Monthly Archives: June 2007

Gebroken gong

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Als u in stille rust kunt zijn als een gebroken gong die niet langer klinkt, dan zal de vrede van nirvana uw deel zsijn en alle boosheid verdwijnen.

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Laat ons leven in vreugde

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Laat ons leven in vruegde onder hen die strijd leveren. Laat ons leven onder hen in vrede.

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Innovation and Agility

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Jim Highsmith on Innovation and Agility: I have always maintained that one characteristic of a good agile leader is the ability to balance: up-front planning with on-going planning, early architecture with evolutionary architecture, and innovation with efficiency. It is a … Continue reading →

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Check this out: cool Mac software from Amsterdam

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Via Apple Developer Connection: The team of young developers at Amsterdam-based Madebysofa were frustrated as customers of a difficult point-of-sale (POS) application and a shortage of usable and affordable alternatives. So they decided to turn a problem into an opportunity, … Continue reading →

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Klimmend kwaad

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Het kwaad dat in een mens groeit, is als een klimplant die een boom verstikt. Zo komt een mens ten val en zijn vijand verheugt zich.

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Freecycle Network

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Eek speaks about freecycling. A wonderful grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns using a simple mailinglist. Freecyclers have only one rule: Everything posted must be free, legal, … Continue reading →

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De koele schaduw van de sandelboom

Posted on June 22, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Hier in de koele schaduw van een sandelboom, verblijf ik in eenzaamheid en stilte, mediteer ik in vervoering, ver van alle verleidingen.

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Continuous Partial Attention

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

My son Martijn recently started working for Q42. One of his new colleagues pointed him to Continuous Partial Attention on whether or not to unplug from the ever increasing flow of interruptions of the grid and focus on getting some … Continue reading →

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Resultaten uit het verleden waarderen

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Omdat we fase 1 van het Aloha-project netjes willen afsluiten en een eventuele toekomstige verdeling van baten helder willen hebben doen we nu alvast een oprechte deelgeving—met een fictieve pot geld—zodat we daarmee later de resultaten uit het verleden billijk … Continue reading →

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Lachende Boeddha

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Gaston Vilé levert sinds kort lachende Boeddhabeelden voor onbezorgde gelukzaligheid. Mits we onze eigen ware aard—de Boeddha in onszelf—hebben gevonden natuurlijk. Gaston, ik wens je veel succes, plezier en onbezorgde gelukzaligheid! P.S. Is het een idee om elke dag een … Continue reading →

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Vriend

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Geen groter vreugde en kostbaarder geschenk dan een vriend met wie men de gevaren van het leven overwint.

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DocBook – FrameMaker – MediaWiki – DocBook

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

To my former creative colleague, while at Sun Microsystems, Wilfred Springer, now at TomTom. Hi Wilfred, Seeing on your blog Distributed Reflections of the Third Kind that you’re still a big fan of DocBook, allow me to pose a question. … Continue reading →

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Google Spends Money to Jump-Start Hybrid Car Development

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

Via Slashdot: Google Spends Money to Jump-Start Hybrid Car Development: “slugo writes ‘Internet search giant Google (GOOG) hopes to speed the development of plug-in hybrid cars by giving away millions of dollars to people and companies that have what appear … Continue reading →

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One trillion euro for AardWagen

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Martien van Steenbergen

How about rewarding one trillion euro for the first international precompetitive collaboration that produces a vehicle in ten years that improves rather than poverishes our Earth in each and every step of it’s lifecycle? From original conception to design, manufacturing, … Continue reading →

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