France’s Alstrom, maker of the famous TGV bullet trains, set a new rail speed record. Good stuff in the land of trains. Now if the US would just bolster its rail infrastructure to get a high speed San Diego to Vancouver run we would be well on our way to being a rail country again. …
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April 2, 2007: The House Sale Falls Through, Probably
Apple and EMI come out today with the official announcement that they are providing DRM free music via Apple’s iTunes Music Store. Not only are they going to be selling EMI’s entire catalogue of over five million songs without DRM but they are increasing the quality of the music available through the iTunes Music Store …
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April 1, 2007: Trodain Castle
Dominica was up long before me this morning for a change. I slept in as I continue to attempt to catch up on missing sleep. It is cold in Newark again today. Not real cold. Not snow cold. But not warm like it has been. This morning I took the opportunity to actually sit down …
March 31, 2007: First Day Off in a Long Time
I slept for almost twelve hours last night! That was awesome. So far this week I had managed to lose two and a half nights of sleep (only got one hour on Monday, only three hours on Tuesday, full night on Wednesday and didn’t go to bed at all on Thursday so -7 + – …
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March 30, 2007: Exhausted
I was on the road leaving Newark by a quarter after five last night and found myself immediately in rush hour traffic. I lost an hour right off the bat as I fought my way through pointlessly slow New York City rush hour. I was in stop and go traffic all the way into Pennsylvania. …