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Nick Thompson

Friam Digest, Vol 31, Issue 21

Owen

Bag it and come to New England instead. Balmy March weather, no snow, and
the grass has turned green and is starting to grow.

And they say global warming is a myth.
N

Nicholas Thompson
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http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson

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> 1. OT: Driving to Florida? (Owen Densmore)
> 2. Starbucks Center of Gravity (J T Johnson)
> 3. Re: OT: Driving to Florida? (jpgirard)
> 4. Re: OT: Driving to Florida? (Michael Agar)
> 5. Re: OT: Driving to Florida? (Parks, Raymond)
> 6. Re: OT: Driving to Florida? (Parks, Raymond)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 10:44:25 -0700
> From: Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net>
> Subject: [FRIAM] OT: Driving to Florida?
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Friam <friam at redfish.com>
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> We're going on a trip from Santa Fe to Orlando FL.
>
> Obviously flying is the standard way to go, but we're thinking just a
> bit about driving .. we generally enjoy car trips if the traffic is
> not horrible and the drive is interesting.
>
> Anyone with experience on driving to Florida (or nearby) from Santa
> Fe? We're clueless as to what the driving is like .. but would love
> to pick up some good southern cooking along the way!
>
> -- Owen
>
> Owen Densmore
> http://backspaces.net - http://redfish.com - http://friam.org
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:02:05 -0700
> From: J T Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com>
> Subject: [FRIAM] Starbucks Center of Gravity
> To: "Friam at redfish. com" <friam at redfish.com>
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> *"Starbucks Center of Gravity
> http://beigerecords.com/cory/Things_I_Made_in_2005/starbucks.html
>
> * Spurred on by a discussion on
> Kottke.org<http://www.kottke.org/05/01/maximum-starbucks-density>,
> I decided it would be interesting to find out what the Starbucks Center of
> Gravity in Manhattan is (note: On kottke they are looking for density, not
> center of gravity which I thought was more fun...). What does *"center of
> gravity"* mean? Well, it means the exact place you can stand in Manhattan
> and be closest to * ALL* Starbucks. As if every single Starbucks was

pulling
> you equally in its direction, this is the place where u could stand to
feel
> the most Starbucks power...and not just within a few blocks radius, but
for
> the whole Island! Think of it like being at the North Pole for overpriced
> coffee...The power center / death star if you will allow me to go that
> far...."
>
> So are there other, more significant centers of gravity that should be
> computed? How about the Friam Center of Gravity, that place on earth
where
> one could optimally stand and feel the balanced attraction from everyone
on

> the FRIAM list? Nah, guess not. Doesn't meet the test of "social
> significance."
>
> -Tom
> --
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> "You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
> To change something, build a new model that makes the
> existing model obsolete."
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> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 11:48:23 -0700
> From: "jpgirard" <jpgirard at thinkingmetal.com>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] OT: Driving to Florida?
> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group"
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> A few things I remember about my drive from Tampa to Santa Fe.
>
> - make sure the cruise control works
> - you will exhaust your entertainment possibilities
> - every room in every Red Roof Inn is EXACTLY the same. This can be very
> useful when you have to use the restroom in the middle of the night.
> - a few miles after entering Texas, you see a sign that says something

like
> "mile marker 989", and you realize that you will be driving to the OTHER
> side of this state, at that point there is a very interesting silence in
the

> car.
> - Get off the interstates when you can.
>
> I highly recommend The Fountains hotel in Orlando.
>
> Jim
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:Friam-bounces at redfish.com]On
> > Behalf Of Owen Densmore
> > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:44 AM
> > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Friam
> > Subject: [FRIAM] OT: Driving to Florida?
> >
> >
> > We're going on a trip from Santa Fe to Orlando FL.
> >
> > Obviously flying is the standard way to go, but we're thinking just a
> > bit about driving .. we generally enjoy car trips if the traffic is
> > not horrible and the drive is interesting.
> >
> > Anyone with experience on driving to Florida (or nearby) from Santa
> > Fe? We're clueless as to what the driving is like .. but would love
> > to pick up some good southern cooking along the way!
> >
> > -- Owen
> >
> > Owen Densmore
> > http://backspaces.net - http://redfish.com - http://friam.org
> >
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at Mission Cafe
> > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
> >
>
>
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>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 12:00:14 -0700
> From: Michael Agar <magar at anth.umd.edu>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] OT: Driving to Florida?
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group
> <Friam at redfish.com>
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> Old trucker saying--the sun done riz, the sun done set, and here's my
> ass in Texas yet.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On Jan 19, 2006, at 11:48 AM, jpgirard wrote:
>
> > A few things I remember about my drive from Tampa to Santa Fe.
> >
> > - make sure the cruise control works
> > - you will exhaust your entertainment possibilities
> > - every room in every Red Roof Inn is EXACTLY the same. This can
> > be very
> > useful when you have to use the restroom in the middle of the night.
> > - a few miles after entering Texas, you see a sign that says
> > something like
> > "mile marker 989", and you realize that you will be driving to the
> > OTHER
> > side of this state, at that point there is a very interesting
> > silence in the
> > car.
> > - Get off the interstates when you can.
> >
> > I highly recommend The Fountains hotel in Orlando.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Friam-bounces at redfish.com [mailto:Friam-bounces at redfish.com]On
> >> Behalf Of Owen Densmore
> >> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:44 AM
> >> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Friam
> >> Subject: [FRIAM] OT: Driving to Florida?
> >>
> >>
> >> We're going on a trip from Santa Fe to Orlando FL.
> >>
> >> Obviously flying is the standard way to go, but we're thinking just a
> >> bit about driving .. we generally enjoy car trips if the traffic is
> >> not horrible and the drive is interesting.
> >>
> >> Anyone with experience on driving to Florida (or nearby) from Santa
> >> Fe? We're clueless as to what the driving is like .. but would love
> >> to pick up some good southern cooking along the way!
> >>
> >> -- Owen
> >>
> >> Owen Densmore
> >> http://backspaces.net - http://redfish.com - http://friam.org
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ============================================================
> >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at Mission Cafe
> >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
> >>
> >
> >
> > ============================================================
> > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv
> > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at Mission Cafe
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>
>
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:47:02 -0700
> From: "Parks, Raymond" <rcparks at sandia.gov>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] OT: Driving to Florida?
> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group"
> <Friam at redfish.com>
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> Owen,
>
> At some point, you'll have to use I-10, but I'd recommend avoiding it

until after Lousiana and Mississippi. I'm in Tallahassee and things seem
fine here, but I was in Lake Charles, Lousiana before Christmas and it's
still recovering. It's not the damage thats a problem - that's mostly
fixed or immaterial to your travel. However, hotels and restaurants in
hurricane damaged areas (Katrina and Rita) are not providing full services.
In Lake Charles, the only hotel rooms are at a casino for $200+ dollars a
night. As our host put it, things aren't back to normal - Wal-Mart is only
open until 2000.
>
> If you have freedom to time this, I'd recommend taking I-40 out of ABQ
and jogging down to Canton, Texas for a First Monday event (first full week
of a month). Canton is east of Dallas on the freeway to Tyler (famous for
roses which won't be blooming this time of year).
>
> Alternatively, you could take I-40 all the way to Georgia and then turn
south.

>
> Ray Parks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Friam-bounces at redfish.com on behalf of Owen Densmore
> Sent: Thu 1/19/2006 10:44 AM
> To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Friam
> Subject: [FRIAM] OT: Driving to Florida?
>
> We're going on a trip from Santa Fe to Orlando FL.
>
> Obviously flying is the standard way to go, but we're thinking just a
> bit about driving .. we generally enjoy car trips if the traffic is
> not horrible and the drive is interesting.
>
> Anyone with experience on driving to Florida (or nearby) from Santa
> Fe? We're clueless as to what the driving is like .. but would love
> to pick up some good southern cooking along the way!
>
> -- Owen
>
> Owen Densmore
> http://backspaces.net - http://redfish.com - http://friam.org
>
>
>
> ============================================================
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> Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 13:49:46 -0700
> From: "Parks, Raymond" <rcparks at sandia.gov>
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] OT: Driving to Florida?
> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group"
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> As the song says - Texas is miles of miles of miles of miles.
>
> Ray Parks
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