July 6, 2009 at 11:47 am (Uncategorized)
Found an interesting post about the streetcars in San Francisco. Most people are familiar with the cable cars, but few know about the streetcars, which can be a treat to ride as long as you aren’t trying to get to Fisherman’s Wharf on a Saturday by riding them.
Here’s the link: http://sfizzio.com/198866-San-Francisco-Streetcars-Unsung-Historic-Transit.html
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July 5, 2009 at 4:01 pm (News, Travel)
Just ran across an interesting article from the San Francisco Sentinel about the Happy Planet Index, which ranks 143 countries for happiness and health. The U.S. did not fare well and neither did most other countries thought of as first world. Costa Rica is apparently the place to be if happiness and health are important to you.
Yet more proof that greed and technology are not the recipe for happiness. Envy and bitterness certainly, but not happiness.
This link will take you to the article.
This link will download the index itself (PDF file).
Listening to the “SuperHuman Touch” the upcoming single from Athlete
June 19, 2009 at 5:42 am (Personal, Tech)
As a free service to AT&T, I’ve decided to help them be more truthful in their advertising.
In a previous post I said their slogan should be “Fewer Bars in Useful Places”. Today’s entry is “No Bars Where You Need Them”.
All of this stems from how lousy their network is on the rail system in Atlanta. Bear in mind that this city is home to AT&T’s headquarters and that they built a garage at the far end of the rail line for their employees to use. I certainly hope those employees don’t have work to do on the way in that requires using the AT&T GSM network because it isn’t going to happen.
Compare this to the T-Mobile network on the same rail system which is practically 100% the entire way, EVEN UNDERGROUND. I know this because they were my provider before I got sucked into the iPhone collective.
The iPhone is the only reason I’m with AT&T, and so far they aren’t giving me any reasons to stay with them when my contract expires.
AT&T, “No Customers Without iPhone Exclusivity”
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June 18, 2009 at 9:14 am (Images, Personal)
Shot this photo of the sky looking beyond the top of a parking deck. The clouds caught my eye.
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June 16, 2009 at 1:58 pm (Music, Personal)
Anne and I saw Calexico and Andrew Bird last night at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta.
Calexico turned out to be really great live, with lots of energy. We could have listened to them for much longer, but since they were the opening act, their set was fairly short.
Andrew Bird certainly more of a performance than a concert. He’s a great musician, but he was certainly putting on a show, especially compared to Calexico, who were there because they obviously love playing music.
Here are some crappy low light iPhone shots from the concert.
Inside of Cobb Energy Center
Ceiling of Cobb Energy Center
Stage before the concert
Calexico on stage
Andrew Bird on stage
Radioshift is streaming The Eagle 103.7 from Flagstaff
June 15, 2009 at 5:16 am (Uncategorized)
When we left the house this morning it was sunny. I hopped on the train to downtown and emerged from the transit station to find a different world. An eerie mist has settled over the city and it also lowered the temperature almost to the point of being cool. I love it.
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June 12, 2009 at 6:05 am (Images, Personal)
This shot is a few days old, before the stormy weather returned, and shows the campus where I work. You can’t miss these buildings if you drive through downtown Atlanta.
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June 11, 2009 at 11:31 am (Images, Travel)
Nasty looking weather seems to be moving in. The end of the drought in Georgia apparently means that our exciting afternoon weather has returned.
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June 10, 2009 at 6:04 pm (Images, Travel)
It isn’t just the cars clogging up Atlanta these days. These buildings seem to be taking over West Peachtree Street.
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