Rob is heading to the Chicago 'burbs this weekend. Since we are not often released from captivity, this is a good chance for us to head downtown for some beverages and food. If anyone else is interested in an impromptu web-geek meet-up in the Chicago area, let me know. I'm thinking of Elephant & Castle, Saturday night around 6pm for dinner. Not sure where we'll go from there yet. Suggestions?
While I was posting posting my own fail story, a bunch of Twitter residents decided to start riffing on the phrase 'EPIC FAIL' (maybe as a result of this article?). I'm not sure who started it, but I thought I'd paste in the relevant tweets from the people I follow:
- Kurafire: EPIC HAIL
- Molly: EPIC SAIL
- Kurafire: EPIC FLAIL
- Kurafire: EPIC INHALE
- Kurafire: EPIC WHALE (also cwilso)
- Molly: EPIC SALE
- Eric Meyer: OPEC FAIL
- Eric Meyer: E-PIC FAIL
- Chris Wilson: EPIC MAIL
- Chris Wilson: EPIC KALE
- Me: EPIC GALE
- Me: EPIC STALE
I just checked for a friend on train ticket prices from the Detroit Area to Chicago. $70 each way, $140 round trip. That does not compute. If he were to drive, I'm going to estimate it would cost $80 in gas - and he'd have the convenience of having a car once he's here. The airlines give me $160 with taxes and fees included, at a quarter of the trip time.
I love taking the train, but in this case it seems that it just doesn't make economical sense. Especially for more than one person. I wonder why...
Thank you. Note to self: Next time I need to build Boost, this is what I should do while experimenting:
bjam --build-dir=c:/boost-build/ --toolset=msvc-8.0 --build-type=complete
That builds all combinations of release/debug and dynamic/static libraries. Cost: Roughly 2 GB disk space.
Candace: what are you planning to grow?
As of today, I've got two of my 4'x4' boxes planted with vertical trellises and chicken wire cages. So far I've planted:
- 9 Beans
- 16 Beets
- 9 Broccoli
- 3 Cabbage
- 2 Jalapeño
- 4 Lettuce
- 13 Onions
- 5 Peas
- 9 Radishes
- 4 Spinach
- 3 Summer Squash
- 4 Swiss Chard
- 2 Watermelon
- 3 Zucchini
One tomato plant purchased (still indoors), need a couple more. Pumpkins to be started in a few weeks in time for October. We also purchased 4 dwarf fruit trees this year: 2 apple, one peach, one plum. I don't expect any yield this year, but you never know.
This year is the first year we're being serious about it - and surprise (to me), it's a hell of a lot of work!
But I did solve the problem of making a cage that fits a box with a vertical trellis. I made a 4'x4'x18" goalie net of wood and chicken wire. Then I tied chicken wire around the other side of the trellis so that the net and the trellis fit together to form a cage (with a one-inch gap for vining plants to grow up). It looks like it will work.