Luxury is Relative
Monday, February 14, 2011
At the COB, Green Beans is a real, but essential, luxury. We started our day with a triple cappuccino expertly served up by the unexpectedly named Robert Rodriquez (perhaps an homage) and felt pretty well taken care of.
Coming straight to Dubai is a bit of a culture shock. Indoor palm trees? We had to go off base to see outdoor palm trees.
We did have one bit of green on base…
Posted at 11:37:53 GMT-0700
Shipley is a Rock Star
Monday, February 14, 2011
Who would’a thunk a little site like dis.org, the on-line clubhouse for a few bay area computer types, would make both the barracuda block list and the UAE block list. How cool is that?
If you’re not in the UAE: here’s the block list https://web.archive.org/web/20130409222119/http://www.etisalat.ae/assets/document/blockcontent.pdf
And if you’re inappropriately blocked:
Posted at 10:58:54 GMT-0700