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The city awake 1 Aug 2013 | 11:54 am
This month, my parents and my sister spent a week here in Seattle with me. Since it was my parents’ first visit and my sister had only ever been here for a few days, we went to all of the touristy pla...
The heat 1 Jul 2013 | 11:52 am
Two years ago, when I considered applying for a job in Seattle, I was concerned that it would rain all the time. Many people have this idea about Seattle, but it’s not entirely accurate. Most of the t...
The old country again 1 Jun 2013 | 11:56 am
On September 12, Katya and I took another bus up the Croatian coast, passing briefly through Bosnia and Herzegovina before re-entering Croatia and arriving in the city of Split. I had been there befor...
Old towns 1 May 2013 | 11:59 am
Katya and I woke up in Budva, Montenegro, and told our host we’d be leaving instead of staying an additional night. She seemed surprised, but the place wasn’t what we’d been looking for. So we gave he...
Montenechagrin 8 Apr 2013 | 09:40 am
Maybe in the next 10 years I’ll finish writing about this trip. So, continuing from last time: It was our last day in Belgrade. After another breakfast on the roof, our host took us to an artificial l...
The World of Stuff is 10 years old 7 Apr 2013 | 03:22 am
It’s been ten years since I started The World of Stuff! And to celebrate, I’ve given the site a new design. It is a work in progress, and I hope to polish it a bit over the coming weeks. By then you’l...
Breakfast on the roof 11 Mar 2013 | 10:07 am
So there were four of us—me, Katya, our CouchSurfing host, and another CouchSurfer—and we were at a Belgrade casino. For the food. I had informally resolved never to set foot in a casino if I could he...
The other side of Europe 27 Feb 2013 | 01:20 pm
Katya’s visa was expiring. Our passports were stamped; we were out of the EU. We followed a long line of travelers across the tarmac of Gothenburg City Airport and into a purple and pink airplane. It ...
Progress Bar Clock 28 Jan 2013 | 07:15 am
A few months ago, I was thinking about HTML5 and how it’s supposed to be the future of the web, what with all these application-in-a-browser website thingies that are supposed to spring up any day now...
Strolling across Sweden 21 Jan 2013 | 12:45 pm
So, yes, Katya and I were in Sweden in September. We criss-crossed Stockholm on foot; I walked more than I had in a long time (and I walk to work every day, mind you). We walked through a large park t...
