I’ve recently discovered the Linux hater’s blog and think it’s brilliant. It’s like Fake Steve Jobs, but I actually care this time.
In the most recent installment, the Linux hater makes fun of the Foxconn conspiracy that wasn’t. I read the original thread and thought to myself, “what a wanker”. Look, I even said so on [...]
best wedding gift I lost, Issaquah, WA
After having been to… [does quick count] roughly 15 or so weddings in the past 3 years, Chad and Danielle’s had one of the best structural setups I’ve ever experienced.
Guests showed up at 5pm on Friday to cocktail hour. Chad and Dani mingled with the guests as we got [...]
A few days ago, Fort Collins got nailed by a seeming monsoon. I had the misfortune of bike commuting home from the time the rain started, continuing into the time the rain converted into hail, and finishing my commute as the storm finally petered out. It wasn’t terribly bad, except for a minor freakout during [...]
Life has its own synchronocity — New Belgium and Elysian breweries to cross-brew beer at each other’s breweries.
I just visited Elysian last week, and sampled some of their jasmine infused IPA. It was deliciously quirky, and a good second place to my most favourite of all beers, Odell’s IPA.
As a fan of New Belgium’s business [...]
You Only Live Twice movie
hanging peppers, Pike Place fish market, Seattle, WA
Pike Place photoset
Some insights into what I find interesting.
An essay on Chinglish says:
An estimated 300 million Chinese — roughly equivalent to the total US population — read and write English but don’t get enough quality spoken practice. The likely consequence of all this? In the future, more and more spoken English will sound increasingly like Chinese.
Ricky [...]
fishing rod, Millers’ boat, Shilshole Bay, Seattle
Another excellent weekend in Seattle. The Millers were kind enough to take us for a sail on Friday around Shilshole Bay. Great way to wind down a hectic week.
Saturday was non-descript. Grilling at the house, catching some of the local flavour in Wedgewood.
Today saw some pitch n’ putt and [...]
I’ve finally been able to get out to some coffee shops out here. Yesterday was Cloud City. Tasty espresso, nice low-latency internet connection. I don’t particularly care about bandwidth, so I have no idea how that was. Cloud City is in the Maple Leaf district, which was a pretty easy ride from Mickey/Annie/Styles’ place.
Today, I’m [...]
Mickey downs his eggermeister1 while Brett works on his.
That face is about how I feel after a weekend of… fun. I got my first real night’s sleep last night after 4 hazy days, and it felt great.
Now, I’m in Seattle for a few weeks, working remotely. The idea is to try and see some of [...]
I broke my old camera lens about a month ago. It was only 6 months old. I was very sad.
The Man with the Golden Arm film
I bought a new lens. I was sad to spend so much money on something so frivolous, but I realized that life’s frivolities are worth it. So now [...]