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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Cool Thing to do With Your Cell Phone Camera

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Here is a cool thing to do. Start your car’s engine. Get out of the car and go around to the back. Use your iPhone or other cell phone camera to take a picture of the exhaust pipe. You have just used 21-century high-tech to take a picture of some 19-century low-tech. Most people are so proud of their high-tech phone thingee and what it can do while continuing to burn hydrocarbons to move around (sometimes while using that phone thingee.) At the same time most people complain that gas prices are too high while burning 25% of what they buy idling their engines while sitting in traffic.

At 20,000 miles per year that person wastes 200 gallons at $3.50 per gallon. If they did not waste the fuel the equivalent cost per gallon would be about $2.80. So stop complaining about the price of gas and do something about your driving. Stop using 19-century technology.
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Walking Blind in the DC Metro

A blind man in Metro at Metro Center walked with a white cane navigating across my path with room to spare. The woman walking behind him nearly walked into me while she was staring into the blue illumination of her wireless device. I think she was hypnotized or mesmerized. He was visually impaired while she was visibly impaired.
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Author's Note: The book cover images in the side margins of this blog are my own publications of eBooks available at both Amazon and B&N. Please take a moment and go to the sites and read about them. Then if you like it, buy one or two.

Friday, February 17, 2012

Self Penalizing Misdemeanor (#wmata)

Two young boys were fooling around at the bottom of an up platform escalator at Metro Center. The one boy backed up to the moving handrail and tried to straddle it for a ride. It momentarily lifted him before he slid off. Walking about quite oddly he said to his friend's question, "I got a monster wedgie." What more can I say?
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Author's Note: The book cover images in the side margins of this blog are my own publications of eBooks available at both Amazon and B&N. Please take a moment and go to the sites and read about them. Then if you like it, buy one or two.