Builder, Maker, Indyhacker
Everybody and their mother (note to self: check if my mother is really aware) knows about the importance of Two Factor Authentication (2FA) to protect your online accounts from bad actors. Most of us use the default Google Authenticator to generate the 2FA code. You know, those 6 numbers that you need to fill in
My very first website I named Ratsgate.I had some pet rats at the time and I was into DND, so I combined those two elements and came up with Ratsgate. This first site was hosted on dds.nl, one of the first web communities in the Netherlands. I later named my personal holding company Ratsgate LTD,
Sometimes you can t properly start up your day, you open your computer, but nothing really happens. You click through some mail, you browse some sites, but you can t get into a good productive flow. Last week I had such a day and once I realised it myself, I knew how to fix it and trigger myself to become productive
I love making video s but I never did it anymore because of excuses. Also, I love to share stuff with you, but I never blog because of excuses. So, today: no more excuses! I ll start vlogging! At least for the coming weeks as an experiment to see how much I like it. In each vlog
My mornings used to suck, it was super hard to get out of bed and when I finally managed to do that, it took another 2 hours of pissing away time before I could begin to focus and start being productive. If I could manage that at all! Something had to change, but in my teens
Have you ever thought about how other people live their lives? Maybe you have wondered about how life would be like as a millionaire or a famous rock star, but did you ever think about the lives of your friends and family? You might know where they work and what they do for fun. But
I love my family, but last years Christmas killed me! After 3 full days of family, eating and christmas trees, I was done. I m never doing the again! I proclaimed to Rian. Next year we re going on holiday and I don t want anything to do with Christmas . What went wrong, you ask? Well let me
Sometimes I feel like I am just running through the motions. Days blend into each other with work, chores and social obligations. Don t get me wrong, I love my work, my friends and family and I even love most of the chores I have to do. But sometimes I just forget that I love them,
Blogging is fun, but can also be a lot of work. In the past I have tried a couple times to blog consistently, but could never pull it off. After a couple of months, I just moved on to other things. But this time is going to be different! I now know what problems I
I used to blog in Dutch before switching to English. From here on you will only encounter Dutch posts. ### Picture above: Lieve Pietersz Verschuier, the Arrival of King Charles II of England in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on May 24, 1660. (1665)