Tuesday May 6 2008
If you haven’t read my “Free Ice Cream at Safeway tip” you still have time to stock up on free Ben & Jerry’s 3.6 oz ice creams.
I popped in the Cherry Creek Safeway over the weekend and picked up a reasonable amount without emptying out their freezer. On a diet? No worries - put them in the ice box and save them for this fall’s trick-or-treaters.
ok - been a while since I emptied out my “news of interest” saved bookmarks into a post - so here we go:
From the New York Times - an article about the advantages of small cars. Check out the gas mileage charts. How can you not love these? Or my friend’s new Smart Car. And a related piece from the Boston Globe about the difficulties of selling large gas guzzlers.
The Denver Post documents the perils of cycling on 32nd Avenue in Golden. This article comes complete with 52 comments (as of 10:22am) mostly frustrated comments between motorists and bikers.
Fox Nomad - who writes and excellent travel blog with personal in-depth idea and excellent lists of travel tips and tricks is currently running a contest for “Sexiest Summer Travel Story“ Check it out and you could win a $250 airline gift card. I would send him that story about that night in Munich last year, but co-workers and potential future employers might read my blog, sooo….
From American Magazine, I found this article on Houston and other “opportunity cities“ interesting. This story details the shift from of business from established northeastern cities like New York and Boston to the sunbelt cities of the south where housing is affordable and job opportunities abound.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution gives some high merits to the Denver Fastracks plan - our 15 year plan to expand current rail lines and build new lines to corners of the metro area, including Boulder and the airport. More about Fastracks here.
More auto news: Here’s an accident I saw at 7th and Josephine last week. No one was hurt. But how can that car hit the telephone pole with such straight on perfection?
A girl, (about 10,) who was exiting the nearby soccer field reprimanded me for taking photos of someone else’s misfortune. I’m sorry. But thanks for speaking your mind young city stranger!
by James Van Dellen
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Fortunately I’m sitting comfortably at home and am not one of the unlucky ones traveling on Aloha, ATA, or Skybus this week, as in the past few days all of these airlines have shut down - leaving many passengers stranded midway through a trip to fend for themselves, or attempting to book themselves in the already packed seats of other airlines. Although trying to find a cab in Denver at 2am can certainly give you similar exasperation.
Microsoft now wants your health records. According to Jon VanZile of Newsmax Microsoft HealthVault is shifting into high gear, and they ensure their program absolutely cannot be hacked. Patients and doctors store all of their personal medical records at HealthVault, allowing easy access and transfer for both patients and medical offices. Jon VanZile brings up the most obvious risk: An ENORMOUS amount of sensative medical date located in one place.
I explained the concept to a few friends while skiing over the weekend and of course the immediate question was “So what’s the payback rate?” It’s actually quite high. Due to the personal connection the lenders actually see the progress of their “co-business” through e-mail and web correspondence, while representatives placed in these developing and needy areas work closely in the communities ensuring the funds are put to good use.
Being a space and science geek I’ve been following the story of this satellite’s upcoming plummet towards Earth. Where will it fall? Perhaps Siberia where KGB agents in Siberia will haul it through the tundra to a secret hanger and unlock U.S. secrets? (Wait never mind it’s 2008.) Maybe in a remote wilderness aside DB Cooper’s stash?
We plan to visit for 10 days, with a side trip to Brussels or Germany. We are renting a one bedroom apartment in this building which is located right on one of Amsterdam’s canals. (details forthcoming.)
Great news! It is now possible to reverse sexual orientation. In Fruit Flies. This is great news for young fruit flies who are questioning their sexuality, who are now able to change their orientation in a matter of hours. That’s almost as fast as Ted Haggard!
While not reducing any flights, Frontier Airlines is laying off 100 people here in Denver and scaling back on various items like food carts on aircrafts and employee expenses.