Welcome to the home of Jonathan Jones. A software professional who likes to take photos and review things living in Switzerland.
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Google Cloud Run with Micronaut and GraalVM
App 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.
Wednesday, April 24, 2019First steps running a Cloud Task on Spring Cloud Data Flow
Everyone 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.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018Cold weekend in Copenhagen
A winter weekend break to Copenhagen - home of the Little Mermaid and many fantastic restaurants.
Monday, February 29, 2016Ten days in Spain - Madrid & Seville
With ten days to enjoy Spain we eventually succeeded in buying a Renfe Spain pass and made our way to Madrid and Seville.
Saturday, October 31, 201560 hours in Edinburgh (festival time)
A 60 hour visit to Edinburgh, our old hunting ground during the August festival season.
Monday, September 7, 201572 hours in London
A visit to London was long overdue - so we headed for 72 hours of sightseeing, tourist attractions and to stuff our faces full of food!
Saturday, November 22, 2014Internationalization on the Web - an often inconsistent and frustrating experience
Many 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.
Sunday, April 27, 2014Google App Engine Endpoints (REST services), with Java, Maven & Intellij (Part 1)
Google’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.
Sunday, May 19, 2013Taking the WebSphere Liberty Profile for a spin, using Intellij on the iMac
The 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.
Sunday, March 24, 2013New York City Food and Drink write up
Reviews of the food and drink venues we enjoyed in Manhattan, New York City during our November 2012 trip to the Big Apple.
Saturday, November 17, 2012Disneyland Paris trip report and review
Brief write-up of our day trip to see Disneyland Paris - unfortunately minus Mickey Mouse and any of the other characters.
Monday, July 16, 2012Paris food & drink experience
Write up of our food and drink experience in Paris, from our May 2012 visit.
Sunday, June 10, 2012Recent Reviews
Not ideal to watch this for the first time on an aeroplane, but Pandora still looked beautiful. It’s a good movie, but more a familiar story wrapped in a different setting than anything groundbreaking.
Tense and atmospheric - Andrew Scott does a fine job in his portrayal of Stagg; in fact the whole casting is a job well done.
Remains a fantastically fun and fine introduction to time travel movie. This is rightly a classic 80s movie, but there are some significant plot holes; especially when Marty returns to 1985.
Latest Food
Not very tasty and average at best orange chicken and fried rice via DoorDash from Panda Express, West Irlo Bronson Memorial Highway, Orlando
October 9, 2026
Latest Microblog
My first time at Monster Jam, which took place at Zurich’s Hallenstadion. The format consists of four events, with the audience judging the drivers through a web app. Just after the interval, there was also a motorbike event featuring plenty of airtime.
It was thoroughly entertaining, and the time flew by. Grave Digger was the overall winner, but Sparkle Smash provided the best visual moment of the day when it showered the arena with confetti.
Complimentary earplugs were provided, and the fumes weren’t particularly noticeable despite the event taking place indoors. I’m not sure whether another show would feel too similar, but it was definitely worth experiencing at least once.