Back to Blogging

After quite some time micro blogging. This blog is now back with a backend in Scala using PubSub, more specifically a PubSubHubbub and a front end in ReactJS hosted on AWS.

If that didn't make sense to you there will always be more photos! I will post more soon including how all of this was setup, some food I ate and a selection of new photos.

Enjoy!

Cat Empire Tickets Available Wed 13th Oct at Paradiso Amsterdam

I have 4 tickets available for the Cat Empire gig at the Paradiso on Wed 13th of October 2010.

I can't go as I have rugby training and they are available at face value.

I saw them here in Amsterdam a few years back at the Melkweg and it was a great show.

Info from the venue with a video is here.

Tickets are first come first served, either comment or drop me an email.

Google Chrome for the Mac: Early Access is Available!

UPDATE: 8 Dec 2009. Google Chrome Beta for the Mac was released, download here.

Google Chrome is the new web browser from (no points for guessing :) ) Google. It has been released for Windows and is in development for the Mac.

If you are brave follow the steps below to get Google Chrome on your Mac.

• Go to Goggle Chrome Developer Channel Early Access here.
• Scroll down to the Mac subsection of the Subscribing to a Channel section.
• Click on the GoogleChrome.dmg link.
• After reading and accepting the Terms of Service the DMG file will download.
• In Finder you there will be a window titled Google Chrome and drag the Google Chrome icon on to the Applications folder link.
• Now you can start using Goolge Chrome.

For problems please report the to the developers here.

NOTE: I have used it only for a little over a week day to day at work on the Mac OS X 10.5 system. I exprienced only a small focus issue with a popped out Google Chat window.

2fach Kiel, Germany

2fach (two professions)
Patisserie and florist by Corrina and Sven; he was a neighbour for 1 yr, both are masters in their crafts. The place they have renovated is great, the workshop too. A must visit either online or offline.

'08 hols in Kiel, Copenhagen, and Sweden

Currently I am on holidays in Sweden after seeing friends in Kiel. In Copenhagen it was impossible to dial reverse charges to Australia and using a public phone is like watching money disappear quick. In Gotenberg, Sweden they have just made the only way to pay for a ticket on the bus via SMS. It didn't work for me with my NL SIM. But these are the only problems in what has been a great holiday so far. Copenhagen had lots of galleries and chic cafes, restaurants and shops. The best was seeing a jazz band spontaneously play on the canal outside the Royal Palace. Gotenberg had not as many galleries but the Albrecht Drurer etchings where amazing. Both cities had lots of bike paths and parks.

Much more on Kiel and these Swedish adventures soon...