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+title: Iceland trip
+date: 2023-01-06
+---
+
+We went to Iceland for two weeks over the winter break.
+I couldn't think of anything I wanted to write in this blog about it,
+but someone on somethingawful just asked me for some tips,
+and my reply seems kinda interesting,
+so here it is:
+
+---
+
+> Hey, really random, but saw you mention in the EV thread you just got back
+> from Iceland, got any winter travel tips? I'm going in a few weeks, and I
+> think pretty much everything I've read is focused on visiting in the summer.
+
+I overpacked because I wasn't sure what to expect, but I didn't overpack by
+much. I brought:
+
+* A pair of insulated water-resistant pants (lined with fleece I think, sort of
+  like ski pants). Wore them everywhere.
+* Two pairs of wool socks
+* Waterproof boots: mine were Danner, my wife had Sorel
+* two long-sleeved wool t-shirts
+* two wool sweaters
+* A waterproof parka with a hood
+* A wool hat
+* Warm waterproof gloves with the thing so you can still use the phone
+  touchscreen (this was so great to have)
+
+I had planned to buy one of those Icelandic wool sweaters when I landed, which I
+did, so I could have done without the second sweater I brought. The Icelandic
+one was crazy warm: I found myself stripping off the coat and sometimes the
+sweater while driving, to prevent overheating.
+
+We only did little walks, like a short one to take a photo of Sólheimjökull, a
+little one through Þingvellir. And lots of walking through snow in Reykjavik and
+other rural places we stayed. The stuff we packed was totally adequate. I did
+use the coat's hood way more than I thought I would, and was glad to have it. El
+Cheapo crampons like YakTrax would have been a good idea for Þingvellir if we'd
+wanted to go further, but once we saw the sign saying "if you get stuck past
+here in the winter, we won't come help you", we turned around and found another
+less-icy path. We weren't prepared for glacier climbing on a nature trail.
+
+We traveled with another family, who had the smart idea to buy food at the
+grocery store and prepare meals. That saved us a ton of money and I would highly
+recommend doing it. Eating out was incredibly expensive. Groceries were also
+expensive but more manageable.
+
+For driving, just know your limits. They have these pullouts on the roads,
+marked with a sign and an indication of how long the pullout is. If you are even
+idly considering turning around, take the pullout and have a nice calm think
+through that. I wound up seeing one, thinking "hmm, maybe I should turn around",
+and then doing a K-turn on the freaking highway during a whiteout blizzard.
+Nothing bad happened, thank goodness, but it could have gone very badly for me,
+and I wished I had just taken a couple pullouts to discuss with my wife whether
+we wanted to keep going. So take those pullouts.
+
+Snow on the road is unlike anything I've ever witnessed in the Rocky Mountains,
+and when they say "difficult driving conditions" in safetravel.is, pay
+attention. It's not "if you're from California you'll have a hard time with
+this", it's "if you're from any other country". We quickly learned to respect
+their suggestions.
+
+Lastly, the N1 fuel pumps wanted a PIN on my credit card, which I didn't have. I
+think I could have used an ATM card, but instead we just asked the other family
+to buy fuel for us, and we paid them back when we got home. Maybe bring an ATM
+card and know the PIN! There were other gas stations where I could use Google
+Pay on my phone, or Visa's tap-pay thing, with no problems. And inside the N1, I
+could also use Google Pay. It was really just the pumps at the N1 stations.
+Incidentally, you should pop into an N1 if you pass by one. It's a real trip.
+You can even plan to have a meal there: I saw hot bars, salad bars, frozen
+yogurt bars, nice custom sandwich things...
+
+Overall the trip was great! We especially liked the westernfjörd area. The
+south, near Sólheimjökull, was super touristy and I wouldn't go there on a
+subsequent trip. I'm glad we got to go, and I hope you have a great time!
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+---
+date: 2023-01-07
+title: The Yurt
+---
+
+One day,
+back in the late 1990s,
+I discovered that the content filter appliance at work
+had blocked woozle.org
+for hosting porn.
+
+Because I worked in the group that ran that filter,
+I looked into what triggered this block.
+I was pretty sure I didn't have any porn.
+
+The offending image was called `yurt.png`.
+It was a cartoon drawing of a yurt.
+I told the filter it was a "false positive":
+it wasn't actually porn.
+That got the entire site unblocked.
+
+I don't know why I put that image on my web server,
+but the yurt has stayed on woozle.org ever since.
+
+![A cartoon yurt](/assets/images/yurt.png)