting Google for collecting WiFi router's addresses and names while taking Streetview pictures. They seem unable to see that Google does not need Streetview any more for this purpose.

Mobile internet and why it shook the C in ICT

In The Netherlands the communications incumbent KPN (Telecom) and its multinational followers like Vodafone and T-Mobile have found a new cash-cow, they think. Mobile internet. Well, think again friends, because it may be your demise.

Save by using old hard- and software Blog 2. Extending hardware life-cycle

The world is changing so fast and technology even faster, you just need new hardware to keep up. Look at how smart modern kids are! Well, have I got news for you.

Save by using old hard- and software Blog 1. Buying IT second hand

Organisations confronted with less financial room might choose to save money on IT by using old or second hand hard- and software. It seems an obvious choice, like a second hand truck. There are however some additional software glitches to take into account.

To EPD or is it me?

The sorry story of how a well meant government project in The Netherlands goes awry. Just this month a letter from the national government, ministry of Public Health, Well-being and Sport (Ministerie van VWS) came with the mail.

So, there's my blog ... and now what?

OK, so I created a blog @ blogger. Now what? What do I put here? Who cares; who will read this? And then what? Will it make any difference and what do I care?

You know, I have very deep thoughts, I really do. Often late at night, when the family has gone to their respective bedrooms, my mind rumbles and tumbles on mighty philosophical questions. For example - why English? Is it because I feel I will of course attract an international crowd of followers? Or is it the lingua franca, the common language, of the internet? Oh, now some practical questions pop up.

Should I devote this blog to any specific subject? It could have been named 'on the choice of two wheels for the bicycle' or 'on dinosaurs and birds'. Or 'on dinosaurs and thus birds'. Get the thoughts I'm wrestling with? Stick to the subject? Must it be about hobby's or about professions? Or would my brain be the more obvious starter point? So pick and choose whatever I muse about.

Well, I'll just close for now. The kids have left the house for the night and my wife watches TV downstairs. Oh well, there are more machines in the house and I can add to the blog from there, if I can remember my logon. We got into a rather serious relationship discussion, something we should have done times ago. Very good and I'm very glad we did. The dishwasher is already clock-started and TV shows a documentary on japanese gigolo's. Very non-sense, poor people.