I pretty much don’t have the same exciting life I had back on the ice, but I still occasionally write. For those who like to follow my polar exploits, that’s […]

As I said, the updates about things polar will be rare. If you want a dose of antipodal adventure, my pal Pablo is working IT on an icebreaker this season […]

Tired of the same old grind? Know about Windows and VMWare sysadmin? Available pretty much right now for the next year? Sweat easily? Look good in red? Want amazing bragging […]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That each person who serves, or has served, as a member […]

From The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett VII. G in the Air In his bedroom that was a living-room now the wall-bed was up, Spade took Brigid O’Shaughnessy’s hat and […]

That’s how much I put on the rental car. I don’t know of a good word for “milage” in metric-talk, other than just plain “distance”. It was a good work-horse […]

The deadline was yesterday. http://icecube.wisc.edu/jobs/show/winterover

2012-02-27, Te Anau The New Zealand Department of Conservation has a big job. They maintain 8 million hectares of land — that’s roughly 30% of New Zealand — and have […]

I have been having a blast traveling around New Zealand with Megan from South Pole. Unfortunately, “having a blast” and “traveling” took priority over “blogging”. I’ll try to catch up […]

I don’t think of myself as a list-maker. I don’t have a bucket-list. It feels kind of limiting in some ways to make a list — what do you do […]