Category Archives: House

Let There Be Light

Whilst fulfilling our financial and bureaucratic obligations, we’ve also been trying to enjoy the pleasanter side of life, playing with our daughter and looking for things to make our house feel more like a home. An important part of this … Continue reading

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Back At The Auction House

I had to get up early this morning to go back to De Zwaan and bid on an old light that we had seen and fancied for our vestibule. I won it for €90 and was surprised to find that … Continue reading

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Off-line Auctions

Well, that was a new experience. Sarah and I had been along to De Zwaan, a Dutch auction house on the Keizersgracht, earlier this week, after our friends Felix and Bonnie suggested that we might find some things there that … Continue reading

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Wake Up And Smell The Coffee

My Jura Impressa Z5 is working out very well. It’s amazing how something as simple as high quality coffee can improve one’s experience of life. The several cups per day of great coffee that this machine has been churning out … Continue reading

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MythTV Stuff Ordered

After much dithering, I have finally ordered nearly all of the hardware needed to build our MythTV box, an open source equivalent of the TiVo, with which we had so much fun in the US. I’d been enamoured with the … Continue reading

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