No I haven’t been visiting Oslo recently, but I forgot to post these pictures of the crazy looking statues found in Frogner park in Oslo, from a trip back there last January.
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Ma nu room
I’m staying in a totally sweet new flat in Berlin. I found out about it from an old acquaintance from my years at Corstorphine school, Caroline van Zyl. She was renting out a few rooms in her place, so I moved in a few days ago. I hadn’t seen her since ~1990, so it was nice to finally catch up 🙂
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Time to lose the fat!
I realised on Saturday that I am officially a fatty! That gut isn’t being poked out in this photo, that’s just what it looks like when I’m standing. I honestly didn’t realise how chubby I’d got until I was looking through a bunch of photos taken of me that day. I somehow became used to my gut bulging out in a disgusting kinda way. With that in mind, I will be regularly exercising from now on. Looking down and not being able to see my dick is not something I want to experience later in life!
This is me standing on a rock in Sächsische Schweiz FYI, I blame yummy Berlin food and severe laziness for my current physical state.
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Wing walking!
I headed to the Berlin Airshow with new friends Mo and Madalina.
Ze Germans put on a terrific show, including this crazy nutter who decided it was a smart idea to stand on the wing whilst doing a turnover!
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Hiking in Berlin
I experienced hiking Berlin style today. In Berlin, hiking means to go for a walk in the “wilderness”. In Berlin, “wilderness” refers to the bushy bits between the buildings 🙂 We took the train to the outskirts of town, then meandered our way through the suburbs, into some beautiful small parks with lots of bush, stopped for ice cream near the local palace then headed over to a lake. The weather was not compatible with swimming, but it was definitely compatible with walking. Lots of fun 🙂
Selfie plus a view of the lakeside from onboard the ferry 🙂 
Großer Müggelsee, a lake on the outskirts of Berlin 
The “hike” included some city streets, just to spice things up a bit. 
This freakishly huge beetle looked like it was about to eat me ailve. The locals didn’t seem alarmed, so I’m assuming it is harmless though 🙂 
Wendenschloß, an old palace. 
Rathaus Köpenick, the local townhall. -
Hiking in Berlin
I experienced hiking Berlin style today. In Berlin, hiking means to go for a walk in the “wilderness”. In Berlin, “wilderness” refers to the bushy bits between the buildings 🙂 We took the train to the outskirts of town, then meandered our way through the suburbs, into some beautiful small parks with lots of bush, stopped for ice cream near the local palace then headed over to a lake. The weather was not compatible with swimming, but it was definitely compatible with walking. Lots of fun 🙂
Selfie plus a view of the lakeside from onboard the ferry 🙂 Großer Müggelsee, a lake on the outskirts of Berlin The “hike” included some city streets, just to spice things up a bit. This freakishly huge beetle looked like it was about to eat me ailve. The locals didn’t seem alarmed, so I’m assuming it is harmless though 🙂 Wendenschloß, an old palace. Rathaus Köpenick, the local townhall. -
The gods
Those gods you name, are mere false idols. The real gods will strike down thee with furious vengeance and anger. Thy kingdom come; Thy pasta will be done; as it is at Dominoes. Amen.
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Ruined business model
In reference to my business being ruined:
I had a business which was obliterated by WordPress including it’s functionality in core (it was menus). My plugin became mostly irrelevant overnight, as the implementation in core was much better than I had in my own plugin.
I saw that as more of a failing on my part than anything else though. If my plugin was good enough, then I would have gotten a lot of kudos and advertising purely from having that functionality bundled into core. I would have been the goto person for menu stuff in core. As it stood, I was that guy who made a half-baked plugin that sort of did what people wanted, but not quite, then core got menus and my plugin and services became irrelevant.
My point being … if your plugin is good enough, then I think there are benefits to having your stuff rolled into core.
If your plugin is not good enough, and core implements something better, then you just become a sheep who got squashed during the process of WordPress improving itself. Everyone benefits (well, apart from you perhaps, but you are just one person in a sea of millions).
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New Google Maps “Digital Timeline”
I think this will be very fascinating in 40 years time. It will be fascinating to look back on where I currently live, even if it is bulldozed and upgraded in the in the mean time.
It could be particularly fascinating to look back on your neighbourhood from when you were a child. I’m too old for that now, but I would love to Google street view my old neighbourhood. Everything would be just as I remember it as a child, which would be really nice to see. It’d be like looking through an old photo album, but one in which you could cruise around and see all the details you might like to go be nosey at.
