Skirting the Esterel

On our approach to Nice, the plane flew over the Mediterranean just west of Fréjus. As it banked to the east over the sea, I was rewarded with a tremendous view of the Côte d’Azur. I didn’t have a map…

A hike in the French Alps

It’s incredible that you can be in the French Alps after only an hour and a half drive from Cannes—and yet Stephanie and I had never been to the mountains on any of our previous visits. So in preparation for…

I was a bike lane for Halloween

From the front it looked like I was just wearing a plain green t-shirt and shorts, so people would invariably ask, “And what are you?” That was my cue to lay down on the floor and wait for the moment…

HAHAHA:

In an interesting work-around, Levison complied the next day by turning over the private SSL keys as an 11 page printout in 4-point type. The government, not unreasonably, called the printout “illegible.” “To make use of these keys, the FBI would have to manually input all 2,560 characters, and one incorrect keystroke in this laborious process would render the FBI collection system incapable of collecting decrypted data,” prosecutors wrote.

Dammit Ladar Levison, you just earned my $100. #

This should be on TV: Vaccines. And now my kids don’t die. #

This was an excellent read: How Guilty Should I Feel About Being A Horrible Gentrifier? #

This is quite lovely: Progressbar #

To try: a Lebanese breakfast of a plate of olive oil, a handful of olives, fried halloumi, and fresh Lebanese saj (flatbread) #

Saw someone riding what looked like a Hase Pino the other day (I wonder if I could get Stephanie on one of those with me) #