It’s been an exciting week again with my MySQL colleagues (PS team). We don’t see each other lots, but when we do, we do it good! Last evening was fun playing a MySQL Trivia. Like, when did Monty wrote the first lines of code or who joined before our CEO Marten got in the company. Good thing we had Max in our team, we won! Orlando is, I’ve been told, maybe not a good starting point to get a taste of US.

Long time no blog! Yesterday I started out at 09:00 CET and got in the hotel in Orlando, Florida (US) around 22:00 EST. I let you, dear reader, figure out how long that actually was. Lots happened in between and I’m not going to make a complete novel of each point. But here is an overview of a few points, not much positive, as there was not much good, but I’ll get to know US better next time, I hope.

I’m starting to cook again and for that I bought some cheap hot-plates! It’s one that comes with two elements: a big and and a smaller one. The first days I only found use for the big element. Reason: I only had one pan. Today I decided to expand my cookingware with one new pan for boiling stuff. Ready to cook some chicken with broccoli and onions and.. BLACKOUT All silent.

Ah, I like Sophia!! Have no fear, it ain’t a girl. It’s a band! Last year I heard them live from the AB (Brussels) and bought immediately the Album on iTunes. Now with the second album Technology won't save us it’s again a hit. I’m happy Robin Proper-Sheppard didn’t stop his Sophia-project after People are like seasons. I’m usually very picky about music, but Sophia just hits the spot. Don’t know, it hugs my neo-grunge dark brainwaves.

I attended the T-Dose open source event yesterday in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) and it must be said: the TU/e (Technical University of Eindhoven) looks pretty nice indeed! Entering the T-Dose I was a bit overwhelmed by the venue. However, on Saturday, the crowd was thin. Of course, it was the first time and I hope it will be as big as FOSDEM in Brussels some day. UPservers which is selling certified hardware for MySQL and MySQL Cluster.