an old favourite<\/a> – do you think that the Dutch are quite pleased about last night’s 3-0 victory against Italy? (I don’t know whether he’s changed the oranje, but it seems much calmer than how it looked in the office today!) They have every right to be too, but don’t tell me that prone Italian defender was playing Van Nistelrooy onside! (Ooops, slipped into a personal blog moment there)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s good to see some more people joining in, particularly those I already know and admire. First up is Mark Bobak, who I’ve met at several conferences and, as you can tell from his first few posts, is likely to have some interesting technical tales to tell. 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