Vincent van Walt's Travel Journal

I’d pick more daisies

June 9, 2019

“When in Rome do as the Romans” is mostly a wise attitude and usually works well but I’d caution the traveller to be circumspect when applying this adage to culinary experiences. After a 14 hour...

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Save the drama for the llama

May 4, 2019

I wonder whether I can do this.

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Aqua4Plus Sensor Software gets Important Update

March 11, 2019

Our smart, intuitive Aqua4Plus software has had an overhaul with a new update that includes; Saving real time data as a report for ease of use and quicker data recording and examination. Improved report...

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Four days in Sicily

January 25, 2019

Syracuse (Siracusa) was for some centuries the most important city in the Mediterranean. Just south of the straits of Messina it held a vital strategic position and the island of Sicily had complete control...

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An insatiable demand for data

January 17, 2019

My father in law owned a factory that manufactured frames for photographs. He was very successful yet never quite understood why. He would walk into someone’s home and the walls were plastered with framed...

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Training at Van Walt

December 3, 2018

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. (Navajo proverb).

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The world is getting smaller

November 4, 2018

They say the world became smaller when the rail networks were established and it got even smaller when cheap commercial flights became available to all. The digital age brought us the internet and so our...

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Environmental data to your desktop by telemetry. An elementary overview.

October 16, 2018

What is telemetry?

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Cannoli, Arancini and Montalbano

October 12, 2018

If you have never seen the TV series "Montalbano" you've been missing a treat. The intuitively brilliant detective played by Luca Zingaretti follows the books by the Italian author Andrea Camilleri. The...

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Beauty alone is not enough

September 12, 2018

It’s been a dry hot summer in Britain.

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Choosing a Business Partner

August 28, 2018

Having identified a product that fits within our sphere of experience it remains to establish whether entering into a long-term business relationship with a company will prove to be a success. It’s a...

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Un Barbiere di Qualita

August 9, 2018

I suppose that you would regard the Milano as a "bijou" Hotel. The room is tiny but well appointed and very comfortable and it is but a stone's throw from the Verona Amphitheatre.  Turn right and, if...

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