Today is May 21st, 2012 and it's 03:06. Today is life. Tomorrow never comes.
Tom Vermost
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Pat Condell speaks wise words (again)
Posted on July 29th, 2011 at 19:05.
Maybe you have crossed his videos before on Youtube or LiveLeak but if not I like to introduce you to Pat Condell, a very well spoken freethinker who is not afraid of speaking out against the idiocy and danger of religion, any religion. He is, as I like to call myself, a practising atheist, only he is much better with words then I am. Check out more from Pat Condel at PatCondell.net
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War On Terror Phase 2
Posted on July 26th, 2011 at 20:12.
In the first phase of the war on terror, started on 9/11/2001, it was apparently an external enemy that we faced, the muslims. Now we are supposed to look inside our own society and fear each dissent voice. That's the plan. We will see a new wave of security measures and legislation, further intruding on personal rights. Besides that, political correctness will return like never before and people who don't comply to general assumptions will be under investigation. Educate yourself, this is important.
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Yet another social media
Posted on July 17th, 2011 at 20:44.
After being kicked off Facebook, and Twitter, members of the group Anonymous are now thrown off Goggole+. So the group decided to create their own social platform: Anonplus. Currently it says alpha 0.1 buts it's apparently nothing more than a Zetaboards forum. So it is still early day.
An Anonymous spokeperson said: "This is one social network that will not tolerate being shut down, censored, or oppressed - even in the face of blackout. We the people have had enough…enough of governments and corporations saying what's best for us - what's safe for our minds. The sheep era is over. The interwebz are no longer your prison."
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Stranger than fiction: Astana
Posted on June 8th, 2011 at 18:18.
If I say Kazakhstan, you would probably think Borat. And if I'd say Astana you might think of a cycling team. But you wouldn't think about a futuristic city, wouldn't you? Still that's what the newly build capital Astana is, the megalomaniac dictator Nursultan Nazarbayev's vision of a 21th century city.
Build with vast amounts of money from the oil and uranium export, this "new" city is filled to the brim with masonic symbols. Even a rational person as myself has to scratch his head as to what's up with this?
First thing you spot is of course the pyramid, classic symbol of sun worship that we know from ancient Egypt and Meso-America. Here it's named "Palace of Peace and Reconciliation" and it functions, besides as an opera, as a center for bringing together the world's religion. The second one is the Bayterek, a monument that represents the Tree of Life, known from various religions/mythologies. And no, this information isn't from some crazy conspiracy site, it's right of Wikipedia.
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And we have a liftoff!
Posted on June 2nd, 2011 at 15:48.
First off, welcome to my personal website. My name is Tom Vermost, a web developer and I finally got around making a website for myself.
Because this is pure for fun, this website was created as a sort of experiment in website design. Instead of the classic vertical layout of most sites/blogs, I have chosen for a fixed horizontal design with lost of javascript to rearrange and focus on different content.
This site was build in PHP with the use of the CodeIgniter framework, jQuery and CSS3. In the back there is a simple MySQL database. For the near future I would like to finish the admin panel and add some nice jQuery UI stuff to replace the static pages.
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The Who - Baba O'Riley
Posted on June 20th, 2011 at 19:49.
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Primus - Too Many Puppies
Posted on June 20th, 2011 at 19:44.
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The Clash - Straight to Hell
Posted on June 20th, 2011 at 19:31.
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Neil Young - A Day in the Life
Posted on June 19th, 2011 at 11:19.
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Jehtro Tull - Thick as a Brick
Posted on June 3rd, 2011 at 12:45.
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Cake - The Distance
Posted on May 30th, 2011 at 23:50.
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Front 242 - Funkhadafi
Posted on May 30th, 2011 at 23:23.
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Gogol Bordello - Tribal Connection
Posted on May 30th, 2011 at 23:15.
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Sinéad O'Connor
Posted on May 29th, 2011 at 23:44.
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Peter Schilling - Major Tom
Posted on May 29th, 2011 at 23:37.
CV
Curriculum Vitae
Tom Vermost is my name, 38 years old and web developer with no-nonsense attitude, a broad experience in ICT and good language skills. I am currently employed by NTCP8 where I work as a web developer.
PROJECTS
P-magazine.be
The official website of the popular Flemish weekly magazine. Build by myself in a period of 3 weeks. Design is made by Wim Ghysbrecht. Features a great blog, photo & video galleries, overview of the magazine content and contests.
Period: 2009 - 2010Tech used: Drupal 6 / MySQL / jQuery
Link: http://www.p-magazine.be
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Tijsterman Bakkers
The corporate website of a Dutch bakery chain, developed while I was working for NTCP8.
Period: 2011Tech used: Drupal 6 / MySQL / jQuery
Link: http://www.tijstermanbakkers.nl
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Menzo.be
Menzo is a monthly glossy magazine that focuses on sports and style. The website features a sport & style blog, photo galleries, contests and the magazine content. Created and maintained by myself, design is by Rudy Maes.
Period: 2009 - 2010Tech used: Drupal 6 / MySQL / jQuery
Link: http://www.menzo.be
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PlayStationPure.be/.nl
Officiëel PlayStation Magazine is, as you will surely have understood, the official PlayStation magazine for Belgium and The Netherlands. The website has a popular blog, a thriving forum and screenshot and trailer channels. Created by Nils De Moor with assistence of myself. I maintained the site for almost 2 year. Design is by Wim Ghysbrecht.
Period: 2007 - 2010Tech used: CodeIgniter / MySQL / Mootools
Link: http://www.playstationpure.be
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Chief.be
Chief is a monthly games magazine. The website used to feature a great blog, screenshot and trailer channels, a forum, magazine content and a Twitter-like shoutbox that was popular among the editors. Made by Nils De Moor with assistance of myself, design is by Rudy Maes. I maintained the site for 2 years.
Period: 2008 - 2010Tech used: CodeIgniter / MySQL / Mootools
Link: http://www.chief.be
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Digitale100
One of the special mini-sites I made while working at Think Media that I remembered making screenshots of :) First edition of the Digitale100, a yearly online election of the most sexy game babe. Each of the 100 contestants had a personal profile and could be rated with a score between 1 and 100. The election was a huge success and Ruby Malone won. Next editions of the Digitale100 are hosted on 4gamers.be, an online game community in which Think Media is a partner.
Period: 2009 - 2010Tech used: CodeIgniter / MySQL / Mootools
Link: http://www.chief.be/digitale100
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Clint.be
Clint is a infotainment website of Think Media Digital. Version 2 of the website was build by Nils De Moor and myself in a very short period. It featured a custom feed aggregator that imported and automatically published news stories from external sources (Belga, GvA, ...). I maintained the website for 2 years. Design is by Wim Ghysbrecht.
Period: 2008 - 2010Tech used: Drupal 5 / MySQL / Mootools
Link: http://www.clint.be
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VlaanderenStemt.be
This website - a blog about politics - was setup for the Flemish election of June 2009. It featured political news & stories, columns of politicians, cartoons, videos and a forum. Made by myself. Design is by Rudy Maes.
Period: 2009Tech used: Drupal 5 / MySQL / Mootools
Link: http://www.vlaanderenstemt.be
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SchlagerijClint.be
A website with news and videos about 'schlager' music. Featured news, reviews, videos, elections. Build by myself, design by Rudy Maes.
Period: 2009Tech used: Drupal 5 / MySQL / Mootools
Link: http://www.schlagerijclint.be
LAB
The Unofficial SWTOR Status Page
A simple webpage that displays Star Wars: The Old Republic server status and game information. An excercise to learn DataTables and jqPlot, two very nice jQuery add-ons.
Link: http://swtstatus.vermost.be
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Antwerps Nieuws
A mash-up between rss-feeds of the reional news of the Gazet van Antwerpen and Google Maps.
Link: http://antwerpsnieuws.vermost.be
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RouteMapper
An application that displays the route between two given addresses. It uses Bing Maps webservices.
Link: http://labo.vermost.be/routemapper/RouteMapperTestPage.html
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Memory
The classic memory game where the goal is to find all pairs.
Link: http://labo.vermost.be/memory/
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Mastermind
A game of logic. Find the right color combination and break the code.
Link: http://labo.vermost.be/mastermind/
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Calculator
A first attempt at creating a Silverlight application: a simple calculator.
Link: http://labo.vermost.be/calculator/CalculatorTestPage.html
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The Mondriaan Machine
A useless application that generates a drawing that bares a slight resemblance to the work of Piet Mondriaan. My excuses to Mr. Mondriaan.
Link: http://labo.vermost.be/mondriaanmachine/
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Digital Clock
A digital clock, what more is there to say :)
Link: http://labo.vermost.be/dc/
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Hang 'em high
A simple clone of the traditional Hangman game made in Flash. My design skills aren't any good but the game works. You have the choice between animals and countries as topics.
Link: http://labo.vermost.be/hangemhigh/hang_main.html
LINKS
Top Documentary Films
This site is a collection of very interesting documentary films that can be found on the web and has provided me with lots of viewing pleasure.
Link: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com
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Radio Paradise
Located in Paradise, California, this internet radio station is quite unique: it's listener-supported. With no radio ads this station earns it's money with contributions of listeners who appreciate the fantastic music and the great variety of music styles that gets played on RP. A great companion during long coding sessions!
Link: http://www.radioparadise.com
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jQuery
A versatile and easy Javascript framework. Together with jQuery UI, this is a fantastic tool to use to develop fancy stuff.
Link: http://jquery.com
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CodeIgniter
A PHP framework that is there to help to do the tedious bits but doesnt get in the way of your coding. I like it a lot and it makes a change to the Wordpress/Drupal/MS stuff I do for a living.
Link: http://codeigniter.com
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PHP
For an aspiring web developer PHP.net is a great resource with plenty of information on the popular open-source scripting language. The contributions of fellow developers to the documentation makes it even more interesting.
Link: http://php.net