T Vine Cellars

We (Stefan, Sharon, and I) had a damn fine T Vine Cellars Merlot (2001) at dinner at bacar. Looks like bottles are still to be had for $29 apiece from the web site.

"I blog, so as to remember."

This morning, I went for a run on the San Francisco waterfront, along the Embarcadero.

Mozilla Redrum

I bought a Firefox T-shirt.

Then I glanced at it in the mirror—I thought it said Ellison.

Goalball

Browsing a list of sports in the paralympics, I found an interesting one called "Goalball":

Goalball is open to athletes who are blind and partially sighted. While goalball competitors with varying degrees of sight compete together in open competition all competitors are required to wear "black-out" masks. The masks ensure that none of the competitors have any light perception or vision and as such compete on an equal footing in spite of varying degrees of sight. A team is comprised of six players with no more than three players per team on the court at any one time. The object of the game is to score goals by rolling a ball (called a goalball) using a bowling action toward the opposing team's goal, which spans the entire width of the court. Players (1 centre and 2 wingers) attempt to prevent the goalball from crossing the goal line. Goalballs weighing 1.25kg and containing noise bells along with raised lines on the court help orient the players.

Millau Viaduct

The world's highest bridge, now under construction between two plateaux in southern France, on the road from Paris to Barcelona. From one description:

Each of its sections spans 350 metres and its columns range in height from 75 metres to 235 metres—higher than the Eiffel Tower—and crucially it makes the minimum intervention in the landscape.

Yeah—I can hardly see it [lots of photos].