May 2010
2 posts
Watchblack keys - tighten up video. so effen cute.
March 2010
2 posts
WatchWARNING: THIS MIGHT MAKE YOU DIZZY
After seeing a friend’s tweet about diy bike camera mounts, I remembered I had this clip laying around. It’s from that time I felt like I was turning in to a fatty at Google, and decided to go on a long bike ride to prove to myself I wasn’t overdoing that whole free food thing. After some investigation, I figured out this part of the journey...
December 2009
7 posts
Rome
I was really tired the first night from a lack of sleep, and I woke up in the morning with the flu. I didn’t get to see the sights, but here’s a picture of a sweet car in front of an embassy.
Florence - What a wonderful city.
I arrived around sunset, and after dumping my bags in my room, I met this guy Tom in the computer room. We were both traveling alone and in Florence for the same duration, so we decided to stick together. We headed to a place called Kitsch for aperitivo (the Italian equivalent of Spanish tapas), but not before Tom found another Brit named Ian smoking on the terrace. So, we three headed down the...
Venice
Charming, but not nearly as fun as elsewhere. Venice was basically built as the European equivalent of Las Vegas, and it does show through. The city isn’t full of culture and interesting cafes, but rather, souvenir shops, and restaurants. They all look the same making it incredibly easy to lose your sense of direction.
Still beautiful though. I went out and wandered the city, then took the...
I fell in love with Budapest, who would have...
I wish I would have stayed 4 days in Budapest and 2 days in Prague, but of course hindsight is 20/20. I’m def coming back if I’m ever in the area. [should be duly noted I’m traveling waaaay in the off season so these cities are much quieter than during the summer. how do I know? I was one of four in my hostel.]
I took the night train to the Hungarian capital, and spent two and a...
Prague… eh
I stayed in Prague for a few days. It wasn’t my favorite city. I’m not sure if it’s because it had been hyped up by everyone I’d talked to, or because I saw soooo many bogen Aussies among other foreigners, or what, but I wasn’t the hugest fan. I kind of felt like I was being suffocated by tourist luring activities the whole time.
A highlights included the city tour,...
Seven Falafels, Art in the Most Peculiar of...
I stayed with Lisa in Berlin, ah, I could live here forever, or a few years at the very least.
In case you’ve never been, or haven’t snooped around on wikipedia about the modern history of the city, a short history of Berlin in the past 50 or so years.
post WWII to 1989 - The area surrounding the Berlin wall isn’t the most desirable, immigrants with little money move into the...
November 2009
3 posts
last few snippets of Switzerland
I keep finding little reminders here and there of my time in Züri. The last few things.
I went to a young artists exhibition in Winterthur. The art was really quite impressive, and it was in a space called City Hall, an old factory with a huge open space on the top floor. At the end of each night during the weekend, they had a small concert. I got to watch Captian Mustachio and his sidekick Pedro...
October 2009
8 posts
Art > Ads →
photo by Adam Amengual
For quite some time, I’ve been a big fan of the Firefox extension Add-Art which replaces online advertisements with small pieces of occasionally hit or miss art (though I’ve been teased by friends since I’m currently working at a company whose revenue is dependent on advertising). I was reading the New York Times today and came across an article on the...
a boot of beer (yes, like in beerfest)
Jeff, Stefan (our Swiss Goog intern friend), Ricardo (above) and I went to Bern to grab a boot of beer. (err… two boots of beer) basic rules are
don’t put the boot down
before you take the boot, slap it with your hand
after giving the boot away, slap it
second to last person to drink from the boot pays for the next, and of course
if you’re playing with jeff, slap jeff after...
a weekend of shows
Went to Lausanne and Fribourg to see some concerts. Lausanne is pretty rad and has alot going on for younger people. Fribourg was a bit quiet, but in fairness, we were there on a Sunday night.
Raphael Saadiq in Lausanne.
Peter Bjorn and John in Fribourg
This is what happens if you ask PB&J to sign the cd of the opening band :)
and I even grabbed some set lists. apparently the swiss...
September 2009
10 posts
agh. some people are quite silly.
a dialogue from the korean grocer, the product in question www.amazon.com/Oroshi-Shoga-ginger-paste-tube/
the couple behind me in line: What do we use this for?
the cashier: What do you mean?
couple: This ginger we are buying. How do you use it?
cashier: Why are you buying something if you don't know how to use?
couple: We love ginger. Are we supposed to put it on sushi?
me: It's just ground ginger in a tube, you use it as you would normal ginger. It's not the kind you use for sushi.
couple: Ok, but what food do you use the ginger on?
me: Fish, meat, anything.
cashier to other worker: Can you answer their question?
other worker: It's ginger that is convenient because it is already ground up. Sometimes I mix it with soy sauce.
cashier: Ah, I had no idea. I've never used this before. (it's a japanese product, not a korean one)
couple: Oh, soy sauce. The way you use ginger is you mix it with soy sauce. Let's take this ginger home and mix it with soy sauce.
new midnight juggernauts. NEW MIDNIGHT...
berlin + munich + oktoberfest
went to berlin on a company funded trip, drank a ton of beer, nursed a hangover while wandering around the city with goran, went on a bike tour of the city, had a nice dinner, drank at a metal bar, stayed up till 6, wandered around the city with goran + ignacio + daniel + john like zombies, met up with lisa, went to a fucking sweet art studio in berlin, stared at some expensive hookers on the same...
mmm
Hiking at Capanna Cristallina
click for the larger version
Another intern coerced me into hiking up to Capanna Cristallina over a weekend. Twas beautiful.
though none of us could feel our asses the next monday.
ah. <3 flying lotus.
Me estoy enamorando de España
translation: I’m in love with Spain
My sister and I spent a week in Barcelona, Sitges, and Valencia where the drinks are strong, and the men are pleasant. We went dancing most nights, and ran into festas in both Barcelona and one in Sitges. My lord, the Spanish know how to throw a party. When I heard there would be a festival, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I had no idea there...
August 2009
6 posts
an extended weekend in the Swiss countryside
On this weekend, I biked around the western part of Switzerland. It was hot and sunny each day, which was quite pleasant, but left me with a quite funny tanline.
On Thursday night, I took the train to Geneva, and rode across the French border to a the house where I was couchsurfing at. There, I met a lovely 20-something German couple who were traveling around Switzerland, and of course the guy...
Holy fucking shit physics →
Countries are really close together in Europe
Back home, it’s not uncommon to know people who lived most of their lives in other countries, but in any group of people, most probably don’t fit that description. I’m slowly realizing that’s not always the case here. Though most people I’ve met outside of work are of Swiss descent, there always seems to be a sizeable faction of people who are...
July 2009
6 posts
WatchOmg Euro Guy. During a coffee break, a coworker showed me this, after explaining why Germans, French, Swiss, Austrians, etc. are hated by Germans, French, Swiss, Austrians, etc.
link in case the embedded flash doesn’t work
Palm Meow - A tropical paradise for your cat →
I have an awful habit of clicking on targeted ads. Gmail thought I might be interested in this place. I cannot stop laughing at the music and picture of the poolside cat.
rob likes the idea
the guy from Denmark said you have to use “cans or something” to avoid drunken injuries with glass. it makes me wonder, did someone try playing with bottles? seems like a baddecision
speaking of baddecisions, I would like nothing more than to play this with friends when I get home.
Melt! Festival
Jeff and I worked our way out to Melt! festival, a music thing in Germany. Unfortunately, July is a very rainy month for much of Europe, and the acts were canceled after 3am (they were supposed to go till 7) meaning, no Moderat for us. The setting was quite cool, an old coal mine or something.
At night, they lit up all the old machinery.
One of the stages was quite literally on a beach. The...
First week in Zürich [the short version]
On my computer, there’s a long explanation of what I’ve been up to the last week, but it’s 4 pages long, and I feel like it’s a bit exasperated, and unnecessarily detailed. Instead here’s a few pictures and words.
It’s kinda like Seattle, but there are far more laws, and people don’t speak English [to you automatically]. I’m living with a girl named...
Oh my god. Rob, you are so right. This is...
June 2009
2 posts
what an unfortunate pattern for the material on a... →
May 2009
9 posts
