The waiting room at my kids’ Kumon school has free wi-fi, and many parents bring their laptops to pass the time. Yesterday there were one MacBook, one MacBook Air, three Dell Inspirons with work bar codes on them (lots of Dell employees in Austin, of course), and one Toshiba. I felt a bit old fashioned since I was just reading a book. On a related note, I did see someone reading from her Sony Reader at lunch. It was pretty neat.
I’ve been pretty busy lately, these past two days I have been at the Hyatt downtown taking photos for a User Group for work. On Sunday, however, we went out to Fredericksburg and visited Wild Seed Farms. they have a nice butterfly house, and lots and lots of flowers to take photos of. It’s a great place to try out a new lens! (Unfortunately, I was just using my old lenses) Anyways, here’s a pic, and you can see a few more on my Flickr photostream.
Barnes & Noble > Border’s if you are in the market for a blank book. Plus B&N carries Moleskine. The selection at Border’s would be more appropriate for a Hallmark greeting card store: too many flowers and datebooks.
Disclaimer: My experience with the N. Austin branches, and might not be representative of all stores.
In 2009, Texas will move from 6-digit to 7-digit license plates. But what is exciting is that there is possibly a new design! All you Texans head on over to the TXDOT website and cast your vote for the new design. BTW, for you non-residents, the “My Texas” design is the current plate, just with 7 digits. I think I am going for Traditional Texas. Makes me want to eat BBQ.
Every day here in Texas is “Cut Barron Off In Your Obscenely Giant SUV Day”, but today is also “Signal Left, But Go Right Day”. Buckle up, everyone!
The past couple days have been both cold and rainy, which means we haven’t gone out much. Yesterday we went out only to buy a couple fish for the aquarium. Today is also a grey, gloomy, wet day. Such a bummer because I was looking forward to spending a couple hours fishing with the boys. :(
I bought a pack of these dogs at the HEB the other day. They were really good, with some snap to them, and a nice texture. Plus the taste was excellent. It was curious to me that the Texas Heritage Originals are actually made in Ohio…
