Author Archives: Andy
Snowstorm 2010!
I have three video feeds of the snow storm going right now. Here they are: Viget Labs, Facing South Maple Avenue Live Video streaming by Ustream Viget Labs, Facing Shirley Street Online video chat by Ustream My House, Facing Little … Continue reading
Health Insurance
No, I’m not going to propose a solution to our health care cost problems. I’m just going to give a great example of the problem (and maybe point out that a lot of the effort made so far on solving … Continue reading
Economic Development in the City of Falls Church
The City of Falls Church has a variety of Boards & Commissions. One of them is the Economic Development Authority. I’m not sure exactly what the differences are between committees, boards, commissions, and authorities. I’ve been to the past two … Continue reading
iPhone Update
I blogged like crazy about my iPhone and then I stopped. I’m sure you’re all disappointed and I’m sorry. I’ll try to keep up my iPhone obsession a bit better. I do have a couple of new thoughts about my … Continue reading
City of Falls Church – Green?
As a business owner and resident in the City of Falls Church I am getting interested in how the city works. The other night I stopped by the Economic Development Authority meeting that Brian mentions over on the Falls Church … Continue reading
Backslash
This is a backslash: \ It’s also known as a reverse solidus, oblique, slosh, hack, escape, reverse slash, backslant, backwhack, bash, reverse slant, reversed virgule, or backslat. This, which is somewhat similar, is a forward slash: / If you’re reading … Continue reading
Picasa Face Recognition
Recently Google rolled out an update to it’s Picasa desktop photo management software and the corresponding Picasa Web Albums. When I heard about this I had mixed feelings for a few reasons. First of all, I’ve always liked Picasa but … Continue reading
Cheap Bluetooth Headsets
Apparently I’m a sucker for cheap Bluetooth headsets. I’ve owned quite a few over the years and I’ve never been happy with them. Maybe that’s what I get for buying cheap ones. Maybe I should take the plunge and buy … Continue reading
Single Stream
I live in the City of Falls Church and they recently changed their curbside recycling program. They now accept more stuff (parts of pizza boxes, aerosol cans, books, lids (can you believe it!), and even those stupid plastic bags that … Continue reading