WiFi free

Network woes

When you're waiting in a hospital you want to pass the time — I get it. That's why some hospitals have set up WiFi. If the hospital doesn't have WiFi, you have mobile data, right? Yes, that expensive data… And since I was waiting at a hospital and wanted to work and save on da...

21st Nov 2018

Blindness?

How public perception shifts

The Stork Nest affair has been going on for a while now. It always seemed to me that people who vote for ANO automatically stand behind AB. That impression came from discussions, articles, and comments about this case. Over the past week I've started to change my m...

18th Nov 2018

Post Office Confusion

Two registered letters and one tracking number

I received a failed delivery notice in my letterbox. The tracking number was RR712292897CZ. I took this notice to the post office and collected a registered letter. At home I looked at what had been sent to me — tracking said it came from Prague....

2nd Nov 2018

Distorted Perceptions

Money isn't everything…

Since I left the office, three more colleagues have done the same… we all gave the appropriate feedback so that the responsible people — the deputy head of our section and HR — would know where the problem lies. Of course everyone asked — why? It wasn't about money.

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23rd Oct 2018

Toman

A fascinating figure from Czechoslovak history

The story flows — you don't even notice how time passes… yes, it's a long film. Before you know it, it's over. The cinematography is excellent — sensitive, measured. No jarring cuts, just how it should be. The content of the film is another conversa...

17th Oct 2018

.conf18

Conference and training from the perspective of a new Splunk user

I had the chance to attend the Power User Bootcamp training at the Splunk .conf18 conference in Orlando. It was a real experience — both in terms of how such a massive event was organised, the breadth of topics covered, and the op...

5th Oct 2018