It’s snowing out there all right. The traffic doesn’t look too horrible yet, but it’s still early enough that most people haven’t headed out to clog up the roads. I’m running late myself, and figure I’m going to shovel out the sidewalks and such before I leave for work, and work a rare late day. The snow is supposed to taper off around lunchtime, so hopefully there won’t be too much accumulation after I shovel. I wouldn’t especially mind taking another snow-day today, but there’s a lot to be done, so I’d better go in.
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Pictures today, two versions of the same HDR-processed series of St. Anthony Main and the Pillsbury A-Mill. The one on the left is what came out of the camera, with some obvious white-balance problems. The one on the right is one I “corrected” until it looked like what my brain remembered seeing. I don’t think either is a completely accurate rendition of what that area looks like, and I had some problems with image alignment again, but they’re interesting views, and I kinda like ’em. They also use up the last of the pictures from the photowalk on the 11th, so I’ll be switching to something else tomorrow. The complete archive is here in HTML or here in flash, if you want to see the result of a couple hours of walking around last Saturday evening.
- I have a short rant about the Paperwork I have to fill out to get turned into an employee. I also realized this morning that since I missed Monday, I maybe need to fill out a time-card, but nobody’s told me how to do that yet. And contrary to what it might sound like around here, I actually do like my job when I can just do the work. It’s all the other things that aren’t productive parts of the job that get me down.
- The New York Times takes a look at This Very, Very Old House, looking at housing prices on the Herengracht in Amsterdam, an area which has been “gentrified” for almost four-hundred years. The data suggest that housing, in the really long term, is a pretty crappy investment, earning about 0.2 percent annually, with a lot more volatility than other investments (excluding tulip-bulbs). [flutterby]
- Now I don’t know Steveo (no not that one) other than online, but he indirectly led me to Ask A Ninja: What is the ideal gift for a ninja? which had me laughing out loud this morning. Inspired! Best quote?
Giving something black to a ninja is like giving crazy to Angelina Jolie.
Your only real choice is whether you put on the headphones so you’ll look insane laughing to yourself, or play it on the speakers and have everyone in the office admiring your ability to find funny stuff on teh intarwebs. [jr] - Says here a New Poll Finds 86 Percent Of Americans Don’t Want To Have A Country Anymore. Man, I hate it when the Onion has news stories that I wish were true. But then I also liked the story of How Hardyville Fell Off the Map. [endwar]