by ezs | May 11, 2006 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, travel, Uncategorized
Germany has gone football mad. (That’s soccer for those that don’t understand the subleties of the game).
I’ve been in half a dozen cities this week – and everywhere is wall to wall World Cup merchandise and memorabilia. I got a nice world cup shirt in Trier today.
I was listening to BFBS during my drive today – and heard a truly dreadful, yet stunningly simple England world cup song. The Tonedef Allstars are soon to release a single “Who do you think you are kidding Juergen Klinnsmann’. You have to be English to understand the genius at work here. Listen here.
So many people have already blogged on this, it’s also been written up in all manner of media from The Sun to The Telegraph – it must be the ‘unofficial hit’ – just wait until England v Germany in the quarter finals; you’ll hear this on the terraces.
For record – here are the World Cup songs – from this year and prior years. New Order’s ‘World in Motion’ is still the one to beat. I can’t believe that Stan Boardman has “the Germans bombed our Chippie” as a song.
by ezs | May 9, 2006 | evilzenscientist, fun stuff, travel, Uncategorized
I am in a bar in the hotel in Duesseldorf.
Three American gents drinking at the next table. They look at their small glasses of pils – and “This tastes just like Miller Lite”.
Me and my big mouth, I got to use another legendary line: “Did they serve you a glass of chilled piss by mistake then?” We’re debating the merits of American “Beer” vs. German Beer.
by ezs | May 9, 2006 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
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Hot on the heels of Novell announcing updates to its blogging policy – now John Dragoon – Novell’s Chief Marketing Officer – has his own Novell CMO Blog.
For all of you who have supported Novell in the last decade or so – but have comments on Novell Marketing activities – this is for you. I have visited a lot of customers and partners, worked at enough BrainShares and other events to know that this will be a busy blog. Get reading and commenting!
There is also a consolidated page for all blogs at Novell.
More steps on the way to openness.
Who would you like to see blogging at Novell? Which other technology blogs do you read and respect?
Written at: Düsseldorf, Germany
by ezs | May 7, 2006 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
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… I just hope I’ve not left my power cord at home.
Anyone who has travelled by air in the past year knows how tedious some of the rituals of security have become. Laptops, chargers, cables and anything similar are all subject to scrutiny.
Written at: San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA.
I’m flying today to see customers and partners in Europe – I’ve got the following:
- IBM Thinkpad Laptop + Charger
- Apple iPod Nano + USB charger cable
- US cell phone + Nokia charger
- UK cell phone + Europe Nokia charger
- Jabra bluetooth headset + charger
- Targus Airpower
- Assorted UK and European power converters
- Headphones
- Sony Digital Camera
[I’ll lay this out and take a photo]
All of this is with me in my hand baggage. It’s not heavy – just lots of individual pieces to keep track of.
What the world needs is ‘ZENworks for cables’ and the ultimate convergent device.
My wish list is:
Laptop with 2GB RAM, great screen, 6 hours battery life, fast processor, small and light.
One phone. With a 5 megapixel camera. Also with a 4GB iPod Nano built in.
One set of headphones. Bluetooth. Able to work with the phone and iPod.
One universal charger. For all of this.
The whole lot should weight less than 2 kilograms (4 lbs).
This wish list isn’t far off from reality – IBM/Lenovo, Apple and others have made massive strides with their laptops; Panasonic have exceptionally light yet rugged machines.
Nokia have a great cellphone and camera; there are rumours about real Apple iPod phones.
There are several bluetooth headphones on the market – I just need Shure to make some really good quality Bluetooth E5cs for this.
That’s my travelling electronics – I know I travel a lot lighter than many others. I know several people who travel with many many pieces of camera equipment. Some people wouldn’t be without their Playstation Portable.
What do you travel with? What couldn’t you live without on an extended trip? What would be your ideal ‘convergent device’?
Comments as always very welcome!
Written at: San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco, CA.
by ezs | May 7, 2006 | evilzenscientist, Uncategorized
I found this band last night. Of Montreal.
Listen to the great bass on Wraith Pinned To The Mist (and other games). I’ll most likely listen to this across the Atlantic tonight.
by ezs | May 7, 2006 | evilzenscientist, travel, Uncategorized
I travel a lot. I travel on United Airlines and the Star Alliance whenever possible. I think loyalty is mutual – both United Airlines and Star Alliance are Novell customers; they look after me well.
I’m currently stuck in Salt Lake City Airport – fog in San Francisco. I’ve missed my connecting flight to London. United has already transfered my itinery to the later flight; and I had a phone call from United Easy Update to let me know this.
I’ll be late arriving in Düsseldorf – but I should be there relaxed and in one piece.
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