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I need a vacation
After finishing my work on the Pride Life project and looking at , I decided I needed a vacation NOW. Where to? I hate to admit it, but a DB ad for tickets starting at €49 for their CityNightLine train to Cologne got me thinking. So why not Berlin? I had just been sent the latest draft of Turn Left’s guide to the city, so I was sorted in the guide book category. On Friday I went down to Centraal Station and after a decent wait and some playing around with timetables, I had train tickets to Berlin. Since the night train on Easter was booked almost solid, I decided to take the 06:45 from Schipol to Berlin on Monday morning. On the way back I would take a night train leaving at 00:30 on Thursday. Consulting Turn Left, I booked Monday and Tuesday nights at Motel One Mitte, for €50 a night. So there it was: I was going to Berlin! (more…)

Casulo - Möbel für mobiles Wohnen - mobile living funiture

A box with the base area of a euro-pallet, only 90cm high. Inside: a armoire, a desk incl. container, a height adjustable stool, two more stools, a shelf, a bed with mattress.

All together to set up without any tools in a few minutes and without leaving any piece over. Alternatively to disassemble, ready to remove, without additional packaging materials but protected perfectly – impossible? Well, it’s not!

Having moved apartments so frequently, this is a modular furniture set I’d love to have! I’d also love a trunk that could efficiently and safely hold some basic dishes and pans, bedding, and electronics – i.e., I’d love to be able to move apartments at the drop of a hat thanks to just a few well-designed, super-efficient containers.

Patrick Smith, the author of the always excellent “Ask the Pilot” column on Salon, has a good post on the NY Times website called “The Airport Security Follies”.