I’m getting a little nervous. Barcamp Brussels is gonna happen on Nov 24th or Dec 1st and I still haven’t found a location. All my options have returned negative. The previous times I never really had a problem with that.
So I’m gonna put the question out there: who knows a nice location for Barcamp Brussels #4? If possible, I would actually like it to be hosted at someone’s offices, since it’s on a Saturday anyway …
- In Brussels (not just the center, let’s take Brussel/Halle/Vilvoorde)
- I expect around 100 attendees
- we need 3-4 presentation rooms of 20-30 persons each
- a hall or lounge with seats and coffee would be nice
- catering on-site or otherwise a neighbourhood with restaurants at walking distance
- available Wifi would be handy - or we can set that up ourselves
- preferably easy to reach by public transport, or with sufficient parking
- if the location costs more than, say, 2000€, it’s not an option.
- I tried a lot of socio-cultural venues (KVS, BSB, DeBuren, BTCCTB …) , but the moment I mention ‘Internet’ they say ‘no’. So I gave up on those.
- none of the locations of the previous events
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The TomTom One (the ‘old’ model) is my first ever GPS. Overall, an excellent design. I never had to open the manual because it is a very intuitive device. The route calculation is quite fast and accurate, and with the Spanish “Norma” voice installed, it is even a pleasure to be told where to go (”despues de ocho cientos metros, gire a la derecha“).
The only problem with the device is that within 6 months of buying it, the battery started running out very quickly. Actually, it is not always short of breath, but mostly. Sometimes when I turn off the ignition (which stops power to the GPS) it will die within seconds. Other times, it might keep on running for an hour. Feels like a bad contact inside but the standard engineering trick for this (”hit device hard with right hand”) doesn’t help.
According to TomTom support (but I don’t think that’s why my battery gave up):
Speaking of the battery, TomTom told me by phone today that I should navigate using the battery and not the in-car charger. The customer rep said that overcharging was an issue if I left it connected continually.
via reviews.cnet.com
When I check the boot screen (reset and keep pressing the power button while turning on, via) then my battery gives 4140 mV, which is a good enough score. So I don’t think buying a new battery would help (they sell for less than 20€ at e.g. www.mdsbatterie.com.fr). I guess I’ll just wait a bit and go for the TomTom One XL. Size matters.
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