Zoetekouw.com » News http://www.zoetekouw.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:02:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Cathedral http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/08/17/the-cathedral/ http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/08/17/the-cathedral/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 18:13:51 +0000 Jan http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/08/17/the-cathedral/

Dit is The Cathedral, een beroemd natuurlijke rotsformatie in Peru. Helaas moeten we nu zeggen: dit was The Cathedral. Naast de honderden slachtoffers door de aardbeving is Peru nu ook een belangrijke toeristische trekpleister kwijt :( De foto komt trouwens van onze reis door Peru in 2001.

]]> http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/08/17/the-cathedral/feed/ 0 A skyscraper that rotates http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/05/20/a-skyscraper-that-rotates/ http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/05/20/a-skyscraper-that-rotates/#comments Sun, 20 May 2007 07:14:57 +0000 Jan http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/05/20/a-skyscraper-that-rotates/ In skyscraper-crazy Dubai, tall isn’t enough. Now there are plans for a 68-story tower where the floors would rotate 360 degrees. Each floor would rotate independently, creating a constantly changing architectural form.

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]]> http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/05/20/a-skyscraper-that-rotates/feed/ 1 Holland Considers Banning DRM, Legalizing Filesharing http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/01/31/holland-considers-banning-drm-legalizing-filesharing/ http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/01/31/holland-considers-banning-drm-legalizing-filesharing/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:04:59 +0000 Jan http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/01/31/holland-considers-banning-drm-legalizing-filesharing/   [ Read More ]]]> Dutch politicians suggested that it might be a good idea to tax Internet traffic, and use this money to compensate the music industry. This, under the condition that DRM is abandoned, and people can’t be charged for downloads.

My guess is this would be the end of mp3 shops like iTunes in the Netherlands.
PS: downloading is actually already legal in Holland, uploading isn’t though.
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]]> http://www.zoetekouw.com/2007/01/31/holland-considers-banning-drm-legalizing-filesharing/feed/ 0 The Most Important Photographs of the Last 150 Years http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/09/22/the-most-important-photographs-of-the-last-150-years/ http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/09/22/the-most-important-photographs-of-the-last-150-years/#comments Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:06:25 +0000 Jan http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/09/22/the-most-important-photographs-of-the-last-150-years/   [ Read More ]]]> It has been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. Even with a thousand words, how do you describe the look in a Mother’s eye who does not know how she will feed her children, or the look on the face of a paratrooper minutes before the D-day invasion. The simple answer is that there are some stories that can only be told with pictures.

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]]> http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/09/22/the-most-important-photographs-of-the-last-150-years/feed/ 0 R.I.P. Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/09/04/rip-crocodile-hunter-steve-irwin/ http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/09/04/rip-crocodile-hunter-steve-irwin/#comments Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:25:24 +0000 Jan http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/09/04/rip-crocodile-hunter-steve-irwin/ It is understood he was killed by a sting-ray barb that went through his chest.
He was swimming off the Low Isles at Port Douglas filming an underwater documentary and that’s when it occurred. We will miss him!

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]]> http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/09/04/rip-crocodile-hunter-steve-irwin/feed/ 0 The Deepest Hole http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/06/21/the-deepest-hole/ http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/06/21/the-deepest-hole/#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2006 06:48:03 +0000 Jan http://www.zoetekouw.com/?p=34 Over forty years ago, researchers in the Soviet Union began an ambitious drilling project whose goal was to penetrate the Earth’s upper crust and sample the warm, mysterious area where the crust and mantle intermingle…

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]]> http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/06/21/the-deepest-hole/feed/ 0 1,000 New Marine Species http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/05/05/1000-new-marine-species/ http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/05/05/1000-new-marine-species/#comments Fri, 05 May 2006 06:31:24 +0000 Jan http://www.zoetekouw.com/?p=27 Watch this gallery with some amazing pics of new marine species discovered in the Bermuda Triangle.

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]]> http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/05/05/1000-new-marine-species/feed/ 0 FBI Top 11 Deaths of the Year http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/04/22/fbi-top-11-deaths-of-the-year/ http://www.zoetekouw.com/2006/04/22/fbi-top-11-deaths-of-the-year/#comments Sat, 22 Apr 2006 13:12:43 +0000 Jan http://www.zoetekouw.com/?p=25 Death is no laughing matter… Well, except these 11 instances that is: “The troopers, thinking she was a pop up target, fired 67 shots between them”. Whoehahaha

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