Yesterday I arrived at Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam) from New York, we landed on the just re-opened “Zwanenburg” runway, out of my window I could see the crashed Turkish Airlines nearby the “Polder” runway. I took a picture with my iPhone so it is very hard to see it actually. The pic was taken less then...

This weekend is a very special weekend for Steven Bink. He’s getting married! Congratulations are in order to Steven and to the lucky lady (who I had the privilege of meeting at the Windows Vista Launch), Barbara de Vries. Steven will hopefully get a minute after the wedding to post a picture! Steven...

Not really 'Microsoft News", but I wanted to included this and dedicate it to the thousands of bloggers out there who read and contribute to bink.nu The "Great Man" theory of history is usually attributed to the Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle, who wrote that "the history of the world is but the...

I'm very happy to announce that yesterday September 27th at 9:19 AM GMT+1 my daughter was born and her name is: Rose Marlene Bink Mother and child are doing very well [:D] Send her a welcome to the world message by leaving a comment or send an email: Rose -> Bink.nu

As some of you might know, I (Ryan) also run Extended64.com , a website focusing on the 64-bit Windows platform. There is an interesting thing happening tomorrow at AMD, and I'd like to give all the Bink.nu readers a chance to participate! Today is a big news day for AMD and ATI. What you might not know...

OK, Teched 2006 US is done for me, it's been a busy week with sessions, meetings and interviews. I hope you enjoyed the coverage. I want to thank Microsoft and Waggener Edstrom for getting me into TechED as Press and I specially want to Paul Thurrott for letting me stay at his home during this week and...

Hi People, I just got back from my 2 weeks vacation in Montenegro, we had a great time, though the weather wasn't that good at all times. Few days ago I proposed to my girlfriend Barbara and she said yes! [:D] We won't get married soon cause we first want our second child to see the light, due end of...

Editorial: Due to the Commonwealth Games many Australian States have delayed returning to normal time by one week. What this means is that most Windows computers will automatically wind their clocks back 1 hour from this morning. Microsoft have provided a patch of sorts, but it's not their best work...

Off topic but cool: Quake 3 Arena being played with a gyro mouse (the technology that the new Nintendo Revolution controller will be using) as well as a standard mouse. The resolution of the game is 10240x3072 and runs on a 24-monitor Linux cluster here at Virginia Tech's HCI lab click on pic for high...

I've just posted 151 pictures of images I took while I was attending the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show of Las Vegas. Highlights include some awesome Microsoft products, huge plasmas, and rollup displays! Also: plenty of pictures of both me, Steven Bink, and the yellow Hummer H3 that we...