2006-07-29

iconfactory

Check this: the iconfactory are renewing their website, and they have a very nifty "under construction" front page...

I rather appreciate it - living on a construction site myself :)

2006-07-20

bathroom

So... we started renovating our bathroom. Not very nice at all, thank you. We removed all the false walls and the false ceiling - and found dirty laundry as isolation material. Some mouse droppings as well. The picture below shows the current, stripped, room.

Things to be done: remove the old floor planks, check the floor beams, if necessary make them level, construct new false wals and ceiling - including redoing all the electricity, water and sewage pipework, and last but not least place a new shower cabin, bath, two sinks and some cupboards. And a new toilet.

One more thing: in order to place all these nice new bathroom furnitures, we (I) have to redo all the sewage pipes from the bathroom down to the ground floor, outside. Nice, nice.

2006-07-12

tools

So, it is done. We own a house. There is a lot of work to be done though - and for a good job, one needs good tools.

Like this heavy drill, this pendulum jigsaw or this cordless drill/screwdriver. I can't help it, I really like powertools :) Too bad they're so expensive.

In fact I like all well-made tools; give me Facom anytime! I have 40 year old Facom wrenches at home, daily used in my grandfather's a bike shop for over 20 years - and still looking like new...

In a bit I'll be able to tell what exactly we're going to do in the house, for now I only want to use my tools a bit.

2006-07-04

shit

The Italians won. And it's 32°C in here.
I think I'll be sick tomorrow.

Leffe

Belgium melts away in a heatwave. So, being in the overheaterd capital, we have lots of drinks. One of the places we frequently visited, conveniently located just a few hundred meters away, is the Leffe Cafe. Not a very trendy place, but tourists have not really discovered it yet, and they have draught Leffe.

Well... I'm afraid Leffe Cafe will have to do without us in the future - can you imagine being chased away for not wanting to have a dinner? In a fucking PUB - at 10 pm, 31°C outside? I mean, who do they think they are? If we want to eat out, we'll go to a real restaurant!