Archive for July, 2009

Day 32: Amsterdam to Munich

Posted in Misc on July 20th, 2009 No Comments »

On April 30th, I flew from Amsterdam to Munich. Unfortunately, This meant missing the bulk of the Queen’s Day festivities and the million or more people crowding in the city. That said, I’m part German and Irish, and I was excited to start exploring my ancestral roots!
The lounge in Amsterdam was pretty lacking [...]

Day 31: Queen’s Night

Posted in Tech on July 20th, 2009 1 Comment »

On April 29th, I was still in Amsterdam. After another wonderful brunch at the hotel, this time with Peter, I gave my talk at SpringOne. It was the last talk of the conference and Peter bought me a nice pint of pear cider which I finished while delivering a lengthy (75 minute) presentation [...]