About this blog (and its author)
The short story
This blog is about everything that I (see picture on the left) find interesting enough to write about. Read the longer version to make the short story longer.
The longer version
This website is my personal blog (if you are interested in my professional services, please visit my professional (company) website. Things that I find interesting (and have the time to write about) will be presented on this blog. Since I find tons of things interesting, there will be no central theme, i.e. little focus. However, I will try not to ramble to much about my own life - it should still be interesting enought for anyone else but me.
Who is me
My name is Bram. I am a 28 year old Dutch "man" - I try to think of myself of a man recently, in an attempt to shake off the boyishness - living in the very middle of the Netherlands. I am a multi-interested person - be careful not to mistake this for a lack of focus - which I try to view as a blessing more than a handicap. My world view is western oriented and for a Dutch guy I am very Americanized. The latter might be related to my American fiancée. Though it might be slightly the other way around as well. Supposedly I look a bit like Donny Osmond - someone I had never heard of until recently. If this means I tend to come off as 'white and nerdy', then good. That makes me a proud being.
In an attempt to narrow things down a little bit: I am into tech stuff (computers, internet); health and self-help; human progress; history; movies and games; business and investing; nature and a bunch of other things. I can be into sports and politics too (not necessarily the related types). Same goes for cooking, art, culture, languages, travelling, etc.
Right now I am into blogging (again). My goal is to write useful, critical and informative posts that are hopefully curiousity-stimulating. Writing style should be clear, simple and direct. I can not make any promises though.
If you want to contact me, please do. Unless you belong to one of these categories:
- mean and evil Spambot
- malicious being without a soul
- not worth my or anyone elses time
Please enjoy my writing. We live in exciting times.
Technical info
This blog uses Expression Engine (EE). A wonderful blogging system/CMS (Content Management System) developed by Ellislab. I recommend it to anyone who wants a little more flexibility and freedom than what you regurlarly get from systems like Wordpress. Don't get me wrong, Wordpress is wonderful too. The nerdy side of me just likes EE a lot more. Once you get to know Expression Engine a little better, and you already have some (X)HTML and CSS knowledge - you will probably love it too.
The site itself runs on a standard linux server (Debian based).
For the template editing I use Coda - a handy editor for the Mac. CSS work I nowadays almost always do in CSS Edit - a truly superb CSS editor for the Mac.