jan's stuff

I was childishly happy to see this "pirate" ship in Funchal harbor in Madeira island recently 🏴‍☠️ Shiver me timbers matey!

This very entertaining and interesting book is now only €3,99 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.nl/Invention-Nature-Adventures-Alexander-Humboldt-ebook/dp/B00PW4O1SQ I haven't finished it yet, but 30% in it reads like a fictional coming of age boyhood adventu…

By the 18th and 19th centuries, the practice of silent reading became widespread.

Welk AI hulpmiddel kun je het beste voor welke situatie gebruiken?

 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?

If you're on an Apple device you can now share your lists of places to visit that you crated in Apple Maps.

I knew about the GDP (gross domestic product), a metric for how well an economy is doing.

So I'm in Austria with my wife and I see these cute Woolen socks.

This article by Fast Company was interesting on its own: Here's what happened when an artist mapped every visible word in NYC But when it referenced a cultural map of Los Angeles, a city I love to hate on, my interest was especially tickled: In 2018, the…

 This book gives a short reason for why the FED was formed a good 100 years ago.

Boys and their toys.

#TIL: All of Asia called Cold Drip coffee "Dutch Coffee"

I'm about to get married this autumn 🍂 😃 🥳 So naturally most of my time was spend helping my girlfriend fiancé move her stuff to my house.

The Gear Scouts website offers a helpful comparison chart for those who're looking into getting solar panels.

The Translator's Dilemma: Thinking Versus Doing?

I am currently enjoying "Red team Blues" by Cory Doctorow (Funny side note: for a long time I thought his name was made up.

We don't do it because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy. - jest at the famous JFK quote.

I've been annoyed for a while now about the low quality of a lot of the clothing I see in stores these days.

TIL of the existence of a subreddit, devoted entirely to "stupid dove nests".

For those of you who want to be a "new me" starting 2025 I have one word: don't.

This is a cross-post to our brother/sister platform, so you can either read this post on janromme.com or on seriousaboutech.com.

Lieve vrienden, Afgelopen week heb ik samen met ongeveer 1500 personen (dat is een schatting op basis van 600 Zoom connecties waarbij er 2/3 personen achter een beeldscherm zitten) kunnen genieten van een tour door het oude Rome.

I've basically learned English by watching Divx movies that classmates burned on CD's for me.

Lieve vrienden, De afgelopen jaren hebben we kunnen genieten van verschillende digitale rondleidingen in het British Museum 🏛️ Met behulp van foto’s, landkaarten, tijdbalken en videoclips zijn we beter bekend geraakt met verschillende Bijbelse wereldmacht…

https://chuck.is/news/ Avoiding news may lead one to think I live under a rock, but if it's important enough, the major news stories will make it's way to my perception.