Firing up old Interests: Gun Sport

Posted by GrefTek in Interests / Personal at 12:00 am on Tuesday, May 4, 2010

If you know me for some time you will be aware of  a keen interest I have in firearms. I’ve always had something with them, albeit a passive interest most of the time. This is now about to change: me and Ivan (friend of mine) decided to sign up with the local gun club last Friday.

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Sint is coming to Town

Posted by GrefTek in Interests at 4:10 pm on Friday, April 16, 2010

In the day and age where the news is flooded with stories of abuse of children by priests of the Catholic church it seems that nothing is sacred or safe anymore, not even the patron saint of all children: Saint Nicolas.

Dick Maas, a dutch movie maker is working on a horror movie called “Sint” (Saint), which is scheduled to be released in the last quarter of 2010.

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New musical impulse: Deathstars

Posted by GrefTek in Interests / Personal at 1:16 am on Thursday, December 11, 2008

I confess to have been hungering for something new of late, musicwise. Usually I pretty much stick with what I already have found to like and love (such as my continuing obsession with Dimmu Borgir and Old Man’s Child) but every now and then I crave new influences and inspiration. I found my answer in the Deathstars.

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Google Chrome

Posted by GrefTek in Interests / Technology at 10:07 pm on Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Google ChromeTo be honest I thought the stage was set. Safari to Windows platform, Firefox 3.0 released, IE 8 to come. A whole ‘new’ cycle of browser wars to see who comes on top. Little did I suspect a ‘late comer’ to the next round in browser slug wars.

But here it is: Chrome.

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Size Matters: The Samsung SyncMaster 245B

Posted by GrefTek in Interests at 10:11 am on Sunday, April 13, 2008

Samsung SyncMaster 245BAlas poor IIyama, I knew ye well. Ever since you started to go weird on my I have cast my eyes at screens other than yours. And I have found a worthy successor: the Samsung SyncMaster 245B.

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