Time to take a break. Today the Adsl connection was cut before the due date of August 1. They offered me an interesting dilemma, live without Dsl for a few days before the break or try to reschedule the mechanic coming over. Whilst trying to arrange the latter, the voice during the waiting told that 'it was very busy, please try later'. Therefore two conclusions: UMTS is always handy and secondly it is the right time to take a break and live with a little less 'on-line oxygen'.

Top view of the burned bike, showing where once the little seat for Roderick was. A real shame to see the decay of society, where people burn people's bikes with kid seats just for their own few moments of fun.

One very sad thing happend to Caroline's new bike. Some vandal or let us just say it as it is, criminal, burned down her new bike.

Vandalism and criminality are becoming very high here in Amsterdam. Despite the official figures apparently going down, the encounters we have are going up. These kind of signs, stating that inside the car there are no valuables, one seems more and more.

I must admit I cannot recollect to whom the foot belongs left on the picture. The hight and angle seem akward even in the Mondriaan room of PWC in Amsterdam. Peter obviously does not understand the need for Krijn to give in to his crackberry addiction in the door....

An interesting combination of companies in this building, office furniture and ISP. Car trouble seems to effect both...

A wonderfull view that brings inspiration.

The crane track will become the foundation of an exciting new building for media companies, what an atmosphere it has.

The view from the IJ kantine is fabulous, all the typical Dutch elements are available, sun, water, ship and digital creativity.

Discussing fiber in a building with a lot of glass seems appropriate

Duarte enjoying being wrapped up in towels after a cold swim.

Giullia and Roderick put the Pokemon stickers all over themselves. We hope he will not go for the same amount of tatoos later on ....

Visiting my mother it is striking how tall he is becoming. Only still in the lion's box. Next step in probably a few months will be the monkey.

Roderick's first cricket tournament was full of excitement. No less then three games were played in which he batted each game. Despite the big effort put in by VRA under 7, unfortunately they did not win.

With the mini came the full wireless community. A bluetooth keyboard and mouse and airport express Wifi.I must admit that Apple is extremely good in creating high quality products that work straight out of the box.

Setting up the new Mac mini takes a lot of cables...but it is a very nice quiet piece of kit, that was humming away in no time. The humming in a virtual meaning of course, since the little mini is dead quiet.

At my favourite Mac dealership, Mac Warehouse in Uitgeest, they have an old iMac (or is it an old eMac?) with games. Roderick was fascinated and of course wanted one too.

Looking at some city transportation, I am in for a 'brommer' to bring me anywhere in town. Since the new model is introduced only two months ago and the holidays in Italy have started, there is no quick delivery to be expected.

Followed by Roderick showing off his car racing skills to Beau and Dex.

After a long hot day celebrating mama's birthday, it is nice for the kids to eat outside with the little feet in some water after running around in the park for hours.