A geek moment…

Good morning everyone, this is just a quick entry to let you know that I have finally converted to the dark side… I took Windows off my laptop and installed Fedora 11: Reign.

Why you may ask, well I use Windows at work and as you all know over time Windows gets slower and slower… so I thought well why not just speed my old laptop up with a new OS. Fedora 11 boot time is actually really good, about half of my Windows OS.

But it is not just the boot time, it is clean fast, looks good, easy to configure, installing was a piece of cake, network capability is great, programs are great, all open source of course… turns out that I already used most of them.

Just like everything in life… your habits change… and as a result so should your OS. At work I am a power user in many different areas… but I guess when it comes down to my personal laptop I only really use the browser for looking/watching tv series, listening to music, configuring my multimedia network at home, a few programs in C/C++, Qt is my new favourite. Java is a close second… So if this is my use for my personal laptop… why should I install Windows 7? It is slow, heavy… okay it has DirectX 11… but I don't play games… soooo the logical thing would be to install a stable fast OS. There were a couple of options… but I really like the look and feel of Fedora. Red Hat has been going for years and several distributions have spinned of it… so why not just keep to the source?!

A weekend in Prague!!!

After Amsterdam and Roosendaal Sky Diving…. I had this urge to continue travelling…So got a couple of friends together and we rented a car and drove to Prague on Friday night. The plan… well it was simple:

 

Leave Eindhoven… Drive to Prague, stay there until Sunday afternoon and drive back:)

 

Some people say that life is boring, well I am a strong believe that you make life what you want. So what if the trip is 10h drive… look at things from a different perspective…. 10h (one way) with friends, talking, laughing, has probably more meaning than a few drinks in the pub one night.

Plus we got to see a beautiful city… Prague. It is a magical place.

 

So here is the summary from an Engineers point of view:

1854km

20h in a car

23 coffees

4 friends + plus a mascot

1 opel Corsa 1.2

NO Tom Tom, just a map (ya we did it the old fashion way)

Departure: Friday at midnight

Arrival in Prague: 10am

Departure from Prague: 4pm Sunday

Arrival in Eindhoven: 2am Monday morning:)

Lots of fun:) Yes we saw night clubs, castle, bridges, museums', heard classical music, the church, the astrological clock, had great meals… but what really inspired me was knowing that there are no limits to what you can do when you put your mind to it.

 

Thanks guys for the great weekend.

Let me finish this entry with a GREAT quote:

“Build a world made of maps and dreams of using them all”

Indoor Sky Diving

 

Hi guys,

 

This is just a quick entry to let you know about my crazy weekend… I had a few friends over from Portugal and we played Laser quest, Karting, and to top it off… we went sky Diving… but indoors…

 

It was AMAZING… It is not as easy as it looks… check me out trying my best… LOL.

 

We went as a group and I tried it for 2 minutes… It just takes practice…

 

We went to Roosendaal (close to Rotterdam).

 

Here is the site: http://www.indoorskydive.com/