Yesterday someone rang my doorbell, asked if I wanted to buy dvd’s from him, and upon my negative answer forced the door open wider (I’d only put it ajar) and pointed a knife at me. Me being unarmed and not much of a fighter, I didn’t do much but trying to stay calm, and he eventually left with my digital camera, an mp3 player and 40 euro in cash (but not my wallet (bank cards, creditcard…) or my laptop (which had been hiding under an empty shopping bag, by pure chance)).
Obviously I called the cops later on, and spent much of yesterday recounting the story to various people, roughly half of them police officers. I didn’t sleep much tonight, and I’m taking a break for two days to calm down and such… James Ross found a small Venkman bug that I want to squash on sunday if I feel more normal psychologically. In the meantime I’m at my parents. Mail will reach me.
This is terrible to hear about, especially right at the end of your project.
I hope that being at home with your family will help to comfort you during this difficult time.
Gijs, that stuff is so very fucked up and surreal. Sterkte.
I was sorry to read this sad story.
Thanks for your great contributions to open source.
Take care
Aww, that sucks. Congrats on the correct reaction, though, it’s better to lose a few hundred bucks than to get stabbed… Even if one’s left with a bitter feeling after that…