Check out this YouTube video about the Canadian Penny. It is funny and also very informative…
Amazing news for my dutch friends who thought about doing an internship in Canada. INTERNeX extended their special offer until the 31st May 2012. Conditions are the same as before. Sign up and pay for an internship program before the 31st May 2012, receive a 30% discount on the regular fee and start your internship any time in 2012. This offer is for the following areas of study:
For more information (in dutch) please follow this link:
http://internexnetherlands.com/
If you want to know more about INTERNeX here are some links you should check out:
Facebook
Blog
Flickr
Many may have noticed that sites such as Wikipedia, Reddit as well as Google (US) have blacked out their sites today to protest against a bill called SOPA. Now you may think: “What do I care, I am not living in the US” and you may think that the SOPA does not effect you at all. Well think again, because if this bill passes, it could easily be copied in other countries as well. More likely is that the US will try to force other countries to join them in the fight against the terror, excuse me I meant of course piracy.
I know that there are lots of people who are more qualified and can better explain why and how bad SOPA is, but I personally find it ridiculous if I hear that SOPA basically can shut down a website like YouTube if one of their users is uploading a video of his / her kid who is singing a popular song which (s)he taped and uploaded on his / her channel. What? Honestly?
I can understand that the movie and music industry is concerned about piracy, but please keep your pants on. First of all movies and music also got copied back in the 80′s via tape recorder and VCR’s, so this isn’t new and second it is not easy to believe that the movie and music industry is suffering because of piracy, if you see the millions of dollars they receive for one appearance in a movie or on stage.
Don’t get me wrong I think it is great if someone achieves great things in life and lives in a big house, but I hope you can agree that it does look a bit “funny” if these people, who have it all, try to stamp on our little world… wide web, where we can be the “hero” for our audience.
Today I would like to mention a great special the company INTERNeX International Exchange has on their website. The special offer is only for students from the Netherlands who would like to do an internship in Canada. I have the promo text in English and in Dutch to read for you below.
I added as well the new Profile picture of the INTERNeX Facebook Page, if you click on the image you will get right to the Facebook Page from INTERNeX that you will find at http://www.facebook.com/INTERNeX and if you are going to Facebook anyways, please don’t forget to follow my page as well that you will find here:
http://www.facebook.com/Simok33
But please take a look at the Promo of INTERNeX International Exchange by reading the rest of this post or by following this link. Read more…
I never had the privilege to meet Steve Jobs, but I think that he truly changed the world. I saw many other posts, watched some YouTube Videos and read Facebook updates and this are the two quotes that, in my opinion, comes the closest to say good bye to a brilliant man.
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma – which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” – Steve Jobs
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.” – Apple Inc., 1997
Steve changed the World, not just with the products we enjoy today. I wish Apple will continue being brilliant, different and will surprise us also in the future with great innovations, a future unfortunately without a Steve Jobs.
My deepest condolences goes to his family. His wife and kids. I am very sorry for your lost.
