• johndunn:

    Last three days we camped on the North Shore. The waves were supposedly the largest to hit the island in 20 years and people from all over came up to surf or just check it out. We hung out on the top of a cliff and watched while people surfed 30-40ft waves. You really couldn’t tell they were that big until you saw an ant sized surfer drop in and either make it or get crushed.  It was impossible to take a picture and actually capture how big they were unless you had a crazy telephoto lens, as hundreds of people lined along the shore did. Two of the nights we slept on the beach where the waves crashed on rocks and the spray shot up like a giant log flume ride.

  • nevver:

    [Encyclopedia Galactica Design You Trust](http://designyoutrust.com/2009/12/12/encyclopedia-galactica/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dyt+%28Design+You+Trust.+World%27s+Most+Famous+Social+Inspiration.%29&utm_content=Google+Reader)

  • Perhaps I was a bit premature in my declaration of success:

    adsl-207-245-72-247:~ 113: ping -c 20 207.245.72.1 PING 207.245.72.1 (207.245.72.1): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=0 ttl=255 time=46.304 ms 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=1 ttl=255 time=64.254 ms Request timeout for icmp\_seq 2 Request timeout for icmp\_seq 3 Request timeout for icmp\_seq 4 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=5 ttl=255 time=40.875 ms Request timeout for icmp\_seq 6 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=7 ttl=255 time=39.029 ms Request timeout for icmp\_seq 8 Request timeout for icmp\_seq 9 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=10 ttl=255 time=35.140 ms 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=11 ttl=255 time=42.117 ms Request timeout for icmp\_seq 12 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=13 ttl=255 time=33.285 ms 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=14 ttl=255 time=36.361 ms 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=15 ttl=255 time=34.513 ms Request timeout for icmp\_seq 16 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=17 ttl=255 time=33.330 ms 64 bytes from 207.245.72.1: icmp\_seq=18 ttl=255 time=35.779 ms --- 207.245.72.1 ping statistics --- 20 packets transmitted, 11 packets received, 45.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 33.285/40.090/64.254/8.573 ms

  • IMG_0416 (via Will Wilkinson)

    “What does ‘boring’ do for a wealthy sports star, and is it worth trading for 11 willing mistresses? As a resident Iowan, I can tell you what “boring” buys here in the heartland: a butter sculpture. Here is Tiger Woods, pre-scandal, at the 2005 Iowa State Fair. Not only is he entirely constructed of low moisture, pure-cream Iowa butter, he, butter Tiger Woods, is holding onto a butter tiger. It is the highest honor this state can bestow and it is glorious.

    “Look upon what you have lost, Tiger, and despair.”

    The Benefits of “Boring, Kerry Howley