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Archive for August, 2006

Skype on the new Sony mylo

Thursday, August 10th, 2006

While I was busy changing diapers, an important announcement for Skype and especially the embedded team I’m part of was made. Sony will sell in September the mylo, a little device with wifi, a media player for music and videos, a web browser… and most importantly Skype.
I was personally involved in this project by porting […]

Henri is born!

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Wow, what a week we just had!.. On Friday August 4th, 2006, at 7 am, our son Henri was born, and since it has been great moments of happiness. We have fallen in love at first sight with this amazingly cute little boy. It is quite difficult to find words to describe what it is […]

Estonia and law enforcement

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

In Estonia you can drive like an idiot in the city and put lives of children and woman in danger and you will never get fined. But park one time wrong and you will get immediately a parking ticket…
In Estonia the parking enforcement is sub-contracted to the all-powerful security company Falck. Falck security agents are […]