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John Frusciante
22 maart 2012WordPress on BlackBerry
22 maart 2012“Ik zen mobiel, Harry.”
Don’t know whether I’ll use this app often, but at least I have one more possible way now to share! Yay!
Den Jimmy se!
21 maart 2012Râzi tu, râzi, Harap-Alb
17 maart 2012An error occurred accessing a data source – InfoPath
7 maart 2012All of a sudden an InfoPath form published on our SharePoint environment started throwing “An error occurred accessing a data source” towards our dear users.
The form had been working fine & nothing had changed about the form, so no point in looking at the form itself – except for checking which data sources it used perhaps to see if they themselves had changed recently.
I still haven’t gotten to the bottom of this as I’m simply no expert on this matter. But… I did manage to google my way out of this one. 
This post was one of the very few to tell me to try and increase the Data Connection Response Size.
Worked like a charm. Though I’d love to figure out which datasource caused the issue… there must be something going on, and not having any clue whether/when/why it’ll occur again is baaaaad.
More info on the setting at TechNet.
Da’s niet echt zenne dat goud.
6 maart 2012Boardwalk Empire
4 maart 2012My girl is so dumb, she tried to buy plum pudding from a plumber.
La Roux nog eens bovenhalen
4 maart 2012Nina
10 februari 2012A trip to the Moon
6 februari 2012Ischia-Capri-Sorrento-Amalfi
31 januari 2012I’ve uploaded a selection of pictures of days 3 & 4 of my 2011 summer holiday in Italy. Check ‘m out!
Day 3 was on Ischia, I went from Sant’Angelo to Baia di Sorgeto – relaxing at the hot springs.
Day 4 was spent mostly travelling from Sant’Angelo to Anacapri – with Sentiero dei Fortini in the evening (and a pizza at Le Arcate in Anacapri).
Cupcakes
31 januari 2012I’ve been making cupcakes lately. For others. They say they’re good. I don’t know how to take a compliment, because I really think anyone can make these. All you need is a little time, and the right ingredients. So here’s a little insight into how I make these.
Ingredients for the cakes themselves – this will easily give you 12 cakes:
- 125 gr self-raising flour
- 125 gr butter
- 125 gr sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons of milk
Tools & others:
- A tray. I got me one of those trays specifically for cupcakes because it’s easy to work with.
- A tablespoon.
- A whisk.
- A container to mix the dough in.
- Something that you can melt butter in, I just use a saucepan.
- Paper cups.
The works:
- Start off by melting the butter. Don’t know if you should or shouldn’t, but it’s just the way I do it, ok?
- Mix the molten butter with the sugar.
- Add some flour, keep mixing.
- Add one whole egg, keep mixing.
- Add more flour, keep mixing.
- Add the other egg, keep mixing.
- Add the last bit of flour, keep mixing.
- Mix in the milk.
- This is it. Put paper cups on a tray and fill them with the dough.
- Put in a preheated oven at about 180° C until they look nice and golden (I’ve never checked how long that takes).
Then there’s decorations. I tried once to make my own glaze from sugar, but for now I find it easier to just buy some in the shop. Though lately I’ve not been glazing the cupcakes at all. Instead I put some (vanilla flavoured) fondant on it. You can buy it in a range of colors, and again, is very easy to work with. Just roll out a bit, cut out whatever shape you want and put it on the cupcake. I have a bunch of fondants from Funcakes, that you can get at a hobby store near you. That’s it really. There’s nothing more to it; for now.
At night – Part 1
30 januari 2012
Have you ever wondered what happens at a supermarket at night, when everyone is sound asleep? I know I did – and I decided that it was about time I got to the bottom of this. Please, join me in this journey into the unknown…
When you want to find out what happens at a supermarket at night, but only wish to spend one night without sleep, you better take the time to find the one that adequately represents the entire population of supermarkets. To the untrained eye any supermarket may qualify for this; after all they are all commonly referred to as such. Yet, there is such a breadth & wealth of different supermarkets that it really does matter a lot. Hungry for examples, are you? Take for example the Spanish supermarket, where fruit & vegetables are strictly separated from each other. The fruit is kept at the front of the store, the vegetables in the back. The reason for this is of course historical. In the 16th century king Felipe II was at war with the English, at the time famous for their version of ratatouille. A dish with so many vegetables it could kill you if you had three really big portions. The king used to eat two big portions of English ratatouille every day – yes, he loved living on the edge – but when the war broke he ordained all vegetables to be destroyed so that none would ever even think of the English cuisine being any good. Little anecdote 1: the king did not order the potato crops to be destroyed as he did not know that these were in fact vegetables. Little anecdote 2: indeed the persuasion that the English simply don’t have a cuisine of their own still holds strong in some regions of the world. The same goes for the Dutch. It should come as no surprise, as it was in fact Felipe II himself who had used a similar strategy to try and beat down the revolts in the Netherlands. Of course, people need vegetables for all sorts of healthy nutrients so it should come as no surprise that instead of destroying perfectly good food, the shopkeepers all stealthily moved their vegetables to the back of the store. The king, going on visits throughout the land would look into the shops windows and see nothing but delicious fruit & potatoes for sale. He would feel like he was in control, but we all know now he wasn’t. Sure, there are many stories to be found of shopkeepers that were executed – forced to eat three large portions of English ratatouille for their betrayal, but their came no end to this practice and in the end it was not until the 17th century that Felipe IV signed the law to allow vegetables to be sold again, free from persecution. The law does stipulate that the vegetables should be kept at the back, just to piss the English off. This little example can also serve as explanation for why in English & Dutch supermarkets the vegetables are displayed much more prominently than fruit.
This is just one example of the level of detail that was required in my search for “the supermarket”. And if you ask yourself now how I would account for both Dutch/English & Spanish supermarket configurations, please stop asking. The answer is simple: for this particular parameter “the supermarket” would have to be one where fruit & vegetables are happily mingling at the very center of the store. If the supermarkets near you are nothing like that, then they are not eligible for the quest – if you would ever decide to go on one yourself. I must admit, it took me some time to find these kind of supermarkets as well. But when you’re motivated to get to the bottom of a mystery that has kept mankind in its firm grip for at least a few decades, then no search is too great.
In Part 2 I will divulge further details about the chosen supermarket – hold on tight, because it is going to be quite a ride! (in one of those supermarket trolleys)