Fireworks From The Marriot
One of the things I've often found annoying about Brisbane, and to a degree Australia in general, is you just don't get enough chance meet ups with interesting geeks. So since I'm over in San Francisco at the moment and Robert Scoble invited everyone and anyone to join Tom Conrad and him on the top floor of the Marriot hotel to watch the fireworks, I figured it was worth the walk.
Turns out that only a few people thought of that particular vantage point so when I got there Tom and Robert had secured the best seats in the house. Conversation was great, both Tom and Robert are very down to earth and easy to get on with. We were saved from getting too geeky by Robert inviting over a couple of girls who hadn't secured good seats but it was good to see some of the stuff put in perspective and get a non-geeks view on things as well.
The only problem is that I still haven't found an American beer that's worth drinking…
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Hopefully Robert will upload the video he took of the fireworks somewhere. There were some amazing effects – hearts, smiley faces, cubes. I had no idea they'd discovered how to do that with fireworks. Very cool.
May 13th, 2007 at 4:26 pm
It was great meeting you, thanks for coming out. Really great weekend.
May 13th, 2007 at 8:16 pm
re: the beer.
try the local micro breweries, and if all else fails.. the european bears (Guinness) taste much better than the US ones.
May 13th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Why are you serving the image over HTTPS?
May 14th, 2007 at 1:22 am
Yeah the micro breweries are ok, but still not fantastic. Tried a German beer at thirsty bear a few nights ago and it was good.
As for the image over HTTPS, that was a bug in the secure admin plugin I’ve hacked – it can be a little overzealous at making things go over HTTPS sometimes. I’ve fixed it up so it only runs over HTTP now.
May 15th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Anchor Steam Beer is gorgeous. And brewed in SF, too. Also recommended is Magic Hat No. 5. Sierra Nevada IPA is just fine; and even Sam Adams’s Boston Lager (it’s not lager) is good when all else fails.
Avoid anything that is lager, it’ll be rubbish. But there’s plenty of lovely US beer.
May 15th, 2007 at 8:13 am
Actually, Tom Conrad suggested Anchor Steam and the waitress was good enough to recognize my request for “Anchor Stein” (all beer has a german sounding name right?) when I asked for it. It was pretty good and grows on you. I think it’s the best I’ve found over here so far. I’ll have to find an excuse to try the others you’ve suggested though.