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Monthly Archives April 2008

Wait, people still read this?

Yes, so my plans to blog to the end of my London trip didn’t come to light. But never one to accept defeat, I’m trying to get back on the horse. Alas, my time in London is over. But my month in Europe with everything I own on my back is just beginning. And I [...]

Posted 30 April 2008 Adam § , , § Comments (0)

Back to the ‘henge

I threatened long ago to write more about Stonehenge, but as the experience faded into the past, so did the excitement about writing about it. Nevertheless, there is more to be said and it seems to want to come out. So after the jump, history and the sublime.

Posted 12 April 2008 Adam § , , , § Comments (2)

Jonathan Coulton

From the “brilliant stuff that couldn’t happen without the internet” pile comes singer and songwriter Jonathan Coulton. I don’t know the whole backstory, but apparently he was a programmer who had wanted to be a songwriter. So he put up a blog and wrote a song a week for a large number of weeks. Now [...]

Posted 12 April 2008 Adam § , § Comments (0)

Our inner canines

From 12 Dogs afraid of unusual items. Some great videos, including this one: When I see this kind of behavior in animals, I always wonder which human fears are really Dixie Cup fears. Any ideas?

Posted 03 April 2008 Adam § , , § Comments (1)

Old School

We took one trip to Oxford with the big group in the last few weeks. I also briefly visited Cambridge when my folks were here. The students were excited about the multitude of Harry Potter-iffic sites at Oxford. But I’m sure we were all struck by the the architecture most of all. The same goes [...]

Posted 01 April 2008 Adam § , , § Comments (1)