I decided this summer that whenever I'm on my bike I'll have my GPS unit running. Below is what I biked in the month of June.
Some stats:
This isn't entirely accurate as there is some jumping around in the track-log around my house and my office (when I'm just turning it on and inside). It's close enough though.
Charlottetown at dusk on Canada Day.
This summer silverorange is conducting an experiment with the normal working week. We're making it shorter.
For the past eighteen months we've been working too many hours per week. Last summer was a write-off as we had a few major projects being worked on. That work spilled into the fall and of course it kept cascading into the winter. We finally dug ourselves out from under our crippling workload this spring. We made a promise to ourselves to make this summer better than last.
For July and August of 2008 silverorange will be offline on Fridays.
Our hope is that this refreshing change of pace will make the remaining four work days much more effective. Our first Friday of rest is tomorrow.
We'll see how it goes.
This morning, in the office mail, there was a letter for me. It was post marked from Madrid, Spain. It cost the sender 0.78 Euros to send. AND IT WAS SPAM! Not the kind of junk mail we usually get but the "I have millions of dollars to send you because your last name matches some dead guy's unclaimed riches" kind.
Steven pointed out that this proves that charging money for emails will not stop spammers.
There was no return address.
Nathan and I decided to celebrate our nation's birthday by biking to Mount Stewart and back. Here is our GPS trail for your enjoyment.
Rogers announced their iPhone package plans today. Two thumbs down. I will not be getting one until there is an unlimited data plan option. Shame on you Rogers for being stuck in 1997.
The plans:
These are ridiculous. These plans will drastically impede the enjoyment and use of iPhones for Canadians. No one wants to think "Hmmm... should I load up Google maps to find that address? Is that good use of my 400mb this month?". If Rogers were to make a plan with unlimited data for an additional $30/month, as AT&T has done, they would sell like hotcakes. I'd get one. I'm surprised Apple let them get away with this.
Hopefully the auctioning off of more of the spectrum will bring some competitors into the fold in the coming years.
Brad Sucks just announced the release date of his next album Out of It. It hits the information superhighway on September 8th.
Here is a strange bit of information for you. I associate Brad with meatloaf (the food, not the singer). We've had dinner a few times with Brad and for some reason I'm always eating meatloaf. Brad's music and the meatloaf at at the Mayflower Pub on Elgin street in Ottawa is highly recommended.
Thanks for the reminder TIAPEI. I forgot that I am supposed to be nice to people.
