Assorted things I learned from a few days in Denmark. Despite what some people may claim, Martini Rosso is never a good thing to drink. Danish looks like mix of German and English (but not in the same way as Dutch). This should not fool (novice) German-speakers into thinking they can pronounce Danish words, they [...]
There were two photo-worthy spectacles from the drive up the M1/A1 yesterday – the first I couldn’t easily stop to capture, but consisted of very thin but dense layer of fog around Durham – not even as thick as the tree-tops, just sitting on the ground in the hollows. A really great, eerie sight. The second spectacle [...]
Tagged a1, strossHave now eaten twice at Tang’s restaurant at the top of Candlemaker row. It’s a place that used to be a Mexican, was Thai for a while, and is now Japanese. So far I’ve tried a Bento box, with excellent sushi (Maki and Nigiri) and chicken katsu, and more recently the yaki-udon, which was also [...]
Tagged doesntsuck, eatingout, edinburgh, japan, sushiJoerg Haider, showing, even in death, that rabid, right-wing political extremism in no way precludes the man love.1. But clearly not to be admitted to whilst in, or angling for, positions of power, lest your supporters or colleagues get all twitchy [↩]
Tagged bbcnewsJust finished Glasshouse, it’s a good read, considerably more mature and developed than Atrocity Archives. It presents yet another alternative future-society vision, this time based on pervasive wormhole and quantum-scale manipulation technology, but with the same emphasis on current-day IT nomenclature as Atrocity. Lots of references to boot-strapping, firewalls and viiri. It still has the JMS/Neal Stephenson [...]
Tagged strossTen minutes after writing the above post, the train to St Pancras was delayed, ultimately by about an hour. When the train (an HST)1 finally arrived, we proceeded to Derby, which is currently a huge construction site, and also full of interesting bits of railway-related gear, where we switched direction and (to make up time) [...]
Tagged railwaysApproximately six months ago, I finally had the bathroom in my flat transformed from a nasty hell-hole to a pleasant, modern ablutionary experience. This process took a few months altogether, and has been basically complete since December, with one minor problem: I have no mirror in said bathroom. Naturally every visitor, upon entering the room, [...]
Tagged next, wtfLuxor – hotter than Cairo, and something of a tourist-trap. Sadly the current town has very little to recommend it (even moreso than Siem-Reap), since everyone is here for exactly one reason. Fortunately all the large hotels are on a single drag south of the real town. Cycling around makes everything much more pleasant, since [...]
Tagged egypt, luxorIs a good place to eat (lunch). Small menu, but very interesting (many things available as either a starter or a main), reasonable prices, great service, and nice uncomplicated decor. The food was well presented without being fussy, the portions were generous without being vast, and everything we tried was good – the venison sausages [...]
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