Hassan II Mosque
The Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca - also known as the Grand Mosque in English - was commissioned by then-King Hassan II of Morocco and is the world's fourteenth largest…
Museum of Musical Instruments
The name of the museum in Polish is Muzeum Instrumentów Muzycznych and contains actual and reproduction of musical instruments for many eras and countries. The museum is located in the…
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
My friend Curtis DJ's weddings/parties/events and mentioned recently how unfamiliar he is with the world music requests he gets, mainly Spanish and Latin American artists and songs, i.e. Bad Bunny.…
Vistula Spit
The Vistula Spit is a narrow strip of land - as narrow as hundreds of meters - separating the Vistula Lagoon and the Gdańsk Bay, and has been on my…
Windows IRL #1
As a technologist, I'm always interested in learning about the underlying technologies. Once, I intently watched an airplane's entertainment system go through a Linux reboot. I recently added new use…
Work From Flight
I'd hope to work on my flight from Amsterdam Schipol to Minneapolis/St. Paul International, but seemed doubtful as I was on the aisle with someone to my immediate right. Early…
Museum of the Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918-1919
The name of the museum in Polish is Muzeum Powstania Wielkopolskiego and tells a Polish history using the uprising in Poznan after World War I as a major event in…
Random Learnings #14
European sports list the home team first while US sports list the home team last. I knew that football did that, but didn't know it extended to other sports as…
Transferring From CDG to ORY
I had the privilege of being accepted to give my talk Demonolithing the Monolith? Bullocks! at Devoxx Morocco this year. And the talk was given in front of a full…
Meandering Thoughts #12
Today I am in Poznań, Poland, my first visit to this former Communist nation. I saw a lot of young adults and teens as I walked around, and wondered if…