Gerrit Croes

• Monica: *drawing*
• Me: What are you drawing?
• Monica: Trying to draw some waves..
• Me: OK..
• Monica: These don't look like waves -- I can't draw.
• Me: What are you talking about!? You drew such an awesome flower the other day!
• Monica: YEAH! That was a FLOWER! I'm a GIRL! That's what WE are supposed to do! We practice drawing flowers from the day we are BORN!
• Me: ???

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symmetry by everynone

I almost died laughing.

• Me: I can't do this!!! These weights are way to heavy!!!
• Trainer: Do you feel any pain?
• Me: YES!!!
• Trainer: Good. That pain is called SUCCESS!! Now do you want to be POOR!?!
• Me: Your metaphors suck! Do you know that!?
• Trainer: Your not paying me for metaphors...OK, STOP! How do you feel?
• Me: Good!
• Trainer: Your welcome... ;)
• Me: Unbelievable...

I’m doing this right now. I encourage you to do so too. :)

This is why I watch Glee. It’s hilarious. This is a preview of the valentines day episode airing February 8th!

I thought this was a comedy video or something. I thought the book “Simple Times: Crafts for poor people” was a joke or something. Nope, it’s real alright. It’s actually available on Amazon

This dude is inspiring. Watch the video and check out his blog: The Sartorialist

Out of all the things I would like to do this year, it’s geocaching.

I saw an Episode of Dan 3.0, where he went geocaching. This was the first time I have ever heard of it. (if you’d like, skip to 1:00, it ends at 6:25)

After having seen what it looked like, I decided to do some research of my own. It didn’t take much convincing, really. I already set it in my mind that I want to do it.

It’s like a “social scavenger hunt”, only cooler. The video pretty much explains what it is…

So I created an account to see more of the website, to understand more. But after having created the account; The first thing that popped into my mind was “I’m pretty sure there is not even 1 cache in Aruba, there is never something as random as this in Aruba”. I stand corrected.

There are so many! I couldn’t believe it! I think they come mostly from tourists, but still! I could literally see myself with a group of friends, trailing Aruba to find them!

This is SO going on my 2011 To-do-list.

I am someone, I like to give my utmost when I do something. Whether it be a big project or a small task, I try my best to give a little extra effort.

It is just something that I consider to be good. I always seem to have some type of regret when I don’t do it. These are one “those days”. I simply hate it when I know, I could’ve done a better job. It kills me! (Not literally — but you get the point)

I am not really go through all that happened but I just simply thought it might be nice to share about how I feel at the moment. Let’s just say, I’m not going through one of the best feelings right now.

Also, I’m going to be changing the style of my blog posts because I noticed I’ve been writing way too much about tech-related stuff. It’s kind of ruining the purpose of having a personal blog. Technology is definitely one of my interests, but it is not the only thing I care about. I’ve been missing the whole “write-whatever-you-want” kind of thing about my blog.

I love blogs like Agent 3Z, Rosa Sparks and I’ll Make Capirinha because they write things about things that they care about. Their blogs are like a representation of who they are. I haven’t met any of them in person, but I’m pretty sure that they wouldn’t be any different of how they write.

So yeah, be pretty sure to expect some random blog posts from now on. Now that I think about it, I don’t see how the style of my blog has anything to do with extra effort…But whatever. I’m not going to change it. I actually kind of like it. Its legit. :-)

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Check out my friend’s latest teasers on http://gerritcroes.com/djtoniq

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Click here to download the latest 5.0 (BETA) version of Skype!

SideNote: It is currently available only for Windows PC’s. You must have a Skype account to download the beta. It’s simple, just sign-in and your done.

UPDATE: Skype 5.0 BETA is now available for Mac! Click here to visit the Skype download page.

Finally! I’m blogging about something that is not so old news! Let’s get to it!

The Kinect for Xbox 360 is now available! Wait, didn’t I write that already? Never-mind. (I am that exited)

If you have no idea what the Kinect for Xbox 360 is, It’s basically this new totally sophisticated camera that allows you to play without having to use a controller.

Image courtesy: http://www.inquisitr.com

Microsoft has been marketing that all over with the simple catch-phrase, “You are the controller”. Here is the video of the Television Ad Xbox released a few weeks ago.

Now, I am not an Xbox user. I do not own an Xbox nor have I had the desire to buy one. But with the Kinect, it is slowly changing my mind whether or not which gaming console I should get the next time I go out to buy one. I currently have a PlayStation. I’ve probably used it way too much and I am now ready for an upgrade. I’ve been thinking if I should switch sides and head over the Xbox but there has never been a reason for me to do so. Until now I guess.

The Kinect for Xbox 360 comes in a bundle with a Slim 4GB Xbox 360 or with a Special Edition 250GB Model! You can buy the Kinect on its own too, so don’t sweat it.

Something I seem to like about the Kinect, is how it integrates with previous Xbox models. We all know that the Xbox just recently got a complete makeover to fit better with the Kinect, but even with that, it still will work. (If I am not mistaken, It’ll need some required accessories in order to work)

I’ve been a fan of the Kinect ever since it was called “Project Natal” (Click here to read the blog post I made almost a year ago Do not judge my lack of writing skills.), and even then it amazed me how, should I dare say it, natural the experience seemed to be. I do realize it is propaganda, but even so, it seems very cool at that time.

I would really like to get my hands on one; At least to see for myself how it works. I’ve read a few reviews online of people who have had the opportunity of using the Kinect and up until now, it seems to be pretty good. I really see this as a real competition of the PlayStation Move and the Nintendo Wii.

I really do think this might be a “game-changer”. I haven’t seen anything like this before and the technology seems to be pretty advanced so I really wonder how it will hold up. The real question is; How will hold up around Christmas time?! This is when we can really see who’s console really hit the high note this year!

1 Billion Subscriptions that is.

If you haven’t noticed (or just simply haven’t visited YouTube yesterday) YouTube has made it to 1 Billion subscriptions!

To show that they have made it to 1 Billion, they changed their Homepage Icon at the top of the page! Once you click on the jumping people, you can read all about this achievement on their blog. If you haven’t read it yet, You can visit the blog post by clicking here.

If you don’t understand what mean, I’ll explain. This basically means that that the yellow “Subscribe” button on top of each video, has been clicked for over 1 Billion times! Get it? simple right?!

That number on its own, blows my mind. And to think that YouTube has only existed for only a few years now. That is insanely awesome.

Another insanely awesome thing to mention is that in the YouTube blog post, they mention the Subscribe Throw Pillow by Throwboy Pillows!

I literally love this pillow. It’s so nice, I want one.

Now, I am not going to go really deep into the subject of Throwboy. That’s mainly because to properly explain Throwboy, it’ll take more than one post. And right now, I just want to keep it straight to the point.

Throwboy is an online throw pillow store featuring the most “geeky-est” type of throw pillows anywhere on the web! RSS feed pillows, Mac Icon pillows, Chat pillows and so many different other pillows, hand-made by Roberto Hoyos himself! (Damn!)

If you are a tech-lover/geek, you will definitely love these throw pillows! They’ll give your decor a whole new sense of “geek” style. Don’t you think? You’ll need check out the store for yourself at Throwboy.com to truly understand what I mean.

And If by any chance you want to buy your own YouTube-style subscribe button throw pillow, you can simply click here for more info.

It is with that, I end this post! Thanks for reading!

Question: What do you do on YouTube? Leave a comment letting me know!

Just for the record: I wasn’t paid in any way by Throwboy to mention them in my blog post. I simply love their products.

This being ofcourse the Sesame Street parody of the old spice commercial: “The man your man could smell like”

I found this so funny, I couldn’t stop laughing!

See it for youself!

If you don’t know what I mean, here is the original YouTube video that has been viewed over 22 million times and that started this whole phenomenon!

(I am a fan of writing old news)

I am not one to bash at Apple every single time they do something, but the last Keynote (for me atleast) didn’t have that “wow” factor that it usually has.

Not to take away it did have some great announcements, but still. Let’s go through some of them shall we?

1. Apple has made a “bajilion” more dollars with revenues soaring by the day. (We get it, you’re rich)

2. Updated iLife Suite for Mac users! iLife ‘11.
a. New iMovie: Sound effects and editing added, Trailer-making functionality, Instant replay with Sports themes added and people finder functionality added.
b. New iPhoto: Photo-book printing enhancements, integrated Facebook functionality, fullscreen mode and integrated email options added.
c. New Garageband: Groovematching functionality added (really cool), guitar amps effects added, “How did I play” feature added, new tutorials added and Flextime.
d. Free with all new Macs and $49 to upgrade.

3. New Mac OS X Operating System announced! Mac OS X 10.7 Lion! (Aren’t there a limited number of cat names that they can give an operating system? The list is kind of funny. From OS X 10 to 10.7: Cheetah, Puma, Jaguar, Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard and now Lion. Wow.) Don’t get your hopes up just as yet, it is not available until Summer 2011.
a. New Features! Master control! (really cool) This is basically merging current features like Exposé, spaces, dashboard and all open full screen apps and lets you view them all in one big ‘ole screen.
b. Full screen apps functionality.
c. The introduction of The Mac App store! (What?!?) The mac app store will be have similar apps available on iOS, but built for the Mac. Simple enough.

4. Facetime for Mac Beta is now released! Don’t get too overexcited. It’s nice though.
5. THE NEW MACBOOK AIR! The second generation Macbook Air! It’s thinner, lighter, faster and now available in 2 sizes! A 11.6” model and a 13.3” Model. Starting at $999.

Here is the video that Apple released about the Macbook Air.

If you want to watch the full Keynote, you can watch it here.

So yeah, I kind of forgot the whole purpose of this post… So thanks for reading! ;)

It’s kind of weird seeing someone else in the exact same situation as I am. Difference is, I didn’t buy a MacBook Pro a few days ago, I don’t work with video and I don’t use an Apple keyboard.

Check out Jon on his YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/techwaffle

The name says it all. Let me Google that for you. The website known as http://lmgtfy.com is a simple site where you literally Google in the keywords for someone else!

I love the way it works. It’s as simple as “Google-ing” whatever it is that you need, and receive the share link. Once opened, the person opening the link will see a small animation of your mouse “Google-ing” and directs you to the search page! It’s that simple!

Who knew, Google Searching while helping someone else could so be entertaining?

(This is sort of old news already, but whatever)

I am so exited with the official release of Research in Motion’s (RIM) new tablet, The BlackBerry PlayBook!

To be honest, this whole scenario of having a new tablet in the market took me a little of guard. I did not expect it. Although I do have to say, it is a nice surprise. Especially so that the PlayBook (at this point in time atleast) totally dominates the tablet market.

It has not been released yet, but the specifications of the device are pretty amazing. It has not only a front facing camera (3mp), but also a back facing (5mp). Both of which are in Full High Definition! (1080p!) It has support for not only WiFi 802.11 n, but also a/b/g! It has multi-core processing, HDMI output and not only that, Landscape and portrait docks! Beat that iPad! Also a new feature new to tablets, which are “device pairing”…wonder how that works?

It runs BlackBerry’s new Tablet Operating Software (BlackBerry Tablet OS) which kind of looks like a blown up version of BlackBerry OS6…I guess it’s their thing…

I love it how they added flash support on the PlayBook. It’s like Research in Motion is really trying to kick Apple’s (“ahem”), I mean their competition in the groin!

Here is a small preview given by BlackBerry:

I am really wondering how will this product be sold…Will it be sold by Service providers or Electronic stores? Either way, I hope it gets to Aruba! I really want to get my hands on one! Rumors say it will be released around “January 2011” right after the holiday season!

What are your thoughts?! This really makes me excited to see what will come out next! Now having such “intense” competition, I wonder what would Apple (and others) have hidden under their sleeve for the next tablet! Exiting!