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Google Custom Search and WordPress

Google Custom Search and WordPress

For a more technical turn on this blog, I thought I'd give you a few pointers as to how I managed to get GCS to work on my current project. First, have you created your search engine yet? Make sure to think thoroughly on which sites you want to add to which search...

Oh Ubuntu, you are my favorite linux-based OS…

Oh Ubuntu, you are my favorite linux-based OS…

...but boy, your Cloud (Ubuntu One) and Music (Ubuntu One Music & Ubuntu One Music App) connectivity smells! This is a rant, and my first on Ubuntu, so unless you want to blow off some pressure, this won't be your favorite post ;). Whilst the title is a quote...

Twitter could be (so) useful

Twitter could be (so) useful

As you, loyal reader, might already know, traffic conditions in and around Luxembourg can be pretty bad. We do have radio stations that on a regular basis list a few issues, but they're not always "up-to-speed"... Same goes for those apps that use the public network...

A societal paradigm shift?

For years, I have been advocating self-checkouts in all kinds of places, yet everyone always told me it wasn't going to catch on. Then back in my London-time, I saw a Tesco in the Bank area that had nearly only self-checkouts and I tried to grasp all the...

Cultural distance vs. Paradigm shifts

This week was marked by a development that was somewhat unexpected to me. A place that I've been going to for a very long time now, a place that I've tremendously enjoyed, has been holding my lesser visits against me. Don't get me wrong, the relationship has developed...

Lux-Restaurants: not market-lead?

Over the years, it has come to my attention that Luxembourg has a few obvious issues 🙂 - and the one for today is me going hungry on Monday nights unless I cook myself! Unfortunately, this particular case only applies to my experience in Luxembourg, but maybe some of...

Rules, and the advantages of bending them

When I was a young boy, my parents taught me to be a good boy, to stand up for what I believe in, and to play by the rules. Those rules applied to anyone that wanted to be just a good boy as I was, and ultimately to those that "wanted to go to heaven". These rules...