Jan 1, 2010 Posted by Herko

My wishlist for 2010

I’m not really one for New Year’s res­o­lu­tions. I don’t smoke or drink cof­fee or alco­hol, so those vices I don’t need to cut down on or quit alto­gether. I play ten­nis at least once a week, and have a Kung Fu/Tai Chi/Qigong class every week. I take the stairs when­ever I can. And I also enjoy good food, which includes fresh veg­gies and lots of fresh fruit. Sure, there’s always room... read more

Dec 22, 2009 Posted by Herko

Listmania: the music of 2009, Herko edition!

It’s that time of year again, where you look back and –well basi­cally, make lists. So, in keep­ing with this won­der­ful tra­di­tion on the inter­webz here’s my list of music related good­ness of 2009. Award shows on TV keep the best for last in order to keep their audi­ence hostage and their adver­tis­ers happy, but the web appar­ently doesn’t work like that. So,lets get this show on... read more

Dec 20, 2009 Posted by Herko

New site for Child Support Ghana goes live!

Finally, after many hours of work, the new web­site for the Child Sup­port Ghana NGO and Dutch Foun­da­tions is live. Child Sup­port Ghana is a non-profit orga­ni­za­tion based in the Upper West Region (UWR) cap­i­tal Wa, Ghana, West Africa, who sup­port needy chil­dren by pro­vid­ing them with a roof over their head, lov­ing care, edu­ca­tion and health­care. This orga­ni­za­tion is... read more

Aug 2, 2009 Posted by Herko

Ben Westbeech lights up RAW Rhythm Festival 2009

The 2009 edi­tion of the RAW Rhythm fes­ti­val, hop­ing to fill the shoes left vacant by its pre­de­ces­sor DRUM Rhythm, is fin­ished. Two great days filled with good food, good friends and great music and per­for­mances. Here is my review. Day one: start with a bang The fes­ti­val started with an early per­for­mance by Lamb, one of –if not the most — my favorite bands. Lamb got back... read more

Jul 30, 2009 Posted by Herko

Long live XHTML!

Smash­ing Mag­a­zine pub­lished a comic strip writ­ten by Jeremy Keith and drawn by Brad Col­bow about W3C’s recent announce­ment to end the XHTML 2 work­group char­ter by te end of the year. There has been a huge amount of dis­cus­sion on this topic within the web­stan­dards com­mu­nity, and Jeremy Keith’s expla­na­tion of the exag­ger­ated reports of XHTML’s demise is a great way... read more