A video clip that is actually older than me! Chuck @ his best.
Friday, August 24, 2007
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Monday, August 20, 2007
Art of Flight Tracking
First of all, apologies for not posting lately (except for lame attempt at moblogging). But I have a good excuse. I moved! Let me tell you, I hate moving. With a passion. I only moved to the other side of town but it was still a pain in the ass. My mom is right. I have too much shit. Except she doesn't use that word. Because she talks to me in Japanese.
Anyway, that's not what this post is about!!!
My best friend from NJ was in town this past weekend, and he unfortunately had to go home today. (;_;) I don't suffer from fear of flying myself, but I have weird anxiety about other people flying. And it's all rain and stormy today so that added to the worriment. So, I've been obsessively tracking his flight.
First, I went to FlyteComm. I don't know why the flight took the path it did, but it went east, as you would expect, but then turned sharply and went northwest for a bit and pretty much turned around. Weird...
Then I decided to go to USATODAY.com to see what they had to say. Then finally to the NWA website.
I'm confused... Where are they getting the estimated arrival time data from??? And why does NWA's actual departure time different from the other two sites? I mean this is ACTUAL departure time... You would think they would all have the same time for that. My guess is that Northwest does arrival/departure to/from the gate.
I just got a text message confirming that he got in safe! Yay!
So, final results:
FlyteComm => "Arrived" 9:19 PM
USATODAY.com => "Landed" 9:18 PM
NWA => "Arrived" 9:28 PM (earlier it said "Landed" at 9:17 PM)
Wow. I just wasted so much time tracking this flight using 3 websites... (And analyzing.) It's almost like I was on the plane myself. Hahaha. Except I kind of had fun. And I wasn't cramped between two gravitationally challenged people who smell.
Now that I'm done moving, look forward to moar worthless posts coming soon!
Anyway, that's not what this post is about!!!
My best friend from NJ was in town this past weekend, and he unfortunately had to go home today. (;_;) I don't suffer from fear of flying myself, but I have weird anxiety about other people flying. And it's all rain and stormy today so that added to the worriment. So, I've been obsessively tracking his flight.
First, I went to FlyteComm. I don't know why the flight took the path it did, but it went east, as you would expect, but then turned sharply and went northwest for a bit and pretty much turned around. Weird...
Then I decided to go to USATODAY.com to see what they had to say. Then finally to the NWA website.
I'm confused... Where are they getting the estimated arrival time data from??? And why does NWA's actual departure time different from the other two sites? I mean this is ACTUAL departure time... You would think they would all have the same time for that. My guess is that Northwest does arrival/departure to/from the gate.
I just got a text message confirming that he got in safe! Yay!
So, final results:
FlyteComm => "Arrived" 9:19 PM
USATODAY.com => "Landed" 9:18 PM
NWA => "Arrived" 9:28 PM (earlier it said "Landed" at 9:17 PM)
Wow. I just wasted so much time tracking this flight using 3 websites... (And analyzing.) It's almost like I was on the plane myself. Hahaha. Except I kind of had fun. And I wasn't cramped between two gravitationally challenged people who smell.
Now that I'm done moving, look forward to moar worthless posts coming soon!
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Friday, August 3, 2007
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Dog Days of Summer
It is friggin' hot. Hot, hot, hot. The forecast for this week is not looking so good either.
Ok, so maybe it doesn't look so bad if you live down South or something but this is Ann Arbor. Michigan. I thought summers are supposed to be comfortable here. I mean I tolerate the frigid temperatures in the winter so I can enjoy a nice cool dry summer. We might beat/tie the record high today which was set LAST YEAR. Global warming? We need more pirates. (Only a few of you will get that...)
Anyway, so I'm doing my part to be all Green and stuff. I HAVE NOT USED MY AC ALL SUMMER. Well, to be honest, I'm just being cheap. And testing myself to see how much I can tolerate the heat. I'm only home in the evenings, so I just keep all the windows and blinds shut all day. Then when it's cooler outside than it is inside, I open up all the windows and blast my fans. It's been working so far. But we'll see about tonight... It's supposed to be all gross. Oh, and my plant died because it got too hot inside for it. :( Sad.
But I cheat because I use the AC in my car sometimes. And my office is nice and cool. But I don't have control over that.
Ok, so maybe it doesn't look so bad if you live down South or something but this is Ann Arbor. Michigan. I thought summers are supposed to be comfortable here. I mean I tolerate the frigid temperatures in the winter so I can enjoy a nice cool dry summer. We might beat/tie the record high today which was set LAST YEAR. Global warming? We need more pirates. (Only a few of you will get that...)
Anyway, so I'm doing my part to be all Green and stuff. I HAVE NOT USED MY AC ALL SUMMER. Well, to be honest, I'm just being cheap. And testing myself to see how much I can tolerate the heat. I'm only home in the evenings, so I just keep all the windows and blinds shut all day. Then when it's cooler outside than it is inside, I open up all the windows and blast my fans. It's been working so far. But we'll see about tonight... It's supposed to be all gross. Oh, and my plant died because it got too hot inside for it. :( Sad.
But I cheat because I use the AC in my car sometimes. And my office is nice and cool. But I don't have control over that.
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