haha

I've noticed that i promised myself to post more a few months ago. Resolutions are clearly not my strong point. Good intentions, now that i can do. I've been trying out some new internet sites, both out of professional curiosity, as out of interest to see if i can actually create something nice and useful from out of all those cool ideas.

so you can check out www.nicoverplancke.be from now on.

My own web page. i actually feel quite proud.

till later,
n

Brick Testament

I just remembered, wanted to post this as a shout out to all religious fanatics out there!
No respect!

Check out the fabulous Lego/Bible combo... very edutaining :-)
The brick testament

Best friend's Stag Night

Stag night of my best friend. His brother an i spent quite a bit of time preparing it, and i think it was a super night! Probably best if i let the photos speak for themselves...

Outside temperature: 10 degress celsius. Mission: collect hidden pisco sour ingredients. And suffer. (PS: don't swallow the water. oops. PPS: why didn't you use the wet suit?)












Climb Freddy, Climb!









Shake it, shake it like a polaroid picture.












You can see An thinking: "That's my man. At least i think it is. Though it doesn't smell like him. And the skirt is causing doubts. Hmmm.... there is a small possibility that my future husband has had a bit too much to drink too."













Together at last. Just pray they never, ever have to sing again. Glen Medeiros, Nothing's gonna change my love for you. A timeless classic. Cough.

Back again

Hey,

I'm back again.

I have the very real and very sincere intention to post at least two messages a week from now on. Oh well, at least one now, shouldn't be too optimistic and dissapoint my audience of 1.

I know it might be cheating, but i'm gonna see if i can post my travel stories here, dating back to 2002-2003 and 2004. On both occasions i travelled for a bit more than 5 months, mainly in south-east asia and south america. Mark the presence of the word 'south' in both destinations. If i wanted rain i would have stayed at home. Though it's amazing how much rain you can get in the Andes, in the dry season, when an irish girl and a belgian guy go for a walk. Even an australian representative could not balance the scale back to the sunny side of life.

Today i'm in germany, in the town elected 'Sexiest-named-City' of Europe: Darmstadt. Acné-sur-mer was a close second. This is probably lost on all of you who don't speak dutch and french though. Sorry.

Anyway, attending a conference here at the Fraunhofer Institute. Was quite interesting actually, but i guess i've sat in one chair long enough for today, and it's time they wrapped things up here.

That's all for now,
n

Being santa

I played Santa for a group of people yesterday.
Was fun. I find myself enjoying improvising in front of an audience more and more. It forces you to live in the moment like nothing else does. I tend to be a dreamer, as my first grade teacher aptly remarked in one of my very first school reports. Not that i suddenly feel ambition to embark on a career change... i'll stick to my day job. But it's good that once in a while life takes you onto unexpected roads.
Damn this sounds profound and emotional. Need...to...make...joke. Quickly.

n

Incredible

Went to see The Incredibles yesterday. Bloody funny. And uncannily similar to my own life.
I too have been banished from using my super powers in public. Supernonsense is a dangerous thing, especially when you're tired and have nothing else to talk about. First, you think of something completely idiotic and the next thing you know, people start believing it...
Famously, Bush became president when one guy bet against a friend that he could pick out a random idiot and get him elected. Also, the great pyramid was constructed after a slave started the rumour that the farao's favourite geometrical form was a triangle. Stonehenge: domino must be so much cooler if we use huge boulders. Nonsense is selffulfilling, so, I have to restrain myself. Or else...

Beastieness

Truly excellent show from the Beastie Boys last night. They lack most of the 'traditional' hip hop trademarks: the gold chains, macho attitude and, well, general blackness. Basicly, they're three white NY nerds. But, great music and a fantastic show and who cares anyway. Way too much people out there who think it's all about the image. Of course Sabotage, dedicated to the President of the USA, was a kick-ass finish to the night.

Saturday morning

It's foggy and it's cold outside. I wish i had a fireplace at the moment. Or a sauna. Or a ticket to australia.

But no sense moping around. Going to see the Beastie Boys tonight and really looking forward to it. Should be excellent.

Very cool: chatting to a Japanese friend that i met in the Galapagos islands and last saw in Bolivia, and who's in Spain for the moment. The miracles of technology. Some good travel memories are starting to surface right now... Sitting in a boat in the pampas, sipping bad but free cocktails in San Pedro de Atacama, watching the full moon rise above the Illampu mountain in the freezing cold...

A new day, a new post

At a conference today. There aren''t many ways in which you can make cable networks sound interesting, and most of these guys aren't finding any of them.

In the news: Japan is going to export weapons again. Just what we needed, a fanged robot- dog that goes for the groin. Or the exploding tamagochi. But this is really good news for the consumer: more competition will make prices fall. Now all we need is a weapons-oriented eBay (D-day.com?), and we'll have made another giant step towards peace for all mankind.

Was checking out a little movie from a company we're working with. Very, very funny indeed. Check it out on http://www.larian.com/riftrunner/Dennis/dennis_movie.html

My first blog - ever

Well, this is it. My first blog entry.
A small step for man, an even smaller step for mankind.

Interesting how a white textbox can look so, well, empty once you have total freedom to write whatever you want. I can talk about everything and nothing, and all in one post.

Blogging is a great thing. They're like diaries, but cool enough so that guys will actually write one. You can talk to everyone and noone at the same time. But you still get to say your bit. Even if it is about the grossely underestimated qualities of the common sparrow or 10.000 ways to use cabbage in your diet (if somebody reads this who actually knows them all... please don't bother sending me a list).

Mmm, this is enough for now. I'll talk more later. I always do.

nico