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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First 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, 2012Hungary: Budapest & Heviz Trip Report
A 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.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009Recent Reviews
Like a lot from Netflix it‘s too many episodes: four would have been enough. It‘s a worthy horror series though; somewhat borrowing the style of David Lynch, which is not bad thing.
It‘s absurd, but at the same time somewhat consistent. In places it felt a little stretched out, but overall a good mix of humour, nonsense and suspense.
The history of champagne is interesting and I didn’t hate the movie; but it never started to fizz and pop. More like a flat wine you could drink if you can’t find anything else in the cellar.
Latest Food
I had seen the cookies from Bear St. Bakery, Zurich on TikTok. Their pistachio white chocolate raspberry cookie was very good, especially as still warm. But it’s pricey at CHF 7.50.
April 18, 2026
Latest Microblog
The bonfire at Sechseläutenplatz still needs some work before the burning of the Böög (Zurich’s snowman) on Monday. The guild parades, the horses, and the exploding head are definitely worth a look; if you can’t make it, SRF shows it live. It’s the traditional way to mark the end of winter. The quicker the Böög’s head explodes, the better the summer weather will be.