Blast Radius Easter Egg Hunt

We had a Da Vinci Code-themed Easter egg hunt at work on Monday. I got to write the clues for what was probably the last event jointly organized by Blast Radius and XMetaL. My clues were hard, I hear, and it took more than 24 hours for all 10 eggs to be found. I wish we'd rewarded the clue-crackers by hiding iPods instead of chocolate.

Some required inside knowledge, e.g. "DEBUT HUE X" was an anagram of the printer named "Buxtehude." I know at least one person tried typing "DEBUT HUE X" into Google. Google was uncharacteristically unhelpful.

You can try some of the others. Answers are on Flickr!

1) What place can be described by: "A box of light with neither drape nor blind/ Where those who seek an egg will often find"? Answer

2) What group of people "walks up trees"? Answer

3) Where in an office would you start looking for: "Near the swinging blade, it rests.
Within a bed of white, it nests."? Answer

Hello again

Ten years ago I put up my first and only website, Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome. Hello again. I've often, often, thought of trying to update it for the many good reasons that I should, but anyway... I am here. Somewhere new, where I think I want to be. It's time to talk about other things.

Today, I'm on a brief holiday in Walnut, California. I was just at the WritersUA conference in Palm Springs, presenting a session on "DITA and conditional text" (rough translation: how technical writers can produce more variations of documentation with less copy-and-paste). It was four days of airplaine/hotel food, hot desert sunlight, not enough sleep, many interesting conversations, and the intense, fascinating bustle of a conference.

It's peaceful to be here, having cozy talks with my relatives and going for long walks. There are songbirds, rolling hills, the occasional eucalyptus tree, and right now a nice noisy rainstorm.

"Ficelle" (fee-SELL) comes from the song, "Le voyage" in the Paul Piché album of the same name. There's also a legal sound clip - if you can get the site to work - at audiogram.com.