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My name is Stijn Van Minnebruggen, I'm a developer at These Days Antwerp.
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I went to Le Crotoy (France) this weekend to relax and take some pictures. Le Crotoy is a quiet, beautiful town on the West-Coast of France. It’s on the North-side of a very special bay that changes with the tides. You can walk from one side to the other during the ebb tide (with a guide), but make sure to get out on high water :) Compare the satellite images and map on Google and check out my pictures on flickr.
If you’re going some day, let me know if you see this man too ;)
I have the feeling that everyone agrees, Internet Explorer 6 should disappear! This browser was very good… in 2001. Today it’s not only old, slow and insecure, it’s a pain in the ass for web designers and developers because they can’t use modern techniques without hacking, bug fixing, etc. This affects us all because loads of web designers and developers are discouraged to create stunning websites, and that’s a pity!
Is there a way to find out who still uses IE6? I always hear: it’s because of those large companies where IT doesn’t want to upgrade. But I find that hard to believe, because any decent IT guy wants his network to be secure and trouble-free, no? If you’d ask me… I think most people that still use IE6 are those families where the dad bought the cheapest computer in the local supermarket. They probably think: “that computer is slow already, it will be even slower if I install more stuff on it”.
I really think IE6 users are computer newbies, dumb or just slow in general :) So what can we —web designers and developers— do about this? We force them to download a modern browser by spamming them with popups, blockers or fake IE messages. Please people… do it now!
Super cool idea. A guy on the pavement beatboxing and an open mic.
It’s back in town! Erm… London that is. The annual Future Of Web Apps (FOWA) conference by Carsonified. Book your tickets now, because last year was really good. I booked my tickets from the moment there where any available. Yes, I’ve got me one of those early-bird tickets… yay!
The conference is held on 1 and 2 oktober and the speakers include Aza Raskin (Mozilla), Dustin Diaz (Twtter), Gary Vaynerchuk (Wine Library TV), Kevin Rose (digg), Michael Arrington (TechCrunch), etc. If you are going too and you want to meet-up, let me know!
A couple of Belgian bloggers (including Bart Claeys, Ntone, Pieter Van Impe, Boskabout and me) where invited to have a “Fox in a Box” meal. The idea is simple, yet brilliant! You invite a couple of friends to come over and have diner, order a box and start cooking. All ingredients are included in the box, vegetables are cut, herbs are prepped, etc. You just have to follow the steps on the included guide and you have a really fine meal.
Next time you invite your friends to come over and have diner, you should do this. It’s really fun, social, delicious and you can’t mess up.
Yesterday was fun, the food was really good. It even motivated me to cook more often and experiment more with food instead of making pasta every day ;) I had a couple of good chats with the guys and Mr. Fox himself. He seems like a great guy with a great family. Pictures here and here and a couple of video’s here. Thank you Pietel for the invite!
Sorry for the lack of updates… there are loads of things going on lately. One of them: I’m moving out! If you know somebody that’s looking for a really nice appartment in Antwerp, check out mine… it’s available!
