What’s the most extreme weather you’ve been in? A memorable storm? Heat wave? Or something else?
Aha, the second time I can use this story for a QotD. Hint: Kyushu + blizzard + bicycle.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
What’s your favorite drink or cocktail? What’s in it? Question submitted by charm.vox.com
I call it The Alcoholic. Ingredients:
I kid!
Depending on the time of day, er night, the phase of the moon, and general welfare of imbimement budget, my drink of choice varies widely. When I’m feeling posh and not looking for a big night, it’s a Lagavulin, neat. Typical night-out fuel is Hangar One & soda (Hangar One are out in Alameda, they have an excellent tasting room).
My wine rack is never without a bottle of Honig Sauvignon Blanc and a Robert Sinskey Pinot.
On the hop side, I favor the somewhat local brew of the Anderson Valley, in particular Boont Amber. For special occasions, my fridge stocks Saison DuPont, a Belgian farmhouse ale and a good one at that. The other Belgian, or in this case Flemish bottle that makes the cut is the Duchess.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
San Francisco never fails in the random WTF department.
Edit: Further explanation.
So every evening after work I go for a ride. Yesterday evening as I passed through Aquatic Park (next to Fisherman’s Wharf) I saw this crowd standing around a couple cop cars near the bleachers between the bay and the museum.
I initially thought someone was either hurt or committing some heinous crime like being homeless in tourist attraction, but as I got closer I realized everyone was either A) laughing or B) filming something with their digital cameras/camcorders/phones/whatever. Naturally I joined the fray, getting these shots of the police car adorned with marine mammal sporting an electronic fauxhawk complete with antennas. No giant lasers, I’m afraid.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
I almost have a Wikipedia entry. Dear lazyweb…
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
Boy, 15, Beaten with his Artificial Leg
Also in the news: Israel & Lebanon trying to start World War III, Congress bending to the will of King Bush, and DC in a state of emergency.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
What was your most memorable or favorite school field trip?
25 years ago I went on a field trip to the Zoo with my class from the American School in Vogelweh, Germany. When we got to the Orangutan cages, the beasts uncerimoniously started hurling feces at the military brats. Your narrator was singled out by one particularly vicious mother orangutan for a rather nasty shit missle. I hated those stupid monkeys for a long time.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
Bone conduction technology is cool, especially when the implementation leaves to the imagination exactly how this is supposed to fit on your ear. I know a couple people who will be sporting one of these in short order…you know who you are.
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
This is a brilliant solution to the age-old problem of tabs versus spaces in source code. Instead of treating tabs as indent of a fixed size, treat the source code as tabular data, where the tab character jumps to the next logical column, where the width of said column is determined by the widest point in the document.
(via Slashdot)
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.
This one time in Japan, I was caught in a blizzard on top of a volcano in Kyushu, abandoned on a 70 mile bridge between Shikoku and Honshu and caught Scarlet Fever.
Had I died it might have been a worse vacation. If you ever go to Japan, never try to simultaneously tour the country on a 1) bicycle 2) whilst camping and 3) doing it in the [spring]. Pick one.
Edit: OK, so between these particularly traumatic events, I was caught in:
Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2006.