I’ve been getting some spam as comments to the postings on this site for a while now, but the last days it exploded (153 spam comments in one weekend!). As a quick fix I’ve made logging in compulsory if you want to comment. When I have the time I’ll undo that and add a simple spam fix but for now this will have to do.

OPTA presented its annual report and market monitor to press and analysts this morning. I was granted the role of presenting the “market monitor” aspect in a short presentation. Some media coverage:

www.nrc.nl (ANP): ‘Concurrentie telecommarkt gunstig voor consument’

http://www.nieuws.nl/: Opta blij met groei communicatie

More: Google News

My cousin, Maartje Schreuder, will publically defend her dissertation on June 15th in Groningen. What’s it about? A quote from her site:

As a PhD student in Linguistics I work on the resemblances between the structure of language and music, especially in the domains of rhythm and phrasing.

Go Maartje! Click on her name or the link on the right side of this page to visit her homepage!