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Like most of you, coronavirus, or more accurately COVID-19 has hit Foliovision like a cement mixer barrelling down a country road. In Slovakia, masks are now de rigor everywhere. This includes at work, walking in the streets in town or dining out.
The parliament had to quickly rewrite that last law when they figured out the day after passing the law that it's impossible to eat or drink with a mask on.
Keep reading How to Brave the New (Coronavirus) World in Style
Foliovision's office doesn't have air conditioning. Normally it doesn't matter. It's about one week or ten days per year that the heat gets up to the uncomfortable level. It seems to be more and more days each year as this year we are now into the third week of heat right now.
In any case, last week was the second hot one. We had a birthday party scheduled for our programmer Riso and designer Janette on Thursday night. We moved it out to the banks of the Danube, opposite Devin Castle. For many on our team, it was the first time swimming in the might Danube, as in Bratislava the Danube is too fast and after Bratislava and into Hungary, the river is considered too dirty for safe swimming.
Keep reading What to do when it's too hot to work
Fortunately life is not just about disputes over the GPL and broken payment gateways. I’ve been a little bit too deep in bickering with Matt Mullenweg, Samuel Otto Wood, Jeff Chandler and Automattic about GPL in the evenings (a long post to come). During the day, we’ve been slaving to create a great Payflow gateway for RCP (Restrict Content Pro) as quickly as possible for a client on a deadline.
When last week our long time programmer Ivka got married, Lucia and I were delighted to attend. We had no idea just how wonderful Ivka and Mato’s marriage would be. Smolenice Castle is not far from Bratislava (home to Mato) and very close to Trnava (where Ivka grew up). It’s also one of the most beautiful spots in Slovakia.
