Hi, I am Floris.

A handful of computers have been mine, but it all started getting serious with the 486 server from my father’s office – after they upgraded (things were still licensed UNIX back then). Multiple SCSI drives that were duct-taped together and a single speed CD-ROM reader, not to mention a 4MB RAM plate on a riser…

When throughout the last year I have been stressed, I found comfort by watching movies and tv series on Netflix on the iPad in bed. A cold drink, cat at the end purring, slowly falling asleep while sitting up against the back of bed. A formula which sometimes worked. And sure, sometimes it did not,…

Hopefully everybody had a happy holidays season, and I want to wish everybody a happy and healthy 2016.

A stranger silence than this I have not heard for decades. Slowly I awaken and glances to the left notice no strange thing to cause this. To heighten my sense of hearing my eyes close, double checking if perhaps everything I should hear is blocked out by having nodded off in my chair, but no…

Time machine, you’re too late.

Hello future, This is an open letter to the future, so please do pay attention – especially since you’re so hard to predict. I appreciate your time. The current state of technology is like an infant growing up and learning fine motor skills. It’s ready to play with others and grow beyond what we can…

Closing the door behind me that is 2014, I can move on through the dark days ahead in 2015. Recapping on 2013 and 2014 my attempts to be more social are indeed paying off, but the negativity piles up twice as fast as well. And while I have been able to try harder to save…

“He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.” – Sun Tzu

Dear friends, family and my cat, Merry Christmas to all of you, thank you for being there for me in 2014. I wish you all a wonderful Holiday Season and a Healthy 2015. This year I’ve done some fun things, online and offline, and I hoping to double that the coming years. Life’s not perfect,…

Security is important, and it would be wonderful if we can be a bit more careful with the data that we consider personal. An iPhone is a personal device; it contains our photos, notes, calendar, emails, and such. Thankfully Apple agrees and offers not only a way to backup your iPhone, but it stores its…

Usually each year I publish how I have updated my site. But I have been too busy with other personal stuff that I never blogged about the updates behind the scenes. I haven’t mentioned how I have slowly updated js/css libraries, or tweaked some .php files, or updated the ‘database’ of WordPress that I use…