The Midnight Beast -- Tik Tok (kesha) Parody

Just after I boarded the train that would take me home from Schiphol, I noticed that my travelers pouch (containing my iPhone and headphones) was missing from my backpack. First of course, panic, second some obscene language being expressed by me. Luckily I was able to contact Air France straight away (well through email), so now it is just waiting for a positive response from them.

So the question is quite simple; What gets your weekend going? Let me know the song in the comment (please include a youtube-link) and I will post them all here.

• Bruce Springsteen ft Tom Morello -- Ghost of Tom Joad (fb: Bart, Netherlands)
• Common People! -- Pulp (@dennislaumen, Netherlands)
• David Bowie -- Queen Bitch (@ericfoster, USA)
• Kyteman -- Sorry (@lisette1984, Netherlands)
• Army of Lovers -- I give my Life (@annemiekske, Netherlands)
• Dizzie Rascal -- Holiday (@chocosyl, Netherlands)
• CLUBE DO BALANCO -- MUITO INCREMENTADO (@kellymachado, Sao Paolo)
• Alice in Chains -- Them Bones (@graafvangeleen, Netherlands)
• Chemical Brothers -- Hey Boy, Hey Girl (@arvid, currently in France)

• The Postal Service -- Such Great Heights (@arvid, the Netherlands)
• Gloria Estefan -- Conga (writeaholic_nl, the Netherlands)
• Gossip-Heavy Cross (@elsbeth_tWitt, the Netherlands)
• Iggy Pop and the Stooges -- Search and destroy (@ericfoster, USA)
• Tiesto -- In The Dark (@gvanlee, the Netherlands)
• Boris Goodunov -- Propaganda Nazdorowje (@niwla, the Netherlands)
• The Beatles — I’ve Just Seen a Face (@dennislaumen, the Netherlands)
• Ke$ha -- Blah Blah Blah feat. 3OH!3 (@chososyl, the Netherlands)
• Timbaland ft Katy Perry- if we ever meet again (@annemiekske, the Netherlands)
• Zeca Pagodinho -- Faixa Amarela (@kellymachado, Sao Paulo)
• Validation (@sergiobrotons, Geneve)
• Lady GaGa -- Just Dance (@iizliz, USA)
• Muse -- Resistance (Tiësto Remix) (@r7s7i7, the Netherlands)
• Fun Lovin’ Criminals -- Scooby Snacks (@Zietzevliege, the Netherlands)

Sittard – Na het grote succes van voorgaande cursussen “Laeze en Sjrieve” heeft het bestuur van Veldeke Krènk Zitterd besloten om de lessen cyclus te vervolgen, met een cursus voor gevorderden. Dat zijn in principe personen die verleden jaar de basiscursus met succes (diploma) hebben afgerond.

Vervolgcursus voorjaar 2010

De deelnemers die verleden jaar de basiscursus met het behalen van een diploma hebben afgerond worden in de komende maanden in de gelegenheid gesteld deel te nemen aan een vervolgcursus die net als verleden jaar in “Der Gulden Haen” aan de Markt in Sittard wordt verzorgd. Dat gebeurt op de volgende dinsdagen: 2, 9, 16, 23 maart en 6, 13, 20 en 27 april 2010, telkens van 20.00 u tot 22.00 uur. Het afsluitende dictee en de diploma-uitreiking is vastgesteld op dinsdag 27 april. De cursus wordt net als verleden jaar verzorgd door de heer Frans Walraven.

Inschrijving

Inschrijving voor de cursus kan schriftelijk of per e-mail gebeuren op het adres: Veldeke Zitterd, p/a Christian Kisselsstraat 3, 6131 BV Sittard. E-mail: p.werdens@gmail.com. Belangrijk is dat de deelname strikt gebonden is aan een maximum van 25 personen voor de cursus. De volgorde van inschrijving is bepalend voor de plaatsing. Gelijktijdig met de inschrijving moet ook het cursusgeld van € 25 worden voldaan op bankrekening:18.76.21.454 t.n.v. Veldeke Krènk Zitterd. De inschrijving is pas van kracht bij ontvangst van het cursusgeld.

1. Never click on links you don’t trust, either in DM or a normal tweet!
2. Ensure that your email address is still listed in twitter (in the event you would have to reset your pwd)
3. Change your password (you gave it to them! If you use the same password for more services, change them everywhere)
4. Revoke the access of all connections that are setup on the connections-tab in twitter

Good to know; all applications that you have sent up that use oAuth will require to be set up again as you have just revokes their access.

All should be fine now. It is always wise to have a look at your sent-DMs as you will see that they sent messages on your behalf.

After being years on twitter, I have gather a huge amount of people that I follow and who maybe don’t even follow me. Now not everybody wants to follow me (hi @billgates) but sometimes it causes a lot of noise, tweet-noise as I would call it. I noticed that quite often I didn’t see an interesting tweet as it was pilled with needless information which was most likely being generated by website or other services just throwing tweets out there. By weeding out the accounts that post this tweet-noise, I am able to focus again on what is important. After doing some manual clean-up I stumbled upon a nice website called ManageTwitter.

ManageTwitter allows you to systematically unfollow people that don’t follow you or are dormant. You can do this by filtering on one of the categories on the left of the screen (Not Following Back, Inactive, Talkative, Quiet) and then highlighting the people you still want to follow even though they don’t follow you. After that, it is as easy as flipping switch and you have unfollowed the selected ones. You will see that it becomes easier to weed through the timeline now it is more relevant to you. Worth mentioning; ManageTwitter uses oAuth to have a look at your twitter-profile so it will never ask for your password!

Just give it a try and do a twitter cleanup!

First using Google Earth, I was using the HSDPA (3G) network, after switching to the regular 2G-network, I noticed that Google Earth became quite lagging. This of course can be traced back to the fact that you are constantly downloading satellite imagery. As the latest Android 2.1 release also added multi-touch, you can now use your fingers to fly over the earth.

Besides the usual layers that Google nowadays offers in Earth and Maps, I noticed one other nice feature that allows you to also use the application offline (while you are disconnected from any data network). Google Earth stores some of the data on your mobile device and allows you to use that to still see some satellite imagery. Once you are connected again, a message appears that you are connected, you are able to navigate beyond the locally stored satellite imagery.

One of the new key features of Android 2.1 was that you could use your voice to perform searches or type text message, within Google Earth you can also use your voice to navigate around and just name place you want to visit. Google Earth will pick it up, translate the spoken text into written text and navigate you to the location that you requested.

After playing a while with Google Earth, I have to say, impressed but also, what the hell do I need Google Earth for on my device? It is nice to show off to friends and show them how good your device is but for pure navigation or looking up business Google Maps will do as well. In short Google Earth; Nice to have, first to be deleted (when I hit the storage limit)

Download Google Earth for Nexus One by searching for Google Earth in the Android Market.

Great way to create a buzz for your new online app, Forrst. I just subscribed to the party and am waiting for more information. From what I understand, this tool would be a twitter spin-off targeting designers/developers and providing them a way to share their inspiring code, screenshots and links with their peers. If this can withstand the pull twitter/Google Buzz have, I don’t know but let’s wait and see what it will bring us!