Up, dressed and fed we headed off down the mountain. Today was a lot more on the level than yesterday which meant it was just nice. The other group went off on some super-hardcore jag up and up into the high mountains but even Sarah ‘I feel no pain’ thought that was a bit much, [...]
Archive for April, 2006
Cheap knock-offs
There is a long history of cheap knock-offs plaguing truly quality products. It afffects jewelry, it affect Windows, and livejournal. No one is safe in this global economy.
The worst, rail-splittinest drunkest of all knock-offs is the “Hobo Core“. Imagine, devoted reader, that these foul-smelling miscreants have stolen the vital bodily fluids of our Coven, strained [...]
Joel on Software
I would like to talk about Joel - he is the sort of person who speaks real sense on software engineering that you have to be impressed by. He has a strong set of ideas and a good sense of direction. He speaks to other technical people on matters of the real world. His only [...]
PIP VI - Mountain Of Horror & Other Tales
We left our heroes (me, Ro, Fi, Neil) on the top of a mountain in the Andes near Lares. Its some time during the day, calories to be burned to check watches far too precious to waste on such activities. Its probably past noon. Maybe.
PIP V - Seeing The Mountain
The next morning the tour proper started with a bus trip around the sacred valley, soaking up the local culture both present and ancient. There were some incredible bits, some rather grim ones;