A winter weekend break to Copenhagen - home of the Little Mermaid and many fantastic restaurants.
Mon, Feb 29, 2016 weekend review food denmarkWith ten days to enjoy Spain we eventually succeeded in buying a Renfe Spain pass and made our way to Madrid and Seville.
Sat, Oct 31, 2015 spain review food madrid seville holidayA 60 hour visit to Edinburgh, our old hunting ground during the August festival season.
Mon, Sep 7, 2015 edinburgh weekend food festival reviewA visit to London was long overdue - so we headed for 72 hours of sightseeing, tourist attractions and to stuff our faces full of food!
Sat, Nov 22, 2014 london weekend food reviewMany websites / internet services are now offering their content in local languages - but the way this internationalization is implemented can cause frustration and annoyance to those whose only language is English.
Sun, Apr 27, 2014 internationalization webdesign uiJava EE 7 includes many new features - one of which is JSR-352, which brings Batch Applications to the Java platform. Here I define a ludicrously simple batch job and execute it on the Glassfish 4 nightly build.
Sat, May 25, 2013 java javaee batch jsr glassfishGoogle's App Engine now provides Endpoints, which offer a simple way to create RESTful services for clients. Here a simple Endpoint is created using the Java API, Maven and Intellij.
Sun, May 19, 2013 java maven appengine rest endpointsThe WebSphere Liberty Profile is built for developers - here I take the beta of the Next profile for a spin - using Intellij on the iMac, a new set-up for me.
Sun, Mar 24, 2013 intellij java websphere macReviews of the food and drink venues we enjoyed in Manhattan, New York City during our November 2012 trip to the Big Apple.
Sat, Nov 17, 2012 food drink nyc manhattan travelBrief write-up of our day trip to see Disneyland Paris - unfortunately minus Mickey Mouse and any of the other characters.
Mon, Jul 16, 2012 paris disneyland themepark disneyWrite up of our food and drink experience in Paris, from our May 2012 visit.
Sun, Jun 10, 2012 paris food drink paris bars restaurantsA 10 day trip to Hungary's capital Budapest and a 3 night trip to Heviz, a town near Lake Balaton which is home to Europe's largest outdoor thermal lake.
Wed, Sep 30, 2009 hungary heviz budapest europe holidayA week long trip in May 2008 trip to Scotland's Isle of Skye, where we were fortunate enough to get great weather!
Tue, May 19, 2009 skye holiday scotland uk