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While checking the traffic cameras before heading out on this very snowy, icy day, I decided to browse the area traffic cameras at TrafficLand. Here is one of the cameras from this morning:
This traffic camera shot of I-66 and Route 123 near Fairfax, VA shows two strange red beams of light. Anyone know what this is? Is it the aircraft deterrent laser light? Unfortunately for now that camera is no longer available. I’ll have to keep my eye on this.
Some folks find it awkward, but it certainly doesn’t have to be. The ladies don’t often have the opportunity to experience this, unless you are “one of the guys” or are in the vicinity of football (either the American or international varieties). But in case you didn’t already know, here is how to properly give a man hug:
Here is this piece about how to always look busy at work while really doing no work at all. Most of the clients I work with must have already mastered these skills very well, except that when I walk into their offices I always notice a quick action with the Alt-Tab keys or the mouse to switch windows. So whether you enjoy a thrilling game of Solitaire, or are more the type to cruise the web (maybe even update your blog?), hopefully you will find this useful:
Somehow I always join the latest revolution in television programming a few years late. Back in 2003, Josh West introduced me to 24 somewhere during season three. I loved it, proceeded to borrow the boxed sets of seasons one and two from Blockbuster and Josh, respectively, and have not missed a live episode since then.
So a few weeks ago I was perusing the selection at my local Blockbuster and saw a rack full of DVDs from the first few seasons of Lost. Being that there was nothing else jumping out at me, and remembering that Josh mentioned being a big fan and trusting his taste in television programming, I took the plunge and after a few days I had watched seasons one and two.
I was hooked, evidenced by the fact that only moments after watching the season two finale, I had already purchased a season pass from iTunes for season three (the Lost Season Three DVD set doesn’t come out until December, 2007). Within a few days I had watched the entire season, and am now waiting anxiously for the start of season four (in February)!
So for now I’m stuck watching season three again, which since I already paid iTunes for it I figure why not! I haven’t quite reached the point where I add a Lost Season 4 countdown widget to my dashboard, but you never know what might happen in the next few months!
I love Firefox.
I’m a permanent Internet Explorer convert. Since I bought my MacBook Pro in July I have not used IE. I didn’t download and try out the IE7 beta, I simply wasn’t interested. Firefox meets my needs.
In that spirit, I’d like to dedicate this post to taking a tour of my currently open Firefox tabs. By the way, I typically have no fewer than 10 tabs open at a time, so get comfortable… this is going to be fun!
First, I always keep Gmail and my LiveJournal Friends Page open, so I can stay in touch. I’ve been working to develop my business relationship with Microsoft, and was reading about their Small Business Symposium. I have also been reading a NYT article about free stuff for your cell phone, and while I think most of it is pretty far fetched in terms of whether I would find it useful, I have been playing around with YouMail (coincidentally, the next tab that is open). If YouMail had a few more features, it would be an amazing alternative to using the default wireless carrier voicemail system.
Back on Sunday Nov 28, Erin and I waited in line at Best Buy starting at 4 AM to get the new Nintendo Wii. The store opened at 10 AM, and we walked away with our Wii around 10:30 AM. Boy was it worth it! We also met some cool people in line, one of whom recommended that we buy the new Zelda: Twilight Princess game. We bought it and started playing and loved it immensely, but got a little stuck. So after a few hours of being stuck we consulted a complete Zelda walk-through guide to get us unstuck. I kept the tab open just in case we got stuck again.
Oh, and can you imagine Bill Gates as our next president? You don’t make billions of dollars by being foolish with money or by being a bad manager! Of course, I wouldn’t be “fair and balanced” if I didn’t have a look at these awesome screen shots of the Mac OS that go all the way back to the beginning (that’s right, System 0.0 released 21 years ago). When I just refreshed that page to make sure it was still working, I got a “Bandwidth Exceeded” error, which means they should be looking at my web host, DreamHost, which offers transfers of something up in the 1-3 TB (terabytes) per month (which for about 99.9% of the websites out there, anything >1 TB per month = Unlimited). Oh, and I was reading today about how they are now offering their best hosting package for FREE to 501(c)(3) non-profits. That is definitely a sweet deal!
And that, folks, is all. Until next time!
After waiting nearly six years since my 18th birthday, I finally received my first jury summons in late September. After deferring for a week, I followed the instructions and made my way to DC Superior Court at 8 AM last Monday. After the orientation video (complete with cheesy music and bad acting) I was among the first groups of 50 called to sit for selection.
After four hours of jury selection, I was chosen to sit on the jury of a case in which the defendant was charged with 15 felony counts. We had three days of testimony filled with police, forensics experts, and several witnesses who had all borne the defendant’s children but were unsure as to his real last name. There were points in the trial, especially when some of these witnesses started talking about their open and often interconnected relationships (read as ménage à trois), when I thought someone in the audience would grab a banjo off the wall and the courtroom would bust into an impromptu square dance.
I won’t go further into the details here (feel free to ask me offline) so as not to associate my identity with the case, I wouldn’t want anyone looking me up several years down the road. Suffice it to say that after three days of deliberations, we found him guilty on most of the charges. As the foreman, my fellow jurors reassured me that if they saw me on the news, they would know I had taken one for the team. They are all a great group of people representing a diverse range of backgrounds. It would have been nice to stay in touch with a few of them, but not being sure of the protocol there, nobody exchanged any contact information.
I’ve been told that as long as I remain a Washington DC resident, I will receive a jury duty summons every two years like clockwork. I’ll go ahead and mark my calendar and see if they’re right!
It seems like this guy could move just about anything, using very simple engineering principles. It’s definitely worth watching.
I also wish that American network news were as upbeat and as quirky as it is in Canada.
It was bound to happen eventually, I just didn’t think it would be this soon.
I have been summoned for jury duty in the District of Columbia.
Actually I’ve been looking forward to this particular civic duty. Thinking of jury duty does bring to mind the hilarities of Pauly Shore in Jury Duty, or more glamorously, the grand jurors of Law & Order handing down sealed indictments to lawyers who combine theatrics with their legal expertise.
Unfortunately I have a scheduling conflict on the day they assigned to me, so I will have to apply for a deferment this time. But within the next 90 days I will have my day in court!
I called RCN cable (competitor to Comcast here in Washington DC), and they currently do not offer service where we are moving. They said they are constantly expanding their coverage area blah blah blah.
Bottom line, if I want cable TV and high speed internet, I’m stuck with Comcast (at least for now).
At least I’ve never had one of their technicians fall asleep on my couch, though I did catch one watching CNN one time saying “George Bush, he’s good folks!”
I like nature, and at every opportunity I respect our environment (hey, I drive a Vespa afterall).
A couple of days ago Erin and I were in front of the Ballston Commons Mall, and we saw a young guy (aged 16-18 I’d guess) run up to a tree near us. He threw his arms around it and hugged the tree for several seconds. It seemed a most passionate embrace!
And then the hug ended, and he kept walking down the street. So there it is, I’ve seen a real-life tree hugger.
After going for a sushi brunch at Matsutake (the home of the unlimited sushi buffet), Erin and I borrowed the new Family Guy movie Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story! from Liss and Brandon. It was such an awesome time, very funny. They had parody scenes from dozens of films and TV shows from the 80’s and 90’s. The special features were a little weak, but the film itself was so funny I didn’t want it to end! It’s definitely for anyone who even remotely likes Family Guy!