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04-09-2010 – Our 1 Year Anniversary!

BioTecK — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:14:00 +0000

Believe me; it’s right what they say: Time flies when you’re having fun! Yes, it has been a year ago when Jannie and me got married. A day which we will never forget!

I still remember all the time we spend to arrange everything for the wedding; finding the right perfect place to marry, combining the perfect menu, designing the perfect card, choosing the wedding cake etc! And then… The day it self…….. It flow by just like that!! Luckily for us we have about 1300+ pictures and hours of video material to watch and re-live our wedding day.

Anyway, as it’s our 1 year anniversary we decided to celebrate it by going to Brussel (Belgium)! Brussel is a big city and a French part of Belgium. It was nice to go to Brussel and enjoy our time together. Unfortunately time flow by just like on our wedding day but we did manage to make some pictures to remember this day as well!

PS: A BIG thanks to everyone who send us (e)cards, gifts, chocolates, messages, e-mails, phone calls etc! Really appreciated!

BioTecK.NET Server Migration

BioTecK — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:48:39 +0000

A couple of days ago I received an email from my hosting company. In that e-mail they mentioned that they’ll perform a server migration for BioTecK.net.. This means that my website and all it’s files will be transfered to a new server.

They’ve planned to do this tonight/tomorrow; so it might be the case that BioTecK.net will be slow or even not accessible. Hopefully things will go very smooth and when the migration has been successfully finished, BioTecK.net would load even faster for you guys!

Losing Weight Update: 98.9KG!

BioTecK — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:47:58 +0000

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post called “New Mission: Losing Weight!” where I told you about my new mission which is losing weight.

When I started with going to the gym I had a weight of 110 KG, which was too much obviously for my height! You see… I had to do something about my weight and I also wanted to live longer and therefore a healthy lifestyle is necessary. However, I knew that going to the gym wasn’t the ONLY thing I had to change and that I also needed to change my food pattern and that’s what I did!

For the last 2.5 months I’ve changed things a bit around by eating healthier, left the fatty burgers a way and went to the gym a lot! Now a couple of months later and I already have achieved a lot; in stead of weighting 110 KG’s I only weight 98.9 KG!!!

Beside my weight, I feel much better now; feeling more energetic and feeling alive! However… There’s only ONE bad side to this story: I need new cloths as they’re too large for me now!!!

And now I’m off to the gym again!!!

Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts

BioTecK — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 17:25:47 +0000

I’m a big fan of using keyboard shortcuts in applications. Why? It make things just easier & faster! Anyway, I found a list of Firefox keyboard shortcuts which could save you some clicks! Click here to see the list!

Color Scheme Designer 3 – Design Color Palettes Online

BioTecK — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:13:51 +0000

Are you looking for a tool which can help you generate new & cool color schemes? Color Scheme Designer 3 which offers a nice web based interface and a lot of options, allows you to design color palettes online. Great tool for web designers, graphic designer or anyone who just want to “play” with colors! Give it a try: Color Scheme Designer 3.

WordPress Plugin: Smart Archives Reloaded

BioTecK — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:05:38 +0000

For a long time I was planning to change the layout of the Archives page on BioTecK.net. If you don’t have an Archives page and you don’t know how to create one; then you could follow the steps mentioned in “How To Create An Archives Page“.

At first I wanted to use the Accordion function of the jQueryui.com but as that didn’t worked out as I wanted too and I decided to look for another solution. The main goal for doing this was just accessibility and making sure that the visitor would get a nice overview of the post ordered by year, months etc in some nice looking way.

Now a couple of weeks later, yeah lack of time, I think I’ve found the solution; Smart Archives Reloaded. Smart Archives Reloaded allows you to display a list of posts grouped by year and month using a multi-level implementation of the jQuery Tools Tab Control.

Once you’ve downloaded & activated the plugin you can adjust the settings to your need under Settings – Smart Archives Page. In order to display your post on your Archives page you need to:

Create a page and add the following shortcode, without the “”, to the content of your page and publish it.

["smart_archives"]

OR you could use the following PHP tag anywhere in your theme. As I already had an Archives Page Template I choose for this method.

By doing this you’ll get a nice Archives Page which will look like this:

This looks pretty cool, right?
So if you’re looking for a nice solution to display your posts on an Archive page, then you should give Smart Archives Reloaded a try.

Day Trip To: Ardennen Belgium

BioTecK — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:04:42 +0000

As you by now know; Jannie and me have holiday and therefore it’s time to do some fun stuff. If you’ve read the blog lately, you’ll definitely see that we’ve been doing fun stuff all the time. However, we can do more!

So as planned; Jannie, Naz & me went to Ardennen. Ardennen which lies in Belgium is not even an 2 hours drive from us. At first we wanted to do some canoeing but due to the low river level they advised us not to do so! So we’ll have to do that another time! Instead of canoeing we decided to have some fun in the amusement park.

After walking around, enjoying the view, livin’ the good life it’s was time for us to go back home. Well, actually to the hospital to be exact! This because my mother in law had her second heart attack and needed a bypass surgery. So the end of our day sucked but all the rest was just fun!!

The pictures can be found here.

Day Trip To Den Haag & Scheveningen…

BioTecK — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:12:24 +0000

So yesterday we had planned a day trip to Den Haag & Scheveningen because we had tickets for the musical Mary Poppins.

At first we went to Den Haag as we wanted to visit some shops and had a delicious lunch at a Dim Sum restaurant.
After our lunch we went to Scheveningen. As the weather in Scheveningen was bad we decided to go to the cinema and watched “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice“. When the movie ended we went to the passage for a little while and walked at the boulevard waiting for the musical to start. Although the musical wasn’t that fun, we still had a great day!

When we finally got back home it was late and we noticed some loud noises in our garden; As I went to take a look there was this drunk guy walking on the roof of our barn screaming “I’m going to jump off and break my neck, leave me alone!” He was obviously too drunk and angry with some of this friends who walked in the alley behind our garden. It was a good laugh when I told him to get off the roof and he told me “Ok, but where do I have to sleep?!”
Kids & drunk is a bad combination! Anyway, he finally jumped off the roof, which was about 2 meters high, and that’s when the peace came back in the neighborhood.

Again, we had made some pictures which now can be found in the gallery. Enjoy watching them!

CentrO: Europe’s Biggest Shopping Centre!

BioTecK — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:29:05 +0000

After our day trip to Brugge & Blankenberge we had Oberhausen (Germany) to visit in our planning. CentrO in Oberhausen to be exact.

CentrO claims to be the Europe’s biggest shopping & leisure centre and it’s only 1 hour drive from us. Anyway, as Jannie and me never visited it before, and as it was recommended to us by some friends, we decided to check it out. CentrO lies on 2 minute walk from the Arena in Oberhausen where I had been to a concert a couple of years ago and it was really big!

They have all kind of cool shops and Jannie and me were able to find some really cool things. If you’re ever in the neighborhood you should check it out! However in the mean while you could also check the pictures in the gallery by clicking HERE.

Day Trip To Brugge & Blankenberge

BioTecK — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 09:06:20 +0000

Traveling around The Netherlands & Belgium is a great way to spend your holiday. So that’s what Jannie and me did! Yesterday Jannie and me decided to go to Brugge & Blankenberge (Belgium). Luckily for us it’s not that far! It’ll take you only 2 hours to get to Brugge and another 20 minutes to get to Blankenberge from Brugge.

Brugge:
This was my first time visiting Brugge, which is also referred as “The Venice of the North”, and I must say that I liked this “small” city. Jannie and me walked through the historic city, which was beautiful, and also spend some time shopping!

Jannie and me In Brugge

Blankenberge:
After sightseeing Brugge we drove to Blankenberge which was only 20 minutes a way from Brugge. As you can see on the picture above, the weather in Brugge was cloudy. However when we arrived in Blankenberge the sun was shining!!

Jannie and me in Blankenberge

In Blankenberge we spend some time walking on the beach, walking on the boulevard and had this delicious see food; “Mosselen”. Actually it was Jannie who had the see food. I mean, I do like mosselen (I believe it’s called mussel’s in English) but I went for a big steak!

So yesterday night when we finally got back home we were really tired but at least we had a wonderful day!! We have also taken some pictures which can be found in the gallery. All you have to do is follow THIS link.

At Last… HOLIDAY!!

BioTecK — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:57:05 +0000

Yeah, after a long time it’s time for a holiday! Jannie and me have worked really hard the last couple of months and a break was really necessary and more then welcome!

At first we wanted to go to Sweden and visit my family but as my mother in law recently got a heart attack and as we’re worried about her we decided to stay in The Netherlands just in case she might need us. This due to the fact that she had to stay at the hospital a several times as the doctors are still searching for an answer / see if an operation is needed or not. Beside that just before we would have left to Sweden I had a Accident with the car and at first it wasn’t even sure if the car would be fixed soon.
So that’s why we canceled our trip to Sweden and decided to do fun stuff here at home, or at least nearby, and this is what we have done in the meanwhile:

Breda:
Jannie and me went to Breda (a city nearby.. Approx 1 hour drive) and did some shopping there. As the sun was shining that day we also enjoyed the sun and had this delicious salad for lunch. Yeah, eating really healthy these days!

Park Hilaria:
Park Hilaria is a annual fair in Eindhoven which is really big. There are all kind of rides (as well for children and thrilseekers!) and with a lot of terraces, music. We went there together with some of our friends (my favorite Twins Nina & Naz, Dilek) and we did have a nice day!! However we didn’t go into the rides, we didn’t feel like it. Anyway we did have a wonderful time!

We still have 2 weeks to celebrate the holiday and we still have a lot to do, as in fun stuff!
You can view picture of both of the days in the gallery following this link!

Car Accident…

BioTecK — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:09:44 +0000

Sooo… After a week driving in a loan car; Toyota Yaris I finally have my own Ford Fusion back!!

In case you’re not following me on Twitter this is what happened:
About a week ago I had a car accident.. Some F#$^&in idiot “parked” his car in the back of my Ford Fusion!

I was driving on an intersection and was trying to turn left while the car, a big LandRover, which wanted to go straight ahead smashed into my car. I was really shocked and angry at that moment. The other driver, who was an old man, immediately said: “Sorry, I didn’t saw you at all!!”
Yeah, this pissed me off even more!! When I looked at my car and I saw the damage I was even more pissed off!!! I mean look at the pictures here below!

Anyway as we were blocking the road, we drove the cars to some where quite and started to fill in the necessary papers for the assurance company. The day after I went to bring my car to a garage and let them repair the damage, which were going to cost a lot of money. Fortunately I have a comprehensive policy so I don’t have to pay it myself, but then again… It sucks!

So today I finally received a call from the garage that I could pick up the car and so I did and I have to say: WOW!! They’ve done a great job repairing the car! You don’t see anything from the damage and it actually looks like new again!!! So a BIG tanks to “Autoschade Mosman” as they did a wonderful job and so quick!! Much appreciated!!

Now all I have to do is wait and let the assurance companies handle the stuff but luckily I can drive my own car again!!

New Mission: Losing Weight!

BioTecK — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:41:33 +0000

Yeah, I got a new mission set for my self: Losing Weight! Some weeks ago Jannie and me subscribed at David Lliyod Sport & Health Center in Veldhoven (a small city nearby) and started to working out & lose weight.

At first I really didn’t knew if I were going to like it or not. Also the first couple of times were really hard for me as I was badly out of condition! I mean the last time I did anything for sport was AGES ago… When I was 16 or 17 years old! *Told you: AGES ago!*

So anyway… Now a couple of weeks later and I already have LOST 9 KG’s! Yeah 9 KG’s!!! Currently I weight about 101 KG’s and I’ve received a harder schedule from the Trainer at David Llioyd!

Believe me when I say that this feels really GREAT! I feel much better now these days and receive a lot of compliments from a lot of people! So this keeps me even more motivated!!

Congratulations To Jannie: Getting Her Bachelor Degree!!

BioTecK — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:16:32 +0000

After 4 years of studying Jannie will finally get what she deserved all a long: Her Bachelor degree in Human Resources & Psychology tomorrow! I’m really looking forward to this event! So here’s a small post to Jannie: CONGRATULATIONS to my lovely wife!!

World Cup 2010: The Netherlands VS Spain!

BioTecK — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:39:22 +0000

So here we (The Netherlands) are…. It has been 32 years ago when The Netherlands were in the finals of the World Cup. Now just an hour away and the match of the year will start between The Netherlands VS Spain and I’m really looking forward to it!

I really hope that The Netherlands will win tonight! So give it up for the world’s next champion; THE NETHERLANDS!

UPDATE: Unfortunately The Netherlands didn’t get that far and lost the match due to the “good” (uhm uhm…NOT!) referee and that’s when Spain became the world champion! Well, Congratulation to Spain!

How To Change “ShareMemSize” On Your HTC TP2

BioTecK — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:40:19 +0000

If you’ve a HTC TP2 and you find that your phone is a bit slow; then you should try this registry hack! Navigate to “HKLM\SOFTWARE\HTC\ResProxy” using a registry editor and change “ShareMemSize” to 0 (zero). The Default ShareMemSize on my TP2 was 2242944. Now SoftReset and you’ll notice that the phone is faster! [Source: XDA Developers]

BioTecK’s Birthday: Turning 28!

BioTecK — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:30:39 +0000

So I turned 28 a couple of days ago, so it was time for a party and that’s what we did! We gathered some friends and as the sun was shining and it was a nice hot weather we decided to have a BBQ!

I had a wonderful day with a lot of good friends and off course with a lot of cool presents!

The pictures can be found in the gallery or with one click on THIS link here!

Virtual CloneDrive: A Virtual CD/DVD Drive!

BioTecK — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:29:06 +0000

Are you looking for a free CD/DVD drive emulators which allows you to run (mount) ISO images on your hardisk without burning them on a CD/DVD? As the post name already mentions; Virtual CloneDrive is a virtual CD/DVD drive (up to 8 virtual drives at the same time) and behaves just like a physical CD/DVD drive.

With Virtual CloneDrive you can mount image files such as ISO, BIN, CCD etc, by just double clicking on the files. Off course that’s if you’ve set the program to associate with the supported formats! If not you can always mount and unmount an image file through the context menu (right mouse click menu!).

Virtual CloneDrive is a good alternative to “Deamon Tools” which I’ve been using for years but so far I prefer to use Virtual CloneDrive due to the fact that I can mount / unmont image files just by a simple right mouse click!

Publisher: Slysoft
Version: 5.4.4.0
OS: Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7 (32 or 64 bit)
Language: English and 10 other languages
License: Freeware
Download size: 1.49 MB
Download Virtual CloneDrive: Click here…

WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” Is Out!

BioTecK — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:21:38 +0000

WordPress 3.0 is out and I just updated my version to 3.0 and I got to say: It’s great! If you’re running a WordPress blog then you really should consider to updating it! More information on WordPress 3.0 “Thelonious” can be found here.

jCarousel Added To Miniposts Section

BioTecK — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:29:11 +0000

Just added jCarousel Lite to the Miniposts section on the homepage. This way you’re able to navigate through all the Miniposts published! Cool, right?!