The Engineered Boulderer

Are you an aspiring author who wants to get started. Do you feel intimidated by the NaNoWriMo ? Then WriAShorStorWe may be the answer. Write a short story in a week and take the first step into the world of authoring. Headstarting is ok, but the official week of WriAShorStorWe is October 31 – November 4. Read the FAQ and maybe also the AAQ over at Defective Yeti.

Greg Storey talks about landwars and other design problems over at A List Apart. Worth a read if you’re a designer, and one if you’re not.

Hat tip: “NIXON*NOW”:http://www.nixlog.com/.

Thursday Susan and I were feeling lazy. Both having come home late from work, Susan bought some food at the local DSB fast food joint on the way home. Dinner was ok, but not terribly inspiring and we soon went to bed. Around 1 am we both woke up with stomach pains. For more than an hour we were both incapacitated by the pain, shivers, and general discomfort. I still don’t know how I fell asleep again, but I actually ended up sleeping the rest of the night. All of Friday my stomach was acting up and I couldn’t eat anything but Apples and shredded carrots. Today I finally feel alright, albeit a bit hungry, and I think we’ve both learned our lesson: No more DSB burgers.

It’s been a while since I injured my finger, about a month actually. The finger on my right hand quickly stopped being sore, while my other injured finger kept being an annoyance. Last week, however, that too stopped hurting. Finally, I was pain free. A celebration was called for, and yesterday I went climbing once again, and with the help of quite a bit of sports tape it was without problems.

I didn’t climb very hard, and to tell the truth, I couldn’t. It’s been a while since I’ve had a long time off, and I had no endurance. I quickly became busted and couldn’t even pull moderately heavy moves (only body heavy, not finger heavy, I’m not an idiot).

I’ve also had a minor education in finger taping, including this article. I think I’ll be ok, and can’t wait to get out again.

I saw a picture of the new official logo of the US over at kontraband. I think it’s accurate for pretty much any government though.

There has been a lot of tumult here in Denmark the past few weeks, the source of which was the politician Louise Frevert. Lousie Frevert is a member of parliament for the Danish People’s Party (DPP), but is also their main candidate as the mayor of Copenhagen (there are local elections in November).