Marcel Hofma

IT Architect for Dutch Central Bank | Isabel's Father | Love to listen to @DavidGray | I am so sweet I have to take insulin...

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

AI has the potential to wipe out the human race, but there are also downsides.

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

❤️

[U2 @U2]

Sometimes I would wonder if Glen Hansard really existed….

Seriously, he was such an angelic presence… not otherworldly…in fact, very present this presence…
A smiling rascal if you needed him to be… this most musical and mischievous archangel of Ballymun… no airs, plenty of graces...

Of course, Glen was the shining star of the Christmas Eve busk… sometimes the only one reminding the rest of us that Christmas began with a refugee born in a manger, which is hardly a step from living on the street.

To be utterly yourself by being more interested in others - a clue for any of us trying out different personas. He really was who you thought he was. He could never walk by a person living rough without checking they were OK… and more than that, he worked very hard so that less people had to live on the streets in the first place.

When the crowds got bigger and for safety’s sake Glen had to agree to move the busk to a stage kindly provided outside The Gaiety Theatre, he would say 'we’ll give it our best but it’s not a busk if we’re not on the street!’ …because that’s who he was - a performer at eye level in any situation. The stage was a separation he wouldn’t recognize. Of all the grand and gigantic venues he and The Frames played, you sensed the street was his most favoured place to perform. And street people, his favourite audience.

Voice of the streets. A choir of angels in one man. The rest of us blessed to stand there beside our very own and very earthed Angel Gabriel… All of us welcome in his choir, whatever shape or form.

….and I’m telling myself this morning that if he never existed, then he can never cease to exist. For me, he will always be everywhere I see a coin spinning into an open guitar case.

May you rest in the peace you gave to so many.

Bono

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

Any update on this?

[🐾 Jordy aka MrJordilicious 🏳‍🌈🐺 @mrjordilicious]

@tweethue My Philips TV support Ambilight + Hue. It always worked great, but since a few weeks, the Hue Sync won’t automatically switch off whenever I turn off my tv.

Any idea how I can fix this?

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

@DavidGray Happy new hair Dave 🥳👋
See you 🔜

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

.@events_msft will there be any slides available under resources for most sessions? #MSIgnite

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

Thoughts on #MSIgnite :)
Enjoy the show folks!

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

@DavidGray Nice one Dave 👏 looking forward!
And suits the season 😁

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

@DavidGray @iamtaliarae Love ❤️ it Dave &@iamtaliarae 🙌

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

@DavidGray Sounds great Dave 🙌👌
Keep lifting that bonnet, and let the engine roar 😎

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

Hero 👏

[Andy Murray @andy_murray]

Never even liked tennis anyway.

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

There was disappointment for pop fans at a concert in Hyde Park this weekend as, at the last minute, Robbie Williams was replaced by someone's nan

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

@DavidGray Wonderful David, I sense you are picking tracks suitable for an orchestra 😊 Well this one will surely work sir 👌

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

@samilaiho Who paid for this research again? 😉
Then again, part of it is interesting..
If cloud is just another datacenter, then you missed the whole concept right?

[Prince @prince]

"Creating new music is like meeting a new friend." - Prince

On this day in 1990, Prince was honored with the Special Award of Achievement at the 17th annual American Music Awards.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

“Sorry, I’m not really with it today”

Translation: I have never been with it. I don’t even know what it is.

[CJ Fogler 🫡 @cjzero]

One of my favorite Guenther Steiner moments was when they misheard him in an interview and thought he said he would have f***ed the whole paddock for two points 😂

[Marcel Hofma @marcelhofma]

#heraja ik zou deze fiets nooit kopen 👎

[Son of Mick 🇵🇸 @PH5271]

#ShaneMacGowan #Dublin
Rest in peace Shane. Thank you for the music, the punk and poetry.

[WWF @WWF]

The Arctic is warming almost 3 times faster than the rest of the planet 😟

A warmer Arctic accelerates global heating, rise in sea levels, loss of ecosystems, and more.

🌡 RT if you want greater climate action! #cop28