We held our 2nd meeting last Wednesday (2006-10-29) at the university of Gent (thanks Rudy!). I must say it was quite a small success again. Not because I was any good, but because of the attendees discussing various topics again. What I found personally very good is that there were lots of fresh people since the first meeting. Spread the word! We pretty much did it by the agenda. I gave an overview of MySQL and showing that has changed since last meeting in August 2006.

I am watching a TV show debating some topics and the first one is the global warming issue. “It was made a hype by the media..”, and comments that all these things people try to do to help make it better are silly. I’m not sure, but to me they were just talking politics and winning the next elections.. Show was ‘Morgen beter’ on Belgians best channel Canvas (Monday 27th November 2006).

I heard good things about the new Bond movie based on the Casino Royal novel, but it was even better! This is the best bond movie I have ever seen! That’s not only because Chris Cornell sings the opening btw.. It’s full of action, has a great story, spectacular stunts and .. horror: an Aston Martin going into oblivion! Bond makes mistakes, falls in love, loses at poker, even dies for 5 seconds or so.

It was begin November 2001 when I moved to Germany. I found a new job and moved my life just in a few days. For me it was not really a problem. I guess for my family it was. Some of my friends didn’t understand: “Euh? But but but.. Germany?!?” Well, Germany is quite something. I like the people, I like the cities, I like the big empty spaces. Transportation is great inside Germany: trains, planes, the famous autobahn.

I finally managed to upload the rest of my adventures in Italy. Pictures of Florance, Siena and Pisa. Here are the links to them: Florence (IT) Oct2006 Siena (IT) Oct2006 Pisa (IT) Oct 2006 Hostel Archi Rossi. It was like 5 minutes from the main train station and just a few minutes away from the center of the city. The great thing is that from Florence you can take the local trains to most interesting places in Tuscany.