#171 Ride Royal Enfield in India

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”

#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?”

#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”