Posts from year 2011
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The seedy past of Marseille
As I walked along the streets of Marseille, my thoughts went to the seedy streets from the 1971 movie “French Connection” and wondered how much it had changed in 40 years.
Memories of Jubilee Gardens
Some cities have a sweet spot where I tend to return. It’s like a magnet and I don’t know why. Over a decade ago I walked alone along the Thames riverfront in London. I came to the Jubilee Gardens and sat down on a bench.
Report from @media conference in London
The @media conference, or Web Directions as it is officially called these days, was once one of the pinnacles of web development. The celebrities of the web community gathered once a year and confirmed their positions as generals in the web standards war.
Across the divided island of Ireland
Behind the facade of greedy leprechauns and frothy Guinness. Ireland is sadly still a land in conflict, even if things are starting to look brighter. Passing the border to northern Ireland is a breeze compared to the ordeals only ten years ago.
Depeche Mode Baar in Tallinn
Tallinn is a medieval fortress town of cobbled lanes, crooked alleyways and post-Soviet grit. And somewhere in the shadows lies a temple of synth and sorrow, the Depeche Mode Baar.
Das Boot to Tallinn
As our ship was leaving the port in Stockholm, we were getting ready for a weekend with Das Boot. This is an annual sort of festival, where the ship goes from to Stockholm to various places. This year the journey was going across the Baltic Sea to Tallinn.
Farewell to the guys from Rolla
Do you remember a decade-old site called 4 Guys From Rolla? I used to visit it a lot in the early days of ASP.NET.
Review: Into Thin Air
This is the classic eye-witness account by Jon Krakauer of the tragedy that unfolded on the slopes of Mount Everest in 1996. I read it about ten years ago and recently got inspired by an adventuring friend to re-read it.
Are you a flashpacker?
Pam Mendel recently photographed her packing for Antarctica. It made me remember an article I read a while back where Amanda Kendle writes about how she changed from traditional backpacker into something called flashpacker.