Archive for: April, 2009

victim of blog censuring 3

Apr 28, 2009 Published under news 771 views

Yesterday Bettine Vriesekoop once again placed an article without really researching the details and I find this very disturbing.

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visit to Bioparc

Apr 25, 2009 Published under life in Valencia, trips 204 views

Today we participated in an organised trip to Bioparc, a zoo where the animals live in a much less restricted environment than a traditional zoo with cages.

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engaged in Granada

Apr 21, 2009 Published under holidays 346 views

It was then and there that I decided that it was the perfect place to ask her. I made my knee-fall, produced the ring and asked Mia the question “Will you marry me?” to which she responded with a big “YES”.

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extreme Easter in Valencia

Apr 12, 2009 Published under life in Valencia 315 views

The Easter weekend in Valencia, or Semana Santa as the week long celebrations are called here, has become one of the coldest and wettest in recent history.

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webdev locally with Nginx

Apr 09, 2009 Published under WordPress, web stuff 400 views

I am finally able to run WordPress locally without having to upload files all the time to see the results of recent tweaks.

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busy weekend

Apr 04, 2009 Published under life in Valencia 271 views

Today we will visit the Mostra de Vinos in the Turia riverbed. It is the 21st edition of this yearly event that traditionally takes place the weekend before Easter.

booked trip to Granada

Apr 04, 2009 Published under trips 226 views

I did quite a bit of research on how to get to Granada from Valencia. Flying: only possible via Madrid (or Palma or Morocco), no fantastic deals. Train: more than 7 hours, no fantastic deals. Bus: more than 7 hours, relatively cheap, but traveling by bus is far from ideal.

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VORG arrival in Rio

Apr 04, 2009 Published under games 126 views

In the previous Volvo Ocean Race that leg turned out to be disastrous

name check

Apr 02, 2009 Published under social networking, web stuff 191 views

This morning I re-tweeted a message from @mashable about a new way to check if your name is still available for a plethora of social networking websites.

what’s up with LinkedIn and WordPress?

Apr 02, 2009 Published under WordPress, social networking, web stuff 428 views

A couple of months ago LinkedIn proudly announced the introduction of LinkedIn Applications and when I saw WordPress was listed I immediately decided to import the feed of Piet Bos dot ME into my LinkedIn profile.

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