This evening when I put my juggling balls back into the air again, I noticed a startling effect. For a moment I felt as if I had all day to catch the falling balls! My mind was completely in tune with the falling objects.
Athletes talk about being “in the zone.” Today I was in the zone with my juggling. It’s a great feeling and a sure sign that my juggling is coming along nicely.
This month Wired magazine spills the beans on how Netflix plans to take over the world – or at least make your cable company irrelevant:
Today, nearly 3 million users access Netflix’s instant streaming service, watching an estimated 5 million movies and TV shows every week on their PCs or living room sets. They get it through Roku’s player, which was successfully launched in May 2008 …. They get it through their Xbox 360s—Microsoft added Netflix to its Xbox Live service last fall. They get it through LG and Samsung Blu-ray players. They get it through their TiVos and new flatscreen TVs. By the end of 2009, nearly 10 million Netflix-equipped gadgets will be hanging on walls and sitting in entertainment centers. And Hastings says this is just the beginning: “It’s possible that within a few years, nearly all Internet-connected consumer electronics devices will include Netflix.”
You know your Time Warner stock? I’d suggest you short-sell it, pronto. Netflix isn’t through with changing the media game – permanently!
I just found out by way of my friend Tanner that an old TriLUG friend died in a fall this month. Her name was Leah Kubik but we knew her by her IRC nickname of Heinous.
I’d only met her a few times in person but she was one of the few female Linux geeks I knew and had a quiet, sarcastic sense of humor. She moved from Raleigh to Toronto many years ago and I lost touch with her. Sad to hear of her untimely death at the age of 29.
For our last day in New Hampshire, Kelly and I had another leisurely morning at the hotel. We checked out around 10 and returned to the Red Arrow Diner for breakfast.
After eating another great meal, we hopped in the car and headed north to Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown. Bear Brook is New Hampshire’s largest state park with 10,500 acres. It has over 40 miles of trails and a pond or two. We were looking forward to exploring it.
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We got back from New Hampshire last night around 10 PM. Our flight from Baltimore was delayed about two hours by a late incoming connecting flight, mechanical issues (ignitor in left engine wouldn’t start), and weather (thunderstorms in Raleigh). Still, Kelly and I were just happy to be getting home.
As I waited to fetch our bags from the baggage claim area, another passenger behind me was picking up his bags. He was in his late 50s, grey hair, and had a Bluetooth headset stuck in his ear. As he hurriedly grabbed his bags he was cursing up a blue streak. I never will understand how some people have so much anger that they’ll fly off the handle over something that is completely out of their control.
In spite of Mr. Self-Absorbed Jerk, I’m still in awe of the miracle of aviation. It never ceases to amaze me how I can walk on a plane in one city, fly at great speed over all obstacles, and arrive safely in another city. In spite of my love of rail travel, nothing yet invented can take the place of the airplane.
As promised, we spent most of the day in Portsmouth and Kittery, having a great time looking around these two towns.
Before we left, we had to get “breakfast,” though it was already past 11 AM. The hotel manager suggested a few places, one of which is the Red Arrow Diner, a shoebox-sized diner that really packed ’em in. We waited patiently with a line of 20 other people to finally get two seats the bar. And you know what? It was worth it! People gladly wait however long it takes to get seated. We both enjoyed our meals and signed the guest book for good measure. If you’re ever in Manchester and are looking for food, check out the Red Arrow Diner: open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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Rainy Manchester
Today we’ll spend some time at the coast, checking out Kittery, Maine and the area around it. We spent a night at a Kittery bed and breakfast early in our marriage and are looking forward to seeing the town again.
We’ve had a fun day in New Hampshire! Our flights went off without a hitch and we landed at about 10:30 AM in Manchester. The temperature in Manchester was reported to be 50 degrees but by the time we left the terminal it was noticeably warmer than that. Still it was cool enough for me to switch my shorts for jeans. Getting our car from Enterprise proved a long wait, as there were many in line in front of us who didn’t have a prepaid rental as we did. Eventually, though, we were on our way, destination: Lincoln.
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Kelly and I are on our way to New Hampshire for a three-day anniversary trip. We’ll try to do as much as we can during that time, though the weather won’t be cooperating. Rain is forecast for all day Sunday, which is a wicked pissah.
We’ll check in when we can along the way.
It’s definitely a botnet I’m seeing. Since it has a common HTTP_USER_AGENT I have banned that agent. If you’re a human and you’re still using IE6, you’re out of luck, dude.
