Joining the mass sustainability hysteria spree, I’d like to put my two cents into the future of my and others’ grandchildren.
Many interactions with Dutch institutions result in a filled-in and signed document that needs to be emailed or uploaded.
Or another example: you visit Russian Post where you’re requested to fill out 117 copies of a certain form. Do not give in to the provocation and do not fill it in by hand!
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Map by gemeentenatlas.nl.
I’d like to start filling my newborn Glossary with the term gemeente.
It’s time to fulfil my promise and publish a review of my “inflatable treasure”, which perhaps can better be described as the Xiaomi Mijia Electric Pump.
Photo by Annie Spratt.
Exactly three years ago, on October 1st, 2016, Yktoo Solutions was born.
I’ve been using my Linksys E4200 router for about eight years and was quite happy with its very robust operation. However, any hardware is destined to get outdated over time.
Firstly, as soon as we’d moved from our former apartment into a three-storey house it became evident the Wi-Fi coverage was suboptimal. In some remote corner you’d sometimes hardly get any connection at all. Secondly, it didn’t support modern IEEE standards such as 802.11ac, which was also hurting the bandwidth.
Thus eventually I’ve decided to go for a mesh Wi-Fi system.
TGIF — time for wine (and a review)!
I’ve been using the electric corkscrew Xiaomi Mijia for more than a year now and I’m pretty happy with it.
It features a rechargeable battery, which means there’s one more gadget to charge. However, I dare say you won’t need to charge it frequently unless you drink wine a crate a day.
Photo by PostNL.
If you like ordering cheap gadgets and other stuff from AliExpress (and similar online stores) like I do, you may find this useful.
For all shipments originating from within the EU no extra charges are to be paid in the Netherlands.
For all other countries, the Dutch customs regulation establishes a duty-free threshold of € 22 per package.
Photo by JillWellington.
It’s a known fact some common words in one language may sound pretty rude or even offensive in another. Furthermore, some words in the same language can be confusing.
Take Dutch and English.
If, for example, one typed “Buurvrouw, wat een mooie koolmezen, maar wat doet mijn haan op uw ezel?” into Google Translate, he’d be presented the following translation:
Good morning dear patient! Please tell me, what do you observe on this photo?
