I am on the road this week, and that’s what’s in my bag. And you, what do you carry in yours?

… can you see lamps like that on such a wall.

23 mai 1996 – 5 janvier 2012

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

My oldest daughter will be 10 this year, so it’s time for her to learn how to touch type^*.

I recently started learning the Dvorak layout, and I couldn’t possibly introduce her to QWERTY, QWERTZ or any of their variations, so here she is, training to Dvorak on “das Keyboard” in Mavis Beacon, which I found out is better than Master Key. ( Because it puts the emphasis on accuracy before speed and introduces all keys quicker, which then allows you to practice in the real world, instead of asking you to type fast while still limited to 8 or 10 letters, which delays the introduction of the next ones ).

^* I totally made up that rule, but hey, how do you know when it’s time to learn?

Happiness is an ice cream

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Sometime languages play funny tricks ( bad = bathroom in German )

A very interesting idea, it could use a cushion though…

That was good!

First trip to Vienna ( our future home starting next summer ) for our daughters. We decided to take the Euronight train, a way more romantic way to travel across Europe than planes.

Apparently it was overbooked…