Technology & MSG

New Jersey is home of cheap gas ($2.49/gallon) and expensive cigarettes ($6.80/pack), two metrics I use to mentally calculate inflation and cost of living. I recently spent a weekend vacationing there with some good friends.
Rather than taking the infamous New Jersey Turnpike and paying an absurd amount of money to deal with lead-footed drivers, I [...]

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I was cleaning out the starred items in Google Reader and found one of Snay’s posts wherein he calculated the cost of his daily commute. He commutes via the Washington Metro system — a combination of bus and rail — at a cost of $5.40 per day.
A year later, I decided to figure it out [...]

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Yesterday after work was a blur of activity, all across Anne Arundel County. Met up with some of the cool kids to hang out, before they headed back to school next week.

Slacklined on the shore of the Magothy River
Enjoyed double dogs and shakes at Ann’s Dari Creme
Failed to find a good movie at Marley Station, [...]

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As seen in the parking lot of a Columbia parking lot, this resident is taking the Choose Civility initiative a little further.

I see the “normal” stickers and magnets on lots of vehicles around Howard County. Vehicles whose drivers have disrespectful, unempathetic, inconsiderate, and intolerant roadside manners.
This was refreshing.

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I was driving and saw two kids riding in the opposite direction on bicycles. One of them was talking. The other had no hands on the wheel, busy texting and not looking at the road at all. In the 20 seconds or so that he was in my immediate view, he didn’t look at the [...]

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When I eat in the car while driving — admittedly not a great idea in general — I use my left hand to steer. It feels more natural than my right hand, which is odd because I’m right-handed. Common sense would recommend using your dominant hand to perform the more important function; it’s definitely more [...]

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