Reamde
2 Sep 2011 8:08am GMT “The Skipper had never been on a boat, other than passenger ferries, until the day the adventure had begun. Nonetheless he had, during the first, critical forty-eight hours, acquired a command of basic sailing principles with a speed and fluency that had struck the Engineer as being almost supernatural. Much like a teenager who starts [...]
Instant Company
17 Jun 2011 12:19am GMT Starting a company in 2011 is great. Back in 1999, when we started Ximian, the only tools a small startup could afford for their internal infrastructure were mailman and perl. It was ugly. In 2011, the best tools on the planet cost $25/month, billed to your credit card. In just a few minutes you can [...]
Xamarin
25 May 2011 4:04pm GMT In the past year, my wife and I have visited 20 different countries, we sat on the front lines of a conflict with members of the two opposing armies, survived dengue fever, learned to sail, and I got a pilot’s license. We’re lucky people, and it’s been pretty great. What could ever pull me away [...]
Taj Mahal
9 Apr 2011 1:03pm GMT So we saw the Taj Mahal in India. Yes it is amazing. I don’t have any good photos to show you, but here are three things I took away from the experience: The four minarets on the side are the genius of the Taj Mahal. Without them the building would look much smaller. They create [...]
From Bagan to Rajasthan
13 Mar 2011 9:31pm GMT The main attraction in Bagan is the hundreds of ancient Buddhist temples scattered over an area of a couple of square miles. From one spot on the ground I counted 35 spires without turning my head. The area between the temples is farmland, and present-day farmers till their fields of radishes and mustard in the [...]