Royal Enfield just…. Looks how a bike should look like. I don’t know how to explain it better. Also, it is the Harley Davidson of India. First Royal Enfields were bikes used by British army to move around. They are an institution. This is my Bucketlist item 171. My friend Rahul rented one and went with meContinue reading “#171 Ride Royal Enfield in India”
Category Archives: My Bucketlist
#20 Go to Legoland
Item 20 on my Bucketlist. I was raised on Lego. My engineering skills were honed by building the infinity of stuff that can be assembled from these ingenious little blocks. I love how they are designed to be great fun for years without buying heaps of new sets. My love for Lego is is soContinue reading “#20 Go to Legoland”
#185 Go for a rodeo
My Bucketlist item #185 was seeing a proper rodeo. I had a chance to do that in Houston and boy, was it an adventure! It turned out that our friend had a backstage pass to VIP lounge in Houston Rodeo and Livestock show. That was a blast!
#164 Swim in a Cenote, Mexico
This was number 164 on my bucketlist. I love swimming in various weird places, so swimming in a Cenote was a dream of mine ever since I swam in “Blue Hole” in Jamaica. In Mexico, Yucatan peninsula is made of porous limestone. That means, that water just sinks through rock and all the water bodiesContinue reading “#164 Swim in a Cenote, Mexico”
Secret patterns of flavour
In March 2016, while helping to organize TEDxWarsaw, I had a great pleasure of working with James Briscione on his amazing talk “Secret Patterns of flavour”. This fulfilled my Bucketlist item #4. James is a head of Institute of Culinary Education in New York and together with IBM created “Cognitive Cooking with Chef Watson” book and app. HeContinue reading “Secret patterns of flavour”
#182 Cycle the Loire Valley
[ #182 in Bucketlist ] While choosing my bike, I wanted something good for a trip. I was asking myself Is this something I could cycle through loire valley on? This was few years ago and I had no concrete plan to really go and cycle in France. Only a certainty that I would getContinue reading “#182 Cycle the Loire Valley”
#181 Giants causeway
This fulfills my Bucketlist item 181 A long time ago, I stumbled upon photos of this incredible phenomenon in the vastness of interwebz. In Northern Ireland, there’s collection of these weird hexagonal bazalt pillars. As you can imagine, there are competing explanations for this incredible natural phenomenon. One includes a Giant, Finn McCool (name almost as goodContinue reading “#181 Giants causeway”
So you want to work at Automattic?
Today, it’s been precisely 6 months since I joined Automattic as JavaScript wrangler. All you’ve heard about how awesome this company is in fact an understatement! It is out of this world! I have started a blog dedicated to helping you get hired remotely. I have transfered this post there Click here to read -> .Continue reading “So you want to work at Automattic?”
#180 See a space launch
This is my bucketlist item #180 I have always dreamt of seeing a space launch. When I was just a small kid, my dad bought me a model of a Space Shuttle and we glued it together and later hanged it over my bed. I was falling asleep staring at it and dreaming of endlessContinue reading “#180 See a space launch”
#142 Swim with Manatees
This is my bucketlist item #142 I found a charming city of Crystal River, florida where you can legally swim with Manatees (they are an endangered species). I call them Sea Pugs. They are called Se Cows, bit I truly think Sea Pugs is more fitting Crystal River has about 70 springs with warmContinue reading “#142 Swim with Manatees”