No respect for IT skills
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- Published on Saturday, 10 March 2012 19:45
- Written by Joachim van de Haterd
Earlier this week, our minister of internal affairs launched one of her 'brain'-farts. Students were to be invited to try to hack government servers and applications. Free of charge. Sadly, this attitude towards IT skills as something that I encounter daily.
On kludging with clutches
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- Published on Thursday, 23 February 2012 18:00
- Written by Joachim van de Haterd
I do my own stunts. That goes for both my driving and the way I keep my bike in a ridable shape. Recently though, I was almost forced to have a professional dismantle a large part of my bike. The reason? Bad clutch design.
A runner's ramble
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- Published on Sunday, 08 January 2012 18:42
- Written by Joachim van de Haterd
This is a gist of several ramblings that I intended to post on my blog, but never did. The reason is simple: these ramblings pop up into my head during long runs. When I get home, the moment is gone.
Brein vs ISPs: wrong on many levels
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- Published on Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:57
- Written by Joachim van de Haterd
Last tuesday, a lawsuit of Brein, the Dutch IP protection association against two ISPs was won. Both ISPs are forced to block access to The Pirate Bay. This is bad on many levels. Here's but a few of them.
On programming pet projects
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- Published on Saturday, 03 December 2011 12:59
- Written by Joachim van de Haterd
If you stumble upon my little blog, you'll probably notice that I am a web programmer. Although I am wary about mixing work and downtime too much, I am working on a hobby project of mine, using the exact same tools and frameworks that I use for work. This is a great difference compared to my previous job, in which programming actually felt like a punishment. Read on if you want to know what made me change my mind on programming in the weekends.
Surviving Dutch rush traffic
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- Published on Sunday, 30 October 2011 01:00
- Written by Joachim van de Haterd
This post should actually be titled "How to behave like an ass in Dutch traffic, and get away with it". However, one important part of this rant will not be mentioned, and that is survival in the broader sense of staying sane.
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