tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-326106062011-11-28T10:03:26.633+01:00Skype LifestyleOver the years Skype became my life style. Far from boring and full of promises for the future.
Here I will keep you informed about my life around Skype.Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.comBlogger1871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-79283758228282070412009-10-23T14:37:00.007+02:002009-10-23T19:16:17.140+02:00<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if !mso]> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1718984385535894352009-09-01T14:45:00.001+02:002009-09-01T14:52:01.451+02:00The days before the weddingToday is my last day online until September 28.Everyone who ever got married, knows how much there is to do.In our case it is not just the preparations for the big day bit there is still so much to do before we can house the 100 friends and relatives who persist to witness our happiness.Last week our backyard was transformed from a huge heap of clay and building rubbishTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-48586787386725626902009-08-26T10:49:00.004+02:002009-08-26T11:02:35.552+02:00Long time no see!It has been a long, very long time ago since I wrote on this blog. Although all good intentions, I never managed to sit down for a written update. My life (I should now say our life) has been very eventful since my last post in July 2008.So, time to update you all!!I start with the sad news. Both our Mum’s passed away in the past year.First my Mother in November at the age of 80.Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-48091506066855637712008-07-11T11:42:00.006+02:002008-12-10T03:30:11.748+01:00Pigeons, England and no SkypeTjep and I have been to the UK. Only for 6 days (incl. the Ferry), too short but so lovely.We returned on the 27th of June but I could not find the time to write about it sooner.Let me first update you about Pigeon who was too young to eat properly. I fed her until the day we left and then took her to the bird sanctuary “De Fûgelhelling” in Ureterp – Friesland. I had Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-27907267122296078252008-06-11T15:12:00.003+02:002008-12-10T03:30:11.950+01:00Skype Me?Animals don’t talk. Well, they do but not in our language. And animals in the wild do not use computers, let alone Skype. But I am almost certain if they could, some of them would love the SkypeMe mode….. especially when they need help.It is well known within my family and circle of friends that I love animals. I have a few and all of them (my dog was an exceptions but she died in Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-15030167805386531022008-06-02T20:51:00.002+02:002008-12-10T03:30:12.129+01:00Back home and stuttering internet connectionsAfter a safe flight of a little more then two hours I arrived on Dutch Soil. My loved ones at home were complaining about rain where the weather in Tallinn was beautiful. I promised them to take some sunshine home and believe it or not, the sun arrived at the same time as my plain. But gosh, what a difference…… Tallinn was sunny and bright where Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-90764755422174588842008-05-29T22:44:00.009+02:002008-05-29T23:20:23.117+02:00Tallinn picturedIt is my last night in Tallinn. Well, the last night for this month. The weather is gorgeous and after 12 hours in the office, I could not resist a walk through old town. A little exercise is doing this old lady good…I decided to climb the wall. There are quite a few stairs to the top and from there you have a beautiful view over old town and the Baltic sea. The blue sky added a Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-15546282847046691562008-05-29T13:15:00.007+02:002008-12-10T03:30:12.373+01:00Skype Forum Bug FixesEvery new version, no matter if it is the Skype client or the Community causes questions and wishes.Of course we are more then happy to reply to all questions and grant as many as possible wishes.That means where technically possible.Each web based Forum like Skype’s community is tied to rules. Within these rules we work, change and improve.We gathered all information from Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-8359319445486118752008-05-26T10:12:00.032+02:002008-12-10T03:30:14.175+01:00Travelling, sunshine, Skype and precious volunteersThe people who know me well are aware that I am not a beach bum and / or sun worshipper.Of course I love sunshine, it is full of vitamins, brings people in good moods and adds a lot to the outdoor life.But you will not see me in Spain nor in Australia during the Summer. Been there done that.Spain is beautiful but too hot and too crowdie. I Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-51613109006161354352008-05-19T23:12:00.006+02:002008-12-10T03:30:14.862+01:00Skype, Skyper, SkypestMarch 17 or May 19, such a difference, 2 months in between! From Winter to Spring and from bleak to green.Don’t think I disappeared from the net, no chance!! I am still around and have to admit I miss blogging tremendously.Daily I receive my Skype related Google updates. I file the most important ones which I want to blog about but delete them again when they are 2 days Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-81637338204093760502008-03-17T11:56:00.013+01:002008-12-10T03:30:15.251+01:00Skype Multi ChatsAlso called Skype Group ChatsYou have not seen me here for a VERY long time although I promised not to stay away for weeks again. So now I feel almost ashamed but I have a good excuse: a busy job which I truly love.My job is with, around and about Skype and its Forum where users can discuss Skype or help each other with Skype relate issues. The Forum is not only a huge source of Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-25679617169447712522007-12-28T11:57:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:15.807+01:00Skype on HTC Touch 3450A quick and early update about Skype on HTC Touch 3450.I never worked before with Windows Mobile so I felt like a kid in a candy shop reading the manual, synchronizing and installing Skype.The HTC does not support 3G but WiFi. It connected to my WiFi without problems and within minutes I was using Skype.The speed it downloaded my extensively contact list and the rather hugeTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-29191898398938731362007-12-26T20:43:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:15.994+01:00Skype for Windows Mobile, TMC, SD and CF cards, and Digital Camera’sI took the plunge! One of my mobile subscriptions is going to end in January. It will be sad to say goodbye to a subscription that only costs € 2,50 per month (incl. VAT) including 500 free calling minutes per month to mobile phones of the same provider and / or landlines within Holland.I still have the same subscription running Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-19590556553891345902007-12-13T21:06:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:16.233+01:00How special: forward Good..Yesterday afternoon, up to my ears and beyond with work, the doorbell rang.At my doorstep were three 7 years old girls from the one and only primary school in our village. This school happens to be opposite where I live.“Hello” they said in choir, “we do a project at school and visit people to do little jobs. Do you have a job for us?” I asked them if they needed to be Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-68116500434591138842007-10-23T23:29:00.000+02:002007-10-24T00:17:33.749+02:00Holiday without SkypeThe past months have been extremely busy.Several business trips to Tallinn and one to Prague. Of course all nice and fruitful but together with my 'normal' work at the office at home, I did 60 – 80 hours a week. And yes, I got tired.I haven’t been on holiday for 6 years. Apart from 4 days per year to lovely Yorkshire. But that is not a proper holiday.My last holiday, two Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-89237416911715759512007-09-10T15:47:00.000+02:002007-09-10T15:51:34.187+02:00A worm affecting Skype for windows usersThe new week has started with a bang for Skype. And not the kind of bang they or anyone else using Skype, likes.Here’s what Kurt Sauer, Skype’s Chief Security Officer, has to say:“Skype has learned that a computer virus called “w32/Ramex.A” is affecting users of Skype for Windows. Users whose computers are infected with this virus will send a chat message Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-28030370251868781372007-09-09T15:29:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:17.393+01:00The SamovarIn what way are Skype and Samovars related? Well, in no way. So: off topic…It is easy to buy new objects you like and when you have a medium (or minimum) budget, rare new objects are mostly out of reach. Only mass production is available. Even then you can find nice things you like to decorate your house with.Though I come from a family who always loved antiques. My grandfather who wasTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-67964029973136546962007-08-15T16:29:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:17.727+01:00Skype 2.7 for Mac beta is out Finally where so many mac users have been waiting for!! Skype 2.7 is out....Villu Arak reports on Skype's blog:"We’ve now released Skype 2.7 for Mac beta. With “beta” on the label, there may be some wrinkles, kinks and unsprayed bugs which we’ll remove in time for a public release. With that in mind, feel free to download and play with it.Here’s what’s new:Group Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-55874608267492882712007-08-09T22:51:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:18.267+01:00Skype!! Uuhhmm……. Skype what???? (year 2057)Sometimes my Skype friend Jean Mercier and I have long discussions about life (and Skype of course as part of life).Tonight we talked about his father and my mother who are unfortunately not at all in good health.You accept this happens at their age and you know it soon will be your turn.OK, not soon, hopefully we still have a long time to go, but Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-67229685803760279972007-08-07T23:37:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:19.021+01:00Pamfax and Skype!Pamela did it again. This time with PamFax.....A feature where hundreds of users (maybe even thousands, no… millions ) have been waiting for. And I am definitely one of those millions.Searching Skype’s Forums you will find many topics about “sending a fax through Skype”.This is not possible with Skype itself but Dick Schifferli of Pamela and his Team worked hard to build an Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-27535877963878083932007-08-03T13:05:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:20.305+01:00Being Unfaithful and SkypeFirst of all I have to apologise to all my readers. I have been rather unfaithful to all of you over the past 4 weeks.Not that there was nothing to report. On the contrary, there was far too much to post.Much info on Skype and much to do in my new job with Skype. A lot of travelling. Running in and out airports in London and Tallinn, my own office, home.Believe it or notTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-60574940196523905432007-07-06T17:59:00.000+02:002007-07-06T18:04:12.118+02:00It is my birthdayAnd I don’t want to celebrate it. No, this has nothing to do with my age because I found out growing older, has a lot of advantages. E.G. when you behave silly, younger people think “Just ignore, she is old anyway”Older people think: “Isn’t it nice to be that young?” So 50+ is a great time of your life with hardly any obligations and regulations. You are in between generations Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-11762999230521707912007-07-05T21:03:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:20.589+01:00No wireless connectionNo, this is not the reason why I haven’t been posting for so long…. Just been very busy getting used to my new job at Skype, flying around, getting stucked in the tube in London, jumping on the plane at 20.25 when it was supposed to leave 20.25, long hours at the office etc. etc. I am not complaining though!! I love every minute of my work.My work yes, if the wireless allowsTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-12923604987120970622007-06-20T13:07:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:20.744+01:00IM+ for Skype Software: BlackBerry, Palm, Symbian, Java Phones, What's Next?SHAPE Services announced today the availability of three beta versions of IM+ for Skype Software for Java phones, Symbian S60 and Palm OS. These beta versions are intended for people, who want to make cheap mobile calls within Skype ecosystem and to landline numbers. Since Java version of the application works on all Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-27310576246645200962007-06-18T15:57:00.000+02:002007-06-18T16:00:08.189+02:00Britains Got TalentAnd the winner is....................Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-44538698535093536442007-06-16T22:48:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:20.871+01:00Skype's Ironing File TransferIs this a new feature of Skype? You might have thought you missed something at Skype’s Blog.Do you like the idea? I am sure a whole new business is born....Imagine you live in Friesland and are talking to your friend in Liverpool who told you he had done the ironing today but he has to force himself to do it (he doesn't like it). You tease him by asking him if he Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-5578570805625093672007-06-16T19:42:00.000+02:002007-06-17T17:48:06.231+02:00Paul Potts winning the Semi FinalSurprise? Of course not!! View and lsiten....Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-7104897844645573162007-06-15T23:21:00.000+02:002007-06-15T23:30:13.055+02:00Paul Potts sings Nessun DormaI know, I am a female and female seem to spill tears more easily then males.But I bet that after viewing this video, you, male or female are either as speechless as I was and / or cry your own tear or two.This man does not only have a fantastic voice but also (from my point of view) a very high cuddle rate.A huge applause for Paul Potts with a thank you to Mark who Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-62449185092951301572007-06-14T16:47:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:21.055+01:00Using Skype to teach English in GermanyMark O’Neill, a true and proud Scotsman, living in Germany is a part time language teacher.He is teaching English to Germans. Surprisingly enough, he does not suffer from an identity crisis (yet)….Mark who loves his own private space and who is a great Skype believer, thinks the world of Skype when it comes to teaching English.It allows him to work from Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-80907376325971971412007-06-13T17:24:00.000+02:002007-06-13T17:34:01.589+02:00Ineke’s lifeA while ago I blogged about my friend and namesake Ineke who received at the age of 32, a horrible message from her Oncologist. Her Skin Cancer had spread to her ribs, there was no cure. She was going to die.Oh yes, radiation was possible when the metastases were going to cause her pain. However, no cure, no solution.Ineke wanted a second opinion and went to the Anthony van Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-31814092406915857422007-06-12T13:57:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:21.292+01:00Skype Reaching Out to DevelopersThe fourth annual eBay Developers Conference opened yesterday in Boston, and Skype is encouraging developers to attend and become part of its Skype Extras program. The conference runs through Wednesday. The company built Skype Extras up to bring some direction and momentum to the efforts of independent apps developers who are making use of the program's APIs to Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-24730216118894571802007-06-11T17:37:00.000+02:002007-06-11T17:40:34.412+02:00Upgraded Skype version needed to continue using SkypecastsSkype's engineers have made Skypecasts sound better than ever before. And they want to make sure you enjoy them more than ever before. Which is why they are asking users to upgrade their Skype software. Windows users should download Skype for Windows 3.2 or later, and Mac users should run at least Skype for Mac 2.6. Why do all that? As of Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-16707978463057405082007-06-08T14:15:00.001+02:002008-12-10T03:30:21.654+01:00Skype To Go (part of SkypePro)Make international calls from your mobile at local rates"You live in Sweden and you have a mobile in your pocket. And a friend in San Nicolás de los Garza. But calling this impossibly beautiful-sounding place in Mexico would burn a hole in said pocket. Enter Skype To Go. It’s part of Skype Pro and you can use it to ring your Mexican friend — let’s call him Ishmael — Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-63449037899179924262007-06-08T14:13:00.000+02:002007-06-08T14:15:00.019+02:00Skype complains to FCC about locked phones Jun 7 2007 - VoIP industry giant Skype has filed a complaint with the US FCC complaining about the locked mobile phones which are supplied by the mobile service providers in the country.They said in their complaint: “Carriers are using their considerable influence over handset design and usage to maintain control over and limit subscribers’ right to Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-16788093553699317452007-06-03T11:22:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:22.102+01:00I got blogtagged and I tag some moreOnce in while I browse the blogs of colleague bloggers. For sure I subscribed to their feeds but I know in busy times, I miss posts. Today I came across the blogtag post of Jaanus from December 2006.Blogtagging is a little game where you got blogtagged by someone else. You then have to share five things that are not commonly known about you.Then you tag 5 more Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-15084592701871276492007-05-31T13:04:00.000+02:002007-05-31T13:08:16.340+02:00Skype goodbye and Skype helloToday is a sad day and a happy day. Sad because Jaanus Kase is leaving Skype. Jaanus has contributed so much to Skype over the years – from project managing the Linux client to product managing group chats, to launching the Skype blogs and writing the main one while maintaining the forums. And probably much more.My first contact with Jaanus was in October 2005 when heTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-3227978127888519802007-05-27T16:51:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:22.540+01:00London 1973 – 2007Friday evening I returned from a short stay in London. My first visit since 1978 when I drove my little Fiat right through London.Mind you, I passed my driver test just a few months before and everyone told me I was mad with no experience in left hand driving at all, challenging the traffic in Central London.But I was determined to go to Somerset by car and definitely wanted theTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-28782439101183370122007-05-21T12:59:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:22.979+01:00WiFi problemsLast week was one with many connection problems.My Internet Provider managed to disconnect the whole village at the most inconvenient working hours you can think of. We received the error message “IP Conflict” too often and it became very frustrating.But it looks like all is working well again.Then I “disconnected” myself by getting one of the worst colds ever. And it was only 6 Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-10460233343992657052007-05-09T16:13:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:23.169+01:00IM+ for Skype SoftwareCost effective phone calls around the globeSkype for BlackBerry is a hot item on the forum. Now there is good news for the BlackBerry owners.SHAPE Services announced today the release of a new version of its IM+ for Skype Software for BlackBerry® smartphones from Research In Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM).IM+ for Skype Software by SHAPE Services is a mobile client forTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-10781638069827315172007-05-08T13:36:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:23.378+01:00Skype Caller IDFinally………… and much to my delight my SkypeIn numbers (Sweden and UK) are now my SkypeOut caller ID!!Jaanus Kase posted today on Skype’s Blog: “Yesterday, we finally quietly rolled out an update to our systems that’s been among the most anticipated ones for the past, oh, two years or so.If you have a SkypeIn number in one of the permitted countries, you can now choose to show this Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-87655488937367303062007-05-08T13:03:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:23.754+01:00Joost InvitationsAt Skype’s Users Forum we do receive many requests for Joost Invitations.Although it is understandable that people link Joost with Skype (they have the co-founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis in common), Joost is not related to Skype.OK, some Skype Beta Testers are also Joost Beta Testers but this has more to do with their love for testing Peer to Peer software.So, no Joost Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-68454071131083980182007-05-07T15:49:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:23.941+01:00Skype for all ages “Jong geleerd, oud gedaan” in Dutch. Or in English “As the twig is bent, the tree is inclined”.One of our forum visitors Joe Garde, Director of Online Meetingrooms is the very proud father of Anna who will turn 2 next August.Joe wrote: “….and she loves skype too! Not even two years old and stands on daddy's lap to talk to my colleagues around the world... very funny how Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-23758086441584095912007-05-02T21:55:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:24.161+01:00Back to the Skype realityI can’t believe it, I am back and up and running for 24 hours already.Yesterday I arrived home from a lovely brake in the UK. Yorkshire to be precise.I left last week Thursday, it took me 4 hours to arrive in Europoort instead of the usual 2,5 hours.3 Traffic Jams in almost tropical weather. I had to collect my ticket at the Ferry Terminal which is closing at 7.30 PM.I Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-38484361236707711712007-04-23T16:52:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:24.697+01:001973 – 2007In 1973 I decided to go on holiday on my own, thinking this would cause a row with my parents who wouldn’t allow me to go. A nice challenge for a 17-year-old stubborn teenager….But no, my Father thought it was a great idea, even when I told him I wanted to travel to the UK. He asked me if I was going by train, ferry or plane. Then I got worried, as this was not at all my plan! I was Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-34148231628709113032007-04-21T10:15:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:24.847+01:00Bluetooth and Vitaero, my match of the dayBrowse for Bleutooth on my blog and you will find out that this is not the first time I talk about it. If it would be possible to have a Plastic Surgeon implementing Bluetooth devices, I would be number one on the list.Although supposed to be glued to my laptops, I also need to move around for eating, drinking and some other perfectly human needs.Because Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-82185260846481241562007-04-20T14:07:00.000+02:002007-04-20T14:11:18.245+02:00SpringBack in 2000, I created a Hotmail account with my surname. I received the message that this combination was already taken.My surname is not a very common one so I was surprised to find another Roelfsema with the initial “I”I wrote this person a letter (in English, you never know where someone lives) and received a wonderful letter in return form a 25 year old KLM Stewardess from Holland, Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-51746536844770441352007-04-19T13:01:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:25.303+01:00Networking, what is this?I apologise to all my readers for being so quiet in this blog. Of course, there was much to report about new sound devices, the Skype worm, private life but it has been fairly busy at the office.I also tried to catch up with networking: maintaining and expanding. Time consuming but extremely pleasant.Not only nature celebrates Spring but so do the entrepreneurs. People Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-37060517593291882562007-04-04T18:10:00.000+02:002007-04-04T18:13:09.382+02:00Skype Adds Premium Rate PSTN NumbersSkype announced today that they are opening up calling to premium rate PSTN numbers in the United Kingdom.Because of heavy consumer request, Skype will making premium UK 09/minute priced numbers available to their subscribers worldwide. “The 09 series is particularly popular with the likes of purchasing mobile ringtones and advisory lines such as love, Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-48883995112598729072007-04-01T15:00:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:26.093+01:00A week before EasterOff the Skype record but a funny story. Being a former paraveterinarian nurse, I have a few animals. Also a cockerel and hen. The hen is the most intelligent of the two and often expanding her garden with that of my neighbours.She can fly and is known to dwell within 300 metres of her own territory. Her partner is a little shy, more muscles then brains and spends most of his Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-6767187201720724432007-03-27T15:30:00.000+02:002008-12-10T03:30:26.256+01:00Australian wireless network provider 3 has announced free Skype callsAustralian wireless network provider 3 has announced free Skype calls, fixed line-like pricing for wireless data and a partnership with iiNet as part of its X-Series suite of services.Customers of Hutchison's 3 network can make and receive free calls using Skype, plus use their phone to access their personal media files such as Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-55270318785273669752007-03-21T16:05:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:26.578+01:00Logitech Mobile Pro and Widcom Bleutooth High Quality AudioMy Laptop is a Compaq V6060EA (HP) with Widcomm 4.0.1.3500 drivers (High Quality Audio)I never got the High Quality working with my devices but never paid much attention to this either because they worked well with the normal Bluetooth driver. But then they were old and I wished that has not been tucked away in the back of my mind where Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-24203201187266263302007-03-19T12:52:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:29.054+01:00Skype and the Edge-Core Wi-Fi Phone WM4201My Edge-Core WiFI Phone WM4201 with Skype software preloaded, arrived last Wednesday, within 24 hours after I ordered it with TipTelI have been playing with this wonderful toy for some days now and I can only say I am highly impressed with its technology.Apart from the avatar, chat messages and uploading your credits (this is only possible via your Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-21926556993006502832007-03-16T13:28:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:29.166+01:00Bleutooth ProblemsYou think you are going to have a very productive Friday. Enough paperwork to keep me off the streets for days and I needed to get most of it done before my meeting of this afternoon.I switched my laptops, the Bluetooth headset and the Manager for Skype on and logged on to the Skype accounts. Everything worked well accept the Bluetooth devices.Yes, they are getting old, the new Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-24462725394556959862007-03-13T15:21:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:31.137+01:00Logitech Mobile Pro and TipTel Edge-Core WM4201My bondage with my computer and even more the program Skype, is huge.We love each other to bits and are very seldom seen separately.OK, we do not share the same bed…. True, it isn’t that “bed” yet!But yes, the three of us spend an awful lot of time together throughout the week.Work never stops, always a “listening ear”. Apart from an excellent Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-29537375298970167622007-03-12T11:49:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:31.293+01:00Is the Internet an excuse for (anonymous) ranting, insulting and bullying?Visit every forum where people are looking for support and you will find edited and blocked users and posts.Fortunately it is still a minority but it looks like rude language and pestering has become a more common behaviour.Like hiding behind an “on-line or off-line” status as a virtual "close your eyes", hiding behind yourTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-81145491172856950922007-03-08T13:14:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:31.666+01:00SkypePro, National or International?There is a discussion going on Skype’s Forum about misleading advertising of SkypePro.Although users try hard to convince me of the misleading part, to me the ad is very clear.I will quote some of the users:“I just upgraded my skype to skype pro. And on the add it said that I could call national landlines (within these countries Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-63134160378392013572007-03-05T23:15:00.001+01:002008-12-10T03:30:31.678+01:00Plekker descendantsMy great grandmother was called Wilhelmina Sibbelina Plekker. She married Teunis Spits and they got 7 children. The youngest daughter Marietje passed away at the age of 12.The eldest daughter Klazina married Dirk Hartog and got 4 children. Their youngest daughter Wilhelmina is my mother.My mother and I inherited the brown eyes of the Plekker’s and it happened twice being in Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-2365344194826354512007-03-03T09:08:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:31.979+01:00A MouseThere are numerous shortcuts to make life behind a computer much easier. They are nicely listed for Windows, Mac and Linux. I use just a very view because I simply love my Mouse.A mouse is a little extra computer, much easier to handle and which functions are much easier to remember. And no, this has noting to do with my age But there are computer users who prefer shortcuts and NO mouse, Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-30356643986022776162007-03-01T13:19:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:32.382+01:00Skype Developer SurveyDays after Skype announced its support for Developers, it is now doing a survey amongst the Developers and Business Development communities to develop further services.Skype would like to understand a bit more about their Developers and Communities and how they can best help to facilitate the requests with both their technical teams and business development teams moving Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-81239851514128243132007-02-28T18:16:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:32.502+01:00Feeds, Feedback and Key WordsWhen I started my blog, I subscribed to FeedBurner A great tool to burn your feeds.Recently they launched FeedFlare and that is a tool I really like.FeedFlare allows publishers to easily build “interactivity” into the content they create, making it simple for subscribers to tag, email or share their content with others. Publishers can include a variety of services Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-34134600713859453572007-02-26T13:37:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:32.684+01:00Next of kin? I received one again from Nigeria………I know, I am definitely not the first one to blog about this super annoying way of fooling people.But it happened again, I received another (probably no. 1005) e-mail from Nigeria:“Compliment of the day.I got your contact in course of my inquiry to locate relations of myDeceasesd Client Mr Mercer Holliday,who died in a car crash on the 13thFebruaryTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-8836962781748817552007-02-25T09:56:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:33.452+01:00Buy Skype Engineering Support"Professional support now available"announcement by Peeter P. Mõtsküla at Skype's blogs."We will guarantee next business day response and three business days resolution, or your request will be handled free of charge. You will also be able to place your premium support requests confidentially."· Paid support issues are top priority: your issue will be resolvedbefore Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-73489880803123165762007-02-24T10:43:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:33.656+01:00Small TalkIt is finally Saturday, I know it was Saturday last week and the week before and…But this time it felt like the week lasted a month instead of 7 days. Everyday I tried to squeeze 72 hours into 24.(Skype-phone) meetings, the forum, Tracer, Opvion, Agile, Matter Solutions, my other clients, my own administration, applications due to my ad for co-workers, blogging and reading and of courseTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-20673726060763612392007-02-22T17:59:00.000+01:002007-02-22T18:19:41.790+01:00Introducing the Book For my generation it is not that long ago that the Computer got introduced and by now we are all used to it.Even the much older generation can handle a PC to e-mail to children and grand children all over the world.But did you ever think of learning how to read a book in medieval times??View one of the funiest video's I have ever watched........~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-77970690214940333912007-02-21T20:02:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:34.099+01:00Skype 3.1 Beta for Windows with SkypeFind and Typing IndicatorsFinally Skype 3.1 Beta for Windows went public. It was a great joy to test it and I am sure it will be welcomed by all users because it finally has a Typing Indicator. And a nice one too!Of course all parties need to be on 3.1 to see it and it is even more fun when you are in a groups chat with more people. I love the little pencil Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-7697353640720630242007-02-21T11:28:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:34.116+01:00SkypeProYesterday Skype launched SkypePro, something I have been looking forward to as the connection fee made Skype more expensive then ever before.Skype Pro is indeed offering a lot of extra’s but I am still very disappointed.Let me first list the extra’s :* pay nothing per minute within the following countries:US, UK, France, Hong Kong, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-20789167241778636272007-02-19T15:20:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:34.395+01:00Estonia ahead of the Netherlands and VenezuelaIn a previous blog article I reported about Estonia being small but innovating, especially with Internet Technology.Although the Netherlands (she says with proud) were the very first with electronic voting, Estonia is taking it a step further."There have been several e-voting projects around the world, but I don't think there have ever been Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-47430427529788543322007-02-18T10:11:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:34.709+01:00Joost for MacAs a Windows Beta tester I had the joy to test Joost for quite some time already.But the Mac users who signed up for Beta testing had to wait. Until Saturday the 17th…….Joost for Mac is now available. I hope you do enjoy it as much as I do!!Tags:· beta· download· intel· joost· osxTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-40627072806991611982007-02-16T14:52:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:34.838+01:00Close your Skype eyesBeing on line with Skype most of the day (or should I say most of my present life) I observe old fashioned behaviours, dressed in a modern Skype coat.In the old days, if you were not in the mood to answer a phone call for what ever reason, you just let it ring. Nobody knew for sure if you were indeed at home or not.With Skype we are far more “visible” but can control much of Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-18259751460332761052007-02-15T15:10:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:34.974+01:00Agile Best PracticesMarch 19: “Agile Best Practices” course In Amsterdam Varras Consultancy and Business Play are pleased to invite you to attend a one-day introductory course in agile concepts and practices, presented by John Hammink, agile architect and practitioner. The course takes place on Monday, March 19, in Amsterdam (venue to be confirmed). Instruction is aimed at students, entrepreneursTjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-4562771726133710452007-02-13T13:43:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:35.265+01:00Back up your filesThe nightmare of everyone working on a computer is to loose your important data.This problem is slightly solved with external disks. Mine has 180 GB space. But…… I am not always at my own office but are known to dwell at times. And I do not carry it around in my laptop bag.But technology is evolving and remote access to your backup’s is possible.My provider UPS is offering it Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-36296622485351339362007-02-11T01:12:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:35.524+01:00Stay safe, install SkypeMy mother is looked after by some very nice ladies who either nurse her or keep her house clean.One of them lives nearby. She is a wonderful lady, married with 2 great kids.Her husband is a highly skilled serviceman with KPN and problem solver. He is polite, nice, calm and clients like him very much. Needless to say he is a busy serviceman. Let’s call him Tommy.Last week Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-62335055373498279662007-02-09T16:04:00.000+01:002007-02-11T19:55:09.205+01:00Skype Reads Your BIOS and Motherboard Serial NumberNo, I am not going start another blogpost with the whole story but days after it was published on the Internet for the very first time, I still receive IM’s from concerned contacts.Fortunately I can forward them to the blog post of Jaanus at Skype’s Blog.So please read: “Over the past few days, we have seen a story circulating about how Skype is Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-36103143853078261582007-02-05T11:32:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:37.951+01:00Skype based Co-workers Varras Consultancy is a Skype based Secretarial- and Answering Service.Our main goal is answering forwarded incoming Skype calls from one-man / one-woman companies but we are expanding our services.The Internet is our office which means that our clients can be based anywhere in the world.Varras Consultancy is founded in 2006 and looking back on an exiting year with Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-17511850618570278412007-02-04T19:47:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:38.037+01:00Skype for DummiesSusan Abdulezer commented on my post about "Greet", the Dachshund who barks with her friends over Skype.I clicked on Susan's name and arrived at the site "Skype for Dummies". Loren and Suzan Abdulezer and Howard Dammond are the co-authors of the book with the same name.Niklas Zennström (Skype's co-founder) wrote the foreword.The book is devided in 5 parts:1) Getting Started with Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-36568726559621201322007-02-04T14:43:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:38.378+01:00Use Skype to bark your friendsOne of my Skype contacts recently got a new friend in her life, a Dachshund called Greet. She started a blog about Greet which is amusing to read. Always been a dog breeder, she loves them and sees the funny side of them. Besides that she is a great writer.I will translate her story about Greet and Skype. For those who read Dutch, please visit her blog “Tuttebelle”“Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-60272731027046959372007-02-04T00:43:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:38.791+01:0045+ and keen to use SkypeAbout a year ago, I added a 13 year old teenager to my contacts. A great kid with an own view on life and he became a special contact. One of the first things he said to me was: “Just browsed your profile, it is good to see the older generation working with computers” (I am the same age as his grandmother )Shame he never met my great uncle who went to a home for elderly Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-38285121646511957262007-01-29T16:42:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:39.108+01:00Skype: gateway to the worldFrom the age of 19 when I started to work for Massey Ferguson Holland, I have been fascinated by languages.They open up a different world. You get access to people with different cultures, believes, food and much more.I can’t stand it when I visit a country where I can not understand the people. I feel like an alien.Because I prefer the Northern countries (I have Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-60996878787389813862007-01-26T17:28:00.000+01:002007-02-11T17:45:47.233+01:00Never give out your password on SkypeUnfortunately there are people who pretend to be a Skype Employee organizing a Skypecast called Skype Tech Help asking the users for their passwords.One of them assured me in a Skype chat that they do this for fun. They are with a couple of friends who pretend to be users with technical issues giving out their (of course) fake passwords.He/she also assured me Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-2084373758927660002007-01-25T12:31:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:39.500+01:00Is it possible to fall in love with a Skype Phone? Just a few hours ago I bogged about the Nikko Star Wars Lightsaber Skype PhoneBut now I stumbled upon an article about a phone my taste.Slim, modern, shiny, appealing, beautiful. I think I fell in love with Futiro’s new line of Skype phones.The Futiroluna raises the bar in VoIP phone design. With a full telephone keypad, the Luna effortlessly Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-64597767758153047012007-01-25T08:53:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:39.617+01:00Nikko Star Wars Lightsaber Skype PhoneIt'll force you to stay in touch.Not a Star Wars fan myself but I know millions of others here on earth are.Also Skype has millions of fans and there fore I couldn’t resist introducing the Star Wars Skype Phone through the article of Gerry Block.“After watching a movie with a lot of sword swinging action it's hard to resist the urge to grab a blade of your Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-54066457062307201572007-01-24T14:16:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:39.952+01:00Reading Skype and Skype’s websiteWhat does Wikipedia say about 'reading': “Reading (activity), an activity performed by a human”Not a too difficult to understand explanation. Or??Replying to posts on the forum I changed my mind about the easy grade of this activity.Or maybe the skill of reading is an old fashioned activity, I don’t know anymore.Reading seems extremely difficult now a days. Maybe Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-81375502859128653012007-01-23T18:52:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:40.184+01:00Skype’s new pricing structure, what's next, and what to make of it allA week ago, Skype announced it’s new pricing plan followed by a lot of publicity on the Internet.Numerous articles arrived in my inbox and I could have published on my blog too.Though I have chosen to wait until Skype’s official announcement today.Apart from reading all the articles, I have also participated in several Skype Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-7718125067842367232007-01-22T14:29:00.000+01:002007-02-11T17:57:14.232+01:00(Re)building an officeThose who visit my blog regularly, know I am moving rooms in my little house. Originally built for elderly people, it has one bedroom downstairs.The huge empty attic was for storage and big enough to use half of it for a bedroom.My office was in my living room which wasn’t too bad at first but I noticed I spent too much time behind my laptops on top of all the hours I spent Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-30719928287509016762007-01-22T12:54:00.000+01:002007-02-11T17:58:20.482+01:00TRENDnet ships VoIP Conference phone for SkypeThere is a new Bleutooth toy on the market.My bleutooth addiction is well known. I carry around a few headsets which are compatibale with many other devices.Both my Ericsson Headsets (HB–600 and HB–608) are very comfortable and I often forget they “decorate’ my ear.I also like conference phones. They allow me to move around in my office and still Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-73478104359110354102007-01-18T17:06:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:40.477+01:00Update on UgUg is doing well. I took her to the Vet who said she was definitely going to survive if no infection from the cat’s saliva. Pidgeons are very vulnerable birds.So Ug is on heavy penicillin now. One drop per day in her beak and crème for her big wound twice per day.She is extremely tame and not at all difficult to handle for her medication.The Vet says she is tame because pidgeons are Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-34978499260973540822007-01-17T16:07:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:40.747+01:00Cottage “The 4 Winds”Long time ago in 1963, I was 8, there was a Dutch TV series on the Wednesday afternoon when the kids were off school.It was about an old lady called Granny Tingeling and a grumpy man called Mr. Humdrum who wanted to buy Granny’s cottage “the 4 winds”.All 4 winds came together in her garden and “delivered” the strangest objects and people.But of course Granny did not want to Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-48646702153292448602007-01-16T16:24:00.000+01:002007-02-11T18:00:46.068+01:00The Venice Project, now called “Joost”Yes, I am taking part in Beta testing the Venice (Joost) Project and no, I am not going to write anything about it or about what I see and hear during testing.I am a good girl who takes the NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) very seriously.And why should I write about it as others publish already so much?Greg Sandoval wrote an article about “Joost” and states Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-86385087184347118112007-01-16T16:02:00.000+01:002007-02-11T18:04:09.985+01:00Miglia unveils DialogPhone, Dialog+Although I am a digibetic when it comes to Mac (I run Skype for Windows), I know quite a lot of people who don’t understand why I don’t switch to Mac.My excuse that there are no proper phones for Skype for Mac, is not going to hold long anymore as slowly but surely, new devices pop up at the market for Mac users. Which is only great because I do understand why Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1168635623319927182007-01-12T21:55:00.000+01:002007-02-11T18:06:54.528+01:00Payment restrictions with SkypeTonight my Belgium Skype friend Jean Mercier forwarded me a link to the blog of Chromewalker. Chromewalker is a Skyper. Tonight he/she tried to purchase new credits but was told that this was not possible because the ‘account balance is over the allowable limit’. As you can read, he/she wonders why Skype doesn’t want his/her money.Skype has a very strict Anti Fraud Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1167664665209866642007-01-01T16:15:00.000+01:002007-02-11T18:08:38.481+01:00A new year ahead of usI am not going to look back. I am very much aware of the past year and hope to have learned from it to carry on in the next year.Why is it that January the first is such a magic date? And why is it that at the end of each year, people all of a sudden realize that they have to change habits in the next year?Is January the first a fresh start for whatever plan? Are our Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1166606967902296742006-12-20T10:23:00.000+01:002007-02-11T19:59:28.578+01:00Skype Trojan Horse on the loose, but removal’s easyRussel Shaw reports:Yesterday Websense Security Labs reported that there was a potential Worm propagating via Skype (see: http://www.websense.com/securitylabs/blog/blog.php?BlogID=101). After investigation we have discovered that this is not a self propagating worm and is actually a Trojan Horse.After discussions with the very helpful Skype Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1166528816892716812006-12-19T12:36:00.000+01:002007-02-11T19:58:06.120+01:00Job doneI am back. Back in my “new” office (no pictures available yet), with all equipment up and running full time.Back at Skype’s Forum. Also back to reality.The past week has been very hectic. I wanted to finish all building and decorating jobs at least a week before Christmas. And I reached my goal by working long hours. Sometimes even till 1.30 AM.Mad? Crazy, Stupid? Yes, probably but I Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1166525041294190622006-12-19T11:40:00.000+01:002007-02-11T19:57:36.605+01:00Skype Worm Breaks Out in APACSymantec and Websense have warned Skype users of a new worm that spreads itself via Skype text messages. Dubbed Chatosky by Symantec, the cycle starts with a Skype user receiving a message offering a file called sp.exe. According to Websense's preliminary analysis, when that file is run it installs a password-stealing Trojan and propagates itself via Skype. The Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1165317950092254412006-12-05T12:22:00.000+01:002007-02-11T19:57:17.661+01:00How many muscles does one have?Far more then you can think of. And much more then you usually notice when sitting behind the computer, navigating your mouse, clicking buttons in Skype, talking on Skype or typing chats, documents. Or vacuum cleaning, mopping, dish washing etc. Also more then when walking the dog!Normally you do not notice ‘muscles for daily use’. Some are in the automatic gear, Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1164978815943175262006-12-01T14:07:00.000+01:002007-02-11T19:57:02.631+01:00No Skype in the attic (no cash either!)I am way behind with my work on my top floor (attic). I had such wonderful plans of taking one laptop with me to receive calls whilst decorating. Possible because of my Wireless Internet Connection.But it was too busy. As soon as I logged on in the mornings, there was work to do and it glued me to my office chair for most of the day. Even the evenings were Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1164726428882877502006-11-28T16:00:00.000+01:002007-02-11T20:34:25.015+01:00Will President Bush soon be on your contact list?The President of the United States George W. Bush visited Estonia. Jaanus Kase at Skype blogged about the arrival yesterday, including pictures of the traffic camera’s.President Bush did not stay long but long enough to receive two gifts from his Estonian host prime minister Andrus Ansip: a glass sculpture and a Skype wireless phone that can be Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1164559602921746052006-11-26T17:43:00.000+01:002006-11-27T15:45:49.183+01:00Weekend jobsThis weekend I have been working on my new bedroom.Friday night I sandpapered all the beams, cleaned them to let them dry overnight. Then I painted the doorpost which was custom made and hand fitted by a friend in the village. A thin coat of white ground-colour made most of the plain wood disappear.Saturday morning I was up early and after the usual little household jobs and feeding Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1164375690031283912006-11-24T14:37:00.000+01:002007-02-11T20:33:04.570+01:00Tracer Systems integrated SkypeOnly a few minutes ago, Jan van der Zwaag, Managing Director at Tracer Systems Heerenveen (Holland), finished the integration of Skype.Tracer Systems has developed a single, fully integrated flexible cross platform CRM (Customer Relationship Management), ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), and HRM (Human Resource Management) solution to assist customers in keeping Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32610606.post-1164287783918487372006-11-23T14:10:00.000+01:002008-12-10T03:30:41.018+01:00 A cold, verkoudheid , förkylning, Erkältung and avatarsAvatars in Skype are popular. They show the user in real, a persiflage or are an addition to the mood message.With bad weather you see avatars with rain, snow, storm.During a period of too much rain in Holland, I saw avatars with boots in over flown streets.Users who are out to their favourite sports event, put up avatars wit their Tjep and Ikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12533125682384557368noreply@blogger.com5