Iain Thomson
@iainthomson
UK journalist in SF covering security, space, and science, and stuff that looks fun. Into sailing, F1, F5, the Oxford comma, and Marmite. All views my own. Signal: iainthomson.60 if you want to talk. Reluctantly siliconlimey on Insta & iainthomson on X.
And took it very well so. The new side of the bridge has a troll underneath it. Apologies for the potato-quality picture.
I've seen a lot of Tesla stickers decrying Elon Musk but this one, spotted on today's hike, really takes the biscuit.
While I've heard good things about The Odyssey, I'd pay more money to see this.
Looks like someone left their belongings on BART. Luckily no smell. First time I've seen something like this on the train in over a decade.
Eyeing up the Waymo competition. Given it has just gone through a red light some work needs to be done still by the Zoox team.
Today's a working day but I had to check out the parade. Hope everyone has a lovely Pride.
A former illegal immigrant amplifies the voice of the son of an immigrant and Belfast burns.
Walking the cat in the evening and a neighbour stopped by to give her strokes. "It's Stumpy, the local celebrity!" I know it's odd walking a cat but she's very old and her eyesight is not so good. But she loves a prowl.
Big Sur is a beautiful place that is also renowned for having the highest gas prices in the state. I took this a decade ago to show friends how bad things were My better half spotted a local Shell station today is selling petrol/gas at $6 a gallon, up from $4.50 last week, and diesel is even worse.
Got given the hard stare by these two local gobblers. Thanksgiving seems a while away.
Sunday night toad in the hole with onion gravy and veggies. Despite its name this dish has won my wife over.
125 years ago Nevil Shute, one of Britain's most popular novelists in the 40s and 50s, was born. An engineer by training, he helped build Britain's first airships, created novel weapons in WWII, and wrote some beauties. While On the Beach is his best known, Project Gutenberg has all his classics.
RIP Michael Sherrell, who taught many of us at Cal Sailing essential skills on the water. Never happier than when he was out on the trapeze or astride a horse, he died on Christmas Day with his family around him. Rest easy Mike, wishing you tight sheets and full sails.
It's a measure of how American I've become that I now prefer this to a fry up.
"Look, everyone knows the middle seat gets both arm rests, capeesh?"
Sadly this isn't true, the AARP's fact-checking department needs a boot up the bum. Until checking I thought I had a gold mine in the back room. There's a market for gaming cables, and specialized connectors, but no - your SCSI cables aren't worth that much.
San Francisco goes all-in on Halloween, both adults and children. This is still my favourite costume, by a British mate on the year of Brexit.