For those of you in DC, you might want to keep tabs on my A Smarter Smartrip page as it might turn out to be a useful way to improve your SmarTrip experience. As I explain on the page:
I’ve grown to loath these SmarTrip cards because they break or get lost. It’s a pain in [...]
Entries from January 2009
A Smarter Smartrip
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January 23, 2009 at 6:51pm
by wonderfullyrich
SmarTrip · Transportation · Washington DC · wonderfullyrich Add Your Comment
Snapshots of a progression
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January 22, 2009 at 6:46pm
by wonderfullyrich
These maps represent the status quo and are a snapshot of a progression (the same as if we were to simulate evolution in a computer model). Some times we go one direction, some times we head another,
Science · United States · feedback loops · politics Add Your Comment
Fallows follows on good security.
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January 15, 2009 at 1:15pm
by wonderfullyrich
As a follow up to my post on the Short of why TSA Fails, Fallows makes some useful points on the same topic. I think one of the reasons I like him is because he uses reason and thinks strategically, as he shows in this post.
Washington DC · civil rights Add Your Comment
Why TSA Fails, the short version.
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January 12, 2009 at 9:26am
by wonderfullyrich
I like to travel and I don’t travel as much as others, but being intelligent, curious, and fascinated by airplanes, airlines, and travel I’ve been engaged in a continuing cycle of learning about how secure our travel really are. If you’ve done any real research in the matter you’ll have found that TSA is equivalent [...]
civil rights · couchsurfing · travel Add Your Comment
Clover coffee in DC
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January 10, 2009 at 11:46am
by wonderfullyrich
For those of you who haven’t heard about the pending revolution of brewed coffee coming to your Starbucks at some point soon, I thought I’d introduce you. Having not been a coffee lover for any over my life, this changed me. I know coffee is an acquired tasted, but after a sip of [...]
