Cool thing of the week

Abandoned Soviet Space Shuttles in Baikonur

People who know me, know that I’ve a fascination for abandoned structures from the past. This stretches from the pyramids in Egypt – which I still have to visit –...
Holland != Netherlands and that’s fine

It’s complicated

Holland != Netherlands and that’s fine

The Netherlands is a tiny country with only 17 million people. Most people in the US [...]
“I have a dream”

Martin Luther King Jr

“I have a dream”

Today, America celebrates and remembers the great Martin Luther King Jr. I spent 5 [...]
LG’s rollable TV

This is what I always wanted

LG’s rollable TV

Last year, I fell in love with LG’s rollable TV prototype they brought to CES and [...]
Retro gaming: Test Drive

Drive drive drive

Retro gaming: Test Drive

Test Drive was the first real racing game I used to play on my Commodore 128. You race [...]
Hyper-Reality

Living in an AR world

Hyper-Reality

This video caught my eye this week. It’s a short film made by Keiichi Matsuda. He [...]
The road not taken

Keep your eyes on the prize

The road not taken

A long time ago, I was chatting with an HR manager at Philips. He was a veteran. At the [...]
VCs are not always on your side

Keep that in mind when you fundraise

VCs are not always on your side

Last week, there was much debate in tech about an article from the NY Times. It was [...]
Decentralization to centralization

Blockchain and crypto can be a solution

Decentralization to centralization

This morning I was reading an article by Chris Dixon (VC at a16z) at Wired. I [...]
Explore ISS

Street view of the space station

Explore ISS

I’ve a fascination with the ISS and I just discovered that Google Maps has a [...]