Author Archives: Jan Van Haver

Song of the day: Beck – Deadweight

Beck has been one of my favourite artists for a while, but this particular song was quite hard to get hold of (that is: in an official way – as I’m working in the software industry, you will understand I’m not a big fan of illegal downloads). I have most of his CDs but it isn’t on any of them and the only version I found on iTunes was a Karaoke version – not exactly what I was looking for.

I finally got hold of it from a UK online shop offering second had CDs that was offering the CD single. The reason it was not on any of the Beck CDs in my collection was that the song was released on the soundtrack of A Life Less Ordinary (also NOT available on iTunes).

Lay back & enjoy this übercatchy tune!

The day I decided to go paperless

It was my new year’s resolution on January 1st, 2013: avoid using paper wherever and whenever possible. That is now a little over a year ago – the perfect time for an evaluation.

THE WHY

The first question that comes to your mind might be: “Why on earth would you want to go paperless? Do you want the people working in the paper industry to lose their job?” As is often the case, the answer is both yes and no. Obviously I don’t want anyone to lose his or her job, Continue reading

Quote of the day #1

“As a human being, you have received for free your personal copy of the most wonderful and powerful tool in the world: the human brain. You should really consider using it properly from time to time.”

taken from: Jan’s brain
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