{"id":106,"date":"2008-08-20T19:06:23","date_gmt":"2008-08-20T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/boboh\/2008\/08\/20\/live_blogging_the_baltic\/"},"modified":"2008-08-20T19:06:23","modified_gmt":"2008-08-20T17:06:23","slug":"live_blogging_the_baltic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/boboh\/2008\/08\/20\/live_blogging_the_baltic\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Blogging the Baltic"},"content":{"rendered":"

OK, technology is getting silly. I’m sat in a bar on a ferry in the middle of the Gulf of Finland, between Tallinn and Helsinki, and I can get a wireless signal.<\/p>\n


\nI’ve been on a day trip with a research group I hang around with<\/a>. The trip started as work, but degenerated. One member of the group talked about some serious cool stuff that will kick arse, as well as at least one hybrid equid. Unfortunately it was confidential, so I can’t say more. Booo!
\nAfter that we wandered Tallinn. Our trip to the shopping mall was tainted by the realization that almost all of the shops were Finnish, and not much cheaper.
\nWe had a meal together during which the question was raised “What is considered ultra-cool?” I excused myself from answering, having never been cool. The Canadian who raised the question strggled once Summer of ’69<\/em> was mentioned, and ended up admitting that in his day “Rock on, dude” was considered “cool” in his day. Poor guy: this is going to run and run.
\nWe also took a tour of the old city. Tallinn used to be a Hansa town, with the guilds ruling, We worked out that this was finally destroyed by an Englishman, through the introduction of Clearasil. Apparently anyone wanting to be a Tallinn trader would have to join an organisation based in The House of the Black Head. This was the place for all the un-married merchants. Apparently every year they would hold a competition to shoot a parrot, which seems unkind (almost as bad as putting the Canadian embassy in a haunted building).
\nAnyway, our theory is that the merchant guild steadily lost members once someone decided to deal with the black heads by selling skin lotion to the locals. Such are the things that are discussed by high-powered researchers when they get together.
\nNow the big question – are Kiss cool or not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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