Smoelenboeken

They seem to be popping up everywhere... Even without a strong innate tendency to sign up to this type of thing, my count is at three so far (the UC (alumni) version, the original, and the one for German university students), as many as I have e-mailaddresses¹, for example. And although I am not collecting e-mailaddresses, either, I do think having a few different ones can be very useful. Judging by the average content of, say, a wall post² on one of these things, their main purpose seems to be keeping people off their work, studies, or whatever other ostensibly useful activity they might undertake in their absence. They of course also serve their originally intended purpose (keeping track of/contact with geographically distant people), but as with many inventions, the intended and actual use seem to be two different, quite unrelated things.
However, being as I am caught in their webs now, I will just have to live with another continuous good resolution: not to waste too much time on them :). Always look on the bright side of life...

In any case: you know where to find me.

¹I must be honest here: I have more than three e-mailadresses. But only three which I check with a measure of regularity, and that is a better secundum comparationis here, I think.
²Loesje, if you're reading this: yours were brilliant :).