http://lilt.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ GirlHacker's Even More Random Log en Vox Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:44:46 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/how-i-got-down-from-the-great-wall-of-china.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/how-i-got-down-from-the-great-wall-of-china.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/how-i-got-down-from-the-great-wall-of-china.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:44:46 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22521165b549d00f48ce57df50003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00f48ce57df50003-50si" alt="MVI_4421" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> As one person remarked, everything should have a toboggan exit. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/how-i-got-down-from-the-great-wall-of-china.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00e398e710900005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> beijing greatwall mutianyu beijingtrip http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/going-to-beijing.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/going-to-beijing.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/going-to-beijing.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:11:36 -0800 I'm going to Beijing for work for a week, leaving Friday. I won't have too much time for sightseeing, but our test lead in Beiing sent us these handy streetwise tips. It sounds a wee bit more challenging than crossing the street in Manhattan. T... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/going-to-beijing.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00e398e0b9070005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> china beijing http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/its-quieter-at-our-house.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/its-quieter-at-our-house.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/its-quieter-at-our-house.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:18:41 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00cd974176564cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00cd974176564cd5-50si" alt="Evergreen Point Floating Bridge - span up" /></a> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00d09e834fcdbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00d09e834fcdbe2b-50si" alt="Divider removers" /></a> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00d414490195685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00d414490195685e-50si" alt="Resurfacing, looking east" /></a> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00d414490197685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00d414490197685e-50si" alt="Putting down the rubberized asphalt" /></a> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00d4144f8a5e3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00d4144f8a5e3c7f-50si" alt="Rolling" /></a> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00d41449019a685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00d41449019a685e-50si" alt="More rolling" /></a> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00d09e834fbcbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00d09e834fbcbe2b-50si" alt="July2007 023" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> This past weekend they closed the SR520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge for yearly maintenance. Although it's inconvenient to lose our easy route into Seattle, the closure provides us with a full two-day respite from traffic noise. We're far eno... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/its-quieter-at-our-house.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00d4144f8db73c7f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/how-does-he-know-how.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/how-does-he-know-how.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/how-does-he-know-how.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 05 Feb 2007 01:10:20 -0800 How does a two-year-old son of admitted super geeks know that in a store filled with television screens of all sort of huge, fascinating sizes and content he's supposed to throw a tantrum when we take him away after 30 seconds from the tiny, litt... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/how-does-he-know-how.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9710dace4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> parenting geek starwars toddler http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/pnw-dialect.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/pnw-dialect.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/pnw-dialect.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 30 Dec 2006 01:12:19 -0800 My mom has been listening to English spoken by people in Connecticut (in person) and New York City (the broadcast media) for her entire English-speaking life (my parents moved here in 1965). Now that she's in the Seattle area she claims that the... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/pnw-dialect.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9707ccd54cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/dinner-at-mistral.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/dinner-at-mistral.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/dinner-at-mistral.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 20 Dec 2006 02:05:41 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9705c4ef4cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9705c4ef4cd5-50si" alt="MistralMenu" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> After many days and nights with no heat (and no electricity, but it was the cold that really did me in) we journeyed with our friends Pavel and Kathleen to the Belltown area of Seattle for a previously planned visit to Mistral. My husband and I ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/dinner-at-mistral.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00d10a77b6ef8bfa?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> mistral seattle dining http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/things-not-to-get-me-for-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/things-not-to-get-me-for-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/things-not-to-get-me-for-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:12:32 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9701b3934cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9701b3934cd5-50si" alt="Hello_kitty_platinum" /></a> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9701b3954cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9701b3954cd5-50si" alt="Sw_nutcracker" /></a> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9701b3974cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9701b3974cd5-50si" alt="Dtypeporsche" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> A platinum Hello Kitty (with rubies, pink sapphires, and diamonds). Darth Vader nutcracker. Hitler's Porsche. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/things-not-to-get-me-for-christmas.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9701b3c64cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/qotd-warning.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/qotd-warning.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/qotd-warning.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:55:13 -0800 If you came with a warning label, what would it say? Submitted by chris. WARNING: Volatile when hungry. If the following symptoms occur: snippiness, bitchiness, general lack of compassion, offer food immediately. Chocolate preferable. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/qotd-warning.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00cd9700428f4cd5?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd warning label http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/seattle-rain-ny-times.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/seattle-rain-ny-times.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/seattle-rain-ny-times.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 26 Nov 2006 22:50:01 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22521165b549d00cdf3a2ce6acb8f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22521165b549d00cdf3a2ce6acb8f-50si" alt="Seattlerain" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> The Seattle downpours have made the front page of the NY Times. At least it's below the fold. Oh, and, by the way, it's snowing right now. <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/seattle-rain-ny-times.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00cdf7e80c37094f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> seattle rain nytimes http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/qotd-stupid-human-trick.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Lilly) http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/qotd-stupid-human-trick.html?_c=feed-rss http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/qotd-stupid-human-trick.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 25 Nov 2006 23:22:40 -0800 What is your stupid human trick? Submitted by Scarlett. I can hang a spoon on my nose -- backwards (bowl facing out). And during the Twin Peaks craze I learned how to tie a knot in a cherry stem with my tongue and teeth -- a suitable trick for ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://lilt.vox.com/library/post/qotd-stupid-human-trick.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22521165b549d00cdf3a27ea0cb8f?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd stupid trick