Magere Hein

/me hums The Liberty Bell. Oh, wrong John Sousa. regards, Hein

Ah, Möbius, I always loved his strip. Indeed, especially his Incal series, The Airtight Garage of Jerry Cornelius and Les Yeux du Chat. In his L'Homme est-il bon? he answered one of the fundamental questions of life, the universe and everything with a resounding: regards, Hein

Why is it that this makes me think of Quidditch? It raises more question: do the players employ supernatural means to score? Are plays like the Trinity Kick or the Holy Cross allowed? Can the crowd pray effectively for redemption of a player who's sent off? regards, Hein

Quite a shock, this. He played two seasons for Feyenoord (1988 to 1990). I saw him play in De Kuip several times. regards, Hein

Unfortunately Mher Mkrtchyan is no longer with us. regards, Hein

Jaap Boersma, Dutch former Minister of Social Affairs (1971-1977) died yesterday, aged 82. I don't expect an English language obit. regards, Hein

Could it be? regrads, Hein

I've been gaming on PCs and ZX Spectrums since the early 1980s, I must have played hundreds. Some of my favourites: Spacewar! (1962) Sokoban (1981) Olympic Decathlon (1982) King's Quest (1984) The Way of the Exploding Fist (1985) Space Quest (1986) F-19 Stealth Fighter (1987) Leisure Suit Larry (1897) Prince of Persia (1989) SimCity (1989) Death Race (1990) Eye of the Beholder (1990) Civilization (1991) Wolfenstein 3D (1992) The Settlers I & II (1993, 1996) Colonization (1994) Quake (I, II & III) (1996) Civilization II (1996) Riven (1997) Baldur's Gate (1998) Thief (1998) Commandos (1998) Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999) IL-2 Sturmovik (2001) Silent Hunter II (2001) Combat Flight Simulator 3 (2002) World Championship Snooker (2004) Far Cry (2004) FIBS (1992, user since 2005) Star Wars: The Old Republic (2012) As you can see, few new addictions in the noughties. regards, Hein

I was born 500 metres from that place. regards, Hein

Hmm, nasty. Good reason to get married and move out, ISTM. regards, Hein

Exterminated. regards, Hein

He's was moved to The Wellington private hospital in London yesterday. There's no further news on his condition. regards, Hein

[alert = "nerd"] Two months ago I started with Star Wars, The Old Republic, a World of Warcraft clone situated in the Star Wars universe, that's quite addictive. If you have a Windows box with quite some oomph, too much time on your hands, some dough burning a hole in your pocket and don't mind a string of corpses in your wake this game may entertain you for quite some time. [/alert] regards, Hein

Troll Raid? regards, Hein

He always does. regards, Hein

Good Thing he didn't drown. regards, Hein

Freddie Mercury, of course. Or one of the blokes off the 118 advert. Oh, a zombie film. Not my cuppa. regards, Hein

Congratulations for a very speedy win seem in order. Well done, Spade. regards, Hein

Doctors are saying the Prince will survive, but he has suffered massive brain damage. Yes. Latest news is that he's in a coma and may never regain consciousness. Euthanasia is routinely performed on such patients in the Netherlands, but I doubt that that will happen in this case, so he may live for a long time, if that's life. regards, Hein

No, but you could register as a member with that name. regards, Hein

A question that remains is that of causality. Do decent journos pay the price because they're decent, or are they decent because they pay the price? regards, Hein

Today's entry in Room 101 is KPN, a Dutch telecommunication company and my digital TV provider. Half a year ago they did a Good Thing: they added BBC1 and BBC2 to the standard package. Now some imbecile there has ruined it: they added the Ceefax subtitles for the deaf as a feature you can't switch off, which makes watching the Beep unbearable, because I can't help reading the subtitles, that have a lag of several seconds to the spoken words. I used to work for that company, but as far as I'm concerned KPN may die for this crime against TV enjoyment. regards, Hein

It's the Way of the Web: websites come and go. regards, Hein

Oh yeah, I've tried this but it's not that much fun. There's just not enough people to piss off in a home office but it's been nice to give up answering the phone, door, wife etc. I've taken to photographing ladybirds. Very relaxing, I've been told, for the ladybirds too. regards, Hein

As he has been for almost a year. regards, Hein