– Theo Jansen, “an artist who wants to sculpt the air around us” Absolutely stunning. In my free time from improving the lives of people in developing countries through low-tech yet innovative devices [how’s that for an elevator pitch for the job I don’t have yet?], I want to make beautiful mechanical things like these… Continue reading “The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds . . .”
Sushirrito!
They’re marketing themselves as the illegitimate child of a grab ‘n go sushi counter and a taqueria, but really the result is just a roll that ate too much cabbage. Not that it wasn’t tasty; just nothing earth-shattering. I split a Latin Ninja [predominantly raw salmon, avocado, onion, and cilantro, and disappointingly bland] and a… Continue reading Sushirrito!
Hello pow pow.
That’s right, sitting atop a mountain is baller. Or, more accurately, I was still struggling to breathe after falling off the T-bar and hiking a good 50 meters up an icy incline to the peak [those things are hazardous for snowboarders!]. But check out the spectacular view and sweet bowl MW and I are about… Continue reading Hello pow pow.
To the mountains!
So my geography is a little off — that’s the Alps in Switzerland, not the Rockies in the U.S. — but it seemed a fittingly majestic mountaintop view. We’re heading to Breckenridge for the weekend for my first taste of “real” powder and a crash course snowboarding in it, with the luxury of a ski-in-ski-out… Continue reading To the mountains!
Aussie health care
I just had the pleasure [yes, that is pleasure] of experiencing my first foreign health care system. The backstory: Three weeks ago I “fractured” my wrist bombing down a mountain on the first day of snowboarding season [contradicting diagnoses between first and second doctors, a florescent green cast nonetheless]. But with temperatures in Adelaide climbing… Continue reading Aussie health care