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Going to Guadec
Tuesday, June 10, 2008 ★ 00:47 ★ Categories Gnome, Travelling ★ Permanent url
I’ve booked a flight to Istanbul… that means I will be at Guadec to meet, plan, and party! I’m sure it will be just as great as last year.
Holiday pictures of Crete
Tuesday, September 4, 2007 ★ 23:26 ★ Categories Photography, Travelling ★ Permanent url
I’m back from ΚÏήτη (Crete). Mostly relaxed; I did not do much besides attending a wedding party (and getting slightly drunk), visiting Spinalonga and reading in a few books (both unfinished):
- A Short History of Modern Philosophy by Roger Scruton
- Knielen op een bed violen by Jan Siebelink
Some photos:
Agios Nikolaos by night
Church in Agios Nikolaos
Boat in Agios Nikolaos
Holy book (Orthodox)
Spinalonga
More photos in the Crete photo album.
Gone for the sun
Monday, August 27, 2007 ★ 17:08 ★ Category Travelling ★ Permanent url
Dear reader, I’m leaving for sunny ΚÏήτη. Back in a week!
Flying to Guadec with a laptop
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 ★ 20:12 ★ Categories Gnome, Travelling ★ Permanent url
Dear lazyweb,
Next week I’ll be travelling to the wonderful Guadec 2007 conference in Birmingham. I’ll be flying from Amsterdam ( Schiphol Airport) to Birmingham International Airport.
I’m wondering whether I should bring my laptop. I really want my laptop as hand luggage, not in the aircraft hold… however, information on this topic is hard to find:
- The Birmingham Airport security rules do not mention laptops. Update: oh well, it does after you click on the tiny “2” at the bottom.
- The Birmingham Airport aviation security page does neither; see also the list of items (this is page 2 of the aviation security pages)
All information is appreciated! You can reach me via mail or jabber; please refer to my about page for contact information. You may also ping me on IRC (nickname uws). I’ll update this post once I have more information.
Update: It seems bringing your laptop in your hand luggage is not much of a problem, but not in combination with liquids for some reason. Most likely the laptop needs to be unpacked and X-ray scanned separated from the rest of the luggage, but there is usually no need to turn it on (but save some battery power to boot up, just in case). Thanks for the quick responses I received (you know who you are)!
Update 2: Oh, and if you really need to start your laptop, make sure you don’t leave any browser windows pointing to this page open…
Maynooth, Dublin, Ireland
Thursday, March 2, 2006 ★ 01:16 ★ Categories Photography, Travelling ★ Permanent url
I’ve recently visited someone who is a (foreign) student at the National University of Ireland in Maynooth.
Note: Before you start clicking all photos, please read until the end of this post. There’s a link to the complete photo album (with even more photos) there.
The country is great, although it was pretty cold… the rented car was nice and warm, though.
Of course I also visited Dublin, walked around the city and visited several well-known places such as Trinity College, the Dublin Castle and the Christ Church Cathedral. Luckily I wasn’t in the city centre during the Saturday riots. Stupid people.
We spent the last night listening to a concert in the National Concert Hall performed by the UCD Sinfonia orchestra, the University College Dublin resident symphony orchestra, playing four pieces of music:
- Concierto de Aranjuez, composed by Rodrigo
- La Creation du Monde, composed by Milhaud
- Rodeo, composed by Copland
- Mars and Jupiter from the Planets Suite, composed by Gustav Holst
Do you want more? I’ve made some more photos available as a photo album.
Some photos of Prague
Tuesday, August 2, 2005 ★ 10:46 ★ Categories Photography, Travelling ★ Permanent url
Finally sorted out the photos I made in Prague. Three photos are shown below; the rest is available from the album. Enjoy!
See my other photos in the Prague photo album. Comments are welcome!
Berlin photos
Tuesday, July 26, 2005 ★ 00:33 ★ Categories Photography, Travelling ★ Permanent url
I’ve uploaded a selection of photos from my trip to Berlin.
Potsdamer Platz
Reichstag
Reichstag interior
More photos can be found in the Berlin photo album. I’d love your comments (by IM or email, address can be found at the about page).
Thievery Corporation
Tuesday, July 19, 2005 ★ 18:18 ★ Categories Music, Travelling ★ Permanent url
During our stay in Berlin, we visited a Thievery Corporation gig in Maria am Ostbahnhof, at that time known to us as “Maria am Ufer”. None of the ticket agencies sold tickets or were even able to tell us where to find the club, but after we found out the offical name had Ostbahnhof in it, we managed to get there.
Thievery Corporation
Chill music and nice dancing people surrounding us made us have a really good night.
Dobrý den!
Sunday, July 17, 2005 ★ 16:07 ★ Categories Photography, Travelling ★ Permanent url
After spending a week in Berlin we continued our trip in Prague, where we spent five days before returning home. The city of Prague is really beautiful. The architecture ranging from Baroque to Gothic makes the city a pleasure to walk through.
Sternberg Palace
I have no intention of sharing all my holiday adventures with the world, so I’ll share some photos instead. Oh, I admit that my holiday photos are a little bit unconventional.
View over the city from the Old Town Hall Tower
People at the Old Town Square as seen from the Old Town Hall Tower
Hmm, I had Beef Goulash for lunch.
More photos will follow after I’ve sorted them out. Update: the photo album is available.
Ich bin ein Berliner
Wednesday, July 6, 2005 ★ 14:19 ★ Category Travelling ★ Permanent url
I’ve been in Berlin for the last couple of days. The city is great and so was (right now it’s raining) the weather. We’ve visited lots of touristic places like the Potsdamer Platz, the Reichstag, the Brandenburger Tor and two impressive sites: the holocaust memorial and a memorial for killed fugitives from the DDR. Shot great pictures; will sort them out later and put them online. (Update: I’ve uploaded some photos.)
At the first day we saw a helicopter moving a couple of boxes to the top of a building. A lot of people were watching and so did we. We didn’t know what was in the boxes, so I asked a police officer. “What’s in the boxes?” I asked. The police officer looked weary at me: “No English…”. So I asked again: “Was ist in die Boxe?” It sounds almost the same, but this time the stupid police officer understood perfectly. People stubbornly refusing to speak English even if they understand perfectly well really get on my nerves.
Right now I’m waiting for My Summer of Love to begin in one of the English-spoken cinemas over here. (Update: I wrote a review)
Random photo from Prague (July, 2005)
Who wrote all this?
Wouter Bolsterlee, also known as uws, a postmodern geek living in the Netherlands. Read more about me…
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