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A quick pre-Arisia catch-up post
The over-the-holidays trip to the UK went well; in terms of friends-list shout-outs, we saw the original of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
jmhm's userpic at the British Museum, a Goodies retrospective TV show featuring ffutures's icon of "Kitten Kong" knocking over the then-Post Office Tower (which is near where we were staying in London), and a neat exhibit at the British Library.
The exhibit? Oh, it was about the Nobel Prizes, and while I didn't see any specific mentions of Frank Wilczek, there was a sample from an earlier laureate's wife's journal. It used some sort of odd technology called "paper";betsythedevine, have you heard about it? It's apparently good in situations where power outlets aren't available. I couldn't figure out how to get the RSS feed working, though.
I did find it both interesting and amusing to see how Nobel-blogging has its historical antecedents. I also got to see what the place-settings for the banquet look like up close.
We also finally got on the London Eye despite the well-known fact that sharks and heights don't mix, and managed to have it be on the clearest day of the entire time we were there. Recommendation: book online in advance if you go; we did (thanks to the ever-organizedhr_macgirl) and it saved us a long wait in line.
In other news, Google Earth for the Mac is out, for those who somehow missed hearing about it already. It's such a fun toy, and Cambridge has really good hi-res coverage.
The new LJ "nudge" so-called feature? Please don't use it on me. If I don't post, it's because I don't want to. I'm a shark, not your monkey.
Now to finish up a few things, get lunch, and get ready to head over to the Park Plaza for Arisia. Dear Weather Gods: what you're supplying right now is good, please keep it there for a few days. Thanks.
jmhm's userpic at the British Museum, a Goodies retrospective TV show featuring ffutures's icon of "Kitten Kong" knocking over the then-Post Office Tower (which is near where we were staying in London), and a neat exhibit at the British Library.The exhibit? Oh, it was about the Nobel Prizes, and while I didn't see any specific mentions of Frank Wilczek, there was a sample from an earlier laureate's wife's journal. It used some sort of odd technology called "paper";
betsythedevine, have you heard about it? It's apparently good in situations where power outlets aren't available. I couldn't figure out how to get the RSS feed working, though.I did find it both interesting and amusing to see how Nobel-blogging has its historical antecedents. I also got to see what the place-settings for the banquet look like up close.
We also finally got on the London Eye despite the well-known fact that sharks and heights don't mix, and managed to have it be on the clearest day of the entire time we were there. Recommendation: book online in advance if you go; we did (thanks to the ever-organized
hr_macgirl) and it saved us a long wait in line.In other news, Google Earth for the Mac is out, for those who somehow missed hearing about it already. It's such a fun toy, and Cambridge has really good hi-res coverage.
The new LJ "nudge" so-called feature? Please don't use it on me. If I don't post, it's because I don't want to. I'm a shark, not your monkey.
Now to finish up a few things, get lunch, and get ready to head over to the Park Plaza for Arisia. Dear Weather Gods: what you're supplying right now is good, please keep it there for a few days. Thanks.
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I'm heading over to Arisia as soon as I can bail out of work, though I suspect traffic may keep me from making the 6pm panels as I hope.
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Thee guesses which version I've got on my iBook...
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Paper, eh?
Have a great time at Arisia!