Computer Break

Once in a while I will jump off the computer and paint or craft something up. Here is something I finished last night.

Philly

Steph and I made it back from Philly this last weekend. I snapped a couple photos here and there. The Liberty Bell was nice to see, even though it was a bit smaller than I expected. 3 feet from lip to crown: My co-roadtripper Steph doing something really important on the computer: We stayed with my friend Sandie and her roommate Sarah (she’s in this picture). They’re both attending Pennsylvania University for Design: View of downtown: Same idea, but I panned the camera left a bit: The mammoth art museum in Philly. Those are the ‘Rocky’ steps: I don’t have any photo evidence but we ate vegetarian Philly Cheese Steaks at a little place called Gianna’s. We also tried Ethopian food for our first time.

Next Week +

I’ll be in New Hampshire from the 12th to the 16th. After that, I’ll be spending a couple of nights in Philadelphia and returning back to Boston for the 19th. Expect a photo of me and the Liberty Bell real soon.

Radio on the Web != Web Radio

One of my new favorite things is listening to archived radio broadcasts online. It all started when I discovered that NPR’s This American Life had put up there complete archive online, free to be streamed. It’s great nap or sleepy time listening. A couple other shows worth checking out online:

• Frontline - They have 43 full episodes of their tv show available online! It’s not quite radio, but you can close your eyes and follow the story, no problem. My favorite episodes: An Ordinary Crime, Burden of Innocence, and Son of Al Qaeda.
• Sound Portraits - Highly recommend: Ghetto Life 101, Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse, and The Execution Tapes.
• Studio 360
• Let the Good Times Roll

The Badlands

My co-road tripper has since moved to New Zealand. He recently bought a laptop and got access to a wimpy dial-up. He manned the digital camera during the trip so expect more photos soon. Here is a couple of panoramics from the Badlands in South Dakota he stitched together: Badlands Panorama #1 - 388kb Badlands Panorama #2 - 1080kb

Roadtrip ‘04 - Photogallery

Here’s a list of all the places I stayed on my roadtrip last month, with the number of days in parentheses:

• Chicago, IL (1)
• Suix Falls, SD (1)
• Billings, MT (1)
• Seattle, WA (4)
• Portland, OR (4)
• San Fransisco, CA (4)
• Los Angeles, CA (3)
• Irvine, CA (2)
• Flagstaff, AZ (1)
• Oklahoma City, OK (1)
• Nashville, TE (1)
• Richmond, VA (2)

If you add it all up, the grand total comes to: 8700 miles over 25 days Click below to see a selection of photos from the trip:

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2005!

So far so good. Here is a photo from my Toronto trip to cheer you up:

Toronto

I will be in Toronto from the 27th of December till the 2nd of January visiting family. This is what it looks like:

hold on

I’ll have a nice big post about the trip once the photos come back from the labs. This weekend, promise. All I have are contact sheets so far. The photos look nice, but tiny. I just sent out for prints, so they should arrive in a few days.

Blog Comment Spam

A little strange. jeez Put up a couple of comment spam deterrents. Simple stuff, like renaming files and requiring a name and email. Let’s hope it does the trick.