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    Here’s the second part of my blog post covering our trip up to the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain. Since we’re going into “light lockdown” next week, I suspect this is going to be the last pleasure travel for us for quite some time!

    Zugspitze – the top of Germany


    KiBa attempt #2, courtesy of the Snook. Check out that marbling! 🍒🍌😍



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    KiBa attempt #2, courtesy of the Snook. Check out that marbling! 🍒🍌😍

    KiBa attempt #2, courtesy of the Snook. Check out that marbling! 🍒🍌😍


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    This account delights me. https://t.co/t4MPxVgU9C


    @mmastertheone This is why our pantry was such a nightmare to clean when we moved.


    RT @adhorn: Over the course of the 66-hour Prime Day, 16.4 trillion calls were made to the @dynamodb API, peaking at 80.1 million requests…


    @frconil My niece wanted a Barbie. I got her the I Can Be President one. My sister was like, “You know she just wants to brush its hair, right?” But whatever. They won’t remember in a month, so I say get them something you feel good about.


    RT @GruenHQ: This week, we went on an interstate odyssey to track down the composer of the Bunnings theme. 25 years later, he still secretl…


    I’ll admit I was super curious to see what kind of traffic @QuinnyPig’s tweet would drive to my site. Not quite the slashdotting I was fearing/envisioning, but still about 5x what my last post got. https://t.co/QCVC0nRiUA https://t.co/jDHOL7S3GF


    Alright. My first ever KiBa! 🍒🍌 It’s super tasty! I like this. (How do I get proper marbling though? I just poured the banana into the cherry.) @ Theresienhöhe https://t.co/Qp8jdprhlt


    @abertrotzdem Will give that a try – thanks!


    RT @GLITCHAUS: One of the formative concepts of GLITCHAUS is based on the belief that some of the most compelling digital art is the result…


    Build Stuff was one of the best conferences I’ve attended, and I’m honoured to be back as a speaker again this year! 😍 https://t.co/lFr27fqij9


    RT @KenTremendous: This entire article is bananas. It’s Trump flying to states he hates, and telling his fans in those states that he hates…



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    Alright. My first ever KiBa! 🍒🍌 It’s super tasty! I like this. (How do I get proper marbling though? I just poured the banana into the cherry.)



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    Alright. My first ever KiBa! 🍒🍌 It’s super tasty! I like this. (How do I get proper marbling though? I just poured the banana into the cherry.)

    Alright. My first ever KiBa! 🍒🍌 It’s super tasty! I like this. (How do I get proper marbling though? I just poured the banana into the cherry.)


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    @hollingsworth Of course – @MsJonesInSydney and I go way back. I’ve spoken at her other group. 😉


    RT @RubenGallego: This how the 1% look at minorities. I was a classmate of Kushner let me tell you what I did to get into Harvard compared…


    98%. That burger literally made me drool. 🍔 https://t.co/BqS8g2NM18


    @LapTop006 I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a Chiko Roll.


    If you’re watching AWS Community Day NL Aonline, I’ll be a guest on the office hours in just five minutes with my colleagues @soganmageshwar and @darkosubotica! https://t.co/HA0asW6IzN #awscommunity https://t.co/CGzO20Uouf


    @soganmageshwar @darkosubotica We’re live! https://t.co/AOkkndAWZF


    These trees are so gorgeous, it almost makes me forgive the number of times I’ve nearly broken my ankle on the stupid little crabapples they drop everywhere. 🍁 @ Theresienhöhe https://t.co/mB0mDEOvyg


    RT @dtraub: Heute Abend bin ich zu Gast bei @DevTalksde und spreche mit @DerSia über AWS, das Universum und den ganzen Rest.

    Um 21:00 Uhr…


    @QuinnyPig Ironically, most of the outlook from Wank Mountain was completely obscured by the cloud!



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    These trees are so gorgeous, it almost makes me forgive the number of times I’ve nearly broken my ankle on the stupid little crabapples they drop everywhere. 🍁



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    These trees are so gorgeous, it almost makes me forgive the number of times I’ve nearly broken my ankle on the stupid little crabapples they drop everywhere. 🍁

    These trees are so gorgeous, it almost makes me forgive the number of times I’ve nearly broken my ankle on the stupid little crabapples they drop everywhere. 🍁


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    @damana Not sure. It worked really well for me getting rid of stuff in Oz. Tried to use to buy stuff when we got to Germany though and people would just ghost on me. 🤷‍♀️


    RT @kirschner: Good news for “Public Money? #PublicCode !”:

    The city of Munich wants to soon start #FreeSoftware projects. First there sh…


    @DivineOps This is why I have a Contacts app where I can write a note like, “Guy with the EYEBROWS I talked to at the THING” and then search later. 😂


    ‘Looking after the oldies’: when Meals on Wheels lost half its workforce, young Australians stepped in – This gave me a smile. I’d love to find some volunteer project here in Germany… https://t.co/T0mCeie0P6


    @DivineOps I used to be better. It was genuinely useful while I was maintaining it regularly. It helped when people would connect on LinkedIn at the same time, as that helped remind me too.


    Blog post: A Trip to Wank Mountain. https://t.co/MCqBKQADMh (No really, that’s what it’s called!) https://t.co/Bq8X5FBYeg


    @RachelAppel Of course! 😁




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