Logiciel Libre

April 2, 2008

Sunstroke Prevention for Fun and Profit

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , , , , — adam @ 9:52 pm CDT

Bryan recently pointed out that a popular tourist “festival activity” in Beijing is “sunstroke prevention”.

October 11, 2007

Boston, Maine, NYC

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — adam @ 8:09 am CDT

Boston up: Bukowski’s
Boston down: other drivers

Maine up: Lobster, walk-in beer fridge at roadside Texaco
Maine down: bride/groom unable to get room at hotel with wedding guests

NYC up: Chapelle at the Comedy Cellar, the food, the people
NYC down: rotten milk smell on street corners (but the rain washed it away)

Pics from the trip on Eva’s flickr.

August 16, 2007

Pro-WSDOT

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — adam @ 6:23 am CDT

Traffic sucks. One glimmer of hope: the WSDOT is using all the latest Web 2.0 technology to help keep us informed.

Go WSDOT! You must have some pretty smart cookies on the payroll.

July 23, 2007

Out of Africa

Filed under: Default — Tags: , , , — adam @ 7:00 am CDT

Yesterday we returned from our adoption trip to Ethiopia. We met many kind and interesting people and learned a ton about how adoption works there. I already miss my new niece and nephew!

Eva also blogged about this trip, and put our photos up on Flickr.

The country itself was of course amazing; unlike anything I’d ever experienced.

Now it’s on to OSCON, just for today. I’m pretty stoked to dig into some advanced Vim scripting techniques as well as Haskell. If you’re here, drop me a line.

July 4, 2006

A Lauderdale 4th

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — adam @ 10:58 am CDT

I married into the coolest family. During our stay we’ve had a great time hanging with the kids, elders, and friends. As far as touristy stuff, we checked out the History museum, Lake Harriet, the Gibbs Museum, and the new Central Library in downtown Minneapolis. Not to mention fireworks, food, toothbrush rugs and no tagbacks.

Thank you, Pierces!

September 29, 2005

Sipping Schnapps at Gimmelwald

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — adam @ 8:35 pm CDT

Go Fordor and KT. Sounds like tons of fun!

April 18, 2005

Back to School Day

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — adam @ 10:33 am CDT

Eva and I returned to Tamarindo after an amazing week on the Nicoya Peninsula. Excellent waves, waterfalls, beaches, food.

One more week of school and our monthlong honeymoon will come to an end. What a fantastic trip it’s been! Of course, it’s not over yet; we’re looking forward to more Spanish classes, and of course surfing, swimming, beach volleyball, jungle tours, etc. It will definitely be tough to leave.

Quick wedding photo update: just received some pics from Mark Aiken. Check ‘em out. Thanks, Mark!

Hey Mark, you might want to look out for this impostor.

April 13, 2005

Surf Haven

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — adam @ 4:46 pm CDT

Nosara turned out to be hitting, hard. Dozens of peaks to choose from… a two mile beachfront with about ten people surfing at any moment.

Eva and I are currently travelling with a friendly couple of surfers from England. We’re sharing a nice double cabina with them at a bar/hotel called Blew Dogs Surf Camp.

xxxooo
-Adam

April 8, 2005

Pura Vida en Playa Tamarindo

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — adam @ 11:52 am CDT

Every day the father of our host family spouts the pleasant cliché “Pura vida”, and this usually summarizes what we’re all thinking.

Travelling, Spanish school and surfing are going very well! We’ve seen an erupting volcano, sloths, monkeys, tarantulas, scorpions, poisonous snakes and frogs, iguanas and chickens. More details on Eva’s blog.

Last night Eva and I made a pizza dinner for our host family. The father, Oldemar, had never before eaten pizza, and was quite pleased with the result.

If you’re reading this and get the chance, please post a comment or email me an update! It’s great to hear news from friends and family back home.

April 12, 2004

Machu Picchu News

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: — adam @ 7:12 am CDT

A landslide near Machu Picchu killed one person and left ten others missing (so far). The rail line back to Cuzco was damaged, stranding 1,500 tourists.

Yep, this is right where we were about a month ago!

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