We arived in Amsterdamn (minus 1 bag that wanted to see other parts of the world apparently) around 6:00 pm and went to explore the local “coffee” shops and the red light district. Visited the Moulin Rouge for a strip show, bananna act and live sex on stage. In truth, it couldn’t have been any less sexy - but the novelty of it was pretty fun. When the male performer got on stage, my wife and I turned to each other and said in unison “It’s Jackie Chan!” - I swear, the dude was a spitting image.
Early this afternoon we took one of our MacBook Pros in to be service. It has the white screen of death (needs new hard drive) and 3 of the keys on the keyboard don’t work. But hey, at least we can still fry and egg on it.
Of course it was out of warrenty - which expired on Auguest 10th. Apple must have a fucking time bomb that goes off in their computers to destroy them once they’re out of warrenty.
Total damage was 314 euros: and now that the dollar is worth about the same as a piece of used toilet paper, that comes to $439 . . . about the price of a cheap non Apple laptop. Guess that’s what it means to “Think Different” . . . I think we just got fucked.
The Food has been good, the people nice, and the weather a bit cold and rainy - but no complaints. Amsterdamn is a lot of fun.
The Webmaster Access show starts tomorrow and I’ll probably post some highlights and pics.
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Fuck Apple. Buy an old laptop with a decent graphics card and install Ubuntu. Or get a new one from Dell with Ubuntu pre-installed.
Some tips for in Amsterdam
For Friday and Saturday night the following clubs I can recommend:
Amstel 70: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Amstel_70 (sorry in Dutch)
Jimmy Woo: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Jimmy_Woo http://www.jimmywoo.com/
If you would like the fancy dinner and club night, I would definitely reserve Supperclub if I were you: http://www.supperclub.com/
Further away from the center: 11 http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/11 this club is on the 11nd floor of an old postal building
During the day you can grab some food at: Chocolate bar http://www.diningcity.com/amsterdam/chocolatebar/index_nl.jsp
which in the area De Pijp, where I used to live. http://www.amsterdam.info/depijp/
A lot of the restaurants on the last site are pretty worth going. And you definitely must go to the Albert Cuyp markt, which is a market.
Close to the chocolate is Barca: http://www.amsterdam.info/restaurants/bar-ca/
For just a drink before going clubbing you can go to Bars:
Suzy Wong, across the street from Jimmy Woo, http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Suzy_Wong
Next to this is Voung http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/vuong (also restaurant)
Around the corner: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Lux & Palladium (only on the Friday evening) http://www.palladiumamsterdam.nl/ & http://www.kroegpagina.nl/palladium/
Next to each other, two bars that are worth wile ( near Supperclub):
Bep: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Bep
Diep: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Diep
Accross the street: NL http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/NL
And around the corner: Schuim: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/’_t_Schuim
Around the corner from Amstel 70: De Kroon: http://www.frommers.com/destinations/amsterdam/D36374.html
For Restaurants:
For dinner, Italian Cinema Paradiso http://www.cinemaparadiso.info/ is fun. Very good food, and lot’s to see. No reservations possible.
Or trendy Bar/restaurant Suite: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Suite
For a good Noodle meal, trendy hip restaurant Noa: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Noa
Nice food and a good atmosphere: Kitsch: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Kitsch
Very stylish No nonsense cuisine: Blender: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Blender
Also nice for food and something to look around: Werck: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Werck
If Cinema Paradiso is full, you can try Local Amsterdam: http://www.partyscene.nl/hotspots/Local_Amsterdam
just some tips from a formal local.
D&G
Amsterdam(n)?
Hope you had a nice time in the Netherlands and off course that the bag wasn’t yours.
A’dam is sure fun.. have seen those banannas too.. enjoy .. agreed with that dollar issue.. its getting real annoying.
Hey Quads,
Make sure to check out a decent coffee shop - I would highly recommend the Rockery: http://en.qype.com/place/64633-Rokerij-Amsterdam
:)
“Amsterdamn is a lot of fun.” enough said 
Anyone remember when this site used to always have great Black Hat information? I hate all the political bs that goes on as much as anyone else, but if I wanted to read that crapola, I would go somehwere else. Quadszilla, I know you have tons of money in the bank, but the BH stuff is what made me a fan…
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Hahah! I was in Amsterdam there about May 2006 and I remember stumbling into the Moulin Rouge late one night and seeing a Jackie Chan lookalike fucking on stage. He’s still going strong, fair play to him.