Archive for September, 2008
Stuff I Will Not Do With Twitter
After some soul searching, I have come to the conclusion that I will never engage in the following activities on Twitter, and repent of all times in the past that I may have purposefully or inadvertently done any of them: Mass-follow thousands of people hoping they will follow back and click links. Use an RSS-to-Twitter [...]
Parting Shots from NJ
And now, just a few more photos from our Labor Day weekend: At top, Amy found King Friday in a closet. So this is where he went after Mr. Rogers’ sad passing and the subsequent fiery destruction of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe: the harsh, real world of the suburban sprawl. At lower left, Amy explains [...]
Timelapse: Sunset From a Bus
We were riding a bus back into New Jersey Saturday evening when we saw the sunset. I took out my camera, but the sun and moon are always a lot smaller than your average point-and-shoot can resolve decently, plus the ride was too bumpy and the light too dim to get a good photo or [...]
Yo MoMA
We went up to New York City Saturday afternoon, lunching at Soba Nippon and checking out the art at NY MoMA. This was my first time visiting MoMA, and oy, what a crowd. But the mess of people (a more yuppie-ish art-viewing audience than one would see at the Metropolitan Museum or National Gallery, by [...]
Trenton Makes, The World Takes
Here’s a quick nighttime video of the Lower Trenton Bridge taken from the Amtrak Regional while crossing the Delaware River. The bridge is most famous for the slogan affixed to its side in bright red neon letters: A brief history of the sign, which was Trenton’s slogan back in the early 20th Century, when the [...]
Raindrops on Train Window
Friday night, Trenton station. Light rain outside as the remnants of Fay chase us north. There are people about to be hit by a hurricane along the Gulf Coast. Pray for them.