The naked ambition of Spencer Tunick – in pictures – See that last photo of the Sydney Opera House? The Snook and I are in there somewhere… https://t.co/44wC2wSdHG
@geoffwhill It was an incredible morning I’ll never forget… but I’m also happy I didn’t see anyone I know. 😂
@simonwaight My one worry on the day was running into someone I recognise. 😂
Working on a keynote I’ll be delivering next week. Last night I had a nightmare that Tr*mp came to watch it and heckled me. On the upside, I got some ideas from the version I was presenting in the dream…
RT @harrietprebble: This viral marketing campaign for Tame Iti’s “I Will Not Speak Māori” installation/performance is a stroke of genius. E…
RT @Poetron5000: Forget Dungeons & Dragons, I want to play https://t.co/0Z1MI90jzr
Went out for dinner tonight with yet another Aussie-in-Munich: @AndyDentPerth and his missus Rosalie. We toasted to all our friends getting together at #dddperth this weekend! ❤️🇦🇺🍻 https://t.co/oN8rwWzKI0
RT @rohini_gaonkar: We also had AWS Data Hero @Sridevijms21 and AWS Hero @DipaliKulshres1 on the stream explaining Object Oriented programm…
I left like 20 channels in Slack today, and it felt like radical self-care. https://t.co/G0Xzcmq7un
RT @AWSOpen: Today, Amazon is excited to #opensource a key technology that powers EventBridge. Event Ruler is a Java library that allows yo…
I swear, the number of Aussie friends I’ve met up with in Munich is ridiculous! (Yes, technically @polleyg is Irish and lives in Germany now, but he still counts.) ❤️🍻 🇦🇺 https://t.co/0tkn3uUWPa
I have complained a lot about @Meetup over the years, but credit where credit is due – this has been one of my top frustrations, and they finally fixed it. At last, one click to turn off all notifications from a group! 👏 THANK YOU. https://t.co/kwi3m3tzZ7
Kicking off tonight’s @aws_ug_muc meetup! Thanks to @adesso_SE for hosting at this lovely venue. @AWSCommunityDE #awsug @Osterjour https://t.co/DM9nTsQFHt
I was very excited tonight to finally meet my colleague @mreferre, who traveled from Milan to present about running modern apps on AWS. #awsug https://t.co/45MCvobxof
@wolkencode Is that your actual view?!?
@alex_casalboni @mreferre You were discussed, Alex! We miss you. ❤️
Lots of interest for @mreferre’s presentation on how AWS thinks about modern apps. #awsug @aws_ug_muc https://t.co/tiTeH8x1hZ
SPAAAAAACE. There is a lot of interest in @markusziller’s talk about AWS Ground Station! This is the first meetup talk I’ve ever attended that had to sync up with a passing satellite. 🤯 👩🚀📡 https://t.co/0tjNVnsBC5
“Could you use this technology to… hack a satellite?” It’s not often you meet a Bond villain at a meetup. 😂📡 #awsug
It’s still quite warm in Bavaria, so we squeezed in a day trip to the Ammersee. This lake to the southwest of Munich is the sixth biggest in Germany, and it’s just a short 45min train ride to the end of the S-bahn line to Herrsching. As soon as we disembarked we hopped on a couple Deutsche Bahn “Call a Bike” bicycles to go for a ride along the shore.
Herrsching is on the eastern shore of the lake, and along the Promenade there is a statue called “Die kleine Seejungfrau” (“The little mermaid”). Rather than having a fish tail herself, she sits on top of a giant fish.
Nearby is the Kurparkschlösschen, a “little castle” built in the 1800s. Apparently you can rent it out for events!
We rode south along the Promenade dodging crowds of tourists and families, and then eventually got onto a hiking/cycling path right along the shore.
The Call a Bikes are pretty sturdy, and they do have a couple gears thankfully.
At a couple points we had to ford small streams running down into the lake!
Our goal was the Froschgartl, a little biergarten around 6km (3.5mi) south of the Kurpark. Eventually we made it there and put in an order for our lunch.
Not a bad little burger! It’s not really much of a biergarten; more a couple picnic tables around a snack bar. Still, you can’t beat the view.
After our lunch, we walked over to the rocky beach to sit and digest for a bit.
We had our swimsuits and there were people swimming, but that water was pretty cold! Instead we took off our shoes and socks and went for a little wade.
That water is SO CLEAR. The rocks were pretty slippery though so we soon retreated back to safety.
Ahhhh, can’t you just feel the serenity? Look at that sky! (Also, there was a fully nude old dude like 10m to my left. Germans, man.)
Eventually we put our shoes back on and rode back to Herrsching, this time using the paved bike path along the highway so it was a lot faster. We went further north this time to the “Fischbach” part of the lake, where there’s a marina and a sailing club.
Soon it was time to head back, so we returned the Call a Bikes and caught the S-bahn home. The Ammersee was honestly one of the prettiest places I’ve ever been. If you’re in Munich and you have nice weather, this makes for a lovely day trip!
You can see our ride on Strava here:
@evanderkoogh @TagAlongDeb I just woke up to that news – a welcome step in the right direction!
RT @lynnlangit: want to hack with me? – let’s build!
@awscloud https://t.co/D9wYwnX8q6
A beautiful day at the Ammersee. Bavaria might just be the prettiest place in the world. ☀️⛵️🌲🏔 https://t.co/uVUGB4J6GP
@PilotSchenck Sadly not open on Sunday!
@HeshamAboElMagd Yes, stayed at the hotel and rode the Seilbahn up to the Zugspitze. 🙂
@PilotSchenck It’s okay! Have had plenty of their beer. They were the main vendor at the Munich Isarinselfest on Saturday. 🙂
RT @GunnarGrosch: And that’s a wrap for the third qualifier of the AWS GameDay World Championship! Five more teams move into the finals:
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@evanderkoogh I must’ve missed something there, but I hope things get better. ❤️
@evanderkoogh Ohhhhh right. Yeah, that. 🙁
The rides are going up! 🎢 🎠 #oktoberfest @ Theresienwiese https://t.co/5VRH3nTiWP
We made it to the #isarinselfest and managed to check out some bands before the storm hit! 🎶🎸🍻
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so funny hhh
Really excellent. It’s had a Much extended run here so who knows!
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