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Back in the early days of personal computing it was common to see stories about young people who wrote a killer game at home on their TRS-80/BBC Micro/ZX Spectrum and made a lot of money. I find it refreshing to hear these stories about individual developers who do something cool on the iPhone and got recognition and money for it.

e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Smith_(games_programmer...

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How does a Brit get deported from Holland?!

Apparently because he failed to keep his 'residency papers' in order. Although European citizens generally have the right to live in other countries it was common up until fairly recently to have to register in the country you had decided to settle in.

Resident registration is still required in at least some EU member states, even when one is a citizen of another EU member state. In Germany, all residents - including German nationals - have to register each change of address with the local authority/authorities.

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