The St. Lawrence from the Thousand Islands Bridge
In the good news section, winter is over because I could see water in the St. Lawrence. Remember, you read it on a blog so it must be true.
Author: Alan
Futurist Nut Bars
So why is Tod Maffin so smart? I was driving along on Saturday afternoon not really listening to DNTO and – WHAMMO – Sook Yin Lee says Tod’s going to tell us that blogs are dead already. Here is the promo for the piece:
And Tod Maffin dives into the world of blogging. Like everything on the web, what began as a grassroots movement it’s suddenly become corporate. Is this the end for web diaries as we know it?
Isn’t there a rule that anyone who calls himself a futurist isn’t? Or at least goes somewhat nuts. But then today there is Dave3, also a smartie pants, saying, to get the news, he is going to give up reading everything but blogs. [Maybe he’s on an all rice crispy diet.]
I am confused. In the days before the future, when I was a kid, the characteristics of the future where unlike today – food would be in tubes, we’d use personal jet packs and clothes would be all silvery. I sure as hell didn’t expect that I would have to rely on self-appointed wackos with bandwidth for the news any more than I thought 13 factories would supply all the meat for the vast majority of prople in the USA [a frightful fact I heard on talk radio last night] or that most food in the store would rely on killer transfats. It is starting to look like eating real food and relying on good new sources are the kinds of things that will make you an outcast in the new next future.
I tire of this. Why don’t futurists tell stories like
around 2012 people will get sick and tired of self-appointed gurus consulting to government on untendered contracts [supported by 25% finder fees] advising upon which leaders and stakeholders needed input…and will kick the bums out.
Though its unlikely as 98% of cheques to futurists are sign by the bums, that’s a future I’d like to see. Then, again, now that I think of it…maybe it’s happening now in Ottawa in 2004. The wheels may be coming off of one guy’s particular future as we watch right now.
What The USA Appears Like Sometimes
I was told that this is the best booze shack in Watertown, NY. Right next to the Eckerd’s Pharmacy…where you can find the best beer selection in the county. And you thought druggists selling ciggies was weird.
Less Ice, More Water
The St. Lawrence from the Thousand Islands Bridge. In the good news section, winter is over because I could see water in the St. Lawrence. Remember, you read it on a blog so it must be true.
Prepare Ye
I am hoping to get into weekend travelling this summer a fair bit and will look south as well as north for stuff to do nearby. So what is there to plan to do this summer across the border in the land of first prize hots?
- minor league baseball games
- Black River Kayak Rodeo over at Watertown
- Red and Black Minor League Football
- camping at state parks in the Thousand Islands
- the 187th Jefferson County Fair
The “I-Heart-N-Y” site is pretty good for this stuff. Any suggestions out there?
Later: I understand I may find myself here on Cape Cod at some point, too, if Portland is to be believed.
Carnival #10
David’s got the
ninth tenth Carnival of Canucks up this
morning. [Ten…I remember when it was only seven…]
He links to an interesting thread over at Damian’s blog about the Toronto
Star sending an email seeking deletion of pasted text
from the paper. As I quote freely from the Star and have not read such an
email, I am greatly put out. I am becoming more interested in section 29.1 of
our Copyright Act and may have to revisit my thinking on Digital Management
Rights as we Canadians seem to have a little ruled upon exception to the
enforcability of copyright which could arise in any context.
Appleton Arena
So here are some images of the men’s hockey game at Appleton Arena at St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York. I can’t imagine a more respectful maintenance of a 1950’s arena. Seating is original pine varnished benches and the arcing roof is also unpainted wood. The effect is a little like watching a game in the woods. The throw-back feeling is enhanced by no ads on the board or the ice. There is also an organist and the whole family got in for twelve bucks.
White ice, white boards
The later addition matches the old, just lighter wood
Pine bench seating
The game was good and, down 2-1, the Saints pulled their goalie for the last minute and a half. Vermont scored an empty-netter with 6 seconds left to make it 3-1. The atmosphere was great and you imagine in this university town of 6,000 or so next to Adirondack State Park the crowd is pretty regular. One funny moment was when the the crowd heard the hated rival Clarkson [4 Mb movie] was losing eight miles east 0-3 to Dartmouth – the roar was louder than when the lone St. Lawrence goal was scored.
Wuzza Hot?
So we are back from being over the border, having had a great time. I took some movies to be posted later of the Battle of Ogdensburg recreation which are fairly neat – if seeing grown men dressed up funny shooting cannon within town limits is cool to you.
But as I was driving through east end Ogdensburg, New York, I noticed this. What is a “Hot” that you could win first prize for? The particular outlet for them is called Whimpy’s Inn.