4 posts tagged “qotd”
Tell us a little something about your first car. Do you have any photos you can share?
The White Rider, El Blanco, a 1994 Fiesta.
Of course, she was prone to the occasional lapse in motor function, but in an endearing way. She served us well, and opened up the joys of weekend surfing trips for a summer. On one such occassion, we drove to Fanore beach, got suited up, and were about to get into the water when someone told us that the waves were much better on the other side of the head, in Lahinch. After a short conference, we decided to throw the boards in the back, and head inland, directly towards Lahinch.
About halfway there, I got a flat.
And so it happened that on a hot summer day in the middle of the Burren, miles from the nearest sign of water, a busload of puzzled Japanese tourists drove slowly past a brokendown car which, for some strange reason, was being attended to by two young men dressed entirely in wetsuits.
If you had a band, what would you call yourselves?
I have actually been in many bands, each one (I would like to think) a little less terrible than the previous. Some names, in chronological order:
- The Banging Pandas
- The 10p Taytos
- The Swell
- Kerouac
- Headphones
Somehow, the names seemed to get worse as the music got better. There were many more variations over the years, but these are the ones that I can remember actually playing gigs under.
My next band would, I think, be called The Flatpack Revolution.
What is your current computer desktop image? Let's see it!
A photo I took last year on the beach in Lettergesh, Co. Mayo. Haven't been back since but we're going camping there this weekend... God bless bank holidays.
Note the text overlayed on the top and bottom left corners using the fan-tastic GeekTool -- system uptime, my todo.txt file, and this month's calendar.
If you could get someone in your life to start a blog, who would it be and why?
I'm not sure if "in your life" means someone I know of, or someone I know personally.
I think that Stewart Brand would write a kickin' blog. For some reasons why, see the footnote here. But I've never met the man, so if the strict rules pertaining to this question limit me to immediate acquaintances, I'd have to go for any of my close friends that no longer live in Ireland. We're all mostly terrible at emailing. The last time I saw Nick I mentioned that we hadn't spoken in ages, and he said that he feels like we're in touch all the time because he reads my blog.
Or else if animals could blog, like if I could somehow get a feed of my dog's daily activities delivered to my RSS reader (total yards run, balls fetched, overall mood, etc), that would also be cool. Or (although not technically an acquaintance), if the Jetsonesque dream of a robotic kitchen would please hurry up and realise itself, a blogging fridge would also be handy, and never again would I forget to buy milk when we are empty.
