Lector, schrijver en gamer van de oude stempel.https://timdams.com/nl-behttps://timdams.com/2026/01/18/mortal-ralf-kortverhaal/https://timdams.com/2026/01/18/mortal-ralf-kortverhaal/“Vecht!” Ralf kijkt rond. Waar kwam die stem plots vandaan? En waarom die nutteloze boodschap?Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTkortverhaalhttps://timdams.com/2026/01/11/myheritage-stamboom-exporteren-zonder-fotoverlies/https://timdams.com/2026/01/11/myheritage-stamboom-exporteren-zonder-fotoverlies/Stop je met betalen bij MyHeritage, dan worden alle foto’s in je stamboom onbruikbaar, en de export neemt ze niet mee. Zo haal je ze er toch uit.Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMThow-tohttps://timdams.com/2026/01/04/nachtopname-kortverhaal/https://timdams.com/2026/01/04/nachtopname-kortverhaal/“Schat, heb je dat gehoord?” “Mmm…?” “Er is iemand aan de voordeur!” Ik schiet wakker. Toch weer fietsendieven!Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTkortverhaalhttps://timdams.com/2025/12/13/brief-aan-mn-zoon/https://timdams.com/2025/12/13/brief-aan-mn-zoon/Toen ik vader was van drie kleine koters hield ik notities bij van m’n bevindingen. Zaken die ik nooit had verwacht. Grappige momenten. Frustraties.Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTpersoonlijkhttps://timdams.com/2025/05/31/strandvechten/https://timdams.com/2025/05/31/strandvechten/Een computer in huis hebben was geen evidentie. Laat staan toegang tot de nieuwste games.Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2025/05/17/mana-overal/https://timdams.com/2025/05/17/mana-overal/Wat deden wij eigenlijk als we volledig vastzaten in een Nintendo spel begin jaren negentig? Er waren geen walkthrough videos.Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2025/05/03/verloren-spelen/https://timdams.com/2025/05/03/verloren-spelen/De verloren spelletjes: die kleine pareltjes waarvan je vergeten was hoe leuk ze waren. Neen, we gaan het niet hebben over E.T.Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2025/04/19/nog-1-beurt/https://timdams.com/2025/04/19/nog-1-beurt/One more turn. Een slagzin waarvan we ogenblikkelijk weten om welk spel het gaat: Civilization, van Civ1 en Colonization tot Civ2.Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2025/04/05/de-laatste-doos/https://timdams.com/2025/04/05/de-laatste-doos/Heeft iemand zich ooit afgevraagd waarom elke moderne First-Person-Shooter (FPS) een ‘inverse mouse’-optie heeft?Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2025/03/22/begin-exe/https://timdams.com/2025/03/22/begin-exe/Geen grap. Mijn eerste echte spelervaring in de jaren ’80 was met een spreadsheetprogramma.Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2025/03/17/dj-dams/https://timdams.com/2025/03/17/dj-dams/Dit weekend ging ik voor het eerst, na meer dan twee jaar “bedroom DJ’ing“, draaien op een echte fuif.Mon, 17 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTpersoonlijkhobbyhttps://timdams.com/2025/03/08/vechten-met-frank/https://timdams.com/2025/03/08/vechten-met-frank/“Naar welke muziek luister je?” vroeg een klasgenoot terwijl we in de gang stonden te wachten bij het chemielokaal.Sat, 08 Mar 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2025/02/22/een-link-met-het-verleden-retro-gaming-1/https://timdams.com/2025/02/22/een-link-met-het-verleden-retro-gaming-1/Ik weet amper wat ik eergisteren heb gegeten, maar één herinnering staat voor altijd in mijn geheugen gegrift. Antwerpen,1987.Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2025/02/21/retro-gaming-herinneringen-reeks-gaat-van-start/https://timdams.com/2025/02/21/retro-gaming-herinneringen-reeks-gaat-van-start/A trip down gaming memory lane. Dat is de premisse voor een reeks artikelen die ik de komende maanden ga schrijven (dat is althans nu het plan).Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMTgaminghttps://timdams.com/2022/12/12/ik-schreef-een-kinderboek/https://timdams.com/2022/12/12/ik-schreef-een-kinderboek/Het is gelukt! Mijn eerste fictie-publicatie is een feit.Mon, 12 Dec 2022 00:00:00 GMTschrijvenhttps://timdams.com/2022/10/02/painting-gloomhaven-summons-part-1-two-symbol-hero/https://timdams.com/2022/10/02/painting-gloomhaven-summons-part-1-two-symbol-hero/The extremely friendly people from Fabrik Artistik printed these awesome thingiverse minis to be used as summons for the two-symbol hero (aka The Beast Tyrant).Sun, 02 Oct 2022 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2022/07/11/selfpublishing-color-is-expensive-especially-if-its-black/https://timdams.com/2022/07/11/selfpublishing-color-is-expensive-especially-if-its-black/A mini post-mortem of my C# book: grayscale images and ‘black’ icons that still count as colour can make a self-published book a lot more expensive.Mon, 11 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMTschrijvenhttps://timdams.com/2022/07/08/painting-conan-and-friends-main-box/https://timdams.com/2022/07/08/painting-conan-and-friends-main-box/When I posted my previous article on painting Bardsung, I suddenly heard muffled cries of outrage from the closet of games.Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2022/06/10/painting-bardsung-part-1/https://timdams.com/2022/06/10/painting-bardsung-part-1/Recently a humongous box arrived from Kickstarter: Bardsung! We played the first missions with the kids and were immediately hooked.Fri, 10 Jun 2022 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2021/10/29/helping-on-the-set-of-duyster/https://timdams.com/2021/10/29/helping-on-the-set-of-duyster/I helped on the set of Duyster, aka the “Belgian Blair Witch Project”, as an assistant for the SFX makeup…and it was awesome 😊Fri, 29 Oct 2021 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2021/06/13/s-and-other-magical-books/https://timdams.com/2021/06/13/s-and-other-magical-books/I recently bought my 4th, what I like to call, magical book.Sun, 13 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMTlezenhttps://timdams.com/2021/01/01/2020-the-year-i-got-inspired/https://timdams.com/2021/01/01/2020-the-year-i-got-inspired/2020 was a year in which I let some of my creative inhibitions go and simply did what I wanted to try.Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMTpersoonlijkschrijvenhttps://timdams.com/2020/12/30/christmas-hats-for-my-heroquest-heroes/https://timdams.com/2020/12/30/christmas-hats-for-my-heroquest-heroes/Hohoho! This week I wanted to host a “HeroQuest Christmas-special”.Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2020/04/03/a-day-on-the-set-of-a-dutch-tvseries/https://timdams.com/2020/04/03/a-day-on-the-set-of-a-dutch-tvseries/This time I was on the set of the tv series “Commando’s”, as a “professional” heart-pumper during an open-heart surgery.Fri, 03 Apr 2020 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2020/03/15/my-corona-diary-goes-live-dutch-only/https://timdams.com/2020/03/15/my-corona-diary-goes-live-dutch-only/As you might’ve gathered from your local newspaper, Belgium has gone in a partial lockdown.Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:00:00 GMTpersoonlijkschrijvenhttps://timdams.com/2020/01/14/contrast-painted-all-gloomhaven-heroes-spoilers/https://timdams.com/2020/01/14/contrast-painted-all-gloomhaven-heroes-spoilers/We’ve done it. All the Gloomhaven heroes, including the locked ones, have been painted.Tue, 14 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2020/01/02/a-day-on-a-horror-movie-set/https://timdams.com/2020/01/02/a-day-on-a-horror-movie-set/A few months ago I was able to actually spend a day on the set of a horror movie called ‘Family Matters’, something I’ve always wanted to do.Thu, 02 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2019/12/19/painted-wizards-of-morcar-heroquest-expansion/https://timdams.com/2019/12/19/painted-wizards-of-morcar-heroquest-expansion/I’ve found my new hobby, and it’s painting minis.Thu, 19 Dec 2019 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2019/11/09/a-rant-on-vague-errors/https://timdams.com/2019/11/09/a-rant-on-vague-errors/Fixing computer errors used to be a solvable puzzle. Nowadays it’s more like gold-digging: keep digging and hope you find the solution by accident.Sat, 09 Nov 2019 00:00:00 GMTlesgevenprogrammerenhttps://timdams.com/2019/10/23/gloomhaven-minis-with-contrast-paints-part-1/https://timdams.com/2019/10/23/gloomhaven-minis-with-contrast-paints-part-1/After my HeroQuest paint-job, it was now time for the epic Gloomhaven. The first five minis have been painted, in full technicolor!Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2019/10/23/painting-heroquest-miniatures-with-citadel-contrast-paints/https://timdams.com/2019/10/23/painting-heroquest-miniatures-with-citadel-contrast-paints/So this happened, I started painting the miniatures figurines of my beloved HeroQuest.Wed, 23 Oct 2019 00:00:00 GMThobbyhttps://timdams.com/2011/10/04/strokes-new-features-have-arrived/https://timdams.com/2011/10/04/strokes-new-features-have-arrived/The Strokes project is still ongoing and several interesting new features have been added by my Danish friends!Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMTprogrammerengaminghttps://timdams.com/2011/08/15/strokes-achievements-while-programming/https://timdams.com/2011/08/15/strokes-achievements-while-programming/In this post I will humbly and proudly present the Strokes program: achievements-based programming in Visual Studio.Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMTprogrammerengaminghttps://timdams.com/2011/07/12/world-of-c-craft-part-3-other-sources-for-inspiration-as-an-interlude-to-strokes/https://timdams.com/2011/07/12/world-of-c-craft-part-3-other-sources-for-inspiration-as-an-interlude-to-strokes/An interlude before I present Strokes: a quick summary of other projects, like PexForFun and Jira Hero, that use achievement-based learning.Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMTlesgevengaminghttps://timdams.com/2011/05/31/world-of-c-craft-part-2-what-does-the-audience-think/https://timdams.com/2011/05/31/world-of-c-craft-part-2-what-does-the-audience-think/In a previous post, I ranted on how cool it would be to use pc-game mechanics in a programming course.Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMTlesgevengaminghttps://timdams.com/2011/05/17/world-of-c-craft-an-achievement-based-classroom-2/https://timdams.com/2011/05/17/world-of-c-craft-an-achievement-based-classroom-2/In a previous post I already briefly hinted at this: wouldn’t it be cool to integrate popular pc-game mechanics in classroom labs?Tue, 17 May 2011 00:00:00 GMTlesgevengaming