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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Cold 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, 2009Isle of Skye
A week long trip in May 2008 trip to Scotland’s Isle of Skye, where we were fortunate enough to get great weather!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009Recent Reviews
I struggle to see how any serious effort was put into this. The whole thing is bland, uninspiring and forgettable.
Tense and gripping throughout. Maybe got a bit “far fetched” towards the end. This is a great series though.
I have never known what to make of this program; sometimes good, sometimes bad. It often plays out like a mass produced soap opera. But this was fun and enjoyable TV.
Latest Food
Combinado dessert - rice pudding with chicha morada ice cream — from the Menu Fiesta at Cantina, Zurich
March 11, 2026
Latest Microblog
A couple of good podcasts I have listened to recently:
- Die Peter Thiel Story – in German. My B1 level could cope pretty well with it.
- Unlearning, experimentation, and engineering rigor in an agentic world – great discussion around agentic AI for software development, getting enough context and what software engineering metrics might make sense in the future.