Author Archives: ianmacd

Projects On Hold

I’ve received numerous patches since we moved back to Amsterdam. bash completion, Ruby/Finance, Ruby/Google and Ruby/LDAP have all received patches that I need to integrate. Unfortunately, all of my computers are still in storage, so I can’t work on these … Continue reading

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Our House, In The Middle Of Our Street

Time for a new entry. We’ve been keeping busy since Geoff went back to the Golden State of California. First of all, the major news in the McKenna-Macdonald household is that it looks like we have a new house! After … Continue reading

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Alone Again

Our friend, Ome Geoff, flew back to California early this morning, thus ending a five-day trip to Amsterdam. Our Google reunion burger at the Irish bar called Aran on the Max Euweplein was a hit. Our other friend, Brian, also … Continue reading

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Words Are All I Have

The new 14th edition of the Van Dale Woordenboek Van De Nederlandse Taal (Van Dale Dictionary Of The Dutch Language) was released today, or the dikke Van Dale, as it is more colloquially and lovingly known here. This definitive dictionary … Continue reading

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Still Summer

It’s unbelievable, really, but the summer still hasn’t ended here. Basically, there has been more or less constant glorious sunshine since we arrived here on 12th August. It’s going to be an extremely rude awakening when autumn does finally set … Continue reading

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