Discovery channel has a show called MythBusters.Given the numerous pyrotechnic experiments involved I started referring to this show as "Jackass for Scientists"
Here is an idea for a show:
Every time a dummy is used for an experiment by the MythBusters we call upon the help of Steve O. That would make great TV.
I used to draw a lot.
When I was at university I illustrated a student paper and made cartoons and illustrations for several publications. Those days are over. The drawing material is not within reach and for some reason what used to be a satisfying hobby is not even an activity any longer.
I still have the web pages that I constructed back in 1994 (over 10 years ago !) and never updated since [but moved to another provider after I wrote this page initially]. And that contain a couple of logos and cartoons.
The page with the cartoons contains a litle poem that I picked up from a bathroom door in a cafe and the cartoon that was inspired on that poem.
Birdie birdie in the sky
you dropped something
in my eye.But I don't weep
nor do I cry
I'm just glad that cows
don't fly
The other day I received a mail from an artist from The Workhouse who stumbled upon this picture and wanted to use it for the creation of a postcard. I’m easy and cheap. The only thing I ask when people use my cartoons is a copy of the thing they use it for. This artist used it for a postcard and this morning I received ‘the product’ in my surface mail box.
I really appreciate the way they used the cartoon.
(Oh…. by the way.. if you ever need a cartoon… contact me)
In his "Burning Apple" story Triv wrote:
I ran downstairs to get the fire extinguisher. You do have one right? Don’t be a statistic!
I did not have one. Now I do. I also decided I will buy a smoke detector.
I never, in my wildest imagination, figured how Stan and Eric would look in a manga. http://daisy44.deviantart.com/art/Stan-Kyle-Eric-Kenny-153223432 
features a couple of images.
Now I did try to imagine what Kyle, Stan, Eric and Kenny would be doing as adults. My guess would be loitering chain-smokers and alcoholics… (on the other hand Kenny might not live to be 26).
Today I made an announcement on our internal maillinglist. I told my colleagues that I walked into an irresistible opportunity and that I will be leaving the organization.
It is the sort of announcement over which you should be happy but wich brings you mixed feelings. Perhaps because I still feel part of a very good team.
Anyway, the dice has rolled (*). It is now public knowledge that I’ll be joining NLnet Labs as of September 1 with the intend to take over responsibilities as a director per January 1, 2006.
But I am not gone yet. I still have things to do and projects to finish. So although I announced that I’ll be going, I’m not ready to leave yet.
* that’s the second time today I use that term today.
Earlier I wrote that Bert submitted an April 1 RFC. Unfortunatelly it will not be published. The reason given is its length, and I must admit it was somewhat bulky. Below is the response from the RFC Editor. I obfuscated parts of the mail so that the members of the Secret Working Groups are not disclosed and we still have a possibility to publish the idea in a condensed form somewhere else.
We feel that this is too large and ponderous to fit into the
mold of April 1 RFCs. We do appreciate the satire on ******
****, but publication as an RFC does not seem like the
right venue for this. For one thing, it would be hard to
justify the resources for publishing a 36 page April 1 RFC.
Thank you for your submission.
RFC Editor
Bert just received his first job-offer. I guess that Sandy googled a bit and mailed the addresses she harvested. I considder to have Bert reply and see if we can get him to fly over (Fedex?) for an interview… Suggestions are welcomed.
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I read Triv‘s blog and he reports that his laptop caught fire in the middle of the night.
This is a picture of the laptoy. There are a couple of pictures of his room on the blog.
I wonder what circumstances this happened and if there are actually statistics of events like this. This is pretty scary stuff.
Will warranty cover this? Will Triv ever use an Apple again?
My friends at the secret working group have just submitted Internet Draft to the RFC editor for April 1 publication. Lets hope Bert will have his first RFC in a 14 days.
I have a thing with "new words" so my attention was cought when I was cycling past a billboard that showed the word "Glascorrosie" (Dutch for "Glascorrosion") next to a picture of a somewhat dull glass in the rack of a dishwasher.
The word glascorrosion does not exist in Dutch and its amazing how the marketing people of dishwasher detergent came up with a word that without any explanation has a very clear and threathening meaning. The marketing folk who made that up are amazing.
I do proud myself to have invented a word in Dutch too. Its not in common use and a google query for it actually results in no hits. The word is "Ruksurfen" the closest English translation would be "Wanksurfing" (0 hits in google). Its the thing that young males (not me) do when they are bored and type in that 3 letter word for which Google provides 140.000.000 hits.
I would like to go on record as the person who introduced "Ruksurfen (Ruksurfer)" into the Dutch language, or maybe even the person who introduced "Wank surfing (Wank surfer)" but then again its not something to be proud off. Maybe I should just register wanksurfer.com…