FSP 1.1

Dasher

Silly caption editing 'r' us dept.: (from NTK's flare spotting page.)

Passats look different in Europe:

2002 US model Passat shown below.

SOMA FM grooves

SOMA FM is back. Alas beloved CliqHop is gone, but Groove Salad lives on Shoutcast.

statistics, Amtrak style

The Capitol Corridor service that runs between Auburn, Oakland and San Jose.
It is the fastest growing line in the country.
October 12, 2002, in the Oakland Tribune.

The Capitol Corridor service is the fastest growing in the country.
September 28, 2002, in the Oakland Tribune.

We broke the record for ridership for October with over 95,000 passengers
carried. That's a 5% increase over October 2001.
Message to Riders, November 10, 2002, Eugene K. Skoropowski,
Managing Director Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority.

Seattle Sounder ridership

Week of Nov/08/2002 15,330 + 7 % month-to-month
Week of Oct/07/2002 14,382 + 16 % year-to-year
Week of Oct/01/2001 12,445 +110 % year-to-year
Week of Oct /02/2000 5,914

I shop at squigglepush

My secondary school maths teacher had a special symbol,
squigglepush, which was used as a wildcard. Whereas x
typically stood for an unknown number, squigglepush stood
for any unknown: could be a number, could be an
operation, could be anything.

The designers branding one of May's department stores
reminded me.

Yahoo is toast -- MyWay

Yahoo is toast. So says the sleek new MyWay portal.

I can't help but agree that the formerly useful Yahoo!
now has too many ads, popups, and other encumbrances .

upload img from URL

MT's UPLOAD FILE needs to allow selecting to upload IMG
from an URL, not just by browsing the local disk.

Currently, I browse and see an image.
1. Right click, save as
2. Open a new browser tab,
3. Open MT
4. Select Upload image

This new feature could skip steps 1-3, and
add step
0. Copy image location.

Backyard, West County Saint Louis

The backyard at my office (Clarkson Valley, MO). A nice walk clears my head.

WiFi STL

WiFi in STL for the Creative Class. The warchalking
maps come in 2003.

SF FiDi

View from office in San Francisco Financial District.

Sanyo 4700: speaker is on

My new Sanyo 4700 PCS phone has a speakerphone function.
The display says Speaker On.
That means the speaker is off.

If I move the cursor so as to highlight Speaker On and press OK,
then the speaker will go on. And the display will then show
Speaker Off.

See also Speakerphones and mute buttons.

Coming soon: my Sanyo 4900:
Picture from PhoneScoop.

ups

I needed to ship a package, and I didn't want to sit around all day
waiting for Mr. Brown to stop by. I looked at www.ups.com and
looked for drop locations.

Do they have a phone number, and can they confirm that
they can accept a package bigger than a standard letter
pounch ?

1-800-pickups is also for dropoffs.
It's actually 1-800-pick-ups.

Ah, the value of a hyphen.