Webcams are a wonderful thing.  Now I can watch my favorite spot in the universe, Portsmouth...at least at five second intervals.  (this view is of the Moran Tugboats on Ceres St.)

http://www.portsmouthnh.com/cam/

...but sometimes it can get kind of boring.

...and hot on the heels of yesterday's kerfluffle we hear that JetBlue will announce service to Chicago's O'Hare airport today.  If they can codeshare with a regional "feeder" airline like Mesaba or Air Wisconsin for smaller markets such as Cedar Rapids, I might be inclined to give them a try, their antics noted yesterday nonwithstanding.

The FAA is not noted for its sense of humor.

http://blog.wired.com/biotech/2006/10/experiment_on_p.html

I sense bigtime harshness visited upon the current darling of the airline industry over this one.  The post's author is a little over the top with his "fireball on the tarmac" comment, but for an airline, of all companies, to think that this was a ( Read more... )

Best. Skit. Ever.

It was 100 degrees yesterday here in Cedar Rapids...I think we've been above the 90 mark for about three weeks or so now. I had these grand plans of getting some exercise outdoors, but burning some calories ain't worth dying of heatstroke, folks ( Read more... )

The LCD display on my cell phone died. Naturally, I'm past the one year warranty period and I'd have had to pay full retail for a new phone, so I just had Sprint transfer my number back to my old phone. The effect of this is I've lost my contact list. If you're on my LJ friends list, I had your number stored. If you could e-mail me with your ( Read more... )

So all Major League games are broadcast on XM...what's interesting is that XM Radio does not have their own broadcast team. Instead they just broadcast the local market's play-by-play ( Read more... )

And not a moment too soon. I'll be back in Massachusetts from the 2nd through the 10th of July, with the kids. If you'll be around, let me know!

I'm not gonna delve too much into personal stuff at this point ( Read more... )