Bangin' Around Amsterdam

two fellas by the canals... a great way to kick off three days of hangout in one of the world's most enjoyable cities.
some very interesting 3-D art in a hackerspace-ish spot in the city
some more really amazing art... murals on the walls of that interesting spot...
... floors and ceilings were also included in the art surfaces...
	heh, and here is their front door security. more effective than a mere lock, i suppose.
a local casino shop... showing the Riv and the Circus Circus. hah.	More local art. Badass, indeed.
loads of blanks for cool, old-fashioned lever locks.
poster for a cool new TV show in the Netherlands, it seems	another intersting poster
Babak and i agree that this is one of the coolest signs around... the word for "speed bumps" is just georgeous in Dutch.
This is one of those hillarious signs that is funny simply because it's written in what looks to be a phony language but is an actual foreign language. Ah well, maybe i find similar cognates to be funnier than they actually are.	;-)
more drempels!	i love the old relics on these buildings, like the pulley systems up top to load content in through high windows.
i absolutely LOVE this. in the Netherlands folk can mark their mail slots with special stickers, indicating if they want to refuse junk mail and/or unsolicited mail. i would kill for this sort of thing here in the states.
i'm fairly certain that this was one of the Axxa bike locks that can be compromised with an overlifting attack. see Schuyler Towne's interview at SecTor (article with video is online here) for an example of how they are exploited.