Al's Blog-o-Sphere

There’s been a lot of road work going on round here lately.

They have finally finished and opened – without a hint of hoopla, by the way, it just was open one day – the replacement for the Prospect St. bridge. It now runs from the end of Stevens St. at Prospect over the Erie Canal and lines up with High St. at State St. It’s really quite convenient for me and much better trafic flow than the old bridge at Prospect that teed into State St. right in front of the Diamond Bar.

They started working on it last year and we all watched to see any activity for most of the Summer. The steel finally went up and then they worked on it at a snail’s pace for what seemed like forever.

We also have repaving going on on West Ave. They tore up the pavement on one section about a quarter-mile long. Then paved it with the rough under layer. Then they left it. Left the lanes blocked down to one in each direction. And meanwhile started tearing up the next section to the east. I wonder why they leave lanes closed while nothing is being worked on. But today, they are digging up a piece of the just-fininshed section and pulling out some old railroad tracks. Shouldn’t that have been done first?
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I’ve been following the “podcasting” trend pretty closely of late. It’s an intriguing area, one of those things that is at that spot in time where you can get in and be successful before it gets coopted and corporate-ized to death. It’s still at the point where it is accessible to the ‘little guy.’

But, I think the term “Podcasting” is wrong. Ultimately, it will be bad for it, unless it becomes so generic that it loses it’s association with Apple and I-pods the way Kleenex is accepted as a term for any old tissue. That’s probably what will happen.
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Well, other than not knowing when to sleep and when not to, I’d be doing all right if it weren’t for the cold I have.

I got wrapped up in something on the computer last night and sat here working. I didn’t notice the time until 7:00 AM. I caught a quick hour rest until I had to get up and shower. I had to go out at 10:00 AM to Home Depot where we had a demo scheduled with the robotics team. Continue Reading…

I read in the paper where Delphi wants GM to give them $6 billion to keep them from going into bankruptcy. The average guy might think that sounds like a hand-out or even extortion. Delphi has been losing money (or so they say) and GM needs them to keep making cars and trucks. Especially profitable trucks (SUVs)

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