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Hilarious and true. Also every Italian teen wears an Invicta backpack (And most have mullets and smoke). I'm convinced that there is only one brand of backpack available in Italy.
I was in Romania in April and found that the Romanian 10,000, 50,000 and 100,000 lei notes all have the circle patterns as well. Like Aussie currency, the Romanian currency has a plastic, waxy feel to it and coolest of all incorporates little transparent plastic windows. I thought it was funny that such measures would be taken to prevent the counterfeiting of notes worth 30 cents US. Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Turkey didn't have the circle patterns as I recall, only Romania.
Maybe mine were made incorrectly or stirred unnecessarily, but the grounds were found all the way through, not confined to the bottom. I didn't get a single groundless sip. Oh well, I ordered it for the experience, and it sure was an experience.
The funny thing about the coffee is that Turkish coffee and Greek coffee are pretty much the same (or seemed so to me at least) and I couldn't stand either one. Something about drinking the grounds with the coffee almost made me gag. I'm sure they're acquired tastes though. To each his own.
That AC was a troll if I ever saw one, but I'll also add in my little plug for the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (www.mmoca.org). I've gotten a pretty good look at their permanent collection in the past couple weeks (I'm helping them pack it all up) and it is surprisingly impressive.
(Granted, you can tell by my handle that I may be a little biased)
Actually you're right, all 40,000 students at UW-Madison, all 5,000,000 residents of Wisconsin, and the millions more from the Midwest are all "pathologically sports-obsessed." Way to make a stereotype pal. That sounds just like someone who lives a couple of blocks off the campus of MIT.
Thank you, Mr. Kirsner, for an incredible article. I've been reading Wired for five years now and have been involved in FIRST for the past three. Dean Kamen is one of the few people that I am actually proud to have met. There just aren't very many people alive today like him, and everyone should know who he is.
The FIRST program that Dean started is a marvelous project that should be a part of every high school in the country, just as sports are. It is sad that even on the high school level, the star quarterback still gets more press and more attention than the chief designer on the robot team. I personally put in a few 23 hour days working on our team's robot just prior to shipping. I've seen dedication in this program unlike any other.
I whole-heartedly agree with you when you say that FIRST restores one's faith in human potential. I've never had a feeling quite like the one I got on my two trips to FIRST nationals at Epcot Center. Seeing tens of thousands of people my age totally excited by engineering and science is something I will never forget.
Mr. Kirsner, I thank you again for a wonderful article.
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Hilarious and true. Also every Italian teen wears an Invicta backpack (And most have mullets and smoke). I'm convinced that there is only one brand of backpack available in Italy.
I was in Romania in April and found that the Romanian 10,000, 50,000 and 100,000 lei notes all have the circle patterns as well. Like Aussie currency, the Romanian currency has a plastic, waxy feel to it and coolest of all incorporates little transparent plastic windows. I thought it was funny that such measures would be taken to prevent the counterfeiting of notes worth 30 cents US. Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Turkey didn't have the circle patterns as I recall, only Romania.
Maybe mine were made incorrectly or stirred unnecessarily, but the grounds were found all the way through, not confined to the bottom. I didn't get a single groundless sip. Oh well, I ordered it for the experience, and it sure was an experience.
The funny thing about the coffee is that Turkish coffee and Greek coffee are pretty much the same (or seemed so to me at least) and I couldn't stand either one. Something about drinking the grounds with the coffee almost made me gag. I'm sure they're acquired tastes though. To each his own.
That AC was a troll if I ever saw one, but I'll also add in my little plug for the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art (www.mmoca.org). I've gotten a pretty good look at their permanent collection in the past couple weeks (I'm helping them pack it all up) and it is surprisingly impressive.
(Granted, you can tell by my handle that I may be a little biased)
the rest of us would just as soon skip all that fun and just get our CDs, by mail preferably
Enjoy Britney however you want, those of us with lives that include good music prefer our indie without you guys asking stupid questions anyway.
Not that it would matter to everyone, but the Dell can only read CDs through an external D-Bay or Media Base. It's significant to me.
Although the article doesn't mention his first name, "Himpsel" is Franz Himpsel. Check out his homepage here.
Actually you're right, all 40,000 students at UW-Madison, all 5,000,000 residents of Wisconsin, and the millions more from the Midwest are all "pathologically sports-obsessed." Way to make a stereotype pal. That sounds just like someone who lives a couple of blocks off the campus of MIT.
Sincerely,
A Typical UW-Madison Student
Thank you, Mr. Kirsner, for an incredible article. I've been reading Wired for five years now and have been involved in FIRST for the past three. Dean Kamen is one of the few people that I am actually proud to have met. There just aren't very many people alive today like him, and everyone should know who he is.
The FIRST program that Dean started is a marvelous project that should be a part of every high school in the country, just as sports are. It is sad that even on the high school level, the star quarterback still gets more press and more attention than the chief designer on the robot team. I personally put in a few 23 hour days working on our team's robot just prior to shipping. I've seen dedication in this program unlike any other.
I whole-heartedly agree with you when you say that FIRST restores one's faith in human potential. I've never had a feeling quite like the one I got on my two trips to FIRST nationals at Epcot Center. Seeing tens of thousands of people my age totally excited by engineering and science is something I will never forget.
Mr. Kirsner, I thank you again for a wonderful article.