Traveling without moving » Walk

written by owen, published 2005-Sep-26, comment

People in the road or crossing or walking in the road or walking on the sidewalk. Sometimes you never know.

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Logbook » Panic Room

written by owen, published 2005-Sep-26, comment

Ever notice how hurricane reporters always stand in the rain when making reports? Sometimes with the ocean in the background. Total waste a time. Yes your in the middle of a hurricane some where in the rain - we believe you - its written a the bottom of the screen "LIVE FROM SOMEWHERE IN THE RAIN". There is no need for you to stand in wind and rain for an hour with a mic in your hand holding on to a pole, shouting like a madman. Find a store an loot it. Unless of course you get hit by flying debris. Now that would be unfortunate but entertaining nonetheless.

All the hi-end technology becomes evident when the reporters in the rain start speaking to other reporters in the rain. Picture-in-Picture® style. Oftentimes asking each other questions. Obvious questions like "why is it raining" and going over useless facts, over and over. Sometimes the reporters would move to a location where they can show some stuff that has been blown away or transformers are popping or is on fire. When it gets really bad you cannot even hear the reporter talking, but they do not know this which is funny.

The people back at headquarters are always emphasizing how dangerous it is for the reporters. In harms way. If it was really dangerous reporters would be dead already. We won't believe you until we see at least one reporter get hit by a flying Ford F150 - stop hyping the news. Intensively, often exaggerating its importance or benefits. The most entertaining things to watch on television today is american news, discovery channel, travel channel and reality shows. All of which are one and the same. I am only happy when it rains.

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ASP .NET 1.1 Repeater - rock star hack

written by owen, published: 2005-Sep-26, read 15961 times.

The random photo journal » Rising Star

written by owen, published 2005-Sep-26, comment

On Friday I left work late, as has become a new habit of mine. Only to notice that there was heavy traffic on the road at 9:30 p.m. At that time a night heavy traffic meant only one thing - something had gone wrong in the delicate balance of our urban lifestyle in Kingston in Jamaica. Plain clothed police on foot chasing cars in traffic. It was a melting pot - something was going wrong somewhere, I felt I was missing something. Malaise. My cellphone battery was dead. The only thing to do now is find a way home and fast.

You only have to ask another person because no matter where you are in Jamaica the chaos is organized. I hadn't watched Television Jamaica in a good while unbeknownst to me the Rising Stars show had grown imensly popular. And the finally which was to be held on Friday, Sept 23, 2005. Emancipation park reached capacity and people were climbing over the fences to get in, people fainted, the road around the park were jammed and chairs were smashed. All this was happening while I was hacking away at ASP.NET code at my office in Half-Way-Tree.

So the next day decided to go take a few more shots of the statue in Emancipation park for those of you who keep searching the internet for them ever so constantly. Maybe I can reach there early enough to get a good picture of the a broken chair before the cleaning crew arrives to sequester. I am usually lackadaisical on a saturday morning but I can hope for the best. Send the wreaking crew after me. I got there too late so I took a picture of the fountain instead, the stage tent is in the background.

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The random photo journal » Green beetle

written by michael_halvorsen, published 2005-Sep-19, comment

while on a sail boat with my family, i snapped a picture of this little green beetle who came along for the sail on lake erie.

cute little buddy.

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