Biden and Amtrak

I was questioning the selection of Biden.  He seems like he can get himself in trouble if he talks too much.  (I will compose a post on Brian Schweitzer, along with his great speech the other night at some point)

But I was really encouraged to hear about how much he commutes via Amtrak.  It would be great to have a VP that understands the need to support and grow Amtrak.

To that point I am passing on a Biden quote from a Washington Post article. 

"One of those things that I keep telling my colleagues: If they fully funded Amtrak, I would not be late. [Pause.] And some suggest that's why they don't fully fund Amtrak."

A fully funded Amtrak does sound nice.

Dear DNC

(In case the Democratic National Committee is reading my blog, although I suggest the RNC also pay attention)

You have four years to plan out the next convention.  Please take a look at the schedule for the Olympics before setting the dates for your convention. 

After two weeks of stating up later than I generally would, staying up for the addresses of the convention is more of a challenge than I would like.  At least one week in between would be nice.

Thanks

-- Andy

Technology can be Impressive

Where I work we talk a lot about increasing the pace.  Acceleration is hard work.  Heck, even fighting inertia is hard work*.

But technology presses on faster and faster, and I wanted to share this piece of news I learned today

Two years ago, watching the Olympics live via the Internet was limited to a single gold medal game of a popular sport. This year, everything from preliminary table tennis matches to team handball will be available both live and on-demand. In all, more than 2,000 hours of live content and 3,000 hours of on-demand video will be available on your PC.

I am impressed.

-- Andy

*My apologies to any physicists who might disapprove of my use of physics terminology.