Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 23rd, 2008
I’m still alive. I was working in Amsterdam all last week. The weekend before I thought it would be a really good idea to stay up all night Saturday night (or was it Friday too?), sleep a few hours Sunday afternoon, then stay up all night Sunday night to get on Amsterdam time. For the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 12th, 2007
Back home. Several things decided to break while I was gone; both my home and colo fileservers went down and my truck battery was completely drained after sitting three weeks. The latter required a lengthy jump to get it to successfully start, but there wasn’t enough spare amperage to run fans much less the AC […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 29th, 2007
I’m beginning to take for granted things here that I’m sorely going to miss back in the states: Street-side cafes and pubs for quick casual drink+eats and people watching Incredibly pleasant Dutch people. They’re always laid back, friendly and willing to lend a hand to a foreigner. 6′ tall blonde Dutch girls who can not […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 27th, 2007
What a night! Yesterday I was so sleepy I kept dozing off on the ride to lunch. We got to the hotel and instead of sleeping, I went downstairs to hang out in the lobby and met up with Stefan. Stefan began teaching me the intricacies of pool and how to plan shots. Around 23:30 […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 24th, 2007
The most awesome thing we’ve seen this trip is seeing a driver getting flipped off in a spectacular manner. A pedestrian was crossing Middenveg, a car was creeping up on him and the driver honked at him. The pedestrian immediately turned, got into this rock n’ roll star stance facing the driver with a menacing […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 23rd, 2007
Groeten uit Amsterdam! It’s been a busy the last couple weeks. I never made it to STP. Two weeks ago I went to Seattle to visit Alex & Victoria and for STP. I met Lux the dog, spent much time playing with her. At some point Victoria and I went to lunch at Alki Beach. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 9th, 2007
Busy week, busy weekend, the first of many. After having the 4th off, leisurely feasting, partying, and fireworking at Ryan’s parents, Thursday was busy as hell. I was one of the few in the office since everyone took Thursday and Friday off. I spent a good chunk of the day working up export paperwork for […]
Posted in Uncategorized on May 31st, 2007
Somehow during the course of this morning when I was trying to find the difference between ‘alsjullieblieft‘ and ‘alstublieft‘, I ran across an old blog called Downwind of Amsterdam. This guy from the states lived in Naarden, just east of Amsterdam, for a little over a year for work. He gets a bike and extensively […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 5th, 2007
Bloody hell, I’m being nicked by Alamo for some scratches to my rental car in Amsterdam. I’m screwed on this one, I’m pretty certain the company won’t reimburse me for it. Bank of America says I can try to make a claim to Visa as part of the collision insurance on my credit card, but […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2007
Sunday night a week ago I was running through EWR. My flight from Austin was delayed because of stormy weather in the northeast. I barely caught my flight to Amsterdam, I was the last person on the plane before it pulled away. I only caught a few hours of sleep on the flight over. Schipol […]
