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    October 25

    There… I fixed it!


    I got these in the mail. More can be found on http://thereifixedit.com/

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    October 20

    Next time I’ll take the pictures :-)


    Click on pictures to enlarge…

     

    Next Time

    I'll take the pictures..
    AND


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    ....and YOU
    can let the bear out!!!!!!!


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    October 18

    Shopping at the Hema

          HEMA is a  Dutch department store. The first store opened
    November  4,1926, in Amsterdam . Now there are 150 stores all over   
    the Netherlands .
           Take a look at HEMA's product page. You can't order anything and
    it's in Dutch, but just wait a couple of seconds and watch what happens.
           Don't click on any of the products pictured, just wait and see what
    happens.  Be  sure you have your sound turned on.
          This company has a sense of humor and a great computer
    programmer.


    http://producten.hema.nl/

    October 17

    15 Strangest Buildings of the World

     

    1. The Crooked House ( Sopot , Poland )

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    2. Forest Spiral - Hundertwasser Building ( Darmstadt , Germany )

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    3. The Torre Galatea Figueres ( Spain )
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    4. Ferdinand Cheval Palace a.k.a Ideal Palace ( France )
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    5. The Basket Building ( Ohio , United States )
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    6. Kansas City Public Library ( Missouri , United States )
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    7. Wonderworks ( Orlando , Florida , United States )

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    8. Habitat 67 ( Montreal , Canada )
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    9. Cubic Houses ( Rotterdam , Netherlands )
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    10. Hang Nga Guesthouse a.k.a Crazy House ( Vietnam )
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    11. The Ufo House ( Sanjhih , Taiwan )
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    12. Nakagin Capsule Tower ( Tokyo , Japan )
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    13. Erwin Wurm: House Attack ( Viena , Austria )
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    14. Wooden Gagster House ( Archangelsk , Russia )
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    15. Ripley's Building ( Ontario , Canada )

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    A dog

    An older, tired-looking dog wandered into my yard.
    I could tell from her collar and well-fed belly that she had a home and was well taken care of.
    She calmly came over to me, I gave her a few pats on her head; she then followed me into my house, slowly walked down the hall, curled up in the corner and fell asleep.

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    An hour later, she went to the door, and I let her out.

    The next day she was back, greeted me in my yard, walked inside and resumed her spot in the hall and again slept for about an hour.
    This continued off and on for several weeks.

    Curious I pinned a note to her collar:
    'I would like to find out who the owner of this wonderful sweet dog is and ask if you are aware that almost every afternoon your dog comes to my house for a nap.'

    The next day she arrived for her nap, with a different note pinned to her collar:
    'She lives in a home with 6 children, 2 under the age of 3 - she's trying to catch up on her sleep.
    Can I come with her tomorrow?

    The Maiden Voyage

    He just bought a new boat and decided to take her for the maiden voyage.
    This was his first boat and he wasn't quite sure of the exact Standard Operating Procedures for launching it off a ramp, but figured it couldn't be too hard.
    He consulted his local boat dealer for advice, but they just said "don't let the trailer get too deep when you are trying to launch the boat".
    Well, he didn't know what they meant by that as he could barely get the trailer in the water at all!
    Anyhow, here's a picture below.
    You are going to love this guy!!!

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    June 06

    Save the airlines

    Got this in the mail today... very funny :-)
     
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    How to save the airlines.........

     

     

    Dump the male flight attendants. No one wanted them in the first place.

    Replace all the female flight attendants with good-looking strippers! What the hell - the attendants have gotten old and haggard-looking. They don't even serve food anymore, so what's the loss? The strippers would at least triple the alcohol sales and get a "party atmosphere" going in the cabin.

     

    And, of course, every businessman in this country would start flying again, hoping to see naked women.

     

    Because of the tips, female flight attendants wouldn't need a salary, thus saving even more money. I suspect tips would be so good that we could charge the women for working and have them kick back 20% of the tips.

     

    Muslims would be afraid to get on the planes for fear of seeing naked women. Hijackings would come to a screeching halt, and the airline industry would see record revenues. This is definitely a win -win situation if we handle it right - a golden opportunity to turn a liability into an asset.

     

    Why the hell didn't Bush think of this? Why do I still have to do everything myself?

     

    Sincerely,

    Bill Clinton

    April 15

    Developers and managers

    Software developer can learn to be a manager in 5 steps!
     
     

    On the move again

    I'm now in Boston waiting for my flight to the Netherlands.
     
    Another customer visit, so I'll hit Amsterdam monday morning and fly out again on Friday. A busy week... time at the customer, meet up with the SDN guys, meet with my MRA Group partners and visit with friends and family. Great!

    My XBox can talk!

    I've added a control to my page which links to my XBox live profile.
     
    It was kinda of a shock to see how much information is actually recorded about my fun-time.
     
    The application (http://www.360voice.com/blog.asp?tag=markblomsma) is really cool.
    March 06

    Donate to charity using MSN Messenger

    MSN Messenger has a great option which let's you have Microsoft donate money to your favourite charity.
    March 04

    Overbooked flight dumps the slow, weak and crippled

    The strangest thing happened on my NWA flight today. The flight was overbooked and everyone had already passed through the security check. The NWA attendent at the gate gets up and informs us that our flight is overbooked and we need 4 people to give up their seat. A $300 travel voucher will be awarded to anyone giving up their seat.
    Nobody gets up to respond, after a 2 minutes I get up and tell them that if they can get me to Amsterdam via a different flight I could take a later flight, alas, after clicking away on the computer they informed me all flights were full, so I told them I couldn't give up my seat, my customer needs me in Amsterdam Monday morning. Anyway, a couple more minutes pass... no one gives up their seat. The guy now informs us that if no one comes forward 4 people will be picked at random... still no volunteers.
    Next announcement: everyone board now, the last four persons to board will stay behind!!!
     
    Imagine the stampede for the door...
     
    True story. Crazy right?

    Anna Nicole entertains from the grave

    I guess sometimes things just appear freaky.
    The picture below was grabbed from www.cnn.com.
    To list the burial as entertainment seems kinda tasteless...
     
    September 12

    Houlton Car Show

    Last week we went to the Houlton Car Show organized by Hogan Tire. I've uploaded some pictures. The bigfoot demonstration was awesome!

    China

    Bert, Alex, Marc, Jurgen and Hanneke went to China. Bert has posted his pictures online at: http://sassen.xs4all.nl/chinatibetnepal/
    July 22

    Camping Trip June 2006

    In June we went on a little weekend camping trip, I've just uploaded the pictures.

    New pictures of the house

    There are some more pictures of the house in the photo album labelled 'Our house'.
    July 06

    Watson, Logan and 'the Truck'

    We bought a new truck this week... very cool fully loaded and just very very nice!
     
    Look at the photos for more info :-)
     
    I've also taken some pictures of Watson and Logan to test my new camera... a Nikon D70s... nice :-)
     
    June 06

    Kenduskeag Canoe Race 2006

    Me, Jeremy and Andy went to the Kenduskeag Canoe Race 2006. Jeremy and Andy were part of the rescue crew at 6 mile falls.  I just made myself usefull as photographer :-)  The pictures are in an album on this site.