as i've moved my computing life from a style based around one computer to one driven by online services, i've been moving from my own homebrew solutions to reliance on "opa" -- other people's apps. there are several clear advantages: sites with a narrow specialty make material more discoverable, and thereby more useful to someone…
without a net
[i also posted this on freshmeat. you may find more comments here.] i'm sitting in shelter #92 in patapso state park on a glorious cool spring day. the sunlight makes the leaves glow as the breeze tosses them, and the pair of does grazing the hillside next to us have finally wandered off. the picnic…
sorry, wrong number
my cellphone, the simplest i could buy at the time, has approximately 47 features i looked at once and have never used. despite this endemic featuritis, i would like to suggest one new feature for phones that i think many would find a great relief. it's very simple: when a call comes in, the phone…
thoughts about riding the bus (and train)
"This curious world which we inhabit is more wonderful than it is convenient..." -- Thoreau for the past six months, i've almost entirely let my car sit in front of the house and gotten around by buses and trains. so far, there hasn't been a single occasion on which i had to use the car,…
smartripoff
Jeffrey Covey 4 Lodge Road Catonsville, MD 21228 August 6, 2004 Congressman Tom Davis U.S. House of Representatives 2348 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515-4611 Dear Congressman Davis: I'd like to share with you the horrible experience we had when we tried to use the D.C. Metro system today. We're from Baltimore, and we wanted to see an…
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