Developer, Entrepreneur, Digital Nomad and Tea-Addict
As I exited the swimming pool I thought to myself: “Better watch out, you don’t want to slip on these tiles and break a leg. That would suck.” Seconds later after I had stepped down from the ledge I was on my back in severe pain. It wasn’t a slippery surface that was my demise … More Flying around the world with a broken leg
I immediately felt an influx of energy when I took my first stroll on the beaches of Sanur. It’s a very familiar feeling to when I go to Tarifa in Spain. Driving down from Malaga it takes about 15 minutes and then the ocean appears. And everytime I can’t hold back a grin on my … More Not quite a month in Sanur, Bali
This year I am aiming to be on the road for more than 10 months of the year. In that spirit I started my journey early and boarded a plane to Bali last December. Especially exciting I did not (and still don’t) have a return ticket to Europe. 24 hours later I arrived in Ubud, … More A month in Ubud, Bali
For a current project I’ve loaded country and city data from GeoNames and since most of the guides are outdated let me briefly summarize how to get a dump (available here – works for the “allCountries” file or single countries). Step 1 – the schema The file is tab-delimited and follows the schema described here. The … More Loading Geonames.org data into SQL Server and SQL Azure or “Why Integers just aren’t the right choice for population fields”
Tarifa is the most southern town of mainland Europe. This quaint little village lies in the middle of a gigantic national park – the Parque Natural del Estrecho. Because it sits on the Strait of Gibraltar it gets a lot of wind. This has transformed Tarifa into a mekka for kite surfing enthusiasts from all … More My Tarifa Experiment – A little braindump for digital nomads
I hadn’t noticed until today that rooms are included in Office365 dynamic groups even if you selected “Users with Exchange mailboxes”. This creates an interesting effect if you send an appointment to that group, you will automatically book all your meetings rooms as well. Not necessarily what you want. The solution is fairly straight forward. … More Excluding Resource Mailboxes (e.g. rooms) from Dynamic Distribution Groups in Office365
Recently I wrote about the wonderful six colors of tea. Often people raise an eye brow when they read blue tea. It’s not a color you expect your tea to have. If you search for the term you will find a variety of drinks such as hibiscus tea which starts out blue and turns red … More The mysterious blue tea
