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| This section was created for those of you that have nothing better to do than to read why and how this website was created in the ever-so enjoyable Q&A format. |
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Q | It looks like you got some redecorating done. Would you like to tell us a bit more about the changes? |
| A | No. | |
| Q | Too bad your personality hasn't undergone a similar upgrade. What prompted you to go on an ego-trip by building a website? Were you beaten as a child or something? | |
| A | This site was created to help someone at work with a web-project. However, since I switched to digital pictures, it also gives me the opportunity to share my pictures shortly after having taken them, because I no longer have to scan the images. This will allow me to update the site more frequently and much faster after each airshow I visit. To get a rough idea on when to expect these updates, you can check the agenda through the top-menu. |
| Q | How did your camera manage to take a picture of itself? |  |
| A | It had an out-of-body experience. | |
| Q | I'm beginning to see why you're recycling jokes from your old website. At least those are half-funny. Why is the overall design of the site still ever so ugly? | |
| A | My
parents took away my Fisher Price(TM) too early so I'm not very good
with shapes and colours. I think that I have a good shot at becoming
the next designer for Belgian public transport paintschemes though. In reality, I am excited about the introduction of Flash on my website, as it opens up a lot of new possibilities, both aesthetically and functionally and I hope it makes the visit more enjoyable. |
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Q | Fat chance. Why did you decide to illustrate that your just as incapable with a video camera as with an ordinary picture camera? |
| A | For someone with limited talent like me, it is difficult to capture the atmosphere of an event in still images. I am therefore trying to convey the ambiance at every show through moving images and sounds. It is certainly worthwhile to watch the videos in high quality, it really makes a difference in viewing pleasure. I mean no copyright infringement on music in the videos, which is why I mix it with location sound, the music is included according to the fair use policy. All videos are maximum ten minutes, for bandwith reasons with visitors and because this corresponds to the Youtube limit for videos of this file size. | |
| Q | Snnnnnnoooooooooorrrr. Oh, you're finished. |
| Q | Do you also do something useful from time to time perhaps, instead of just mucking about with your camera? |  |
| A | After two years helping out at the Wings and Wheels
Military History Show held annually at the NATO reserve airfield in
Ursel, Belgium, I started helping out trying to assist setting up a new airshow at Ursel: Ursel Avia Show. Other than that, I try to use my powers in ways that vegetarians can also appreciate, such as productive work at a university and writing articles and travel reports that piss off the entire civilized world and some nearby regions of space. |
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Q | Are there any other sites you would like to recommend? |
| A | Which links would you like to know about? | |
| Q | Don't you know it's rude to answer a question with another question? | |
| A | I firmly believe in the Socratic method. | |
| Q | I can't imagine you having any friends so we can skip that category. Let's keep this limited to aviation-related websites, shall we? I don't have all day. | |
| A | For starters, I'd like to point to the showreports that can be found at the website of Spottertrips.eu. All those of 2006 and 2007 were written by me and I'm a little proud of that. | |
| Q | Nobody's perfect. | |
| A | Certainly not me, I'm interviewing myself here. |
| Q | I'm not interested in you, I'm not a nerd. Any other sites? |  |
| A | Fabke's
Airshow Page is a very cool place to visit. Other interesting sites are Paul Johnson's Flightline UK and UK Airshow Review. Also be sure to check out Spotting Group Koksijde and the Florennes Aviation Society websites, as well as Scramble, which is packed with information. Finally, for French-speakers, the friendly Flyfan forum is also a welcoming place. Blowing my own trumpet, some of my work can be found at the websites of the Croatian display team Krila Oluje, OFMC's Ferocious Frankie, and Formation Team The Victors. One of my videos was also used at the European Airshow Convention in 2010. |
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| Q | Thank you for these suggestions. At least I won't have to come here anymore. |
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Credits: Microsoft Corporation (Internet Explorer) Netscape Communications Corporation (Netscape Navigator) Macromedia (Macromedia Flash and Flashplayer) Mozilla (Firefox) Sony (Camera) Douwe Egberts (coffee) Stephanie Colle (website name) |
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