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January, 2005

01.31.2005/19:41
 Far away....
 The French Foreign Legion.

01.31.2005/12:40
 Prairie View
Prairie View
 Near Maurice, LA.

01.30.2005/00:37
 88 E Broadway
 Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
chinatown-bus.com

01.28.2005/08:48
 Dog parade
 A Mardi Gras krewe for dogs.

01.27.2005/09:31
 Look, up in the sky...
 My sister Laura sends this link to The Turkey Vulture Society.

01.26.2005/09:57
 Not five years!
 Much expected update: "Service on the A and C line subway will be fully restored within the next six to nine months - not the five years previously feared - with more trains expected to be back starting next week."

01.26.2005/09:36
 X1
 I was already thoroughly enamored of X1 when I got a notice this week of a free upgrade for registered users. My, my, my what wonders! This already-useful file organizer has leapt into a new level of power with this latest upgrade. It is so easy to find files, including emails I wrote or received months or even years ago. And, in what might be construed as a tip of the hat to Mozilla, you can reply, forward, and compose Mozilla email now from the X1 interface.

This is a truly powerful and useful program.

01.26.2005/09:30
 No TV
 My friend Steve sends this rant against television, which suggests going without for a week. There are already quite a few weeks a year when I go 168 hours without watching TV ... except for the local forecast on the Weather Channel. Once or twice we have been selected as diarists for TV ratings, and the only entries were for the Weather Channel. Now that we have DVR, we probably watch an hour or two a week of time-shifted programs. And of course, there's the odd evening such as last night, when we while away an hour or two with Law & Order.

01.25.2005/19:42
 Philosophy
 Don't dismiss this as flip -- this collection of condensed philosophical works is truly useful and very, very well executed.

01.24.2005/20:18
 Trouble underground
 "Subway service on the C train could be knocked out for up to five years and A train service could be severely hampered for that long after a fire Sunday at a Chambers Street electrical room."

01.24.2005/20:10
 Sweet deal
 "The criminal justice system can be an influential faction in terms of protecting the environment."

01.24.2005/15:40
 You wood
 Wood of the Month.

01.23.2005/13:55
 Rare bird
 Waxwings in Bristol.

01.23.2005/13:46
 Cold
 Nice photo depicting New York snow.

01.20.2005/15:48
 Free Wireless Hot Spot
Free Wireless Hot Spot
 JetBlue terminal, JFK Airport, NY.

01.20.2005/14:43
 Signs of the times
 The American Sign Museum.

01.20.2005/14:40
 Bad news for library patrons
 "The doors of all Vermilion Parish libraries may have to close by this time next year because they'll be out of money."

01.19.2005/23:15
 Cool
 Great iceberg photo.

01.19.2005/09:15
 Burking
 Burking in New Iberia. Sort of.

01.18.2005/12:24
 Poor Me
 I have a big-time cold. I'm taking doxycycline. So far, no terrible side effects. Just a terrible cold. You should hear me cough. No, never mind, you shouldn't.

I was in New York for ten days, sat next to snifflers on the subway, dined with hacking coughers, and washed my hands so much that they began to get chapped. I tried never to touch my nose. I still got a cold. I'm drinking lots of liquids. But I'm not really getting plenty of rest, because work duties call.

Did you really want to know any of this?

01.18.2005/09:02
 Pond scum
 Looks like Francisco Loaiza will never be president of the U.S.

01.15.2005/10:48
 MLK

Today is the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., which will be obsreved as a holiday on Monday, Jan. 17 this year.

Every year at this time, in keeping with the observation, I reflect back on having lived through the tumult of the 1960s Civil Rights Era, and each year the memories have a slightly different array of significance. I would not be surprised if, in the histories that are written about the U.S. three or four hundred years from now, that time will be remembered as a milestone period along with the founding of the nation and the Civil War. When you come to think about it, in the 1960s (and to a large extent, still today), we were (and are) still dealing with issues that were not resolved well enough when the country got started and still weren't resolved when we split apart and fought.

01.15.2005/10:47
 Moscow Metro
 Gigantic photo collection, including station panoramas, from the Moscow Metro.

01.15.2005/10:40
 Wrist action
 Count me blue.

01.14.2005/15:22
 When Pigs Fly
When Pigs Fly
 86th St. Station, Lexington Avenue Subway Line, Manhattan.

01.14.2005/15:12
 Obelisk
Obelisk
 The new Museum of Modern Art.

01.14.2005/09:33
 East Village Dinosaur
East Village Dinosaur
 13th St. at 3rd Ave., Manhattan.

01.14.2005/09:31
 50s Era Subway Car
50s Era Subway Car
 New York City Transit Museum in Brooklyn.

01.14.2005/09:29
 Waiting for the House to Open
Waiting for the House to Open
 I saw a nice show in a Wednesday matinee, Wonderful Town with Brooke Shields, a few days before it is set to close.

01.13.2005/09:20
 Bridge gone
 "Area residents who had been concerned about debris piling up around the abandoned railroad bridge need no longer worry, as a section of the old bridge collapsed overnight."

01.12.2005/10:48
 Endangered in Inwood
Endangered in Inwood
 I suspended my hike through the wilds of Inwood Hill Park at this point to respect a project to save endangered hawks. Inwood Hill Park contains the last natural forest and salt marsh left in Manhattan. You can go truly into the woods just a few steps away from the northern terminus of the A train.

01.12.2005/10:46
 Overhaul Shop
Overhaul Shop
 Inwood, Manhattan.

01.12.2005/10:45
 Arriving 59th St.
Arriving 59th St.
 A Train arrival at 59th St., Manhattan.

01.12.2005/10:41
 Foundation for Foundation Garments
Foundation for Foundation Garments
 Broadway in Lower Manhattan.

01.12.2005/09:40
 Out there
 Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
uforeview.net

01.12.2005/09:35
 For the birds
 "Le Grange said the visitor's center and other exhibits will focus on ornithology - the study of birds."

01.10.2005/23:30
 Rocky Road
 If the chicken was crossing this road, she was smushed.

01.9.2005/10:54
 Spirograph
 Spirograph.

01.9.2005/10:50
 Dino
 "In addition to being the first tracks ever found of the dinosaur, the footprints are the first evidence that members of the Hypsilophodon family roamed what is now Maryland."

01.5.2005/14:48
 Bird fans
 "Scientists don't know whether the kills reduce overall bird populations but worry that turbines, added to other factors, could tip a species into decline."

01.5.2005/10:19
 Yahoo! Traffic
 This is fairly astounding. Yahoo! now includes traffic information on local maps. When you look at a given city map, be sure to hover the mouse over the various alerting icons. (via Ben Forta)

01.5.2005/10:14
 Dos and Don'ts
 A code of ethics for bloggers.

01.5.2005/09:18
 Big eagles
 "Before humans arrived, New Zealand had virtually no terrestrial mammals apart from bats."

01.4.2005/17:06
 Burn yourself up
 Guide to cremation.

01.4.2005/16:59
 Rat
 Rat.

01.3.2005/16:49
 Don't tell, don't tell
 "Since 1986, the Wallins have refused to divulge their Social Security numbers to anyone, including government agencies, creditors, employers and police."

01.2.2005/11:14
 Where can I get some?
 "Residential use of diazinon in the 1990s accounted for more bird kills than any other pesticide, the EPA said."

01.1.2005/02:12
 Hung over?
 "Sara, the Recovery Concierge."