This picture is cool and pretty: Tracking the Roomba
I set up a photo camera in my room, turned out all the lights and took a long-exposure shot of my roomba doing it’s thing for about 30 minutes. The result is a picture that shows the path of the roomba through it’s cleaning cycle, it looks like a flight map or something. It really hits every spot!
That is so cool. Although I swear my Roomba avoids certain areas.
Stephanie, you probably got one of the ones made on a Monday morning....
Although I swear my Roomba avoids certain areas.
The first sign of the rebellion.
I'm pretty sure my Trixie Belden books got sold in a yard sale. Either that, or there are somewhere in the attic, never to be seen again -- until they sell the house. By which I mean, until I sell the house, because I don't think my parents are planning on moving ever.
My mother got rid of mine sometime after I went to university. Man, I was pissed. I look for them now at yard sales and thrift shops.
I don't know my upstate NY geography that well, but they used to talk about going into White Plains, and I'm pretty sure they were in Westchester Co.
The World’s Happiest Places
The Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development released a new study ranking the world’s nations by the happiness levels of their citizens. According to the published results, northern Europeans are the happiest people in the world. The top ten are:
1. Denmark
2. Finland
3. The Netherlands
4. Sweden
5. Ireland
6. Canada
7. Switzerland
8. New Zealand
9. Norway
10. Belgium
The US ranked above average.
The internet has everything! This article (pdf) talks about TB locales, and includes maps!
Its specific location was intentionally vague but was certainly described to connote the region near Ossining and Crotonville. The nearest large city is White Plains, New York, some 8 to 12 miles southeast of Sleepyside.
I don't know who Trixie Belden or Cherry Ames are.