The Hopp Stop

• Snow Is Great. But That Road Plan to Get to It? – New York Times
  Story on traffic issues from Denver to the CO ski slopes. Contrast this to the smooth sailing we had from Salt Lake City to Park City, about a 35 minute drive.
  (tags: sports)
• Quitting Facebook Gets Easier – New York Times
  (tags: tech privacy)
• Damaging Information Said to Await Clemens – New York Times
  Hilarious: the lawyer Scheeler was asked to testify so that he could physically separate McNamee and Clemens.
  (tags: sports)
• New College of California’s future looks grim
  Valencia-located college of some sort.
  (tags: sanfran)

• Macworld | Netflix dumps HD DVD, opts for Blu-ray
  I had my account set up to support both HD DVD and Blu-ray. Another step on the path to HD DVD’s death.
  (tags: tech movies)
• The Way Shaquille O’Neal Plays Now
  Analysis by TrueHoop. More detailed than the reactions from columnists.
  (tags: sports)
• 7×7.com – Bits Bites Blog – Lining Up for Blue Bottle
  40 minute wait for that fancy siphoned coffee (see the Times article I linked to previously)? Ha!
  (tags: food)
• Michael Bauer: Between Meals : Where to find the best dim sum
  Bauer’s faves. I’d be interested to hear Vanessa’s take.
  (tags: food)
• Strong Beer Month!
  21st Amendment and Magnolia are putting this on during February.
  (tags: beer)
• 10.5.2: What’s new, pussycat (and what isn’t)
  Good overview from Ars’ Infinite Loop blog.
  (tags: tech)
• The Economics of Obesity: A Q
  (tags: health economics)

Cypress trees on Carmel beach, originally uploaded by Hopp.

I’ve fired up my flickr account again after a couple years of dormancy. Here’s a photo from my late January visit to Carmel. In between some heavy rain storms, I was able to enjoy some blue skies on the city beach.

• Patriots’ Season Perfect For Rest Of Nation | The Onion – America’s Finest News Source
  Ha, love it.
  (tags: sports humor)

• No spin: Ars reviews the MacBook Air with solid state drive: Page 2
  My takeaway from this review (and prior review of HDD model): SSD not worth $1K. MacBook Air too slow.
  (tags: tech)

• Macworld | Mac 911 | Seemingly mute iPhone
  Exactly the problem I had, and when I took my iPhone in, they just used compressed air to clean out the pocket fuzz.
  (tags: tech iphone)
• Abracadabra! Bush Makes Privacy Board Vanish
  (tags: tech privacy)
• Is Roger Clemens a Late Bloomer or a Dirty Cheater? — New York Magazine
  Interesting graphs.
  (tags: sports)