I had previously been to London on business — multiple times in fact, in the late 1990s. Those were the heady days of the dot-com boom, and I came away with the impression of a beautiful, sprawling city filled with hard-drinking expats in search of their technology sector fortune. This summer, we spent 10 days in [...]

South Bend, Indiana
On my way back from Seattle last Saturday, I had another small travel adventure (my adventure on the way there is described here). A blizzard had been announced back in Toronto (it was known by Friday afternoon that we’d get a lot of snow – 30cm+). So I tried calling Air Canada the night before [...]

Time to forget my laptop
So here I was, early for my flight, as it turns out, at Toronto Pearson Airport, e-ticket in hand. You know the drill (well, if you’ve left Toronto by plane then you do): Use one of the little electronic kiosks to check in and get your boarding pass; Stand in line to get your luggage [...]

Huntsville graffiti
Okay, these aren’t really graffiti. They’re mural copies of famous Group of Seven artworks in downtown Huntsville, Ontario.

Frankfurt
I’ve been visiting beautiful Frankfurt, Germany over Christmas. Well, I’ve been staying with my relatives in Offenbach, which is 20 minutes to Frankfurt by transit. Been having a great time… an excellent way to take a break, great shopping and great culture. I went to see two exhibitions at the Schirn Kunsthalle – one about [...]
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Carsten Knoch
Software and services professional, attentive music listener, vision enabler, instigator, reader of books and the web, vegetarian, affordable audio hobbyist, thinker, writer, blogger, tinkerer, Internet dweller since 1992. Human being since 1970.
I blog about music, technology, business, vegetarian food, politics, culture and life.
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- I learned what a stud finder is yesterday. I even bought one. I feel enlightened somehow. As if I can look through walls. 1 day ago
- Bought an @umbra_ltd Conceal floating shelf & intend to put Eng. language reference books on it, near my PC. Simpler than Google 4 writing. 1 day ago
- Barbarism is not the inheritance of our prehistory. It is the companion that dogs our every step. (Alain Finkielkraut) 3 days ago
- Music really is amazing. No matter how deeply you steep yourself in it, or for how long--there's always a fantastic new artist to discover. 3 days ago
- More world's worst brands: http://t.co/FEgngM6s 3 days ago
- How to accommodate low literacy readers in your web writing. http://t.co/2s1dKV52 4 days ago
- @dybskiy So what — are you staying? 4 days ago
- @joniv Absolutely. No issues. We're having the easiest winter in the history of winters this year... can't complain really :) 5 days ago
- @joniv Great - now I have that song in my head! Hope you're well :) 1 week ago
- It's 5:30pm, and - strangely - things are finally starting to flow (where I've been beating my head against a wall for most of the day). 1 week ago



