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Well, goodbye.

I’ve decided to leave this place. This place of thoughts, scraps and findings. I cannot find the time to write about things anymore. Or to be honest, I don’t want to anymore. A lousy goodbye you say?

Hell no. Move over to capo7.thumblr.com or www.soulcreation.com which will redirect you to my Tumbler page.

Enjoy.

… and all the best for 2010 for all of you and your families!!

My wishes:
- continuing to be a good and proud father as I think I am;
- continue to love my girlfriend (and don’t follow the trend of divorces);
- having nice projects at work and having understanding customers (as they always are);
- something that comes back for the past 7 years now … move abroad again;
- read some more books;
- undergo the technological evolution as never before;
- stay healthy;
- keep my promise to run a half marathon with Steven (@minorissues).

The gigs I enjoyed the most in 2009.

• Gui Boratto – Barcelona (Nitsa)
• Anthony & The Johnsons – Brussels (Bozar)
• Explosions in the Sky – Antwerp (Rivierenhof)
• Mercury Rev – Antwerp (Rivierenhof)
• Drunkars – Pukkelpop festival
• Vampire Weekend – Pukkelpop festival (If anyone has a ticket left for their concert in Brussels next Februari, send me a message)
• Buraka Som Systema – Pukkelpop festival
• MSTRKRFT – Pukkelpop festival
• Zombie nation – Pukkepop festival
• Simian Mobile Disco – Pukkelpop festival
• Fight Like Apes – Pukkelpop festival
• An evening with Greg Dulli & Mark Lanegan – Brussels (qAncienne Belgique – via ABtv)

My favorite cd’s of 2009. I am sure I am forgetting some great releases of this year. Please feel free to add them in the comments.

I am really looking forward to the new Groove Armada album ‘Black Light’. Also a new Interpol album might be nice.

With the movie 2012 and the prediction of the end of the world based upon the Mayan calculations we have some old and new things that rise to the surface: Nostradamus comes back in the picture, the end of the world discussions, climate change (which is a good discussion) and Mayan calculations.

Regarding this last item, Mayan calculations, I received a video from a friend and it left me standing with my mouth wide open. Multiplications for which we use electronic calculators, can actually be solved in a far more easier way. See for yourself.

Guess Mayans were not that stupid afterall.

I am in a possession of an HTC Magic (Android phone) which I bought last summer. I am trying to convince friends and colleagues to buy one as well and succeeded twice already. Some still choose to buy an iPhone but in the long run they will tell me they were wrong.

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benmarvin

The idea of this post was to share some thoughts about some great applications I’ve installed om my HTC. Open the Android Market on your mobile phone and look for the apps below.

Key Ring

The first app I installed was Froogloid’s Key Ring. I was very excited because this app saved me from keeping loyalty cards in my wallet. Yet it turned out that the app does not work so well for me. I’ve tried in several stores but none could scan the bar codes on my phone. My I should adjust my brightness? If anyone has tips, please share.

3G Watchdog
A simple application to keep an eye on your bandwidth usage. A must have for sure. You can set the start day of your billing time and it shows you the usage per day, week and month.

Twitdroid
A must have if you have a Twitter account. Simple and easy to use Twitetr client.

Places Directory
An excellent application you can’t go without. It shows you what ever you are looking for in the surrounding area. You’ll see distance and directions to the destination, and if you tap on the listing, we’ll show ratings and photos. I use it to find cash machines or restaurants.
More on http://sites.google.com/site/placesdirectory.

Barcode Scanner
As it says, a bar code scanner. I mainly use it to scan 2D bar online to download applications from the Android Market. But it can be used to scan bar codes from any product which give you back results about this product via your phone’s browser.

Another great application that makes use of a bar code scanner is ShopSavvy. Scan and find the cheapest product online (with reviews if available).

Evernote

The very popular online application on Android. I love it but it still has some features that need to improve: maintaining notes that have been submitted. It’s currently not possible to edit or delete notes that have been submitted via your phone. The application is available via the Evernote user Forum.

Layar

Layar is a free application on your mobile phone which shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of reality through the camera of your mobile phone. It’s great when you live in a city or when you are at venue (seeing people using Twitter around you). More on layar.com.

My Tracks

An application that enables you to record GPS tracks and view live statistics – such as time, speed, distance, and elevation. After recording you can share your tracks, upload them to Google Spreadsheet and visualise via Google Maps. Afterwards you can create your own custom analysis. The recording is sublime. But nowhere to compete with Nike and iPhone application.

Shazam
Music detection. How often do you hear a song but can’t recall the artist or title. Open Shazam on you phone and the application identifies the track you are listening to. More shazam.com.

Barrage Lite
A very simple and extremely addictive game. Shoot your opponent setting the right angle and velocity. Each time you win you gain cash to buy new arms.

Bonsai Blast
A puzzle game with one objective, clear all of the colored balls from the line before they reach the Yin Yang at the end of the level. Addictive!

Gem Miner
Dig Lazarus dig!! a fun game in which you need to explore a huge (really huge) mine to find ores, metals and gems to make money! With this money you can buy new and better tools to make the job easier for you. It keeps you busy for hours for sure.

Flashlight
Comes in handy when it’s dark.

Please share your thoughts or post other cool apps in the comments below.

Want to know what’s hot at the moment or want to have a window to look back? This beautiful interactive trend map from DailyRadar gives you the opportunity to show you the trends of the moment and the recent past. Select a category for narrow filtering or leave it for an overall overview.

(via thenextweb.com)

Other great trend maps at
- Webtrendmap.com
- Informationarchitects.jp

… everything you ever seen
… everything you ever done
… everything you ever loved
…

I recently saw the trailer in the movie theater and I loved it. Puppets are great. Muppets are great. These creatures are huge and I want to see them. Can’t wait to see the movie.

Where the Wild Things Are

http://wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com/

Back in March I wrote an article about coupons & loyalty cards and ended with an open question on how to make life easier with one card for multi-purpose. Or to find a way to accomplish this.

Well recently I bought myself a nice new mobile phone. An HTC Magic white, powered by Android™. I love this phone. (I am not an Apple fan, sorry).

The guys from Froogloid recently left a comment on the article about coupons & loyalty cards and mentioned their application called Key Ring. I’ve installed the application and I am a very happy user.

What does the application do:

1. Make my life easier
2. Create a digital copy of any loyalty card by simply scanning its barcode or by manually entering the barcode number / membership ID

My wallet looks thinner. I never forget my loyalty cards anymore. Life made easy by a simple application.

Doing things differently leads to something exceptional.

Abslout always has exceptional things when it comes down to advertising. Also this video by TBWA NY is exceptional again. (via Fubiz) :

A group of artists comes together in locations around the world to create art pieces that spell out the philosophy of Absolut Vodka. See something different in an ABSOLUT WORLD. (from the ABSOLUT world on Youtube)

See the making of on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ABSOLUT