Guus Bosman

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Christmas tree on Schiphol

Christmas tree on Schiphol.On Schiphol airport there were both Sinterklaas and Christmas decorations.

The Christmas ornaments in this tree are in Delftware style.

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Dutch cheese

Dutch cheese.Dutch cheese is the best cheese in the world, and I brought about 6 pounds coming back from Holland this weekend.

I went to the market in Wieringerwerf, and took 3 chunks of different types of cheese, ranging from medium old to very old ('crumbling'). So delicious!

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On my way

Moorkop.After a very short stay in Middenmeer, I'm on my way back home!

In the morning we went for some shopping, and in thirty minutes my parents will bring me to Hoorn station. I'll make a brief stop in Amsterdam, and my flight leaves at 7.00 am tomorrow morning.

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Ettie & Gerben married

Ettie and Gerben.Today Ettie and Gerben got married! It was a beautiful day, in Leeuwarden in De Koperen Tuin.

It was a small but nice group and we all had a good time.

I took lots of pictures (Linda brought a Canon 350 that I could borrow!) and they came out nicely.

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In Middenmeer

Plane at Gatwick.Today at 11.30 am I landed at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. The flights from Raleigh to Gatwick and from there to Amsterdam went smoothly, although I didn't get as much sleep as I wanted.

My parents picked my up at the airport, it was very nice to see them again. At home we prepared some last minute things for the wedding tomorrow. Jaap and I went to do some shopping in Middenmeer, it's always nice to walk through town and see so many familiar faces.

It's 6.30 pm now in the Netherlands, and I'm about ready to go to sleep.

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To Holland with Thanksgiving

I'm on my way to Holland to attend Ettie's wedding!

Tonight at 6.45 pm is my flight from RDU to London Gatwick. For the first time in a long time I'm traveling without a laptop. I'll arrive in Amsterdam Thursday late morning local time.

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Raven Rock

A bird trainer.Today I visited the Raven Rock state park, about an hour south of Raleigh.

It's not very warm anymore but it was a pleasant day for a walk. I did a 5 miles trail, through fall colored woods.

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Birthday block CiviCRM

This year I transitioned my hand made address book to CiviCRM, an open source CRM system.

Today I added a block with upcoming birthdays (only visible for registered users), based on examples I found on the Code Snippets page of CiviCRM. I contributed my code back to their Wiki.

This birthday block is based on CiviCRM 1.8.

Update August 2009: See this page for a version of the block that works with CiviCRM 2.x.

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Holiday season

Car radio.The holiday season seems to have started and every day of the week we had baked cookies or cakes at work. This time of the year inspires people to bake delicious things, apparently. Next Thursday its Thanksgiving.

When I was left from work I tried a few radio stations looking for some music. When I switched on 93.9 Kiss FM, there was a very pleasant surprise: Christmas music has started! On the way from work I hummed and sang along with all those familiar songs. Last year the Christmas music started a bit earlier, on what was then called Sunny FM.

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Ettie & Gerben

Ettie and Gerben.Ettie and Gerben are getting married! Friday November 23rd will be their wedding day in Leeuwarden.

It's great news -- many congratulations from both of us!

Below you'll see the picture on their wedding invitation.

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