Archive for the 'General' Category

X-Ray Vision

April 6th, 2007

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X-Ray of my shoulder during surgery, originally uploaded by ajc3.
This is an X-Ray they took during surgery. I have to admit I was imagining a small little plate with a couple of screws, but as [...]


Wii

February 13th, 2007

We got a Wii on Sunday. There is not much more I can say about it that hasn’t been said elsewhere. It is clear to me that they have designed a system that gathers people together to play, instead of isolating people in separate worlds.
Case in point, we just received a message that there was [...]


Here in Orlando. Home of Neon.

January 28th, 2007

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My Day at the Orlando Airport, originally uploaded by ajc3.
Our flight has been delayed a few times. (See the notes in the photo)


Pond Hockey

January 28th, 2007

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Shot!, originally uploaded by ajc3.
From the Pond Hockey Tournament


Neighborhood

January 23rd, 2007

One of the books I’m reading is The New Urbanism by Peter Katz. Sometimes I tell people that in my next life I’ll be an urban planner, but I think that mostly stems from playing a lot of SimCity. (When I was younger).
A passage I recently read stated that one of the things that makes [...]


Wal-Mart is Going Solar

January 3rd, 2007

Apparently Wal-Mart put out an RFP for a rather large solar power installation.
Maybe they’re serious about this alternative power thing?
Tags: energy, environment, walmart


High Gas Prices

April 27th, 2006

How high gas prices make politicians stupid. By Jacob Weisberg
Sustained high prices will bring about behavioral and political changes: energy conservation, public transportation, less exurban sprawl, and eventually the economic viability of alternative fuel sources such as biomass, fuel cells, wind, and solar power, which may one day undermine the power of the oil oligarchs. [...]