Monthly Archives: July 2009

Night Train to Boston

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Len

We are tearing through the darkness aboard Amtrak #94 to Boston. Maybe the engineer is trying to make up for lost time. At Old Saybrook, Connecticut, we waited 45 minutes for the 94 to navigate a problem to the west … Continue reading →

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All Aboard

Posted on July 28, 2009 by Len

We’re approaching Old Saybrook, Connecticut, aboard an Amtrak regional train, number 93, which left Boston’s South Station about an hour ago.  I was surprised to learn that this train travels at speeds up to 120 miles per hour.  That’s snail … Continue reading →

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Justin the Apple Genius

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Len

Justin Granger, whose business card simply says “Genius,” is in back trying recover the Mike Elgan interview and other files for episode 53 of The Kindle Chronicles. I loved this hybrid human/tech moment when he held my MacBook Air to … Continue reading →

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Computer Daze

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Len

This is weird. Both of my laptop computers crashed within two days of each other, with the result that yesterday for the first time in a year I missed my Friday deadline to upload my Kindle Chronicles podcast. In fact, … Continue reading →

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Health Care Reform 101

Posted on July 19, 2009 by Len

I will admit to having been following “Health Care Reform” without doing much homework on the issue.  From my peripheral vision, I’ve equated the topic to a battle in Congress over whether there should be a public alternative to private … Continue reading →

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Low-Impact Tourism

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Len

My preference is to go somewhere new and sit for a while, preferably with some coffee and something to read. Red Eye Coffee is a good example. Claire and I are camped out at an outdoor table. The tourists come … Continue reading →

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Provincetown Bound

Posted on July 14, 2009 by Len

We are taking a day trip to Provincetown. The Boston Harbor Cruises fast ferry is dog-friendly, so the Yorkie Claire sleeps in the booth with us. They have fast free WiFi (good) and ubiquitous CNN (bad). We are traveling light … Continue reading →

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…Arriving Cambridge, Mass.

Posted on July 12, 2009 by Len

The Charles River is a big deal for me during our sojourns in Cambridge, Mass.  It snakes all the way back to my boyhood, when I was a seventh grader banging clappers on the sides of ancient wooden boats as … Continue reading →

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Departing Denver…

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Len

We’re at Gate B22 at Denver International, waiting to Board United 996 nonstop to Boston.  The Yorkie Claire made it through security, as did my carry-on bag full of cables, Kindles, converters, videocams, SD card readers, and dongles of every … Continue reading →

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An Articulate Brit’s Parting Shot for America

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Len

Adrian Wooldridge, The Economist‘s Washington bureau chief and, for the past 13 years, author of the paper’s “Lexington” column, suitably chose July 4th for a farewell column titled “Two Cheers for America.” It’s a great read, one of my first … Continue reading →

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