During the flat viewing we discovered there was parquet hiding under the current floors! Great news. The existing floors are dark — even though it's wood, it makes the space feel heavy. We decided to renovate the parquet. That meant removing the current flooring — quite a...
While looking into the hotel where I was staying in Prague, I discovered it also supports Mobile Key! Which is a dream — no need to carry a card around and risk degaussing it with your phone. Try it sometime: leave your phone and card right next to each other and you'll fin...
My sneakers gave up. The sole was worn down to the foam it's glued onto. I'd chipped the toe somewhere, so a piece of rubber started peeling off. And worst of all, the heel had cracked, which is really uncomfortable. I originally wanted to buy another pair of Botasy (Botas 66), but som...
Some floors are more delicate than others — drop something and at best you get a dent. Worse is when it has a sharp edge that gouges a scratch, and that's very visible. Especially if your place gets a lot of natural light. Fortunately there are ways to fix it, or at le...
After several years of teaching the (online) security course at Czechitas, last year we decided to create a follow-up course — one that extends the basic security awareness. As it happened, a few of my former colleagues and friends who work in security joined Czechitas...
COVID-19 threw a spanner in the works of training — after cutting our reception period short it went on to limit exercises for active reserves. Last year, unfortunately, none of the dates worked for me due to personal reasons, so I was all the more excite...
After years, we finally decided to visit our most famous museum, drawn mainly by the Wonders of Evolution exhibition. Since we were already there, we didn't skip Czech Press Photo 2021 or the other exhibitions either. As on our previous visit when we went to see the mummies, ele...
During my next blood donation I decided to sign up for the bone marrow donor registry. It's not complicated — the questionnaire is quite similar to the one for blood donation. You need a blood sample taken, which is no problem during a blood donation — just one extra vial. It's worth...
The year came and went, time to give myself a little gift. The choice was obvious this year — the Space Shuttle! The box isn't as massive as the Saturn V, but it's definitely not small either. Open it up and you'll find 17 bags inside, and the manual is far from thin. And I shouldn't f...
I wanted to try shooting with LED lights and the opportunity came up quickly. Tomáš uses them and offered to show me the ropes.
I'd never shot with continuous light before — it was always flash. Continuous is much more comfortable because you see the result strai...