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I have driven the all electric Nissan Leaf for just short of three months. And -other than the range- the topic of choice has been its near silence. So we decided to use it as a moving studio. We recorded … Continue reading
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I was asked to write a story about the crisis. Not focusing on the negative, instead trying to prove that there are chances to be had in entertainment. ‘Does humour sell better during the crisis?’. I talked to Howard Komproe, … Continue reading
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Last summer I got my first taste of the Evoque when I got to drive it in Wales. And I was absolutely positively impressed by both the car and the company that makes it. It took a while before we … Continue reading
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As I have told you, this year I got to interview Peter Schreyer, Kia’s design director. And he turned out to be a charming, smart and gentle man. And he just got my unanimous, neverending respect for sending a hand … Continue reading
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Bright #43 is about to hit the shelves. For a preview you can visit Bright Night this evening. I wrote an update on the Nissan Leaf longterm test, an item on the electric DeLorean and an article on the Nissan … Continue reading
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The University Medical Center Groningen is looking for medical students to enter their programme to become specialists. Together with Sander Tiekstra, who has been flying solo for a couple of months now, I have come up with a way to … Continue reading
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Tomorrow I’ll be hosting another night for Floss. Interviewing artists and scientists who talk about their fascinations. The theme for tomorrow night: tradition. And there will be food as well. Unfortunately you’re too late if you want to join us, … Continue reading
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Last week I had to be in Amsterdam for a couple of days with the entire family. Adidas introduced their new F50 miCoach soccer boots in the same week. So me and junior headed to the Ajax training ground to … Continue reading
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Last weekend I travelled to Abu Dhabi. Had some fun in a dragracer, a Radical and some competition karts. But best of all was talking to Wolfgang Warnecke, Shell’s chief scientist. The man must have been the inspiration for ‘the … Continue reading
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Even though I spend practically every tuesday and wednesday in Leeuwarden at the Academy for Pop Culture, I rarely write about it. Mostly because to me it has been such a steady everyday thing, that I sometimes fail to realize … Continue reading
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The Academy for Pop Culture has sent me to Latvia two times now and even though I couldn’t make it this year, I have had a hand in selecting students that could go. We asked Kia, Seat and Volkswagen to … Continue reading
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Tomorrow I’ll head over to Canada Feeder Lines for the last interview in the series for the NNPC. The last time I wrote about the subject was before the Occupy Wall Street movement started and still it ended in the … Continue reading