Lorax Quiz

I got an 8 out of 8 on the Lorax Quiz! (It definitely helps having a 5-year old daughter!).

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Sasha Riding the Turtle

Sasha Riding the Turtle
Originally uploaded by tyrsdomain.

Had a blast at a local birthday party this weekend. Reptileman showed up with a variety of animals including this huge turtle that Sasha got a chance to ride.

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Laptops turn on, tune in to Metro's new Wi-Fi

Nice... The bus route from my house to the University District is offering free wi-fi!

Laptops turn on, tune in to Metro's new Wi-Fi: "Beginning today, some riders on two Metro bus routes will be able to turn on and tune in their laptops to the Internet using Wi-Fi wireless connections in a five-month trial that could expand to other routes, if successful.

By mid-October, all 29 buses that run on Route 197 between the University District and Federal Way and Route 48 between Loyal Heights and Rainier Beach should offer their riders the free service, said Metro spokeswoman Rochelle Ogershok."

Googol Talk is Live!

Let me know if you sign up:
Google Talk

Update:
My initial reaction to Google Talk is one of disappointment. I had heard that google was coming out with an IM and I was hoping it would be something really unique. I have two innovative ideas that if implemented would encourage me to add another IM to my desktop:

Innovation 1: An automatic translator that would allow me to communicate across language boundaries.

Innovation 2: Integrate the photo/webpage/video similar to Hello (which google already owns!).

Without one of those two innovations, I'm not seeing how this IM is any better than the three (Hello, AIM, Skype) I'm already running on my computer.

A9 Mapping

Amazon's new mapping service is pretty darn powerful! For a traffic engineer's perspective it is pretty darn useful to have a resource to see what field conditions are like without needing to actually go into the field! Thank you Amazon!

Amazon has a bunch of other cities in addition to Seattle!