I'm on a Boat ( ...i was )

Short video of one of my boat-rides to my favorite spot in the sun @ the Nieuwkoopse Plassen / the Netherlands
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Geeky Programmers at WolframAlpha ?

Twitter presents Embeddable Tweets

As of now, Twitter is giving you the option to embed your Tweets.
It is made possible by web-application Blackbird Pie and works very easy;
Just copy the link to the tweet in the bar and 'bake' it into a HTML script that u can use on your blogposts etc.

One of the biggest advantages IMO of this is that the links stay clickable, and it looks stylish.

an example;

It looks like America is working on cars that run on sea-water ;) #oilspillless than a minute ago via webPierre Serné
NetPierre

Really !?

PatchPierre - Connecting Chaos Site Online

Last friday i launched my new blog-project called PatchPierre - Connecting Chaos

PatchPierre is my latest project, a site dedicated to everything around my Doepfer A-100 Analogue Modular Synthesizer.

My plan is to post (basic) A100 -tips, -patches and sound-examples here, for those of you interested.
I am still learning more about analogue synthesis every day, and i thought it would be a good idea to share my 'adventures in analog synthesis' with others...
( and also as a reminder or sketch-book for myself )

Find it at http://PatchPierre.blogspot.com

Enjoy the blog, just follow the feed and feel free to comment anytime !

The Groove Express Episode 012

For those of you who missed last thursday's final episode of 'The Groove Express' on OldSchoolFM , you can find it here.

I would like to thank all our loyal listeners for their support, thanks for the feedback, on twitter or in the chat and all your re-tweets.

It was great fun producing and co-presenting this show, many thanks to JanPolet again for his trust in me and for the opportunity to broadcast this show on his OldSchoolFM

As we said in the show, this was our last weekly episode. We don't know if and in what shape or form The Groove Express will return yet, but we'll keep you updated.

Until next time, enjoy our last episode!

Update 16/04:
Bad news for the fans; The Groove Express is derailed... :(
No more episodes in the future.
Twisted Grooves will return in some way, but not very soon.

I'll keep you all updated

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It's Spring Again

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I have something great to reveal!

Toggle to fullscreen with the small button at the bottom of the video, in the middle

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Selected works IV: Red Brush 1

Dated 1998 (?):

Red Brush 1 / Recycled brush on wood by NetPierre ca.1998

I like to recycle old materials for my projects.
For example, brushes i used at work are never thrown away and i keep them all in a big bucket for re-use.

This brush was the first in a series of brushes, all standing on a wooden base and finished with an acrylic paint. Until now i made 4 of these, in different shapes and colors, and i am still planning to work on new ones.
The background painting (40x50cm, acrylic paint on canvas) is one of my many backgrounds that i use for making photos or as a background for portraits and cat paintings

Selected works III: Cat Painting I

Jakkie en Wuppie / Acrylic paint on canvas 50x40 cm. ©2006 NetPierre

The cats in this painting were my first two cats (twins), the one on top sadly passed away in 2006.
This painting was made as a tribute and based on a picture that i took a few years earlier when i found them both on top of each-other in the laundry-basket.

Selected works II: Pistaccio-art II

Dated december 2000:


This was the second object i made in a series of Pistaccio-art / made in december 2000
( made using a woodblock, some glue, some open pistaccio's and acrylic paint )

Happy 2010 / Selected works I / Pistaccio-art I

Dear regular or coincidental reader of my blog.
I would like to wish all of you the best for the new year.
May all your new years resolutions for 2010 become a reality.

I hope you will keep visiting this blog, so far i am very happy with all the visits from all over the world... i will try to keep the blog interesting enough.

NetPierre's intentions for 2010 are:
- Less smoking
- Be more creative / make more music and publish regularly
- Blog more frequently
- Upgrade to a new PC
- Producing a new downloadable videoshow (VODcast)
( more info on this later - it's still a secret...!)
- Producing and trying to make a huge succes of the internet-danceradioshow 'The Groove Express' for OldschoolFM

There's a lot of work to be done in 2010... but i also have to work...
The (temporary) new NetPierre.TV site is now up, just click the >VIEW VIDEO< button in the right column to take a look into the Dutch NetPierre headquarters. Starting today, and more in the coming weeks i will also post some pictures of my old artwork, pictures of my paintings and more stuff like that. Some of these works are over 15 years old already, and never really 'published' I hope you like them, feel free to leave a comment.


This time it's first object i ever made in a series of Pistaccio-art / december 2000
( made using cork (for the base), some open pistaccio's and acrylic paint )
I used this picture here on the right a lot as my desktop wallpaper.

Oliebollen / from Munchcast 70 - or how to make fun of a Dutch tradition...

My contribution to Munchcast episode 70 with Traditional New-years Food; Oliebollen.
Oliebollen by NetPierre

Originally, oliebollen (oil balls) are a Dutch New-years snack. They are made of dough, raisins, and various optional ingredients like ginger and apple.
Oliebollen are best eaten warm, preferably with some powder-sugar.

( audio clip recorded on december 20,2009 from the TWiT Network / thanks Leo for making fun of our tradition ;) and for the shoutout at the end. (...and the excellent pronunciation of my name)
...listen to the audio fragment ( only 1 minute and 37 seconds )...

Happy New Year in Advance!

My personal Top 5 albums of 2009

The year 2009 is almost over, so.... time for making lists!

As every year i made my own personal list of best albums released this year,
but this year was a difficult choice.
IMHO not one 'classic album' was made last year, unlike in 2008.
( - Last year's Last Shadow Puppets album was perhaps even the best album of the decade, and albums of The Faint and Grace Jones are still on my personal playlist )
This list is based on my personal favourite albums, albums with the most tracks with 5 stars ended higher on my top-5
It has become a strange list this year with a lot of danceable stuff in it... and i like it!

1 The Juan Maclean - The Future will Come
..as a bonus i advise you to check their website and 21+ minutes live-performance of 'Happy House" that they did earlier this year in Chicago.

2 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

3 Muse - The Resistance

4 Moderat - Moderat

5 Calvin Harris - Ready for the Weekend

> 3 artists that almost (but didn't) made it to this list ( in random order ):
Friendly Fires / Jesse Rose / Editors ....too bad for them, but great albums anyway <

Like i said, it's not your average list, perhaps bands you have never heard of.
Check them out, and let me know what you think in the comments.

UPDATE December 11:  Here's the winners' reply:

@NetPierre Much thanks for http://tinyurl.com/yk5y6q7 It's end of the year best-of time!
— juan maclean (@juanmaclean) December 10, 2009

New Serné Schilderwerken site online

It took me almost 3 years to decide how i would do it, but it is finally there; My new company Website.
The site is IMO much better. It is in a blog-style so i can easily update it whenever i want. The plan for now is to update it at least every season with new info, pictures and more.

please take a look here : www.SerneSchilderwerken.nl