Swine Flu

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There’s way too much hype over the swine flu (CDC info).  The deaths are in the 100s, and mostly in Mexico.  “Every year in the United States, on average 5% to 20% of the population gets the flu; more than 200,000 people are hospitalized from flu complications, and; about 36,000 people die from flu-related causes.” … Read more

Tentative Itinerary

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If you haven’t noticed me mention it yet, I am planning a 31 day Amtrak trip from Houston, mostly to the west.  Two key points on the schedule are Padre’s Grand Opening over Memorial Weekend in Marfa, and Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.

So, here’s the rough timeline.  Some of the pre-WWDC San Francisco and Reno parts aren’t exactly timed out yet.  I have purchased the 30-day pass, and booked most of the legs of the trip.

Houston: The train only comes through Houston three times a week, so I’m leaving Wednesday night;

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TravelPod

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I’m currently planning a 31 day Amtrak trip to WWDC and back. In a circuitous fashion. I’m going to test out TravelPod.com when I take my trip. From the little work I’ve done with it so far, the only benefit it has over WordPress is its location awareness. It’s much harder to edit. I’ll likely … Read more

Preamble

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Some students in NYC produce an homage to the Preamble of the United States Constitution: (HD) A More Perfect Union from Andrew Sloat on Vimeo. And you’ll have to make your own connection to how this ended up in my head… “I have to admit,” he said, “that I’m one of those people that still … Read more

Smelly Stuff

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I’m not going to mention the words in text (the spiders will find them and send more people here), but I have daily visitors looking for the word in the image below.  It leads them to an “in the news” post I made five years ago. I’m not sure if it’s weird or it’s reassuring … Read more