Peter’s Blog

Tell me that doesn’t look a burning book. Little did you know that the Dutch police are actually firemen. Speaking of weird things, the Amsterdam police offer a 360 degree tour of a police HQ.

It’s probably no good for most (all?) of my blog readers (all five of you), but Honderdhandigen, the group that I have office space in the Volkskrantgebow as a part of, is throwing an opening party on February 1:

Very Web 2.0, no?

• Everyone signs their business emails “Met vriendlijke groet”. At least change things up occasionally!
• Supermarkets sell wine, mixers and things like port but they do not sell hard alcohol. Liquor is not super expensive (and beer is really cheap: 24 bottles of Amstel for €6.50 is a steal in my book) and there tends to be liquor stores right next to supermarkets (sometimes even sharing the same building entrance). The liquor stores aren’t state owned, so I don’t know why this rule exists (and there obviously is one).

Robert asked me to take his busted iPhone in for service, so I figure I might as well widen the call: does anyone in Amsterdam want help with an iPhone, whether buying one or getting one repaired? I’ll be in Silicon Valley from December 14 to January 8 and would be glad to help out.