No man’s land

I would like to wish every single one of you a very healthy and successful 2007. I know that 2006 wasn’t a good year for some of you but I truly believe that the upcoming year will be better.

For me, 2006 was a good year full of opportunities and a lot of new insights, offered to me by a lot of generous people. I got in touch with a lot of nice people who shared their knowledge with me and I want to thank them all. I learned a lot during the last 12 months and there is a lot more to learn ahead. Becoming 30 in 2007, a lot of things seem to fall into place recently. I know I didn’t made enough time for most of you, not as much as you all deserve. A big THANK YOU to all those people who support me in everything I do. It’s thanks to people like you that people like me reach their goals, succeed in what they intend to do. If one grows as an individual, it’s thanks to the people who surround him/her.

Looking forward to all the wonderful moments 2007 will bring to us all. Thank you all for being “on board” of my 2006 train, I hope you will stay on board during the next few months and years.

regards,
Kris

For those of you who like jazz, check out www.rackham.biz. They recently launched their first CD named “JUANITA K” and since I like the group’s name, they deserve some promotion :-)

For the record, they are not related, not that I know that is!

(picture by Evy Ottermans)

BusinessWeek has an interesting article about Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH. This German drug maker developed the molecule “Flibanserin” several years ago as an antidepressant. Trials in humans halted the development of the promising drug, but Boehringer Ingelheim found out it could be used for something else too.

Pfizer had discovered Viagra while searching for something else and made it one of their blockbusters since then. Boehringer Ingelheim seems to have discovered the “female counterpart” of Viagra.

Boehringer Ingelheim seems to have launched four major clinical trials to get FDA approval by 2009. If this works out, they have a possible blockbuster in their pipeline that will bring them a lot of profit and the chance to develop even more promising drugs. Even when things don’t work out as planned, sexual problems at least are no longer a typical male problem. Other drug makers are working hard to find a drug that has the same effect on woman that Viagra has for men.

For those of you who are active in trading stocks, Boehringer Ingelheim is family owned since over 170 years and therefore not listed on any stock market.

The common mayfly has a life expectancy of just ONE day, but is he miserable about it?

While a lot of people never seem to find time for themselves and those who live with them, Vodafone has an add campaign to think about:

The complete website can be found at www.vodafonemayfly.co.uk.
(found the add on Marco Derksen‘s weblog)

The “knock-off lamp” is build like a regular bowling pin but acts like a lamp. The lamp is working while standing and can only be turned off by laying it down (see below). If you live in the US, owning one will cost you $22.

Credits
designer: Josh Owen
manufacturer: Kikkerland

Picture

Nu het einde van 2006 wel héél dicht bij komt is het moment gekomen om 2006 in enkele statistieken samen te vatten. Eén trend is bijvoorbeeld de groeiende massa golfers die het afgelopen jaar de sport hebben ontdekt. De VVG (Vlaamse Vereniging voor Golf vzw) berekende dat er in 2006 iets meer dan 29.000 golfers in Vlaanderen zijn aangesloten bij 50 verschillende golfclubs. Van die groep zijn er 64% mannen en (wat dacht u) 36% vrouwen. Golf is duidelijk geen typische mannensport, zoals enkelen nog steeds denken. Nog enkele cijfers?

Leden per leeftijdsgroep

• 0 – 25 jaar : 14%
• 26 – 45 jaar : 24%
• 46 – … jaar : 62%

Leden per provincie

• Antwerpen : 38%
• Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest : 1%
• Limburg : 11%
• Oost-Vlaanderen : 16%
• Vlaams Brabant : 18%
• West-Vlaanderen : 17%

Verdeling man/vrouw

• Vrouwen : 36%
• Mannen : 64%

Evolutie van het aantal aangesloten leden bij de VVG

Virtual Words, a mid-size translation agency located in Brussels, is currently looking for a full-time OFFICE MANAGER as of March 2007.

You can view a complete job description on http://www.linkedin.com/jobs?viewJob=&jobId=154261&trk=mh_recentjob. If you want to get in touch with Pierre Leonard, please do so with my regards.

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

Thomas Edison

If you want to have some fun with your car on a racetrack, Tiff Needell has some tips on driving techniques. He went to BrandsHatch to demonstrate his skills with an Audi S3.

Audi launched a microsite to promote the R8 model, as some of you might have seen it on the 2005 Brussels Motorshow. You can find it trough the www.audi.com website or by going directly to it by clicking here.

Build with Adobe Flash, the microsite covers all features of the R8 model in an interface similar to games like Need For Speed.

Screenshots

Credits

Design Agency: Argonauten G2
If you might know the art director who created this microsite, please let me know.

More info

Some pictures of the R8 during a commercial shoot can be found at germancarblog.com.
Some pictures of the R8 in a studio environment van be found at 37signals.com.
More pictures of the R8 can be found at worldcarfans.com.