It looks like the city of Brussels is doing a marketing campaign around .brussels - the new domain extension for the Belgian city: … [Read more...] about .brussels NewTLDs
Working Around AIB’s Online Banking Limitations
AIB's online banking for personal users isn't terrible. It's mostly usable. However if you're trying to manage your personal finances using any of the popular desktop (or cloud) solutions on the market you can end up hitting a virtual brick wall. For some bizarre reason AIB doesn't offer any "sane" way of exporting transaction data. There's no way to export the data in … [Read more...] about Working Around AIB’s Online Banking Limitations
Pay For Your Drink With a Kiss
Milan's bar scene is famous for its "aperitivi" ie. evening drinks. One wine bar, Wineria, is trying a slightly different tack with its marketing - pay with a kiss. Video below sort of explains it in action: http://youtu.be/lddRUD-dncg Full story (in Italian) … [Read more...] about Pay For Your Drink With a Kiss
Not Your Ordinary Chicken
I had dinner the other evening in Rouge Tomate in Brussels. The main course was: “Coq des prés” chicken filet with seared foie gras, mustard breaded spinach, farro and a thyme and white Sancerre reduction It was incredible. A fantastic combination of flavours in a lovely setting … [Read more...] about Not Your Ordinary Chicken
Setting Up A Personal Budget With YNAB
A few times over the last few years I've tried to setup and track my personal budget. I know I should do it, but it's one of those things I've always been really bad at doing. So a couple of days ago I decided to fix this situation once and for all. I'd already tried a few desktop applications for tracking expenses etc., but the problem with them all was that they weren't … [Read more...] about Setting Up A Personal Budget With YNAB