https://www.planetjones.net/index.htmlRecent content on Jonathan Jones homepage: planetjones.netHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/25-08-2025/summer-london-troon-edinburgh.htmlMon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/25-08-2025/summer-london-troon-edinburgh.htmlTrip report from our trip to the UK taking in London, Derbyshire, Troon and Edinburgh including golf, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and many restaurants.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/01-08-2025/food-and-drink-disney-world-experience.htmlFri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/01-08-2025/food-and-drink-disney-world-experience.htmlFood and drink reviews from our 8 night stay at Walt Disney World, Orlando in 2025 including table service restaurants, buffets, and quick service options.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/02-06-2025/the-magic-of-disneyworld-and-animal-kingdom-lodge.htmlMon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/02-06-2025/the-magic-of-disneyworld-and-animal-kingdom-lodge.htmlTrip report of our visit to Orlando for a stay at Animal Kingdom Lodge (Jambo House) and visits to every Disney World park: Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, Epcot and Hollywood Studios.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/29-06-2024/a-weeks-holiday-to-the-isle-of-arran.htmlSat, 29 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/29-06-2024/a-weeks-holiday-to-the-isle-of-arran.htmlThe Isle of Arran is the Scottish island I have visited most often. This time we stayed in Whiting Bay. I enjoyed a hike up Arran’s highest point - Goatfell, lots of good food and even took an Alpaca for a walk.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/02-03-2024/zapier-zap-to-trigger-a-github-action-workflow.htmlSat, 02 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/02-03-2024/zapier-zap-to-trigger-a-github-action-workflow.htmlUsing Zapier’s free plan I attempt to automatically trigger the Github action workflow which publishes this website, whenever I add a new Out of Ten review to my Notion database.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/13-11-2023/zookeeper-experience-during-another-trip-to-edinburgh.htmlMon, 13 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/13-11-2023/zookeeper-experience-during-another-trip-to-edinburgh.htmlMy second trip report to Edinburgh - this time it was for the mini zookeeper experience at Edinburgh Zoo, a visit to Edinburgh Castle and the adjacent Camera Obscura. Edinburgh really loses none of its appeal over time and is a must visit.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/10-09-2023/a-week-in-balamory-or-tobermory-isle-of-mull.htmlSun, 10 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/10-09-2023/a-week-in-balamory-or-tobermory-isle-of-mull.htmlTobermory was the filming location for the Balamory children’s TV show. We visited for one week to find the Balamory houses, enjoy some great food and take in all of the wonderful nature and wildlife on Scotland’s Isle of Mull.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/26-08-2023/three-nights-in-london.htmlSat, 26 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/26-08-2023/three-nights-in-london.htmlThree night trip review of London - including afternoon tea at Claridges, Buckingham palace summer opening, Chinatown dumplings and a great boat trip down the Thames with the Thames Clipper / Uber boat.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/10-06-2023/a-trip-to-the-internet-in-1996-with-the-rough-guide-2.0.htmlSat, 10 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/10-06-2023/a-trip-to-the-internet-in-1996-with-the-rough-guide-2.0.htmlPrepare to be transported back in time as I delve into one of my all-time favorite books from my teenage years: The Rough Guide 2.0: The Internet & World Wide Web.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/03-05-2023/relaunching-my-personal-website-as-planetjones-dot-net.htmlWed, 03 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/03-05-2023/relaunching-my-personal-website-as-planetjones-dot-net.htmlAn overview of how I migrated planetjones.co.uk to planetjones.net including a custom Hugo theme using Bootstrap, rendering my out of ten reviews from Notion and publishing automatically using Github Actions.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/24-04-2019/gcloud-run-with-micronaut-and-graal-vm.htmlWed, 24 Apr 2019 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/24-04-2019/gcloud-run-with-micronaut-and-graal-vm.htmlApp Engine. Google Cloud Functions. And now the pinnacle: Google Cloud Run. Here I build a container running (thanks to GraalVM) a natively compiled Micronaut framework application on Google’s latest serverless for containers offering called Cloud Run.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/07-11-2018/gcloud-run-with-micronaut-and-graal-vm.htmlWed, 07 Nov 2018 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/07-11-2018/gcloud-run-with-micronaut-and-graal-vm.htmlEveryone is talking cloud native. Spring might not be the newest kid on the block, but Spring Cloud Data Flow holds bags of promise. Here I give an introduction to Spring Cloud Data Flow and write my first Cloud Task.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/29-02-2016/cold-weekend-in-copenhagen.htmlMon, 29 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/29-02-2016/cold-weekend-in-copenhagen.htmlA winter weekend break to Copenhagen - home of the Little Mermaid and many fantastic restaurants.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/31-10-2015/ten-days-in-spain-madrid-and-seville.htmlSat, 31 Oct 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/31-10-2015/ten-days-in-spain-madrid-and-seville.htmlWith ten days to enjoy Spain we eventually succeeded in buying a Renfe Spain pass and made our way to Madrid and Seville.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/07-09-2015/60-hours-in-edinburgh-at-festival-time.htmlMon, 07 Sep 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/07-09-2015/60-hours-in-edinburgh-at-festival-time.htmlA 60 hour visit to Edinburgh, our old hunting ground during the August festival season.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/22-11-2014/72-hours-in-london.htmlSat, 22 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/22-11-2014/72-hours-in-london.htmlA visit to London was long overdue - so we headed for 72 hours of sightseeing, tourist attractions and to stuff our faces full of food!https://www.planetjones.net/blog/27-04-2014/web-internationalization-often-inconsistent.htmlSun, 27 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/27-04-2014/web-internationalization-often-inconsistent.htmlMany 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.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/19-05-2013/google-app-engine-endpoints-with-java-maven-part1.htmlSun, 19 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/19-05-2013/google-app-engine-endpoints-with-java-maven-part1.htmlGoogle’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.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/24-03-2013/taking-was-liberty-next-profile-for-a-spin.htmlSun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/24-03-2013/taking-was-liberty-next-profile-for-a-spin.htmlThe 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.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/17-11-2012/new-york-city-food-and-drink2.htmlSat, 17 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/17-11-2012/new-york-city-food-and-drink2.htmlReviews of the food and drink venues we enjoyed in Manhattan, New York City during our November 2012 trip to the Big Apple.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/16-07-2012/disneyland-paris-trip-report-and-review.htmlMon, 16 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/16-07-2012/disneyland-paris-trip-report-and-review.htmlBrief write-up of our day trip to see Disneyland Paris - unfortunately minus Mickey Mouse and any of the other characters.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/10-06-2012/paris-food-and-drink.htmlSun, 10 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/10-06-2012/paris-food-and-drink.htmlWrite up of our food and drink experience in Paris, from our May 2012 visit.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/30-09-2009/hungary-budapest-heviz-trip-report.htmlWed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/30-09-2009/hungary-budapest-heviz-trip-report.htmlA 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.https://www.planetjones.net/blog/19-05-2009/isle-of-skye-trip-report.htmlTue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000https://www.planetjones.net/blog/19-05-2009/isle-of-skye-trip-report.htmlA week long trip in May 2008 trip to Scotland’s Isle of Skye, where we were fortunate enough to get great weather!