so i’ve lived in a hotel for over 160 days this year testingdistance at gmail dot com books transportation design maps graphs random Tumblr (3.0; @testingdistance)http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktwl6jijtq1qz9oo1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=790">What WMATA is really suggesting (fyi 2008) - Greater Greater Washington</a></p> <p>(blue line stop in georgetown?)</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/266279785http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/266279785Wed, 02 Dec 2009 08:46:00 -0500maps<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktyblyyuED1qz9oo1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>format change today for the Express! (the free dc paper handed out at metro stations)</p> <p>in: more emphasis on the internet (youtube! cheezburger!)  a daily internet directory</p> <p>out: local news. not a single story regarding dc/md/va crime. not a single story regarding dc/md/va crime. really.</p> <p>but the main change…the ‘today in history’ section. only three days of history! cut down from six! half the history. gone.</p> <p>3 historical moments for each day in history X 365 days a year = 1,095 historical moments.</p> <p>‘today in history’. essentially the only history book i’ve read since 2005.</p> <p>(not a single story regarding dc/md/va crime)</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/264248796http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/264248796Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:15:00 -0500<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktwimidQqb1qz9oo1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just completed Meloy “Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It”</p> <p>It’s been awhile since I’ve completed a book. But it’s not for a lack of trying.</p> <p>FAILED:</p> <p>Capote ‘In Cold Blood’</p> <p>Dostoevsky ‘Crime and Punishment’</p> <p>Power “A Problem From Hell”</p> <p>Lewis “What Went Wrong?”</p> <p>Le “The Boat”</p> <p>I may come back and read these books. They all deserve our attention.</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/262920551http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/262920551Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:51:54 -0500books<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksv1r3w7Vu1qz7k5jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>via <a href="http://davereed.tumblr.com/post/238390467/via-sciencefun-wordpress-com">davereed</a>: <a href="http://sciencefun.files.wordpress.com/2006/12/khan.jpg">sciencefun.wordpress.com</a></p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/257070175http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/257070175Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:44:28 -0500<a href="http://dcist.com/2009/11/controversy_over_rhee_now_to_includ.php">and now something for both the sacramento and dc readership</a>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/255917641http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/255917641Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:25:47 -0500<img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktkp7vLkPw1qz4gpro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2009/11/meet_the_next_best_street_phot.html">Meet The Next Best Street Photographer: Google</a></p> <p><a href="http://bullshit.tumblr.com/post/254525608/meet-the-next-best-street-photographer-google">via</a></p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/255700691http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/255700691Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:07:59 -0500google<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktlfshOjH21qz9oo1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Kaiser ‘go paperless’ sent sacramento to dc. within 3 packages.</p> <p>It’s official, mom hates the environment.</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/255124399http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/255124399Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:17:00 -0500<img src="http://15.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktj2dht24z1qz9oo1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://shopsmallstores.com/">brooklyn</a></p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/253390439http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/253390439Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:32:00 -0500<img src="http://21.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktdrtnV9f81qz9oo1o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On our way to nyc. Only 10 boxes to go.</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/250140503http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/250140503Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:56:00 -0500googlemaps““I can safely say that, during his term of office, nothing bad has...http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/249294819http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/249294819Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sq2wQKRvW08&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sq2wQKRvW08&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Last month Google dropped Tele Atlas data from its United States maps,choosing to rely instead on government data and other sources, including updates from users.</p> <p>Faraz Ahmad, a 26-year-old programmer from Pakistan who lives in Glasgow, took one look at the map of India and decided he did not want to see his homeland out-mapped by its traditional rival. When Mr. Ahmad tried to work on the part of Kashmir that is administered by Pakistan, he found that Map Maker wouldn’t allow it. He said his contributions were finally accepted by the Map Maker team, which is led by engineers based in India, but only after a long e-mail exchange.  At his request, Google is now preventing further changes to the region, after people in India tried to make it part of their country, Mr. Ahmad said.</p> <p>A Google spokeswoman, Elaine Filadelfo, said Google sometimes blocked changes to contentious areas “with an eye to avoiding back-and-forth editing.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/technology/internet/17maps.html?_r=1&ref=technology">Everyman Offers New Directions in Online Maps - NYTimes.com</a></p> <p>(The <a href="http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/11/featured-map-maker-mihai.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/SbSV+(Google+LatLong)">video</a> shows how the map of Bucharest grew quickly from 5 highways to a complete city over a two week period)</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/249196383http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/249196383Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:43:00 -0500mapsgoogle<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktbeuwclN81qz9oo1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>“there’s still a lot of work left before they are running up and down H Street and Benning Road.” The city is busy working on laying the tracks for these two lines, but they aren’t expected to be up and running until 2012 at the earliest…</p> <p><a href="http://dcist.com/2009/11/dcs_streetcars_being_finally_shippe.php?gallery0Pic=1#gallery">D.C.’s Streetcars Finally Being Shipped from Czech Republic - DCist</a></p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/248614558http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/248614558Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:20:56 -0500transportation<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt7yi0bzPZ1qz9oo1o1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning /> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas /> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables /> <w:SnapToGridInCell /> <w:WrapTextWithPunct /> <w:UseAsianBreakRules /> <w:DontGrowAutofit /> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:1627421319 -2147483648 8 0 66047 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} /* List Definitions */ @list l0 {mso-list-id:485702980; mso-list-type:hybrid; mso-list-template-ids:1065528412 67698693 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693 67698689 67698691 67698693;} @list l0:level1 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:.5in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; font-family:Wingdings;} @list l0:level2 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:o; mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; font-family:"Courier New";} @list l0:level4 {mso-level-number-format:bullet; mso-level-text:; mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in; mso-level-number-position:left; text-indent:-.25in; font-family:Symbol;} ol {margin-bottom:0in;} ul {margin-bottom:0in;} --><!--[if gte mso 10]> <mce:style><! /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} -->Not sure how much longer I’ll be in dc.  Maybe a few months more.</p> <p>Attempting to see as much of the district as possible.</p> <p>blue = i’ve walked it.</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/246316276http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/246316276Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:34:00 -0500mapgoogle<img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt5qykamjf1qz9oo1o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On my bookshelf (and for a very long time now)…</p> <p>Heston, whose politics are no secret, was invited by the People’s Republic during its most open period, prior to the confrontation in Tiananmen Square. He offers perceptive, intriguing comments on the difficulty of mounting a Chinese-language production and of interpreting a naturalistic drama for people steeped in a nonrealistic theater tradition. Not as substantive or well written as Arthur Miller’s “Salesman” in Beijing, the book is long on charm but short on details about China and the Chinese. Recommended for theater buffs and Heston fans.</p> <p>-Amazon Review</p> <p>So, an all Chinese speaking cast and an all Englishing speaking Heston.</p> <p>I can’t remember who gave this to me, but I don’t think it was meant to be a satirical gift.</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/244873522http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/244873522Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:56:00 -0500books<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt48lnXZgN1qz9oo1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Noooooo. Person seaching before me at DC library. Nooooooooo.</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/243933338http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/243933338Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:22:37 -0500<img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kspitfB7Od1qz9oo1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5393502/nyc-subways-get-lcd-screens-showing-every-train-in-real-time">NYC Subways Get LCD Screens Showing Every Train in Real Time - Subway - Gizmodo</a></p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/243054728http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/243054728Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:34:13 -0500transportation<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksr1b3C2pq1qz9oo1o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.+3377:">H.R. 3377, THE DISASTER RESPONSE, RECOVERY, AND MITIGATION ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2009</a></b></p> <p>aka: my government health care bill</p> <p>Congressman Oberstar:</p> <p>“The bill also takes small steps to address two very pressing issues that face our nation: health care and housing. This legislation makes temporary employees hired…in response to a disaster eligible to enroll in the Federal Health Benefits Program. Most of the employees [sent] to disasters—many of whom have been employed…for years—do not have access to employer sponsored health insurance.”</p> <p>Update: 11/05/09 - Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.</p> <p>What does this mean?</p> <p>Maybe within a year or two us disaster employees will have access to government health care plans.</p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/241464347http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/241464347Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:31:06 -0500<img src="http://16.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kska0lc9oC1qz8tzlo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SociologicalImagesSeeingIsBelieving/~3/Bo7aZqpvz-k/">Who Owns US Debt? | ontexts.org/socioimages</a></p> <p><a href="http://davereed.tumblr.com/post/235361883/who-owns-us-debt-ontexts-org-socioimages">davereed</a>: <a href="http://jhnbrssndn.tumblr.com/post/235249486/abbyjean-socioimages">jhnbrssndn</a>: <a href="http://abbyjean.tumblr.com/post/235246688/socioimages">abbyjean</a></p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/240336082http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/240336082Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:08:10 -0500graphs<a href="http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/travel/01hours.html">finally!</a>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/239274932http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/239274932Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:01:06 -0500<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksuroulClz1qzpfubo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Picture by <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/11/09/world/europe/20091109-berlin-wall-reader-photos.html#/26889">Marc Farre</a></p> <p><a href="http://kryz.tumblr.com/post/238231974/picture-by-marc-farre">via</a></p>http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/238701863http://testingdistance.tumblr.com/post/238701863Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0500