Author: Andrew Reilly
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Northern Isles
Road trip: Klaksvik (impromptu but necessary morning coffee break). Amusing part about this part was that somewhere just near the edge of town Google Maps, our navigation Flossie, totally wigged out, and had us going around the block, looking for the way out. Three times. Eventually we ignored her, stayed on what seemed to be…
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Mykines trip to puffins cancelled! Investigated Nólsoy instead. Sometimes it has puffins.
Not today though. Fog/drizzle/weather visibility about twenty metres most of the day, so might have passed a few and wouldn’t have noticed. Did, however, have a fantastic late lunch of cod and potatoes at a cafe on Nólsoy. Real find. Wasn’t much point taking the car on the ferry: more trouble on the island than…
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Yesterday: Streymoy, Tjørnuvik to Kirkjubøur
Started with a visit to Saksun and hike to the ocean inlet. Picnic lunch at Saksun, then drive the east coast to Tjørnuvik. Then back to the apartment for a nap. Headed south then to see the mediaeval church and cathedral at Kirkjubøur before the planned five course home-cooked dinner nearby. Big day. Got home…
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On the Faroe Islands OK
Car hire took a little longer than expected, because somehow I had lost the extra hour of time zone, so we actually arrived at 1:30PM, instead of the 2:30PM that it would have been had we still been in Copenhagen. The car was booked for 3PM, so we had to wait a bit… There are…
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Made it to Copenhagen
The flight from Brisbane to Hong Kong was a real eye-opener. Going to be tough to go back to flying steerage long haul. Flat-bed sleeper class is totally worth it. The other advantage of splurging on the ticket class was that it got us into the Qantas lounge in Hong Kong, which was nice, for…
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On the move, in Brisbane
Notes for beginners: Yes, it is a good idea to take a couple of extra days of leave before flying. Finishing up a work project on Friday leaves you too tired to pack on Friday night, so all of the packing is left until Saturday morning. Regular file server maintenance does have risks, if following…
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Countdown clock is becoming more urgent — we’re off again soon
Time to warm up the travel paraphernalia, such as this blog. Make sure that the workings haven’t suffered bit-rot. Bookings are all in order, I believe (flights, car hire and accommodation). Should probably cross check once again. Extra clothes and camera kit is mostly in order. We’ve done this enough times now that some of…
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Decentralized social media – Scuttlebutt
I came across this page (about Scuttlebutt) via today’s “Four Short Links” post. Since I’m interested in the internet, and have played on Usenet since before it was part of the internet (who remembers uucp?), the idea seemed cool. Since it also involves cryptography, Kiwis and boats, what’s not to like? There are intermittently-connected networks…