Adam Turtle, Freelance Web Design in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Since1986
Archive for October, 2007
October 25 th
Road Trip Day 1
I figured I should try to write this as I go along otherwise I’ll either have one exhaustive post which will be too long, or conversely I will forget almost everything and not be able to write nada.
Yesterday was the big drive to Vegas. My word what a night. In short, we ran outta gas in the middle of the Mojave Desert and had to hitchhike to a gas station to bring some back. On top of that, the cops stopped us and treated us like drunk drivers. I was navigating but went to sleep for an hour and woke up to find we’d be going in the wrong direction for 1 hour…
October 24 th
Roadtrippin’
As of 3pm today I am officially on holiday. I stayed up half the night trying to finalize details of our roadtrip as my friend had to pull out last minute. So now it’s going to be 4 of us – me, Sue, and two Korean guys I’ve never met. And Sue is Korean. So should be fun!
The first couple of days will be Vegas and the Grand Canyon. We’re actually driving to Vegas at 3pm so I started work today at 6am after about 4 hours sleep. Then in less than 3 hours, we’re driving to Nevada which will take at least 10 hours…
October 21 st
Sailing…and other stuff.
Sailing
I signed a few forms yesterday so I am now officially a volunteer crew member on board the Alma. It’s the same boat as I was on last week, and I had a good time and even learned a bit about sailing so I thought I may as well sign up. It’s a pretty good deal – just turn up for a few hours on a Saturday afternoon, do a bit of work on the boat then just keep an eye on the tourists and enjoy the view. Yesterday we had a three hour sail around the Golden Gate; the weather was beautiful and the passengers were for the most part easy going people…
October 16 th
Google more valuable than United Arab Emirates
I’ve been keeping an eye on Google’s share prices recently, because they’ve been going up…and up…and up. In fact, as of today, just one share in Google will cost you around $620. That’s insane! I’ve put together a few statistics just to really get my head around how huge this company has become:
So the highlighted figure is Google’s annual revenue. $181 billion dollars. One company. One hundred and eighty one BILLION dollars. Unbelievable…
October 15 th
A very nice day in San Francisco
Does anyone remember that episode of Black Books where Manny becomes a police officer for a day? I can’t remember the plot that well, I think last time I saw it was the time Emma and I watched all three seasons back to back and that was at least a few years ago. Anyway, from what I remember, Manny stays up all night watching the Sweeney or something and drinking coffee so the next day he gets confused and ends up being mistaken for a real cop and trying to track down a criminal. Then at the end of the day he just picks up where he left off. My Saturday was kinda like that.
It was weird…
October 12 th
Ulster Fry…sort of
Saturday lunch for me back home always consisted of a big Ulster Fry, and since moving to Belfast as a student it became a more than once-weekly meal. Some have branded this national favourite as a “heart attack on a plate” but there are very few Irish people that don’t enjoy a good fry every so often.
Since moving to San Francisco, I have missed my native cuisine immensely so yesterday I decided to do something about it. I went to Safeway to pickup a short list of items to make my very first American Ulster Fry…
October 8 th
My first proper weekend off
This weekend, for the first time since moving to this city, I had both Saturday and Sunday off. Such a special event should not go wasted, so I decided to make the most of it.
Saturday
I had a few options for Saturday. My roommate was moving back to Spain on Sunday so he asked me to go with him to the Golden Gate Bridge. Didn’t really want to go, because the bridge is a long walk and I’ve been there several times before. Plus Salvi wanted to go to Hooters afterwards, which is expensive…and…questionable…
