This isn't the first time sheep have been used artfully, see the brilliant Welsh LED sheep art project for some jaw-dropping splendor.
(I cannot take credit for this photo, only for the fact that it was taken with my camera).
Drive or hike around Scotland for long enough and you're bound to find a castle. Not all of them are pink like this one, though. They couldn't all have looked this fabulous, else invaders would've been too envious to stop themselves from sieging.
It's just "Whisky" in Scotland (what else would it be?) but it's a magical drink I'd only recently really gotten a taste for (thanks, Christopher!). There weren't many distilleries open during the offseason, but Glen Grant was (apparently they're huge in Italy) and the guide put up with my inane questions. Fun fact: Most of the wood they import for Scotch barrels are used bourbon barrels from the USA. One more reason why we should never go to war with Scotland.
If it weren't for GPS, I doubt I would have been able to get there (especially learning how to drive on the other side of the road), but it was well worth it. Beautiful country. Cold, too.
I was invited to give some talks here in Edinburgh over Thanksgiving (it's a USA thing) with some aspiring (or current) startup founders and had a lovely time. Video of the talk is to come, but for now, enjoy this photo I took. I love these bovines, but it was unrequited, as they were indifferent to me, maybe even a little resentful at how excited I was.
The part-time reddit and breadpig model, Dr. Huu, was awarded his PhD in Mechanical Engineering, though, which was nice. There are no photos to document the night of debauchery that ensued. Instead, here's a photo taken before brunch in Brooklyn the following day.
Erik, S.I., and I enjoyed a fine lunch of sandwiches and scotch with Christopher. I was quite pleased with the reddit interview, which should be going on the hot new reddit YouTube channel the first week of December. Stay tuned!
Those missing letters could be a lot of things, really. A command to "SPREAD LOLZ?" Or an order to distribute "LOX," say, over a finely toasted bagel?
Perhaps the author had its heartbroken before he/she could finish... we'll never know.
“Do not train children to learning by force and harshness, but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” – Plato.
This school is a gift from the readers of XKCD, an internet comic strip. The world is full of exciting things to discover. We hope you find some of them.This is the dedication going on the plaque at the school's entrance (as chosen by Randall with the help of xkcd readers).See the rest of the photos and learn a bit more about the school on the breadpig company blog.
William Randolph Hearst wanted a castle, so he built one. It's astonishingly opulent, housing individual artwork that is today purportedly worth more than the castle's construction (it all belongs to the state of CA now, which cannot sell a single napkin without forfeiting the entire estate). Just don't think about what he could've done for his fellow man with even some of that money during the Great Depression...
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hearst_Castle