World as a Blog
The World as a Blog. Interesting combination of Geo-info, RSS, and Weblogs.com. You can see posts as they're posted in their geographic location on a world map. [via irc #etcon]
Train Pics
Even though it was a short trip, here are some pictures I took...
I didn't take any pictures on the bus ride, even though there was a beautiful sunrise as we were passing Mt. Shasta. It's hard to enjoy anything on a bus.
I didn't take any pictures on the bus ride, even though there was a beautiful sunrise as we were passing Mt. Shasta. It's hard to enjoy anything on a bus.
Off the rails
Hitting the rails didn't go nearly as well as expected. I got on board in Albany, OR around 4:00pm. A few hours later I was enjoying the ride as the train was leaving civilization and climbing into the Cascades. Just before I went to the dining car for dinner around 6:30, the train came to a complete stop. This isn't unusual...sometimes the train has to wait for a freight train to pass. That usually takes 10 minutes or so. During dinner we overheard the crew saying that somwhere up ahead a freight train derailed. They were saying it was one car, it would be cleared, and we'd be on our way in about an hour. After dinner we still hadn't moved.
Next, an engineer let us know that four cars had derailed ahead, and that we would be turning around and heading back to Eugene. But first, we'd need to move the engines to the front of the train. This ordeal takes an hour or so, during which there is no power on the train. We eventually made it back to Eugene around midnight where they herded all of the passengers onto buses. So my trip ended up being by bus.
I normally love traveling by train, and this is the only problem I've ever had. But it's a big problem.
Next, an engineer let us know that four cars had derailed ahead, and that we would be turning around and heading back to Eugene. But first, we'd need to move the engines to the front of the train. This ordeal takes an hour or so, during which there is no power on the train. We eventually made it back to Eugene around midnight where they herded all of the passengers onto buses. So my trip ended up being by bus.
I normally love traveling by train, and this is the only problem I've ever had. But it's a big problem.
I hear that lonesome whistle blow
I'm about to hit the rails for a trip to CA.
the illmatic
Kim Jong Il (the illmatic)'s Journal. Why do these always show up on LiveJournal?
BlogFodder on a Japanese Site
BlogFodder: Big in Japan? (or mocked in Japan?)
Freevo
Holy crap, this is cool: Freevo! An open source TiVo clone that runs on a PC. (Thanks, Nate!) Check out the screenshots.
Also: mythTV. [via Slashdot]
Also: mythTV. [via Slashdot]
The World
The world—
Like an elephant's tail
Not passing through the window,
Although no one is there
Holding it back.
- Dogen
Like an elephant's tail
Not passing through the window,
Although no one is there
Holding it back.
- Dogen
Corvallis is neat!
Magazine ranks Corvallis in top 10
"Using 34 variables from cancer rates and cholesterol levels to air and water quality to access to major airports and major cities, Men's Journal magazine in its May edition listed Corvallis as one of The 50 Best Places to Live among U.S. cities with populations between 50,000 and 500,000."My research ranked Corvallis at the top too. That's why I moved here. Go Corvallis!
eTech is coming
The Emerging Technology conference is coming up this month. They have a 30% discount going on right now for friends and family. You are friends and family!
Here are some notes I jotted down after eTech 2002. I was wishing for a ping service to track weblog posts last year, and this year it exists in the form of trackbacks for every session. Sometimes wishes come true. With trackbacks, a centralized note-swapping place might not even be necessary if everyone attending the conference has a blog (and they're willing to post their notes there).
Who else is talking about the conference?
Here are some notes I jotted down after eTech 2002. I was wishing for a ping service to track weblog posts last year, and this year it exists in the form of trackbacks for every session. Sometimes wishes come true. With trackbacks, a centralized note-swapping place might not even be necessary if everyone attending the conference has a blog (and they're willing to post their notes there).
Who else is talking about the conference?
Tree Balance
Sequoias Fall
Two Giant Sequoias Fall in Yosemite
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA, 2-APR-2003: Park ranger Deb Schweizer discusses two fallen giant sequoia trees, Wednesday, March 5, 2003 in the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif. For more than 1,000 years, the two giant sequoia trees thrived in the Mariposa Grove, eventually towering 30 stories into the sky. When they fell, a hole the size of a jetliner opened in the forest canopy.
[Photo by Gary Kazanjian, copyright 2003 by AP and ClariNet]
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CA, 2-APR-2003: Park ranger Deb Schweizer discusses two fallen giant sequoia trees, Wednesday, March 5, 2003 in the Mariposa Grove in Yosemite National Park, Calif. For more than 1,000 years, the two giant sequoia trees thrived in the Mariposa Grove, eventually towering 30 stories into the sky. When they fell, a hole the size of a jetliner opened in the forest canopy.
[Photo by Gary Kazanjian, copyright 2003 by AP and ClariNet]