KILL ALL CLIENTS
(KILL ALL CLIENTS uploaded by brownpau.) Admit it, freelancers: Sometimes you wish you had an app that did this.
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Another Small-Plane Scare
(Capitol Hill Police uploaded by brownpau.) A squad of police cars converged on this Capitol parking lot as I was walking home from the Metro, and a group of what looked like hill staffers were milling around the Senate Garage Fountain. No one looked too alarmed, however, and I figured — correctly — that this […]
Google Earth
Google Earth is out, a fun and easy way to browse the globe, zooming in and out on satellite imagery sharp enough to distinguish people on the ground. 3D representations of buildings are also available, and various overlays, like road names, subway stops, even names of commercial establishments. Pretty amazing. Take a look at how […]
Smithsonian Folklife Festival 2005
(Smithsonian Folklife Festival: Oman uploaded by brownpau.) I braved the sweltering heat today to check out the Folklife Festival on the National Mall, featuring exhibits on the Forest Service, Oman, and American Food Culture. Most of the stuff was closed by the time I arrived, but I still got to hear some Latino beats, browse […]
Choir Break
(Break.jpg uploaded by brownpau.) Choir at First Baptist DC will have a break from post-service rehearsals for the summer. I must admit to feeling somewhat lost after church this time of year; like I should be staying around church and doing something for another hour after service.
RIP Cardinal Jaime Sin
Another notable Filipino lost to the ages: Cardinal Jaime Sin has passed away. Cardinal Sin, as we called him in jest, was former Archbishop of Manila and Primate of the Philippines, and played a key role in the EDSA Revolution of 1986, using his formidable clout to help foment the peaceful, bloodless uprising against the […]
Skydeck Panorama
(searspan1 uploaded by brownpau.) (searspan2 uploaded by brownpau.) One of the fun things about putting my photo albums on Flickr is that I can upload these huge panoramas and not worry about my own local storage, bandwidth, and layout issues. Click on the thumbs above and go to “All Sizes” to zoom in. The views […]
Pigeon on the Loop
(IMG_2590 uploaded by brownpau.) This pigeon at Adams/Wabash station on the Loop let me get fairly close before flying off.
Back from Chicago
Got back from Chicago late Monday night. I carried 20 pounds of tuna from Virginia to Illinois, watched my brother graduate from his MBA, checked out his new apartment, reconnected with the family (nuclear and extended), visited Hamburger University, stumbled into a cool Polish market somewhere deep into the Southside inland, rode The “El” all […]
Approaching Chicago
(Chicago Skyline from the Orange Line uploaded by brownpau.) This is my second time in Chicago, and yesterday was my first time to use the El all on my own. Lovely city, but kind of vertical, which I’m not used to anymore. I suppose the verticalness is accentuated by having the loop go through downtown. […]