Globalfest is a pretty big gig nowadays. I haven’t actually been to any of the tents yet so far this year… but the fireworks are still the main attraction in most people’s eyes. Thousands of people attended the friday night edition of the fireworks show. I thought they did a good job.
There a place in India called Cherrapunji. It’s apparently the wettest place on earth. Ficus elastica trees thrive there apparently. And the locals braid bridges with it’s roots. But instead of chopping them down and the bridge decaying over time, they just weave the roots as the tree grows, hence living root bridges. Awesome 🙂  …
Wierd. My Nano today would start playing a song and two minutes into it it would turn itself off. A quick googling allowed me to reboot it by holding down the menu button and the center button together for 5 seconds. The Apple logo should appear as it reboots. All songs are kept intact. My …
The hike to Sentinel pass starts right next to Moraine lake near Lake Louise. It is one of the best I’ve done and incredibly rewarding. The hike is about 13 km round trip and starts out with a series of switchbacks up into larch valley. Once you’re in the valley things are much easier and …
Well, it appears that robots in general are here to stay. Companies are pouring money into R&D nowadays. Toyota for example have demo’s a robot that can balance itself by taking steps backward much like bipeds do. And it can run at 7km/hr. On with the leaping! Hit the vid after the jump.
Helen Lake is a beautiful hike located across the highway from bow lake and the crowfoot glacier on route 93.  It’s a moderate 12 km hike (round-trip). A good portion of the elevation gain is at the beginning of the hike. But the view down at Bow Lake and the Crowfoot Glacier is amazing and …