2016 in review
It’s been a long year. I think it is useful to reflect on what has happened. Here is a list of some of the places and things I’ve done this past year.
Travel:
From my home-base in London it was almost a different country every month last year. The highlight was definately Lisbon. What a great area! The beaches were amazing, we found a little alcove near Cascais that felt very intimate. Two days in the mountains near Sintra was perfect. The area felt very tourist friendly, with a very layed back vibe. The only down-side was the Atlantic Ocean water was quite cold.
- Amesterdam, Netherlands
- Plovdiv, Velingrad, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Paris, France
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- Lisbon, Portugal
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Seattle, Washington, USA (Opendaylight Summit)
- Barcelona, Spain (Openstack Summit)
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Leisure:
Felt like I did alot more than this, but here’s the stuff thats showing up on the calendar.
- Sky Garden, London
- http://www.magicallantern.uk/london/
- Royal Ascot
- Bill Burr at the Hammersmith, Apollo
- The Heavy at the O2 Arena, Kentish Town
- Frankenstein at the Royal Opera House
- The Merchant of Venic at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre
- Saracens vs. Gloucester Rugby at Allianz Park
- Chelsea Garden Show
- Weekend in the Lake district
- Book of Mormon
Skill Development:
- Openflow Presentation
- NETCONF Presentation
- RHCSA
- Python
Projects:
Pretty happy with my progress here, I’ve been meaning to start a website for quite some time, finally got around to putting it all together.
- Personal Web-site and blog
- ODL Health-check
- Lab migration
- Stand-up Openstack Mitaka
Books:
Going to have to review this one when I get back to London. I want to try to read at least a book per month this year for pleasure.
- Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
- Automate the Boring Stuff with Python - Al Sweigart
- How to Fail at almost everything and still win big - Scott Adams
- Furys of Calderon - Jim Butcher
- Academs Fury - Jim Butcher
- Cursors Fury - Jim Butcher
- Norwegian Wood - Lars Mytting