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	<subtitle>It ain't much if it ain't dutch :)</subtitle>
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	<updated>2008-12-28T21:08:29+01:00</updated>
	<author>
	<name>Raymond</name>
	<uri>http://www.raymondpoort.nl/index.php</uri>
	<email>raymond@raymondpoort.com</email>
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	<entry>
		<title>Weblog moved</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1022" />
		<updated>2008-12-28T21:08:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-12-28T21:08:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1022</id>
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		<summary type="text">Thanks for stopping by, my weblog has moved to raymondpoort.com. You should be re-directed automatically...if not, click the link!


(I saw in my page stats that this page still gets some visitors everyday who are probably wondering why there are no new posts...well, now you know! ;))</summary>
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                <p>
Thanks for stopping by, my weblog has moved to <a href="http://raymondpoort.com">raymondpoort.com</a>. You should be re-directed automatically...if not, click the <a href="http://raymondpoort.com">link</a>!
</p>
<p>
(I saw in my page stats that this page still gets some visitors everyday who are probably wondering why there are no new posts...well, now you know! ;))</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>Exploring Norway</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1021" />
		<updated>2008-06-23T14:58:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-23T14:57:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1021</id>
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		<summary type="text">We're about to leave for a two weeks roadtrip through Norway...hey,
hey, it's about time we discover the beauty of this country that
everyone talks about, eh? ;)


We'll spend most of our time on the
West/Northwest coast, between Bergen, Ålesund and Kristiansund...expect
no daily blogposts, but you can follow us via my Twitter page!</summary>
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                <p>
We're about to leave for a two weeks roadtrip through Norway...hey,
hey, it's about time we discover the beauty of this country that
everyone talks about, eh? ;)
</p>
<p>
We'll spend most of our time on the
West/Northwest coast, between Bergen, &Aring;lesund and Kristiansund...expect
no daily blogposts, but you can follow us via my <a href="http://twitter.com/raymondpoort">Twitter</a> page!</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>Mario Kart</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-23T00:00:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-22T23:59:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1020</id>
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		<summary type="text">We bought Mario Kart today, a really fun game for the Wii...racing with the remote Wii Wheel is HEAPS of fun!</summary>
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                <p>
We bought <a href="http://www.mariokart.com/wii/launch/">Mario Kart</a> today, a really fun game for the Wii...racing with the remote Wii Wheel is HEAPS of fun!</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>A wedding and a soccer match</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1019" />
		<updated>2008-06-22T18:29:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-21T16:50:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1019</id>
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		<summary type="text">We've had a nice and relaxing day in NL and are now getting ready
for a wedding party tonight, and are ofcourse mentally preparing for
THE match, the Euro2008 quarter-finals against Russia!


I don't
expect to see the match, we'll be partying instead ;), but I'll make
sure to stay up to date with the match via SMS orso.</summary>
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                <p>
We've had a nice and relaxing day in NL and are now getting ready
for a wedding party tonight, and are ofcourse mentally preparing for
THE match, the Euro2008 quarter-finals against Russia!
</p>
<p>
I don't
expect to see the match, we'll be partying instead ;), but I'll make
sure to stay up to date with the match via SMS orso.</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>Vacation starts!</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-20T16:37:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-20T16:38:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1018</id>
		<link rel="related" type="text/html" href=""  />
		<summary type="text">It's the end of June, a great time to have vacation!


We'll start by flying to NL tonight so we can be at a friends wedding party tomorrow, then back on Sunday in order to pack for two weeks of driving/bicycling/hiking in the (North) West of Norway! Heaps of fun, really looking forward to it and jeez, do I need some time off!! ;)</summary>
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                <p>
It's the end of June, a great time to have vacation!
</p>
<p>
We'll start by flying to NL tonight so we can be at a friends wedding party tomorrow, then back on Sunday in order to pack for two weeks of driving/bicycling/hiking in the (North) West of Norway! Heaps of fun, really looking forward to it and jeez, do I need some time off!! ;)</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>QOTD June 19 2008</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-19T23:50:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-19T23:48:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1017</id>
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		<summary type="text">Nelson Mandela: &amp;quot;VISION without ACTION is a nightmare; ACTION without VISION is just passing time; but VISION with ACTION will change the world&amp;quot;</summary>
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                <p>
Nelson Mandela: &quot;VISION without ACTION is a nightmare; ACTION without VISION is just passing time; but VISION with ACTION will change the world&quot;</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>One year at work and a bÃ¥ttur</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1016" />
		<updated>2008-06-18T16:44:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-18T16:45:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1016</id>
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		<summary type="text">Last year June 18, so today, I started my job in Norway...something
to celebrate. The company thought so as well and decided to have a
boattrip (båttur in norwegian)/summer event...I love these kind of initiatives!! ;)</summary>
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                <p>
Last year June 18, so today, I started my job in Norway...something
to celebrate. The company thought so as well and decided to have a
boattrip (b&aring;ttur in norwegian)/summer event...I love these kind of initiatives!! ;)</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>I just sold the Honda</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-17T18:54:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-17T18:54:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1015</id>
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		<summary type="text">Wow, things can move fast!


I was contacted this morning by someone interested in buying our good'old Honda...it
was around the 20th guy calling me since I put it on the internet so I
wasn't too sure, but, as everyone knows; it just takes one buyer to
make a sale happen and...this was THE one!!
He just stopped by to have a look, apparently liked what he saw and we directly closed the deal...this car is gone for good!


Heyhey, perfect timing with our vacation coming up the next two weeks. ;)</summary>
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                <p>
Wow, things can move fast!
</p>
<p>
I was contacted this morning by someone interested in buying our <a href="http://raymondpoort.com/2008/05/24/car-for-sale/">good'old Honda</a>...it
was around the 20th guy calling me since I put it on the internet so I
wasn't too sure, but, as everyone knows; it just takes one buyer to
make a sale happen and...this was THE one!!<br />
He just stopped by to have a look, apparently liked what he saw and we directly closed the deal...this car is gone for good!
</p>
<p>
Heyhey, perfect timing with our vacation coming up the next two weeks. ;)</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>GFAD?!?</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-16T22:56:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-16T22:55:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1014</id>
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		<summary type="text">A colleague recently told me to 'G-F-A-D'...huh?!? I know I heard this one before, but managed to forget it. Luckily there is Urban Dictionary.com...indeed, GFAD means Go Fuck A Duck!


Hehe, I normally use FADATTF...Fuck A Duck And Try To Fly! ;) (unknown in the Urban Dictionary btw.)


Oh, my colleague was just joking, so he survived...;)</summary>
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                <p>
A colleague recently told me to 'G-F-A-D'...huh?!? I know I heard this one before, but managed to forget it. Luckily there is <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=GFAD">Urban Dictionary.com</a>...indeed, GFAD means Go Fuck A Duck!
</p>
<p>
Hehe, I normally use FADATTF...Fuck A Duck And Try To Fly! ;) (unknown in the Urban Dictionary btw.)<br />
</p>
<p>
Oh, my colleague was just joking, so he survived...;)</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>The day after...</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-15T22:18:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-15T22:18:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1013</id>
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		<summary type="text">Jeez people, that was one great party last night!! Plenty of
excellent food and drinks, sunny weather (!), a house and veranda full
of great people. Thanks everyone for making our first party in Norway
really special!


PS. the famous 'day after the night before' has been nice and quiet. ;)</summary>
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                <p>
Jeez people, that was one great party last night!! Plenty of
excellent food and drinks, sunny weather (!), a house and veranda full
of great people. Thanks everyone for making our first party in Norway
really special!
</p>
<p>
PS. the famous 'day after the night before' has been nice and quiet. ;)</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>It's Party time!</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1012" />
		<updated>2008-06-14T16:00:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-14T16:01:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1012</id>
		<link rel="related" type="text/html" href=""  />
		<summary type="text">We've got a lot to celebrate; both my Birthday in April and Kristels
Birthday in October, we're (almost) one year in Norway and haven't had
a proper housewarming...nuff said, this means Party time!!


Around
30-40 people will come for our norwegian 'grillfest' (aka bbq), with a
slight dutch touch to it though; drinks and food are included!


Party starts at 17:00, I just created a cool iTunes playlist for the night, so, we're ready...let's ROCK!</summary>
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                <p>
We've got a lot to celebrate; both my Birthday in April and Kristels
Birthday in October, we're (almost) one year in Norway and haven't had
a proper housewarming...nuff said, this means Party time!!
</p>
<p>
Around
30-40 people will come for our norwegian 'grillfest' (aka bbq), with a
slight dutch touch to it though; drinks and food are included!
</p>
<p>
Party starts at 17:00, I just created a cool iTunes playlist for the night, so, we're ready...let's ROCK!
</p>
<p style="text-align: center">
<img src="http://raymondpoort.com/images/bbq.jpg" border="0" /></p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>1000 blogposts!</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1011" />
		<updated>2008-06-13T16:36:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-13T16:36:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1011</id>
		<link rel="related" type="text/html" href=""  />
		<summary type="text">My WordPress Dashboard shows me that THIS entry is my 1000th post on the weblog!! Wow, that's worth mentioning, eh? ;)


My first post was published on February 10 2005; it was a standard test-post coming from my blogging tool at the time, Pivot.
I only started to blog more frequently from June 2005, not
coincidentally the period when my baby went to Canada for three months
(I guess that I got some time to spare).


By publishing on a daily basis in the last 366 days the counter went up quite rapidly...I enjoy doing it, so expect another 1000!</summary>
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                <p>
My <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Dashboard_SubPanel">WordPress</a> <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/images/9/9e/dashboard_2.5.jpg">Dashboard</a> shows me that THIS entry is my 1000th post on the weblog!! Wow, that's worth mentioning, eh? ;)
</p>
<p>
My <a href="http://raymondpoort.com/2005/02/10/pivot-10/">first post</a> was published on February 10 2005; it was a standard test-post coming from my blogging tool at the time, <a href="http://pivotlog.net">Pivot</a>.
I only started to blog more frequently from June 2005, not
coincidentally the period when my baby went to Canada for three months
(I guess that I got some time to spare).
</p>
<p>
By publishing on a <a href="http://raymondpoort.com/2008/06/12/366-days-355-posts/">daily basis in the last 366 days</a> the counter went up quite rapidly...I enjoy doing it, so expect another 1000!</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>366 days, 355 posts</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1010" />
		<updated>2008-06-12T22:51:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-12T22:51:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1010</id>
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		<summary type="text">June 12th last year I decided
to create a blogpost on each day of the week, *including* the weekend
days. For some odd reason I skipped the weekend before?!? One year
later it's time to see if I lived up to my promise; well, I can
conclude that I do...I wrote 355 posts in the past 366 days! The
missing 11 days were due to lack of internet while I was on vacation. Or, uhhmm, did I mean lack of an iPhone in 2007 ;) and lack of a native WordPress application for the iPhone in 2008? I *did* Twitter on the missing days though...it seems I'm always connected, eh?</summary>
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                <p>
<a href="http://raymondpoort.com/2007/06/12/blogging-247/">June 12th last year I decided</a>
to create a blogpost on each day of the week, *including* the weekend
days. For some odd reason I skipped the weekend before?!? One year
later it's time to see if I lived up to my promise; well, I can
conclude that I do...I wrote 355 posts in the past 366 days! The
missing 11 days were due to lack of internet while I was on vacation. Or, uhhmm, did I mean lack of an iPhone in 2007 ;) and lack of a native WordPress application for the iPhone in 2008? I *did* <a href="http://twitter.com/raymondpoort">Twitter</a> on the missing days though...it seems I'm always connected, eh?</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-11T20:02:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-11T20:02:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1009</id>
		<link rel="related" type="text/html" href=""  />
		<summary type="text">For everyone who wants to see a master in presenting at work; check out Steve Jobs in his Keynote last Monday at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, now online via apple.com.


If you don't have the time (not an excuse really! ;)), then at least check out the 60 second version on Mahalo Daily:</summary>
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                <p>
For everyone who wants to see a master in presenting at work; check out Steve Jobs in his Keynote last Monday at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, now online via <a href="http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0806wdt546x/event/index.html">apple.com</a>.
</p>
<p>
If you don't have the time (not an excuse really! ;)), then at least check out the 60 second version on <a href="http://www.mahalodaily.com/2008/06/10/md139-steve-jobs-wwdc-keynote-in-60-seconds/">Mahalo Daily</a>:
</p>

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		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>iPhone 3G</title>
		<link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1008" />
		<updated>2008-06-11T00:14:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-10T23:44:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1008</id>
		<link rel="related" type="text/html" href=""  />
		<summary type="text">Normally I would say that no one could have missed Apple's iPhone 3G
announcement yesterday...the brilliant Euro2008 match between The Netherlands
and Italy might have caused some (dutch) people to miss it
though:


Apple.com: 'Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G - Twice as Fast at Half the Price'.


Finally, the highly anticipated and long time rumored new iPhone is
officially announced, *with* 3G networking speed, built-in GPS, longer
battery life, a slightly changed design *and* a cheaper price. It will
be available in 22 countries from July 11, and those countries include
The Netherlands and Norway!


Hmm, Apple did it again...despite the fact I have an iPhone, I want the new iPhone 3G!! (how do they do it? ;))</summary>
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                <p>
Normally I would say that no one could have missed Apple's iPhone 3G
announcement yesterday...the brilliant Euro2008 match between The Netherlands
and Italy might have caused some (dutch) people to miss it
though:
</p>
<p>
<a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/06/09iphone.html">Apple.com</a>: 'Apple Introduces the New iPhone 3G - Twice as Fast at Half the Price'.
</p>
<p>
Finally, the highly anticipated and long time rumored new iPhone is
officially announced, *with* 3G networking speed, built-in GPS, longer
battery life, a slightly changed design *and* a cheaper price. It will
be available in 22 countries from July 11, and those countries include
The Netherlands and Norway!
</p>
<p>
Hmm, Apple did it again...despite the fact I have an iPhone, I want the new iPhone 3G!! (how do they do it? ;))</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>Tonight Euro2008 starts (for NL)</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-09T16:19:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-09T16:19:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1007</id>
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		<summary type="text">Tonight the Euro2008 soccer championships starts for the dutch! Our first match is against the current worldchampions, Italy, so it should be an easy one! ;).


I decorated the office this morning (all orange)...just hope I don't have to take it down tomorrow...;)


We'll watch the game with fellow cheeseheads in Oslo, in
a restaurant owned by a dutch guy. He will have a big screen, dutch
food and drinks...and there'll obviously be shitloads of people dressed
up in orange!!</summary>
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                <p>
Tonight the <a href="http://euro2008.com">Euro2008 soccer championships</a> starts for the dutch! Our first match is against the current worldchampions, Italy, so it should be an easy one! ;).
</p>
<p>
I decorated the office this morning (all orange)...just hope I don't have to take it down tomorrow...;)
</p>
<p>
We'll watch the game with fellow cheeseheads in Oslo, in
a restaurant owned by a dutch guy. He will have a big screen, dutch
food and drinks...and there'll obviously be shitloads of people dressed
up in orange!!</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>GP Canada - Kubica wins!</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-08T22:28:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-08T22:28:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1006</id>
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		<summary type="text">I just watched Formula One history being created; Robert Kubica became a hero in his home country Poland by winning the Canadian Grand Prix!


It
was an absurd race, like so many this season...Hamilton ran into
Raikonen in the pitlane, the BMW team took the opportunity to win their
first Grand Prix. Even better; they did it with a 1-2 victory, Heidfeld
came in 2nd.


I have to say, this seasons Formula One is fun again, which has been some years ago (back in the days when Jos Verstappen was racing and made fans of true racing go crazy!).</summary>
        <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1006"><![CDATA[
                <p>
I just watched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One">Formula One</a> history being created; Robert Kubica became a hero in his home country Poland by winning the Canadian Grand Prix!
</p>
<p>
It
was an absurd race, like so many this season...Hamilton ran into
Raikonen in the pitlane, the BMW team took the opportunity to win their
first Grand Prix. Even better; they did it with a 1-2 victory, Heidfeld
came in 2nd.
</p>
<p>
I have to say, this seasons Formula One is fun again, which has been some years ago (back in the days when <a href="http://verstappen.nl/news/">Jos Verstappen</a> was racing and made fans of true racing go crazy!).</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>Busy in NL</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-08T02:59:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-07T17:59:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1005</id>
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		<summary type="text">After working in NL for the week, I try use the Saturday to visit
some friends and take care of stuff...today is not any different;
so...I visited my mother in law, went shopping for some typical dutch
things (items not available in Norway and useful for the 'grillfest' we
give next week), saw some friends and am able to go to the Birthday
party of Wendy, my ex-neighbor, tonight!


Busy day, but a lot of fun!!</summary>
        <content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://www.raymondpoort.nl/weblog/pivot/entry.php?id=1005"><![CDATA[
                <p>
After working in NL for the week, I try use the Saturday to visit
some friends and take care of stuff...today is not any different;
so...I visited my mother in law, went shopping for some typical dutch
things (items not available in Norway and useful for the 'grillfest' we
give next week), saw some friends and am able to go to the Birthday
party of Wendy, my ex-neighbor, tonight!
</p>
<p>
Busy day, but a lot of fun!!</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>Firefox 3.0 coming up</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-06T19:03:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-06T19:03:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1004</id>
		<link rel="related" type="text/html" href=""  />
		<summary type="text">The next version of THE browser of choice, Firefox, is expected some time next week...try it! (especially if you're still on some crappy version of IE...uuhhh, that would be any version really ;)). Safari is still a good alternative for the Mac though (to be honest, I haven't tried it on the PC)


And besides...if Robert Scoble goes bananas about Firefox, you should too, ah? ;)</summary>
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                <p>
The next version of THE browser of choice, <a href="http://mozilla.com">Firefox</a>, is expected some time next week...try it! (especially if you're still on some crappy version of <a href="http://microsoft.com/ie">IE</a>...uuhhh, that would be any version really ;)). <a href="http://apple.com/safari">Safari</a> is still a good alternative for the Mac though (to be honest, I haven't tried it on the PC)<br />
</p>
<p>
And besides...if <a href="http://scobleizer.com/2008/06/06/mike-arrington-and-steve-gillmor-dont-use-firefox-30/">Robert Scoble</a> goes bananas about Firefox, you should too, ah? ;)</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
	<entry>
		<title>Domain redirect</title>
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		<updated>2008-06-06T18:46:00+01:00</updated>
		<published>2008-06-05T18:46:00+01:00</published>
		<id>tag:raymondpoortnl,2008:raymondpoortnl.1003</id>
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		<summary type="text">Some might have noticed, the .nl domain is now being redirected to
my .com domain. The setup is still not perfect (I used a plain html
re-direct) and older blog entries are not redirected at the moment, so
still some work to do...


I don't want to skip the .nl completely
yet, first need to make sure that the Technorati authority as well as
site visits are moving more towards the .com domain.</summary>
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                <p>
Some might have noticed, the .nl domain is now being redirected to
my .com domain. The setup is still not perfect (I used a plain html
re-direct) and older blog entries are not redirected at the moment, so
still some work to do...
</p>
<p>
I don't want to skip the .nl completely
yet, first need to make sure that the Technorati authority as well as
site visits are moving more towards the .com domain.</p>
		]]></content>
		<author>
			<name>raymond</name>
		</author>
	</entry>
	
	
	
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