On Thursday (12/28/2017 at 11:58AM -0800), Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 12/28/2017 11:44 AM, Stefan Skoglund via cctalk wrote: > > > Surströmming isn't a christmas tradition. > > > > It is more like a late august,september tradition (or in summer together > > with the season potatoes, onion and bread.) > > > > the sale of this year surströmming was until 1998 legally delayed until > > the third thursday in august (the herring is fished in early spring > > april-may.) > > Neither are selenium rectifiers a Christmas tradition--at least not in > any society that I know of. > > Just trying to throw a little aroma into the mix. I suppose one could > also add durian for a memorably odoriferous experience.
I worked for a startup back around 2001 that liked to name their servers after various fruits. When the Compaq Itanium box arrived, I was the one that picked the hostname "durian" for it... My family has a tradition of Doppa i Grytan on Christmas Eve. I think the awesome smell of the fresh rye bread cancels out any burning rectifiers or durian fruit by a long shot ;-) Chris -- Chris Elmquist
