Jukka-Pekka Keisala

We moved yesterday to a new flat in Barcelona which we rented for one year. We are living now on street Pau Claris.

It’s been quite busy month searching and checking apartments in Barcelona. I was quite suprise that the prices has gone really a lot up since 2000. Also, finding a nice flat is really hard since they want rent apartments quite often with furniture. Usually furniture is 10 years old Ikea quality so it feels like theyput furniture in the flat so they could get better price.

Couple of tips for people who looks rentals in Barcelona

1. Never pay for checking a flat, there are people who try to sell you piece of paper.
2. Be careful when you rent from the owner, better use agent so if something happens…
3. Change keys for door, you never know who was living there before
4. Check neighbors, you may not want to live with football hooligans

Couple of links for finding pisos…

• http://www.idealista.com
• http://www.enalquiler.com/
• http://www.urbaniza.com/
  
• http://www.loquo.com/

I am staying in Copenhagen September with my family. But not for long…

We are here to empty our apartment and we are putting it for rent. Hopefully, from the beginning of October I will be flying back to Barcelona where we are planning to live for some time.

Do you want to rent my apartment in Copenhagen?  Drop me a line if you are looking ~70m2 3 rooms apartment. Just 1,5 km from railway station.

This looks like a game I am going to buy. Hope it comes to Wii!

There is also older trailer in Google video

Full of male energy from 1979!  Finnish cover of Village People’s big hit YMCA

Create your Simpsons Avatar in http://www.simpsonsmovie.com/ (Not a very movie btw, though the site is nice)

Funny story: During the final days at Denver’s old Stapleton airport, a crowded United fight was cancelled. A single agent was re-booking a long line of inconvenienced travellers. Suddenly, and angry passenger pushed his way to the desk. He slapped his ticket down on the counter and said, ” I HAVE to be on this flight and it has to be FIRST CLASS!”

The agent replied, ” I’m sorry sir, I’ll be happy to try to help you, but I’ve got to help these folks first, and I’m sure we’ll be able to work something out.”

The passenger was unimpressed. He asked loudly, so that the passengers behind him could hear. “Do you have any idea who I am?”

Without hesitating, the gate agent smiled and grabbed her public address microphone. ” May I have your attention please?” she began, her voice bellowing through the terminal. ” We have a passenger here at the gate WHO DOES NOT KNOW WHO HE IS. If anyone can help him find his identity, please come to gate 17.”

With the folks behind him laughing in line hysterically, the man glare at the United agent, gritted his teeth and swore “F— you.” Without flinching, she smiled and said, ” I’m sorry sir, but you will have to stand in line for that too.”

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I found great extension Resurrect Pages that allows you to view cached versions of pages when the site is down or other way unavailable.

Dead pages, broken links, the scourge of the internet. Powerhouse sites like Slashdot and Digg can bring a server to its knees. What do we do when a page is dead but we still want to see it? Call in the clerics, and perform a resurrection…
Searches through five big page cache/mirrors:
o CoralCDN
o Google Cache
o Yahoo! Cache
o The Internet Archive
o MSN Cache