So that first night in Istanbul ...

... I didn't stick around until things got real crazy, but my hosts took me to a bachelor party. That's the groom's father standing on the chair.

... and here's the dulcimer player jamming when he heard I liked jazz.

Istanbul & Athens

A little too busy to post and I don't have the pics uploaded yet but ...

Istanbul: fantastic hosts, noisy hotel, good class in a spectacular setting by a huge suspension bridge spanning Europe and Asia ... pretty cool.

Athens: much better hotel and neighborhood than my last visit full class, not much happening besides work but you have to love a cold beer beside a rooftop pool with a sweeping view of the city and the Parthenon, don't ya?

SkyNet's slaves develop new weapon

Scary little robot bug ....

My Kindle 3 is here

I bought the wi-fi version for $139 ... great contrast on the new screen, seems more readable than ever. Looking forward to my train commute home from The Hague today!

Update -- here it is at home.

Belgium has corn

Broodje Bert

You want a great sandwich in Amsterdam ... Broodje Bert.  They must need to kill a pig for every BLT!

NFL got this one right

NFL Gamepass ... if you are outside the U.S., every game available in H.D. as a stream over the Internet with DVR rewind/forward features and split-screen options for multiple games.  Archived games are commercial free (so far) and much faster to watch.

I may have a new option for when the hotel in the middle of nowhere has nothing on TV!