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August 17th, 2009
Oi, mates. It was off to Stuttgart yesterday as planned. I got there in great time, as traffic was fine and the unrestricted areas of the autobahn did allow me to hit my car’s top speed of about 210 km/h. (Aside: I’m driving the new VW Golf with 2.0L TDI diesel engine, due to [...] July 31st, 2009
I write to you from my Superior Room with Castellana Ave. View in the luxurious Hesperia Madrid. I am enjoying a complimentary Granny Smith apple (they literally have a bowl of them by the elevator on each floor) as I draw my second bath of the evening. My comfort is maximized by the provided [...] July 30th, 2009
I am sitting in Frankfurt Airport waiting for my flight to Madrid. For some reason I booked a train that arrived really, really early and I have multiple hours to kill before my flight departs. I am writing with two hours before take off now. I have killed time by first trying to fly [...] July 7th, 2009
Have you ever thought about how in Canada you will now-and-then hear someone playing the bagpipes at a time when you least expect? I am sure that I have walked out of work in Ottawa and heard bagpipes, or been walking downtown and heard Scotland the Brave; this experience even goes back to when [...] June 13th, 2009
Have you ever added cover art to a song using Windows Media Player? How about multiple files at the same time? Give it a try. I had the misfortune of having to do this yesterday. Windows Media Player has this smart functionality built in that will allow you to update metadata, including cover art, [...] May 19th, 2009
Yesterday whilst sitting on the balcony patio of the Grand Cafe Orient in Prague I called my personal concierge service and asked them to get me tickets to see Yo-Yo Ma’s performance at the NAC this October. After I got home I received an e-mail confirming my itinerary for the evening. The performance is [...] May 17th, 2009
- Late night dining is virtually non-existent in Prague. – You can defeat the annoying cabaret workers on Wenceslas Square by speaking French. – According to The New York Times Bellevue is the best restaurant in Prague. – One hour of paddle-boating on the Vltava river is approximately 200 Kč. – Prague II has [...] May 7th, 2009
Dear Internet: I need your advise. Nine Inch Nails is touring Europe this summer and it the so-called “final tour”; at the very least, it should be the last tour NIN will do for a while. So I would like to see them. Luckily, Europe is relatively small so I have a few options. [...] |
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