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I would say that most venture backed startups require additional capital after the seed or Series A round. That isn't a bad thing and typically part of the plan. And everyone knows that going in from the founders, to the early employees as well as the earliest investors.
At some point the company then needs to raise additional capital. (I've already written about how to focus your efforts with that early capital so i wont discuss that topic in this post.)
It is very common to seek out a new lead investor for the new round of capital. Why?
Few reasons:
-sometimes the early investors don't have the ability to "fully fund" the company to profitability on their own. Consider Facebook, their earliest investors didn't have the ability to fully fund the company (company has raised hundreds of millions of dollars to date). That was part of the plan and obviously worked out for everyone.
-sometimes the early investors and the company want a new investor to price the stock. The theory goes that the market will set the price and the insiders shouldn't do that to avoid any potential conflict of interest.
-sometimes founders and VCs seek out new investors based on the value add that the new firm/partner brings to the table.
The Inside Round: good or bad?
There are times where a follow on financing does not include a new VC firm. The new round is financed by the current investors. This is known as an "inside round".
It used to be the case that an inside round often meant something was wrong. It meant the company was unable to raise money with a new outside lead investor due poor operating performance, team, market, whatever.
And sometimes that is a correct read on the situation.
But I believe that is no longer universally true.
In fact, an inside round could mean the company is stronger than ever. The company could be profitable, it could be capital efficient, or it could be crushing it. As a result the current investors may feel very comfortable offering the company a higher valuation for the stock which is compelling to the founders.
And that shouldn't be a surprise if you think about it. After all, the early investors should know more about the company, team, performance and opportunites than most new investors. Further, if the offer is compelling to the founders, then the inside round will also save the company significant time and energy since fund raising is a big effort.
I've seen a number of inside rounds over the past few years in some great companies. And I'm thinking we are going to see this increase in the future - especially with startups that are capital efficient.
I'm sure a number of outsiders will see those inside rounds and see weakness. But it may very well be the other way around.
I am very excited about a new service that launched recently - Blippy. In early 2008, I was hoping someone would create a similar service.
In case you aren't familiar, Blippy is a way to publicly share things you buy with others. If Twitter asks the question, "what's happening?" and foursquare asks you "where are you?", then Blippy is asking "what did you buy"?
My biggest issue with current online reviews is they are often gamed. Or the reviews are all over the map and it's hard to match content with context. I would rather see what my friends are actually buying (what hotels they stay at, what products they buy, what movies they see etc).
I'm sure lots of people feel their purchase history is a private matter. But I believe the upside is bigger than the downside as users (and you can always select items you want to hide). And, Blippy has the promise of the more you give the more you get. It's easy and the data is extremely valuable.
The service is currently in private beta (screen shot below). If you are a fellow early Blippy user then you can check out my profile here. I'm interested to see how this one goes.
At my first job (which was a startup) they did this thing after you worked there for 90 days. They would get everyone together and make a big deal about the new person and their role in the company. Then, they would give you these set of cubes.
I also remember that everyone had kept these cubes on their desk at that company. It was a cool thing that was part of their culture.
I still have mine. They are a bit scratched up as you can tell from this photo I took the other day.
But I keep them around because they remind me about the upside of rejection.
We are coming to the end of a decade.
So much has changed in the world technology. I thought it would be fun to jot down the gadgets and other misc stuff I used in those days.
1. Computer. I used a Powerbook G3 (Pismo). I had a love/hate relationship with that computer. It had a 400mhz processor and it was my first laptop with wifi. The screen was amazing. And even though System 9.x was getting long in tooth I loved it. But it was big and heavy. A year later the Powerbook G4 titanium was introduced and I bought one that same day.
2. Phone. Nokia 8210 running on AT&T. I couldn't get a signal on 280 near below 92. I guess somethings don't change. But that phone was sweet. It was tiny and the battery lasted forever. Many nights I didn't even charge it.
3. Blog/Personal website. In the late 90's I bought the domain sabet.net. In those days, I used Microsoft FrontPage. I would add a new photo to the home page every week or so and then update the page with family news. Internet Achive still has some data from my site back in 2000.
4. Bandwidth. I was a PacBell subscriber. I paid $50/month for 1.5Mbps/downstream. I don't remember how much upstream I had in those days.
5. PDA. That was the year, I dumped my Palm for a RIM 950.
6. My personal email was hosted on hotmail.
7. In the late 90's, my browser default home page was set to news.com. I think by 2000 it still was but I'm not sure.
Item #7 reminds me how much the web has changed as well. So many of my favorite web services didn't exist back then. And even some of my favorites from those days I use very differently today (e.g. Google). It's interesting to think about what the next 10 years will be like.
There were so many fantastic albums this year it's quite difficult to choose just ten.
I shared songs from all of these fine records during the year so I dont think there will be too many surprises.
Okay, well here goes:
This is a complilation of indie artists and all proceeds goto HIV/AIDS awareness and support. I actually discovered this record from Colin Meloy on Twitter.
, The Decemberists. This one took my by surprise. I really didn't like it at first but I stuck with it as a loyal fan. Then one day it just clicked. Beautiful record from front to back.
8. Outer South
, Conor Obert and the Mystic Valley Band. Loved it from day one.
7. Sigh No More, Mumford & Sons. Just an all around fun album.
. Amazing record by Conor Oberst, Jim James and M. Ward. My expectations were super high and they delivered.
5. Hometowns
,The Rural Alberta Advantage. Their first record and its fantastic.
4. Reservoir
, Fanfarlo. I discovered this one on the hype machine. Wonderful.
3. Humbug
, Arctic Monkeys. This album just rocks. That is all.
2. Hold Time
, M. Ward. An instant classic.
, Ben Kweller. When I heard Ben was going to go country on this new record i wasn't suprised. He moved back to Texas and you could always hear those roots in many of his older songs. I saw him play last year and a number of songs from Changing Horses made the set list. They were awesome. I bought the record on vinyl and mp3 and it's been on heavy rotation ever since.
Anyway, that's my list. Great year and I'm looking forward to a promising 2010.
(disclosure: the links above use my amazon affiliate code. all proceeds will be sent to Heifer International).
I was going to title this post "confessions of an email addict"
My good friend Tim wrote a fb update yesterday and asked how to disconnect during vacation.
That is a good thing to figure out.
It used to be simple. Create an "out of office message" on your mail server. Then just leave your laptop at home or in your bag. Presto.
But now many of us create and consume more on our always connected phones than our laptops.
The truth is I'm not ready to completely disconnect. I want my phone with me in case my wife needs me or other family members need me. Checking Twitter and FourSquare is fun. I love taking photos of interesting things. And I want to be able to deal with any critical matters that may arise from my partners or our portfolio.
So here's my plan but I absolutely welcome others to contribute. We are all in this boat together :)
I did create an out of office messagae on my mail server. It says I'm away until jan 4th because I am.
I'm only checking email once a day. And in the morning before 7:30am.
I'm asking that folks send me a txt or Twitter dm for urgent matters. That will be a small number and I'll deal with those during the day.
I'm going to be extremely mindful of the number of emails I create during my morning shift. The more emails you create, the more you get.
A lot of my friends catch up on all of their email on vacation. The theory is that your re-entry back to work will be less crushing. I used to be a member of this camp. I'm trying something new because that feels unhealthy to me. Vacation is time to relax, reflect and recharge and have fun!
I'm looking forward to this time off to be with my family and friends. Cheers!
Today is my dad's birthday. He's 70. We are going to have a party for him tomorrow night and I'm really looking forward to that.
My dad has taught me a lot.
We have much in common and in some ways we are quite different.
My dad introduced me to the world of camping, skiing, soccer, computers and photography. And jokes. Those memories go as far back as I can remember.
Happy Birthday Dad. See you tomorrow.
As I look back on 2009, my calendar (and my body) serve as a reminder that I traveled a ton. And I don't see that changing in 2010.
So I bought a new MacBook Air this weekend. It has a 128gig solid state drive. It's super light, quiet and smooth. I'm going to use this strictly as my travel computer not as my main computer at the office. (I wouldn't recommend using this as your primary computer).
In a way it's my netbook. This is how wikipedia describes a netbook:
Netbooks (sometimes also called mini notebooks or ultraportable) are a branch of subnotebooks, a rapidly evolving category of small, light and inexpensive laptop computers suited for general computing and accessing web-based applications; they are often marketed as "companion devices," that is, to augment a user's other computer access
The MacBook Air fits that description except for the inexpensive part. But Moore's law will win that fight.
Since the local storage is relatively small, I decided to use this machine very differently than my other computers.
-the vast majority of my data stored in the cloud (email, documents, photos, music, etc)
-primarily using only two desktop apps: Chrome and Dropbox
-gmail for personal email and msft outlook web access to for my work stuff
-the web gives me my music fix so I don't need local storage or apps for that
-photos all goto flickr for archive & backup. my favorite pix goto tumblr
-if i need to do anything creative with my digital work, I'll take it to Aviary
-any thing that i happen to download goes to dropbox which automagically ends up on my heavy duty Macs. those items get backed up and/or syncd to the iphone.
-I'm not going to install MSFT Office on this computer. I think I'll be more than fine with Google Docs and Apple iWork as a backup. This will be my first business machine without Office.
Let's see how this experiment goes. I'm optimistic.
"We gotta do a deal together"
Those six words are pretty common in the VC world. It's typically said when one VC sees another VC at a conference, breakfast or whatever.
I often smile inside when i hear those words because unfortunately most people don't mean it (sadly). I can see it coming almost every time. I've had too many VCs say that to me ever since I got into this business. Only a small subset of those folks have meant it.
Instead those six words are just a polite way of saying, "nice to see you". Or the cynical interpretation is "please show me your best stuff early". The latter is one sided and doesn't feel very good.
Just this month a well known VC told me, "we should really do a deal together". Yet later in the same conversation he said he only backs successful, serial entrepreneurs, won't back first time founders and needs a solid business model. I'm not exactly sure why he wants to work with me because that's not how I think about things.
The VCs I like best show it with actions instead of words. They brainstorm with me about our respective thesis, we talk about where the world is going, we talk about themes we like, we talk about entrepreneurs we love, we talk about ideas that are powerful and crazy. We don't spend time pissing on other VC deals.
There are number of folks that I've been dying to work with as a venture capitalist. And luckily I've been able to do just that. There are also number of VCs that I still haven't worked with formally yet but I know we will because we both have tried in earnest over the past year or two and it just hasn't happened yet. I have high hopes and believe its only a matter of time.
But for all the others that meet me for the first time, my suggestion is simple. Instead of saying "We gotta do a deal together", let's skip that part and just get busy getting to know each other, find interesting stuff and see if there is a connection.
And in the meantime, I'm happy we met because it's good to be in the people meeting business.
"Ahead Of The Curve" by Monsters of Folk
Just flew in on the red eye from San Francisco this morning. This is how I'm feeling right now
I left out a number of important things in my "the more you give, the more you get" post about the web.
The thing is, the "give" has to be easy and the "get" has to be great.
Web applications that force the user to spend loads of time before the eventual (hopeful) payoff don't work for me. That's why I mentioned last.fm first in my post. It's easy to give them my data. And they give back something great.
I've also become a big fan of gdgt and i check in a few times a week these days. It's perfect for lovers of gadgets (like me). gdgt fits this give/get model very nicely. You can go to gdgt and have a compelling user experience without registering. But it becomes even more powerful when you signup, create and *update* your profile. And it's so easy to give them my data. Find products and then add them to your own, had or want list. That's it. (here's mine).
That being said, there are a number of other services that get a lot of data from me in a smooth and easy way but haven't returned the favor like last.fm & GDGT.
For example, Amazon gets a lot of transactional data from me but it hasn't been able to connect me with good product recommendations or other users. Netflix gets a bunch of data from me but I think there recommendation service isn't as good as it could be. My credit card gets a lot of data from me but hasn't given me new services or a better experience yet. The company that brings me pay television services to our set top box has great data from me but the user experience hasn't changed in years.
I encourage folks to make the give part really easy and if possible even fun. Then hopefully the service can return the favor.
There are a number of private torrent networks out there that keep track of your upload vs download ratios. Put simply, if you don't give then you can't take.
In those networks the rules are rigid and you either play by the rules or you don't.
I like how a number of excellent web services offer a better experience as users contribute more to the service.
I'm going to mention a few that aren't in the Spark portfolio just so it's clear that I'm not trying to plug our investments (at least in this post :)
One of my favorites has to be Last.fm. I use the last.fm app to record or scrobble all of my music history from my iphone, hype machine, itunes and last.fm. I "give" them my data and I get great stuff in return. First, I can find other users that share my taste in music. That's super helpful. Second, my neighborhood radio keeps getting better and better as I contribute my data and others do as well. My song of the day that I posted this morning came from my neighborhood radio on last.fm. I bought that track and now I shared it with you all. Classic example.
Another example is linkedin. I have to confess, I was late to the linkedin train. But now that i'm fully on board its fantastic. But it has only become great for me because I'm investing in making my profile complete and because I'm making an effort to make connections with folks on the service. I invest my time and data and linkedin gives me great data and contacts in return. Give more = get more.
Okay, I'm going to break my rule and mention a few Spark portfolio companies (sorry i can't help it). First, Tumblr. Because I share tunes everyday that I care about, a number of you take the time to send me emails or tweets with links to your tumbr site and share music in return. I don't think I would discover so many artists on tumblr if I didn't make the effort on my side. And I am grateful that many do the same in return.
In my opinion, Twitter improves for me personally as I contribute more and engage more. It's a two way street.
My last example for this post is Foursquare. I contribute a bunch of data to Foursquare. Sure I check in to places everyday but I do a lot more than that actually. I add new listings. I add tips. I add friends. All of those are things I give to foursquare. And the more I give the more I get in return. Simple, example, because I added my friend Tim in atlanta i get to see where he goes on friday night for dinner with his family. I get that data in return and I also get something more, a close feeling of connection to one of my dearest friends.
I love these services. They all improve the user experience as you give more.
It's a great model and works for me.
The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs : A not-so-brief chat with Randall Stephenson of AT&T
Fake Steve Jobs on fire with this post.
I was at an event this month where a prominent, experienced investor was talking to the audience about small being beautiful. He was talking about fund size and investment size. His fund is smaller than $100MM. For this post, I'll just call him "Joe".
Joe went on to say that while starting companies has become more efficient, venture funds have been getting bigger. If companies need less money then why do VCs raise more money?
That's a fair point except for a big thing in my experience. The cost to start a company in the "early days" is now inexpensive. But then the growth phase requires significant capital (infrastructure & staff). Look at todays great companies - facebook, twitter, yelp, gilt groupe, etc. They required modest capital to start and launch the product. Then they raised big big dollars to scale.
That's a great model and works for investors and entrepreneurs alike. Venture isn't dead - rather it's being staged differently. The challenges for a small fund is to avoid significant dilution over time. The challenge for a big fund is the challenging IPO and M&A market. A firm needs big returns to make big funds work properly. Both fund sizes need to be aligned with the company and founder needs. I think everyone would agree on that.
But the big problem I had with Joe's speech was when he said that because of the tough IPO market, they invest assuming the vast majority of his investments will be sold for $50-$200M.
I waited for the clarifier but it never came.
I think our job (entrepreneurs and investors) is to build & fund companies that can become important, viable and standalone companies. That's why I don't consider the question "who will buy this company" when I think about making an investment.
I want to believe that these companies can innovate, grow and choose to remain independent on their own.
And more standalone companies grows the entire market.


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Yet Another Reason to Dislike France
Joel's vacation in France is going so very swimmingly that he has declined to participate in the Stack Overflow podcast for yet another week.
I'm not one to judge, but apparently Joel loves France more than he loves Stack Overflow. I'm just sayin'.
But, maybe we can pull something together sans Joel. There are some ideas on meta for the as-yet-unrecorded Podcast #66, so feel free to go in there and upvote or add your own.
(disclaimer: I'm just kidding, I have nothing against France. It's Australia that really sucks.)
Podcast #65
In this episode of the podcast, Joel and Jeff discuss lessons from a year of building Stack Overflow, the mysteries of COBOL, some YSlow website optimizations, and magic numbers.
- What have we learned in a year of building Stack Overflow? If someone wanted to design a system like Stack overflow, I'd give them these two pieces of advice. First, never have any unbounded behavior in your website. Anywhere. Bounding, velocity and rate limiting, should be pervasive throughout your design from day one. Second, provide an outlet for meta discussion from day one. Unless you provide a teacher's lounge, or afterschool activities for the students, you haven't completed the experience.
- In our experience, the best way to manage online behavior is to make the positive behaviors fun and rewarding. If you do this right, the bad and negative behaviors fall by the wayside. (Although you also, regrettably, will still need tools for dealing with rare but aberrant behavior.)
- Neither Joel or I have ever met a COBOL programmer. That's why we're skeptical of these dramatic claims that the world is overrun with invisible COBOL code. There are, surprisingly, some good COBOL questions on Stack Overflow, but it's a tiny fraction.
- How much COBOL code can you fit in the 1 megabyte (at most!) memory that these 60′s and 70′s era servers had? Or the tiny hard drives?
- Is what happened to COBOL programmers eventually what happens to all programmers? Take SQL as an example. If you have 256 gigabytes of main memory — not very expensive already, and getting cheaper every day — is all that SQL and disk stuff still relevant?
- We recently spent some time improving performance on Stack Overflow, and as always we've learned that whatever we think is slow, is not, and the part that is slow is in a totally unexpected area of our code. Never assume you know where a performance problem is, because I can almost guarantee you're wrong. Profile it and look at the data!
- We've seen huge benefits, more than anticipated, by moving our static web content to a seperate, cookieless domain. (We registered sstatic.net for this purpose, which explains the rationale.) This is one of the key recommendations from tools like YSlow and Google Page Speed. It's a surprisingly effective form of poor man's web farm scaling.
- A brief digression into the "why does anyone still use IE6″ argument. Here's Microsoft's official position, as crazy as it may seem.
- We may be at the end of the road for the low hanging fruit of website performance optimizations. Of course we can always buy faster hardware. But that doesn't fix the speed of light problem. Given our large international audience, I sort of wish we could have multiple server farms in different geographic locations, but that may be quite a long way off.
- Computer "magic number" number bugs are kind of fun; you may remember a very public Excel bug in this vein. Joel once got a credit card with an expiration date set in 2049, which is technically valid, but it barely worked anywhere.
Our favorite questions this week:
- Is 23,148,855,308,184,500 a magic number, or sheer chance? A fascinating tale of programmer number forensics.
- How to learn Cobol. OK, but first of all, why in the world would you want to do this?
If you'd like to submit a question to be answered in our next episode, record an audio file (90 seconds or less) and mail it to [email protected]. You can record a question using nothing but a telephone and a web browser. We also have a dedicated phone number you can call to leave audio questions at 646-826-3879.
The transcript wiki for this episode is available for public editing.
Podcast #64
Joel and Jeff discuss the disappointment of Google AdSense, the difference in skillset between programmers and testers, and the value of standards groups to working programmers.
- If you have feedback for Stack Exchange (still scheduled for beta by September 1st), please leave it on meta.stackoverflow.com under the Stack Exchange tag.
- The speaker list for Stack Overflow DevDays is coming soon, it's looking really impressive so far. For example, both John Resig (of jQuery fame) and Miguel De Icaza (of Mono fame) will be at the Boston leg, and there are still seats available! There's also a rumor that Jeff Atwood, whoever that guy is, may show up in London.
- We are forming a League of Justice on the web. The first new hero in our league is How-To Geek, of the most excellent How-To Geek website. It's the editorially cultivated content yin to our user-generated yang.
- On the crushing disappointment of Google AdSense on Stack Overflow. The theory of AdSense, matching topical ads to the content on the page, is fantastic. The reality of the type of ads we actually saw on Stack Overflow is a terrible disappointment. They were barely relevant, and often quite ugly.
- Our hand-selected ads, targetted to our audience, perform 50 times better than AdSense. We believe that if Google could somehow tag a site with a specific audience topic (such as, say, "programmers") it would do much better.
- If a site like Stack Overflow, which does almost a million pageviews a day, can't make enough to cover even one person at half time using Google AdSense, how does anyone make a living with AdSense? Does it even work?
- Joel says the only people making decent money with AdSense are scammers who specifically build websites to do nothing except target high pay-per-click keywords. I am not sure this is what Google had in mind. It is a stunning indictment of "the power of the algorithm".
- Our ad partner is Alex from The Daily WTF, and we take responsible advertising seriously. The right kind of advertising, the relevant, interesting, thoughtful kind is win-win. And always in moderation. We are willing to leave money on the table to have the right kind of ads that we like editorially.
- Joel has a great discussion about the difference in skillset between a good tester and a good programmer. "There's something about the nature of the work that's different enough that a lot of good developers are bored by testing, and a lot of testers are too detail-oriented to get anything done as a developer." Some programming skills are helpful, but they're different.
- There is great risk in creating standards in advance — how do you know if you're solving a problem people care about, or even the right problem in the first place? Also, the disconnect between the theory and practice can be rather painful.
- Who can we blame for the codified misspelling of "referer"? I would like to have some words with this person.
- We frequently use Stack Overflow to build Stack Overflow. It's almost a recursive endeavor. If you browse the questions the team asks on Stack Overflow or Server Fault, many of them are directly related to development and deployment issues on the sites themselves!
Our favorite questions this week are both from Super User, which for now is still in semi-private beta. If you need the password it is "ewok.adventure" without the quotes.
- Upgrading from Windows 7 RC to Windows 7 RTM. It's perplexing why Microsoft doesn't officially support RC to RTM without a little hack.
- Troubleshooting Failed Upgrade to Windows 7. Three out of four of my Vista machines upgraded to Windows 7 fine. That fourth one, though … I meticulously documented all the steps I took to troubleshoot it, so maybe my failure will be helpful to someone else in time.
We answered the following listener questions on this podcast:
- Adam: "The Fog Creek way of hiring programmers has been well documented. What about hiring testers, and how they fit into your view of how software should be built?"
- Kevin: "What do you see as the role of standards committees in the development community?"
- George: "You talked about open sourcing Stack Overflow. Why not just write a book about it?"
If you'd like to submit a question to be answered in our next episode, record an audio file (90 seconds or less) and mail it to [email protected]. You can record a question using nothing but a telephone and a web browser. We also have a dedicated phone number you can call to leave audio questions at 646-826-3879.
The transcript wiki for this episode is available for public editing.
Podcast #63
In this episode of the podcast, Joel and Jeff discuss the Mythical Man Month problem, keeping communication in check, Windows 7, and web scaling.
- Joel is fielding his largest team ever at Fog Creek — 9 programmers, 2 testers, and 2 program managers. They only have 10 usable weeks in the summer to build a product with their interns, so they have to parallelize their development.
- Contrary to popular myth, it is possible for a large team to be effective, if you mitigate the Mythical Man Month problem, which is really only about adding people to a late project and bringing them up to speed.
- How do you deal with an excess of communication (the explosion of paths) on larger teams? First, with program managers. That's what they are there to address, by becoming the conduit for communication. Second, constantly try to reduce the number of meetings and people in meetings.
- Speaking of communication excess, is email = efail? This is also why I believe in maximizing the value of your keystrokes, and the value of public communication. If you must email someone, keep it extremely short, a paragraph at most, with a direct question and call to action that is obvious and clear.
- One thought experiment: what would happen if all your email became Twitter messages? Or, as Joel proposes, is online communication itself a failed paradigm? At the very least, know the limitations of the communication medium you're using, and escalate as necessary.
- Some classes of plugins that can complement a product without competing with it: plugins that make the UI complex or dangerous, plugins that require a subscription fee, plugins that compete with the core business model of the product, and plugins that connect to a different commercial product.
- Products that have a vibrant plugin ecosystem and API are almost by definition successful products. It also creates a sort of weird ambient lock-in around the ecosystem, as in Lotus 1-2-3 macros, or Firefox users who won't switch browsers due to their favorite plugins.
- A brief discussion of Windows 7, which has much more "curb appeal" than Vista. Joel was not a fan of Vista; I was. And Windows 7 is the best Vista service pack ever.
- Stack Overflow almost reached a million pageviews per day last week, and we're consistently doing around 120 requests/sec, or 7200 requests/minute. We're starting to hit peaks of about 80% CPU usage on our single web server, so we may have to add a second webserver to the SO farm soon.
- Speaking of sticky sessions, we were surprised to find that there are those rare few users whose IP addresses will change radically from request to request.
- We are a Microsoft stack so we're looking at Velocity to share state across multiple webservers. It's a clone of memcached.
- Scaling problems are easy to solve. Just throw money at them, like 37signals recently did. The "getting people to give a crap about your application" problem does not respond to money in the same way.
- We run a number of LogParser queries on our webserver logs to identify statistically anomalous things that are happening on our website — what sorts of queries do you run on your web logs to show unusual activity? One of the weirder spiders that's hitting us a lot is Omgili, a sort of forum search tool.
Our favorite question this week is from Server Fault:
- Recommended LogParser queries for IIS monitoring? This is an example of putting the sort of information out into the world that we'd like to see exist — as well as documenting and sharing our own experience in hosting what is now a fairly large public website.
If you'd like to submit a question to be answered in our next episode, record an audio file (90 seconds or less) and mail it to [email protected]. You can record a question using nothing but a telephone and a web browser. We also have a dedicated phone number you can call to leave audio questions at 646-826-3879.
The transcript wiki for this episode is available for public editing.
Podcast #62
In this episode of the Stack Overflow podcast, Joel and Jeff discuss software updates, the power of APIs and plugins, and leading by example.
- A brief discussion of how software should be updated, using Firefox and Apple's Software Updater as examples. In a perfect world, you wouldn't need to care about software updates because you'd always be on the latest version. A smart and silent update mechanism should be architected into your app from day one.
- Web apps largely get a pass on the "latest version" problem, but even here, you could update smart by having multiple web servers behind a load balancer, and rotating some servers out of service to update, then back in with the latest version.
- Speaking of software updates, Fog Bugz 7 has shipped. It's the first new version in two years, with a brand new, extensive plugin API.
- Joel wonders if having a robust plugin model can replace the need to constantly ship new major versions of your software with new features. I question whether Fog Creek got their plugin API right the first time, but if done right, this is totally plausible.
- I view plugins as free product design and highly valuable product feedback — so you should fold the top 5 plugins / add-ons into your product every year or so. But how do you do this without crushing your partners in the ecosystem? There are plenty of examples of popular iPhone paid apps being obsoleted by, say, iPhone OS 3.0. Joel argues that plugins should go vertical, and stay out of the path of that oncoming steamroller.
- Now that we have four sites in the er.. trilogy.. it is finally possible to associate your accounts between the sites, and migrate questions fairly painlessly from site to site.
- Sometimes we belatedly realize that we got something wrong. We're now thinking that our current +10 upvote, -2 downvote formula nerfs downvotes into oblivion, and lets certain classes of users who tend to ask a lot of low-quality "do my work for me" questions gain a substantial amount of reputation over time. We are pondering making an adjustment here, which is under discussion at meta.stackoverflow.com.
- Maybe we should be weighting question votes differently, since users who continue to repeatedly ask dozens of low quality questions are still an ongoing concern. As we get more and more questions in the system, the voting system needs to help us discriminate good questions from poor ones, so we want to encourage question votes.
- There is now officially a full time Fog Creek developer working on Stack Exchange — welcome Aaron Maenpaa to the team! On a related note, one advantage of open source tooling is that you don't have to have painful discussions about licensing expenses and whether the tool is worth using as your team grows.
- R language enthusiasts are taking a clever and effective approach to get more R content on Stack Overflow — we think this is a great way to build a community that is completely in tune with the spirit of the site.
- In the post Leading by Example, I proposed that one of the best ways (maybe the only way?) to lead junior programmers is to do the things you wish they'd do, and let them observe your success. Those that can be led, will follow to some degree, and the rest are a lost cause.
- Let's broaden the terms. Forget programmers, how do you get pizza guys or car wash guys to get excited about what they do? Joel says you can't. I say there has to be some kind of hippie commune shared ownership business arrangement. At the very least, you can become interested in efficiency, since that might mean you could leave earlier, make more money, or work less.
We answered the following listener questions on this podcast:
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- Sergei: "I am a programmer in a small IT company. I often see my junior teammates program things that are not optimal. I try to help them, but they've complained to my manager. What should I do about this?"
Our favorite site questions this week are:
- DNS failing to propagate worldwide. I used this as an example of asking a question the right way, in that you put some effort into the question — research the problem first and provide all the information necessary for people to help you.
If you'd like to submit a question to be answered in our next episode, record an audio file (90 seconds or less) and mail it to [email protected]. You can record a question using nothing but a telephone and a web browser. We also have a dedicated phone number you can call to leave audio questions at 646-826-3879.
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Dirt Late Models do not use electric fans. Therefore, the only other thing that will need to be done once the motor gets back from its refreshening is to attach a fan shroud to our assembly. A brand new set of Earl's hoses will complete the package.
Now that our radiator is in the car, we're ready to get going. As the rules state, we'll be using distilled water as our coolant choice and absolutely no additives. Since we want to maximize our performance on the track week to week, we need to make sure we maintain all aspects of the car including the cooling system. Here's a basic outline of what we'll be doing to keep the cooling system in tip-top shape:
Inspect & Clean - The first thing we'll do after every race is inspect and clean our radiator. We'll look for damage from trash, chunks of dirt, and rocks that have been thrown up into the radiator that could have caused bent fins, breaks, and/or cracks in any part of the radiator, housing included. In addition, we'll be inspecting all of the hoses for cracks, scrapes, or pinholes. Obviously racing on dirt means we'll have to wash down the car each week, but it is not a good idea to use pressure washer on the radiator. High-pressure water can bend the cooling fins and bent fins will block airflow and do some serious damage to the radiator's cooling efficiency.
Pull It Twice - Twice this season we will pull the radiator from the car for a more thorough cleaning. Since we're racing on dirt, we'll soak the radiator in a solution of soapy water and then rinse it with clean ater straight out of a garden hose (without a squirter nozzle). That will help remove any dust and mud that has collected between the fins. If we were racing on asphalt, we'd have to use something a little different.
Radiators on asphalt cars will collect chunks of rubber which won't come out in a soap-and-water bath. In this case, Chris Paulson of C&R Racing recommends soaking the radiator in a solvent solution instead of soap and water. This will help dissolve away some of the asphalt and rubber and make it much easier to remove. Before soaking your radiator, however, make sure to cap the openings so that you do not allow solvent inside the cooling tubes. After soaking the radiator, pull it from the solvent bath and rinse it with clean water from the back to the front. This way you do not push any track debris further into the radiator. When reinstalling the radiator, make sure that your hoses are not breaking down.If they show signs of collapsing, it is time for them to be replaced.
When the racing starts, we'll put these maintenance tips into practice. And, as always, we'll be reporting on the results. Stay tuned.
Radiator protectors are a good way to add an extra layer of protection for your cooling system. These protectors mount in front of the radiator and absorb the impact from debris, rocks, and dirt instead of those aluminum cooling fins. The one pictured above, the Tru-Kool Radiator Protector, is from Speedway Motors. Its Nomex honeycomb construction is very strong and extremely lightweight offering excellent protection.
The protector is disposable and is designed to be replaced as it absorbs various amounts of damage. Naturally, how often you race, the type of track you race on, and other factors will determine how often you have to replace the protector, but some racers have reported running an entire season on just one honeycomb. The Tru-Kool Radiator Protector comes in four different sized sheets that can be easily trimmed to fit any radiator.


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Dozens of dignitaries celebrated the ceremonial grand opening of the Lane Center for Academic Health Science on the campus of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Wednesday evening. The $18.5 million facility is the first UCCS building to open along the rapidly-developing urban renewal stretch of North Nevada Avenue, promises to be a one-stop-shop for senior citizens needing various health treatments, and aims to recruit skilled medical professionals to the Colorado Springs area by providing rounds and residency for students in the University of Colorado Medical School. "It's a great opportunity to educate young physicians who really want to dedicate themselves to living in Colorado Springs and practicing in this community in the future," said Dr. Erik Wallace, Associate Dean of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, Colorado Springs Branch.
The Lane Center includes five clinics to be operated by UCCS and a sixth clinic for seniors operated by Peak Vista Community Health Centers. "Everyone who is providing services here is a faculty member and that means that they are, by definition, up on their game," said Dr. Sara Honn Qualls, a professor in the UCCS Department of Psychology. "They're teaching students and there's nothing that makes you stay on your toes like teaching students," Qualls said.
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May 27, 2014By Timothy Bowdern of Marquette Mustang Hoops
Dear Parents and Players,
I hope all is well! Congrats to those still in post season play. It has been really exciting to see some of our girls experience success this spring. And hopefully we can keep it going!
Here is some summer basketball information:
1. I would like to formally welcome Chris Meador to the coaching staff. As some of you know, he is the girls Varsity Softball coach here at Marquette. He brings years of coaching experience from a variety of sports and levels including basketball. He will be a varsity assistant in our program and will meet the players during our two practices May 29th and 30th. I think our players will be very excited about this addition!
2. As mentioned above, to prepare for our summer league games, we will practice this Thursday and Friday from 2:15 to 4:00. (All Levels and incoming 9th graders)
3. The cost of the league will be $70. You can pay during the two practices or at our first game. Please make a check out to Timothy Bowdern. I asked some of you if you were interested in additional games. I will email you personally about those. I was able to give some extra games per email to allow balanced teams.
4. Game Schedules: All players are on a grade level team. Team 1 consists of last year's varsity and new 11th graders. Team 2 consists of 10th graders and team 3 consists of new 9th graders. However, some players requested extra games and will be playing multiple levels on given nights. Again I will be emailing you personally if this applies to you.
These game times are not set in stone and change almost every single day, as they are still working things out. So fair warning—don't print the schedule until we start playing. Also note that we have one game on Wednesday night.
Game schedules below.
Team 1: http://www.allprosoftware.net/CSC2013schedule/aplsteam282.htm
Team 2: http://www.allprosoftware.net/CSC2013schedule/aplsteam281.htm
Team 3: http://www.allprosoftware.net/CSC2013schedule/aplsteam313.htm
3. Sunday Drills and Skills: June 8th, 15, 22, July 6, 13, 20from 5:30 to 6:45. Most are doing the M-factor so the cost will be free. If you are not doing the M-Factor, the cost will be $15. You can add that onto the Summer league cost and write a single check if you would like.
4. The M-Factor starts June 2nd. I will hand out the sign up form during Thursday's practice. Please read the most recent email here if you need the dates and information: http://www.ihigh.com/mustanghoops/article_200858.html
5. Jerseys: If you need another practice/summer game jersey please email me. I know the incoming 9th graders will need one. These are adult sizes.
We will see everyone at practice Thursday and Friday from 2:15-4:00. Good luck to many of our players still playing on varsity soccer tonight and Teonia Hansome (High Jump—State). As always, if you have any questions please feel free to ask.
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NEW YORK - More defiant than contrite, Roger Goodell announced no sweeping changes in his first public statements in more than a week of turmoil surrounding the NFL's handling of players accused of crimes.
The Royal and Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews is no longer just for men.
The gap separating the two SEC divisions shows no signs of narrowing.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were supposed to be vastly improved this year. The standings show a big, fat zero in the win column.
The months of September and October are considered by many deer hunters to be the pre-game warm-up for the "real season" when the rut begins.
Tom Watson didn't appear to be kicking himself.
ATLANTA - Mayor Kasim Reed said Tuesday he has already talked with six potential buyers of the Atlanta Hawks and expects a sale of the team to move quickly after racially charged comments by owner Bruce Levenson and general manager Danny Ferry.
MINNEAPOLIS - Adrian Peterson has been one of the most popular and marketable stars in the NFL, an approachable superstar with an inspirational comeback story that made him an endorser's dream.
WASHINGTON - A U.S. senator threatened the NFL with legislation over Washington's nickname, a letter was dispatched to the other 31 team owners, and the issue was linked to the league's others recent troubles Tuesday as the anti-"Redskins" movement took its cause to Capitol Hill.
WINDEMERE, Fla. - Tiger Woods is too busy in the gym to find a new swing coach, or even swing a golf club.
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - Star running back Adrian Peterson returned to the Minnesota Vikings on Monday, insisting he is not a child abuser and wanting "everyone to understand how sorry I feel about the hurt I have brought to my child" after he was charged with a felony in Texas for using a wooden switch to spank his 4-year-old son.
VARNVILLE, S.C. - Screven County's first trip to the Lowcountry was a good one for the Gamecocks (3-0), who brought home a 38-14 win over the Wade Hampton Generals.
An arrest warrant was issued Friday for star Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson after he was indicted in Texas on a charge of child abuse for using a branch to spank his son. His team benched him for this weekend's game against New England.
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks cancelled a scheduled meeting between their CEO and city civil rights leaders Wednesday, prompting one of the group's leaders to say his community was greatly offended.
ATLANTA - Billy Horschel showed why he might be the hottest player in golf at the moment with another 4-under 66 on Friday in the Tour Championship. It was his 10th straight round in the 60s. He already has a victory and a runner-up finish in the FedEx Cup playoffs.
MINNEAPOLIS - Teddy Bridgewater got hurt before he could finish a fine first NFL start.
GLENEAGLES, Scotland - Justin Rose swept that magical putter into the air before his ball even reached the hole, and he punched his right fist when it dropped for a birdie. Just like at Medinah, the final match in the Ryder Cup on Saturday gave Europe another big boost of momentum going into the last round.
ATLANTA - The Atlanta Hawks and city civil rights leaders said Friday's meeting between the team's CEO and the group was "extremely productive."
GLENEAGLES, Scotland - The start of this Ryder Cup was a lot like how the last one ended.
The fall hunting season is rolling along with squirrel, dove and archery deer hunting seasons already in full swing and firearms season for deer just around the corner.
GLENEAGLES, Scotland - Paul McGinley is not trying to reinvent the wheel at the Ryder Cup. He just wants to keep Europe rolling.
OWINGS MILLS, Md. - Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti criticized a report that suggests he and other team officials tried to persuade the NFL to be lenient on Ray Rice after the running back was arrested for knocking out his then-fiancee in an Atlantic City elevator.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Rob Bironas, who worked his way through odd jobs and the Arena Football League before becoming one of the NFL's most accurate kickers, died in a car crash. He was 36.


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Northeast: New York and Washington, D.C.
As you might have guessed, fall-like temperatures typically arrive quite a bit earlier in the Northeast.
|First high below 70
|July 8, 2005
|Sept. 19, 2008
|Aug. 25
|First high below 60
|Aug. 21, 2007
|Oct. 18, 2008
|Oct. 5
|First high below 50
|Oct. 15, 2009
|Nov. 9, 2004
|Oct. 28
In fact, occasionally highs in the 60s occur in the middle of summer there on cloudy rain-cooled days, particularly in New York City, where highs in the 60s occurred in July three years in a row (2003-2005). In other years, the 60s don't come until deep into September. The 10-year median is Aug. 25, which was matched exactly in 2010.
The Big Apple even had a freak high in the 50s as early as August 21, 2007, but in the other nine years of our study, highs in the 50s consistently began in the first three weeks of October.
And the first day of highs in the 40s or cooler arrives almost like clockwork in the big city, right around October 28 with less than two weeks' variation before or after that date in the 2002-2011 survey period. One year bypassed the 40s and went straight to the 30s – that was 2004 when Nov. 9 brought a high of 39, the first high below 50 that fall.
|First high below 70
|Sept. 1, 2006
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|Oct. 25, 2007
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As anyone who's spent a summer in Washington, D.C. knows, the summers can be long and steamy, so the annual fall cooldown is eagerly welcomed.
Over the last 10 years, the first high in the 60s has usually arrived in September, but in 2004 and 2005 the wait extended into early October.
All 10 years have seen the first highs in the 50s arrive in October, with the first 40s typically sliding in during early November (but varying from mid-October to Thanksgiving).
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hey guys, I realized I haven't given much of a preview for the new sketchbook I'm selling on gumroad, so here are some of my favorite bits!
if you see something you like, please check it out - it's only $2 for almost 150 pages of my work!
reblogging this post would help me out a ton!
I tried using emofuri too, its so funny with my style… sorry that my tumblr is like all GIF lately!
I'm taking Intro to 2D Animation right now as a summer class, I like animating a lot more than I thought I would!
haven't posted one of these for a while; sketches from my instagram, a lot of characters from my comic!
I took a basic storyboarding class this semester, and for the final we had the option to make a kind-of animatic and this is what I made! the song is Helix Nebula by Anamanaguchi. I was kind of nervous to put this on Tumblr, but here you go! it's about a space fantasy a beach girl has while she's skateboarding~
Hey everybody, it's that time of year again! This time it's 2 sketchbooks - almost 100 pages all together! There's tons of stuff for BFF fans, even some stuff for future chapters, so please check it out. Most of this stuff has never been posted online before!
(ps - reblogging this would really help me out!)
it's been a while since I posted any sketches, soooo here is this! steb was tweeting cute RO monsters which made me want to do this. xanthe helped me pick out all the classes…….
I've been playing Line Play too, but my avatar is just Teddy… seriously, the username is "Teddy Bijapur" if you wanna friend me! (my invites slots are filled!! thank you!)
From my Instagram.
Those scenery shots were part of development for the summer flashback, and there's also a shot of this page in-progress!
my friends and I have been playing a game where all of our characters work in an office, so I drew these! Penelope and Louis are my favorites.
Teddy is a manager, Louis is the receptionist, Penelope is a legal clerk, John works in HR (kind of a joke since he's an insensitive jerk) and Vincent is the janitor.
I just got done with "the big page" of the flashback (to be posted next week) so I thought I'd post some of the lineart/toning tests I did for the sequence.
PS: BFF's sister comic This is Not Fiction has been updating up a storm lately, you guys should check it out!!
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South of Spain and Gibralter (cont'd from Lisbon post)
After Lisbon, we were off to Seville. That's where one of the German guys was studying so we went together with a lady from blablacar.com. Seville was pretty cool, I only had a few days here but it was a really relaxed city. This was where I got my first taste of Spain. Siestas and people out on the streets drinking, families, tapas, flamenco. The Spanish people are so relaxed. Everything is no pasa nada! This is where I met an Austrian guy who was saying he wanted to go to Morocco, so I thought I'd go with him!
We went to Malaga next which was the home of Picasso. It was by the water and we spent a day at the beach which was really nice. My first time in the Mediterranean Sea! We had some really really good ice cream too, at a place by the beach that had been there for like 100 years and small homemade family run store. They use what fruit is in season to make their ice cream! The strawberry ice cream was probably the best I've ever had. Malaga had a really good market too, so one day after one of the girls from the hostel and I went to the Picasso museum, we went to the market and bought some olives, bread, nuts, cheese, strawberries and Tinto de Verano (wine of summer) and had a picnic! The food was soooo good and so fresh. That region of Spain is known for their olives especially. I never used to like olives until I came to Spain! They are deliciously amazing!
I then caught a ride with the Austrian guy from Malaga to Granada with blablacar. We were in this crammed little car with our backpacks all around us but it was only a few hour ride, and we had another lady in the car who was Argentinian. She commuted between the two cities for work and was so nice, she spoke English while the Spanish driver did not. When we arrived in Granada she walked us from where the driver dropped us to our hostel. So nice! She told us also the cheapest place for a Flamenco show and some other tourist things we should do while in Granada.
It was such a beautiful city, it's right at the south so very much has a Moroccan/Arabic feel. You can see it in the architecture and in the market stalls along the steep winding allyways. Turkish lamps, Moroccan rugs, bracelets, leather…. Did not feel like we were in Spain anymore. It was pretty modern too though, they had a big shopping street like Queen st mall which was very busy and open late.
We got to our hostel and it was amongst the ally ways but inside it was like an old house. 4 stories with a rooftop chill out area, with a beautiful view over the city. My room was on the top floor and I was lucky enough that there was another girl there who had just arrived, INKA!!! My friend from Finland! I asked her if she wanted to get some food and a beer so we went out. One amazing thing about Granada that is different from the rest of Spain is that when you buy a drink – alcoholic or otherwise – you get a free tapa…!! It's a tradition here and you won't find it anywhere else in Spain. One beer – maybe 2 or 3 euros, and you can get a plate of olives and cheese and bread, or at one place they gave us bacon and mayo bagels with heaps of French fries! Soo good!
I had about 5 days in Granada. One day we did a waterfall tour and went for a hike out along some waterfalls and had a picnic. Another day we did a hike up into the caves where the gypsies live in the mountains. They have amazing graffiti as well so it's a sort of underground walking tour where you see amazing graffiti and also the caves in the hill where people still live. Some tourists even go and live in caves as its cheaper than hostels, but you have to walk all the way up the mountains past the old city walls.
My last night in Granada and the hostel was fully booked and I was left without a booking. Inka had moved to a couchsurfing house and said that he had an extra couch I could crash on too. My first time couchsurfing! It was awesome – Enrique was a student from Puerto Rico who was in Granada studying and living with 2 other girls from Puerto Rico. He was sooo nice and loved my favourite band Calle 13 as well. J I only stayed with him one night, but we went over to his friends house for drinks and I impressed them all with my skills singing No Hay Nadie como tu. Haha.
The next day I caught a bus from Granada to Algeciras – the departure town to get to Morocco. It was a really small town. I went to the markets and bought some amazing fresh fruit and then caught another bus half an hour to Gibralter. It was so cool! It's part of the UK so everyones speaking English, there are post boxes and English things everywhere – to get into the town you have to walk across the international airport runway which is crazy. You're waiting at the traffic light, pressing the button, and a plane takes off right in front of you, and then it turns to the green walking man. Whaaat!!!
It was a shame though because I only got into Algeciras in the afternoon, so most things were shut in Gibralter by the time I got there, even though the sun stayed up until like 10pm… L I couldn't get the cable car up the top to see the monkeys and I didn't have time/ energy to hike up. Oh well – next time! It was freaking me out enough that after 6 months of being overseas with no English – I finally saw signs and heard people speaking English!
The next morning I was headed for Morocco….
Austria & Konigsee & Bled
Well Vienna was a little bit of a disappointment for me. One of those cities that is, in fact, just another city. We walked through the Belvedere Gardens which were nice and went to the NachtMarkt which was also pretty cool… I guess we didn't have that long here after Mum's flight got delayed but from what I saw, I wasn't super impressed!
OH YEAH so Mum came to visit me. HI MOM! We are travelling together for 3 weeks. Yay! Hotel rooms and meals as opposed to hostels and starvation… ;)
We caught up with my cousin and his woman in Vienna (Wien) too, for breakky, which was really nice! Don't get to see that side of the family enough.
The next day we went to Salzburg… the hills are aliiiiive. I quite liked Salzburg! It was smaller and, although more touristic, much more beautiful. It was still pretty quiet actually. We hiked up to the castle to see the view (You still have to pay, even if you hike!) and we walked by the river, through the old town which was really nice… And the 2nd day we did the Sound of Music Tour which was awesome! Drove through the mountains and saw the 16 going on 17 gazebo… the church where they got married (I don't even remember this scene TBH), and the gardens where they sing Do Re Mi.
That afternoon we took a little excursion to Germany (because we can) and went to Lake Konigsee. It was unfortunately very busy though, and after a nice boat ride on the lake (with a sneaky bottle of wine) had to queue up for about an hour to get back and then run for the last bus back to Salzburg. It was really beautiful though and I am glad we went. Our first time in Germany!
We went to Hallstatt after this, which was really beautiful little town on the edge of this lake. We had to get a bus a train and a boat to get there, and it was worth it! A lot of tourists but they only came on day trips, so it was nicer in the evening. We walked around and took photos and went to a church with these cool painted skulls. The cemetery was too small so they used to digg them up and then paint the skull and put it in this room… creepy. We also rented a boat and I drove us around the lake! Fun! It rained a lot so we just relaxed, and mum had a cold so it was good. I also applied for uni - yay!
So theeeen we decided to go to Slovenia… why not? It was pretty close and I had met some girl ages ago that said we should go to Bled and ring the bell and eat vanilla slice. And so we did. It was actually really beautiful there, nicer than Hallstatt. You could tell immediately entering Slovenia that it was a poorer country, but I think that is what made it more beautiful. Less tourists and buildings and shit. It was small and quiet and clean and we walked around the lake (it's only 5km) saying WOW. OMG. THIS IS A POSTCARD. There is a little island in the middle of Bled lake which has a church, which is where you ring the bell. And the water is crystal clear and warm. There was a free open air jazz festival going on too so we had some wine and sat on the grass and listened to Slovenian music. It was strange, the music. It started off really slow… and just when you thought you were getting so bored that you would leave, it started to get faster and faster and more fun and happy… then BAM it was over. Kind of plays with you! I'm not sure if I liked it.
The next morning I rented a paddle board (because i'm trendy like that) and paddled around the lake looking like a babe. I feel like I was one of those newbies that was already a pro, you know? I wasn't shakey or embarrassing I was just cool standing there on that surfboard paddling. Yeah….
Anyway. There were these girls that took their puppies on their paddle boards, so they were a bit cooler than me. One of their pups was a border collie and looked JUST like Buddy!!! SO CUTE and he made us cry because we miss Buddy so much. It literally looked identical to him. Same dog cry noise too. Waaah.
OH and the vanilla slice was awesome. Not really vanilla though - more of a cream slice. But really fresh and amazing. :)
I think Slovenia was our favourite so far… more to come in Italy in a few days! x
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Arriving in London was like arriving home… ENGLISH SPEAKERS after 6 months of Spanish, Portuguese, French and Arabic!! Yay!!
Plus, we have grown up seeing all of these landmarks, double decker busses and telephone boxes on TV, so it was pretty cool to finally see it in real!
Also seeing my lovely friend Matt who I met in South America - was really nice to not be on my own!
The next day I met up with Nat after she arrived back from Cuba!! We went to her friends house which is where we were staying while in London, in West Hampstead. It was so cute and Londony..! Like townhouses.. so nice of her to let us stay there for free :)
Okay so the main things I did in London were.. Harry Potter World! And omg Butter Beer tastes amaaazing. It's perfect! It's exactly what it should taste like! Was really cool to see where it was all filmed etc.
I saw Buckingham Palace, St Pauls, Westminster Abbey, London Bridge and Tower Bridge… I got a hair cut! We went out for amaaazing Entrcote, Pimms, Fish and Chips, Indian on Bridge Rd…. I went shopping on Oxford St and Camden Markets and saw Piccadilly, Trafalgar and Leicester Square.
Pretty full on LDN experience I'd say!
Okay so then Nat and I rented a car from Gatwick and headed to Brighton!! After seeing the first hostel we were going to stay at, we decided to stay in cheap hotels instead… hahaha. It was going to be our holiday from a holiday!
Brighton was really nice - I really liked the beach and the fun park on the wharf… there was a lot of rubbish everywhere though! Which was a shame, but it was still beautiful.
The next day we went to Stonehenge and then to Oxford. We met up with my friend Alice that I met in South America who lives in Oxford and she gave us a little tour which was cool! We saw some amazing colleges and where they filmed some of Harry Potter!
From Oxford we went to Stratford Upon Avon… the shop. It was like 20 pounds to get into Shakespeares house so we just went to the gift shop (we did this with every other place I've mentioned btw…) But yeah! Shakespeares birthplace! And then soldiered on to Worcester to see Tim!!!
Was so great to see him again after 5 years - omg! And he was living above a pub from like 1612 or something… so old and cute! We went by the river for some drinks, then went to the pub he was living above for some amazing pies and mash and beer and cider. We had so much fun! We slept on the floor of his little apartment above the pub too which was pretty cool.
After that we were heading for York, but stopped along the way at Chatsworth House which is a huge mansion in the middle of nowhere with beautiful gardens etc. We didn't go inside (just the gift shop) but had a lovely afternoon tea there! Complete with cucumber sandwiches, scones, brownies and English tea!
Continuted onto York which ended up being one of our favourites. Really old and cute, and the BnB we booked was full so they upgraded us to the 4 star one next door! So nice! (Although they double charged me and i'm still waiting for the refund…. hmmm) But it's a really cute town - we went shopping and wandered the little cobble streets, and marched to the top of the hill!! (The Grand ole Duke of York….) But we actually did.
Potato Potato Potato.
Spent a week in the Lough Shores of Erin…. hehehehe
Dublin was not what I expected. It was a lot more modern and dirty and just like any other city. Maybe I needed to get out and see a bit further outside of the city centre, but it was just another city to me. Cute doors. Very green. Good pubs! Lots of history…
I think I preferred my next stop in Galway. Although it was raining on arrival, the hostel was very nice and I did a few day trips from here. One to the Aran Islands to Inis Mor and another to the Cliffs of Moher.
I met a girl from Kamloops which was cool so we did the Cliffs together and hung out. Went to a few pubs and had some amazing meals (sesame fried Brie wedges…)
Went to Killarney after there and went to a Gaelic Football match and soaked up the atmosphere of an overcrowded town partying up a win in the Munster final!!! Was cool… the town was literally swarming with football fans. As my bus drove into town it was like Moses parting the sea, with people cramming back onto the little sidewalks so we could drive on the road.
Next stop was Cork where I met up with my Kamloops friend again, and we kissed the Blarney stone! The weather was FINALLY amazing, so we went in search of a swimming pool. Strange because Ireland never has weather this nice, so there are like no pools anywhere. After 4 or 5 failed attempts we FINALLY find a hotel where we can sneak into it and use there pool. So nice! It was such a hot day..!!
Aaaand that was Ireland! Short but sweet, like most of the Irish people.


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The Yakoun River is one of the most remote winter steelhead fisheries in British Columbia. Located on in Haida Gwaii, aka. the Queen Charlotte Islands, this is a last frontier of steelhead fishing. Accessed by an extremely limited amount of anglers every winter, the Yakoun holds big steelhead, and is recognized as one of the finest winter steelhead fishing locations anywhere in BC.
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Chromer Sport Fishing is pleased to have partnered with the premier steelhead fishing operation on Haida Gwaii and now offers seven day lodge package steelhead fishing trips on the Yakoun and Copper rivers. These are fully guided all-inclusive steelhead adventures to one of the most remote destinations anywhere in Canada.
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|Trip dates available from early December to late March.
The oceanside lodge you'll be staying in while on your Haida Gwaii steelhead adventure is nestled on five acres of secluded beach and surrounded by the old growth rainforests found no where else in the world. With a sensational view of the Hecate Strait, the body of water separating Haida Gwaii from BC's mainland, this is a beautifully renovated cedar lodge with a comfortable atmosphere.
These Haida Gwaii steelhead adventures are limited to a maximum of six guests per week and the lodge accommodates this number perfectly. The lodge is a short drive from the Sandspit airport, where you'll be picked up on arrival day.
During your week you will fish the Copper, Pallant and Yakoun rivers as well as other small coastal rivers near the lodge that only we can access. This is why Chromer offers this trip, because of its variety and its flexibility to have you on rivers when they're at their best. Guests can count on fishing the Yakoun River two or three times during their week's stay. To maximize your time there, we fish the Yakoun when it has its most favourable water conditions during your stay.
The oceanside lodge you'll be staying in while on your Haida Gwaii steelhead adventure is nestled on five acres of secluded beach and surrounded by the old growth rainforests found no where else in the world. This is a beautifully renovated cedar lodge with a comfortable atmosphere.
The Yakoun River is quite easily the most unique winter-run steelhead fisheries in British Columbia. This remote river is located on Graham Island in Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands. This is an untamed river, with very little pressure set in one of the most spectacular rainforests found anywhere.
The Yakoun doesn't have huge numbers of returning steelhead but the ones that do are beasts. If you're willing to put your time in the Yakoun will reward you with a 15-20 pound winter steelhead.
The river is accessed best by walk-n-wade fishing. Sometimes a raft will be used on guided day trips but expect to do some bush-wacking. The river itself is very easy to wade and the fishing is not terribly technical. The fish hold in shallow riffles and tailouts of runs. A swung fly is effective as is conventional gear fishing. Anglers can expect one or two hookups a day on average while fishing the Yakoun during prime months.
The Copper River is the closest river to the lodge with only a five-minute drive time to its outflow into the ocean. A difficult stream to read and explore and one where you will have a huge advantage in being guided. This small river surrounded by old growth forests is rarely access by other anglers and although sometimes challenging to fish it can offer big rewards when a 15 pound steelhead erupts from its shallow tea coloured water.
On this package you'll also have the opportunity to fish Haida Gwaii's lesser known and smaller secret steelhead rivers. Pallant Creek is a beautiful little stream with crystal clear water perfect for sight fishing its wild winter-run steelhead. Along with Pallant Creek there are also several other smaller rivers you'll have the chance. These are wild untouched steelhead rivers in on of the most remote and rugged settings found anywhere in the world. You'll just have to come steelhead fishing in Haida Gwaii to find out what they're all about!
How do I get to Haida Gwaii? Although extremely remote, Haida Gwaii is fairly easy to get to. There is a daily flight from Vancouver during the winter months. The flight is less than two hours and we'll send you suggested flights making for easy travel plans.
I'm looking for a unique steelhead experience, is this the trip for me? You better believe it. This is one of the most unique steelhead trips anywhere in the world, a west coast winter steelhead experience like no other. This is not a trip we recommend for beginner steelhead anglers but if you have some experience and are looking for something new this is a superb package.
How many days will I fish the Yakoun River? Typically packages include three full-days of the six days on the Yakoun. This is the only package in Haida Gwaii that offers days on the Yakoun and some other lesser known, but equally impressive steelhead rivers. Having access to these other rivers gives you the ability to fish the best water all week long.
How many guests are fishing each week? Only four. This is an extremely limited package, with few rod days, so there is very little pressure on the rivers and only four people staying at the lodge.
How many steelhead will I have a chance it in my week? Tough questions to answer. Conditions and fishing does fluctuate on a weekly basis, with fishing going from epic to rather slow without warning. You will be fishing with professional, experienced guides who spend their entire winter season on the Yakoun, so every opportunity for the best fishing will be provided.
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Trade fair accomodations
IHB Travel specialises in leasing and subletting of allocations of hotel rooms during trade fairs and associated business dealings. IHB Travel has now extended its leading market position in this segment and, thanks to the extensive experience, IHB Travel is able to provide clients with hotel rooms located close to the trade fair.
Hotel proposals for trade fairs in 2014
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1-star hotel in the outskirts from € 115,-
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A&O Hotels and Hostels
A&O offers price-conscious city travellers, families, business travellers or groups of all kind, great accommodation in different categories. A&O is located in all great German cities and is always looking for new interesting locations having also expanded into two neighbouring countries.
All Hotels and Hostels are always located centrally and are easy to reach by bus, train or car.
If you're looking for a short overnight in a dorm, togetherness in a cosy double room or if you are on a business trip in a single room, A&O is the right choice for you. We also have special offers for families, such as spacious family rooms with a double bed and a bunk bed. Kids also get their own kids corners, free extra beds on request, colouring booklets, high chairs and much more.
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Dreaming on the tall ship Deutschland
A dream opportunity for nautical enthusiasts of all ages – the chance to stay overnight on board of the only surviving fully-rigged sailing ship under German flag, where the navel cadets once used to sleep. The training ship 'Deutschland' was first launched from Bremerhaven's Tecklenborg shipyard in 1927 and remains a showstopper to this day... During a tour on the Weser river and habour you will get to know more of Bremen. Unforgettable historical impressions can be received by a guided walking tour through the inner city. Back in the Northern part of Bremen the maritime exhibition "Spicarium" waits to be discovered. Dreaming of the great crossing with a coffee speciality: It´s the perfect way to round off your trip.
This 3-day-package includes per person:
- 2 nights' accommodation (shared bathroom facilities)
- 2 breakfasts
- 1 guided city walk
- 1 boat tour of the Weser river and port
- 1 admission to the Spicarium
- 1 coffee speciality
- 1 Bremen ErlebnisCard (discovery card) for 2 days
(for free travel on public transport and also valid for train from Bremen main station to Vegesack station)
- 1 Bremen guide book (per room)
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The ideal present for your partner, friends or family members:
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A&O offers spacious double rooms with TV, comfortable beds for maximum comfort, and modern bathrooms with fresh towels and a hair dryer on an approved DEHOGA certified 2 ** level. Besides, guests can enjoy their stay right in the heart of the city with perfect connections to public transport.
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We also look forward to welcome children! The coupon owner can just give our service personnel a call and tell how many kids will be joining the big city trip and we take care of the perfect family room and extra baby beds!
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In Frederick's footsteps - Maritim Hfenhotel Rheinsberg
Available all year round excluding holiday periods Visit the place whereFrederickthe Great of Prussia spent the happiest days of his life as crown prince.
2 x overnight stays including breakfast buffet
1 x "Frederick" cocktail with your evening meal
Romantic "Frederick" menu on the second evening
One trip in a horse-drawn carriage to the castle (return not included)
Entry to Rheinsberg Castle
Complimentary use of swimming pool, sauna and fitness area
Swimming by candlelight every evening (adults only).
A quick tip: travel back to the hotel along the river, either by boat or on foot along the beautiful promenade.
Price per person
Double room: from 159 €
Single room: from 245 €
Surcharge upgrade per room
Comfort category 20 €
Superior category: 30 €
Information and booking:
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A business establishment of Maritim Hotelgesellschaft mbH, Herforder Strasse 2, 32105 Bad Salzuflen
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The 4* superior hotel
A holiday atmosphere reigns over Europa-Park!
The visitors can follow the steps of the founding fathers and explorers in the 4-star superior themed hotel "Bell Rock". Destination of the trip: The cultural and historical cradle of the USA – New England.
Look forward to a 40,000 m² surface with:
225 family-friendly rooms
35 suites, all individually themed
6 suites in the lighthouse
a maritime esplanade
neighbouring hotel park and over 2,000 m² water-area
300 m² ship-like pool area
buffet restaurant
à la carte restaurant New England
fine-dining restaurant in the lighthouse
wine cellar
Havanna lounge
café-bar with outdoor terrace
water playground
Europa-Park fitness club
Book a stay in the themed 4-star superior hotel "Bell Rock" for only 182,50 € p.p. / double room incl. two days entrance!
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EUROPA-PARK - Back to Middle Ages in the hotel
Dreamlike nights in mediaeval ambiance are guaranteed in the 4-star themed hotel "Castillo Alcazar"! Calm down after an exciting day full of adventure and fun in Germany's biggest theme park!
Inside the Spanish walls you can join the romantic castle life and return to the times of knights and lords. The bar "Buena Vista" on the 9th floor offers you a beautiful view over the park, while the hotel pool provides the whole family with fun and refreshing moments!
Book your short trip to Europa-Park from 173,50 € p.p. / double room incl. two days entrance!
Included services are:
2 days admission to Europa-Park
large breakfast buffet
free parking
VIP entrance to Europa-Park for (30 min before opening)
for guests with admission to Europa-Park
heated outdoor-pool in the inner courtyard
Spa area "Marrakesch" with sauna and steam bath
children´s corner
children's water playground
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