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Dupont Circle North Metro escalator, also called ‘The Bowl.’ From below it looks like Jacob’s Ladder. (Ascent.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
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Greenpeace clipboarder, off-duty, at Union Station. When these guys try to solicit me I usually say No and mention the Rainbow Warrior at Tubbataha. “Outdated maps,” my foot, someone fell asleep at the depth sounder. (Green.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
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Green Line train arriving at Waterfront station. (Metro.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
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Dolphin balloons at Safeway. They also have bird, bumblebee, and dragon balloons. Not sure what holiday these are for. Lent? Maybe the dolphins signify tuna? (Balloons.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
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Test mobile post. Who’s a cute kitty? Pandora’s a cute kitty! She’s a fuzzy wuzzy noogly shoogly woogums kitty, she is! (Test.jpg uploaded by brownpau.)
Lazy LOST Linkdump
LOST fans, I’m sorry, but the show just hasn’t had too much appeal for me lately, and I haven’t felt as much need to write recaps and theories as I did with past seasons. The mystery is just too stretched out, the magic is gone, and I’m starting to feel like Tycho and Gabe and […]
Yahoo Pipes
Yahoo Pipes is a potentially interesting concept: a metadata mixer which you program via a drag-and-drop “flowchart” GUI, with little pipes to connect the boxes. Now, I say “potentially” because the concept is great, but the execution is still a bit buggy, especially where Flickr-based content and Content Analysis operators are concerned. Pipes are slow, […]
Flickr-Yahoo Login: The Deadline Approaches
It came from Flickr this morning: Dear Old Skool Account-Holding Flickr Member, On March 15th we’ll be discontinuing the old email-based Flickr sign in system. From that point on, everyone will have to use a Yahoo! ID to sign in to Flickr. So Flickr has gone ahead and made Yahoo logins mandatory effective March 15th, […]
Arredondo in DC
I saw this pickup truck drive by my building today, flag-draped coffin in the rear, with a large US flag flying above it. He pulled up by the Hall of States, either to get a hotdog from the sidewalk cart or get interviewed by C-Span or Fox. Turns out it’s Carlos Arredondo, the man who, […]
Philippine Vacation 2006 Photo/Video Roundup
Photosets – DCA-ORD-HKG-MNL – Manila Christmas 2006 – Wedding: Raffy and Carla – Club Noah (plus diving photos from my dad and brother) – V-Mall (Virra Mall) 2006 – MNL-HKG-ORD-DCA – HKG Airport Prayer Room Videos – Assorted Travel Clips: Plane Windows and Airport Subway (Includes: View from a United 747-400 window on a transpolar […]