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There are two things that I used to do more of in times past. One is moderate to intense physical activity. The other is visit what is, in my opinion, one of the best zoos in the USA. It has a spectacular Rain Forest Exhibit that Zoo Book ranks 7th on a top 25 list.

Purely on a whim, I checked the Zoo's website on lunch Friday. I saw that Saturday was enrichment day. My mind decided, I printed the bus schedules and asked my boss if I could borrow one of the company's cameras. He said, as he always does, yes.

That evening, I downloaded a schedule of various enrichment activities, got my self a copy of a map and planned out the event. I even packed the night before. This geek was ready, bottled water, PDA, HP camera, digital audio recorder, VISA card, 4 dollars for bus fare, and 260 Meg of Flash memory... I was actually excited.

The next morning I woke early and finished with a few other items to be added to the list. I left the house at 8:30 to catch the 9:08 bus. Catching that bus would allow me to transfer and be at the Zoo when it opened. I could catch the polar bears devouring a papier-mache walrus!

About a half mile to the bus stop, my allergies kicked in and, only then, did I realize I forgot to hit my sinuses with their inhaler. I tried to convince my self other wise but I need to double back. Now my leisurely pace of one mile over 30 minutes had about 12 minutes remaining to catch the bus. I can not run, my back and knee won't take the concrete stress but off I went.

This is just funny. Seems two thieves decided to take a nap on the good they stole. The police were even nice enough to take a photo before they woke them.

I would like to think that the embarrassment alone would deter them in the future.

Good Day Readers,
I seem to have many many links that i wish to share and they are stacking up quickly. I thought I would reduce the list by simply doing a few quick and dirty posts.

• Topping the list is an important reminder from the DogReader over at Lockergnome. It seems that about half the surfers out there are at risk because of security flaws in thier browsers
• Alex over at the same super blog notes that the ValueSoft package of Ubuntu Linux is, more or less, a simply paying for something that is free
• This falls under "you gotta be kidding me" category. Some drunk decided to join a team of firemen!
• Over at Furl Dog I discovered that these missile photos may have well been poorly doctored. This however, was noticed only after> many major newspapers published the photos.
• Over at AdRant, they point out why translation is still best left to humans and not software.

My father is an amazing craftsman. Give the man some Styrofoam, drill, a few wooden dowel rods and some glue and amazing things begin to emerge.

I am not going to mention each and every shot I have taken of this project but this one gives a good over view of the size of the town. (I reckon it takes up about 30 square feet at present.) This photo of the modeler standing amidst his project also puts it into perspective.

I first became aware of this project when I went to visit this Easter. I have been fortunate enough to spend some time on the weekends out at my folks of the late. I thought it might be interesting to share some of the photos that my father, mother and I have taken of this model town. I also though it would be a good opportunity to experiment with my mother's camera.

I took most of these photos with a Kodak EasyShare C360 that my siblings and I bought my mother. Ironically, I use it more than her. This does, however, give her geek son some experience with the device that he uses to better show mom how to use it.

Some of these links are not from this week but the week before. I still thought them of merit. It is very likely that you will not see a post here for a week or so. I must deal with some tweaks on the server side. Too much to write and too little time.

Just look

Some people are afraid Google is going to take over the world. As far as trusting them, I am leery of almost anything on the Internet. Google has mastered helping me get sucked into CyberSpace.

Regardless of your opinion on them, there are some pretty kewl things on this Giant. And one can't deny that they have a sense of humor. Remember Pigeon Rank? There was also the brief era of the Google Bomb. So let’s get all Googley and look at some of these things, mostly from maps.

If you're interested of a pretty long list of general Google links, Neil Patel has a nice one in this article. (Despite being about a year old, the post is still a great list. Be sure to check out the links in the comments as well.)

The inspiration for this article of diversion started with This Digg Post. The Digg Link is discussing a PC World Article that shares 15 kewl pictures. My favorite is the parking problem you see here. I also got a kick out of coke logo they linked to that is supposedly made out of coke bottles. Over the years, I can also recall seeing a flying car!

Before I proceed any further, I must state the following:

I am in now way shape or form responsible if you get sucked into CyberSpace frantically clicking on all these links and links within the articles. YOU are responsible for any of your lost time. In fact, the APA has deferred including Internet Addiction as a disorder. Therefore, unless it involves gambling or porn, you are, at best, just being unproductive. However, if that does happen, just keep clicking your doctor is working on it Before you proceed you may wish to check out this list and see how many disorders you have that are being suggested. (My goal is to lobby for thier inclusion and qualify for full disability. This will free up hours of more time to surf!)