peterhoneyman

peterhoneyman, 19 days ago

@drskyskull l’enfer c’est les autres

peterhoneyman, 21 days ago

@Callalily next door to my old high school!

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

@palvaro

i really dug that track about 10 years after it came out

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

@palvaro

for me, it was the year my son graduated high school #BornInTheTrumanAdministration

peterhoneyman, 24 days ago

@curtisysmith

wow awesome tracks!!!!!

peterhoneyman, 26 days ago

@tasharoni thanks! me too!

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

About six months ago, @aka_pugs was ranting NFS MUST DIE and one of the NLUUG organizers challenged him to write up his thoughts for the conference.

When he agreed to do so, I knew I had to be there, and I was planning to be in Europe at that time anyway, so I threw down some old stuff I never wrote up and also submitted to NLUUG. They loved it and asked me to keynote!

So come to the NLUUG Spring Conference and hear me and Tom! Buy us beers! Utrecht is lovely in May!

https://mastodon.social/

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

Here’s a teaser for my NLUUG keynote.

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

the view from here

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

Nice has so many beautiful buildings

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peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

… and streets …

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peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

… and food. (we had the best lunch!)

diverse salad

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

@koen oh damn

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

@jef Fondation Maeght for sure (it will be my third visit), drive to Aix for a day trip, train to Ventimiglia for a day, maybe a day in Monaco. But we have a lot of lying around doing nothing to catch up on, too.

peterhoneyman, 25 days ago

@koen

I hope so — this is ALL YOUR FAULT 😝

peterhoneyman, 24 days ago

We visited the Chagall museum and its numerous breathtaking oil paintings, many with biblical themes, which churned up long dormant feelings from my pre-teen fascination and puzzlement with Old Testament bible study

peterhoneyman, 24 days ago

More Chagall

Adam and Eve expelled from Paradise 1961 Oil on canvas Adam and Eve's expulsion sows discord in Paradise: trees are uprooted, birds with goat heads fly away, while others have heads turned upside down and mingle with winged fish that surge from the river. Harmonious shades of blue and green are punctuated by areas of warm, vibrant colour, such as the dazzling bouquet depicted on the left of the composition. The angel that bears the divine wrath, in the middle of the upper section, drives Adam and Eve out. The couple sit astride a cockerel, a symbol of vitality and fertility. It appears to be flying away towards the future of humanity. The small mother and child painting in the lower right-hand corner confirms this rather optimistic vision of the Sin. (Museum description)

peterhoneyman, 24 days ago

We stumbled upon the Fête des Mai à Nice in a large park that faces the Musée Matisse and found ourselves amid food trucks, olive trees, families, picnic tables, park benches, kids crying, screaming, running, climbing trees. A band just finished playing.

peterhoneyman, 22 days ago

We climbed up Mont Boron (400+ steps! parce que l’ascenseur ne marche pas), where the views and environs are spectacular

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peterhoneyman, 21 days ago (edited 21 days ago)

we took an extremely crowded train — full of tourists! — to monte carlo

it is impossible to get anywhere on foot here, in part bc the grand prix is nigh so there is an impenetrable, heavily fenced barrier running between anywhere you are and anywhere you want to be

peterhoneyman, 21 days ago

you can buy an expensive car here

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peterhoneyman, 19 days ago

Yesterday we rented a car and drove to Aix-en-Provence for the day and had lunch with friends.

Our chariot:

peterhoneyman, 19 days ago

@RIDDLES oh no, way too fancy!