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environment Archive

It’s Autumn! For God’s Sake!

Okay, it’s a bit early in the morning for a rant, but here it comes.  It’s really cold this morning compared to Friday – a 40F swing in temperatures.  My good friend made a comment on this swing on Facebook and one of his “friends” comment was this: it’s the global warming. we’re all going [...]

A retrospective of 8 years

Eight years ago today I remember exactly where I was when I found out about the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon: Office Depot in Annapolis, MD. I was there to buy some paper so I could print out my expense report and send it in via snail mail to get paid [...]

weird weather

I’m not complaining, but it seems awfully strange that it’s June 17th and it’s 65 degrees. I’m diggin’ on the fact that I can wear shorts and a long sleeved shirt or even a sweater in the evening, but this weather feels like Maine, not Maryland.  I worry that this is part of climate change, [...]

My toaster does not have an IP address (and it can’t be recycled easily)

Neither does my watch. I’m glad that some technologies are not connected. We spend too much time connected. (Seems odd to blog about that). I struggle with the juxtaposition of my career (IP networking) and my desire for a less connected, more intimate world, where people know each other personally, instead of via online connections [...]