Gadget Links: Snow What Edition
- Snow falls on Seattle home game for first time on NFL.com: "Steady snow began falling 20 minutes before kickoff, marking the first time a Seahawks home game has been played in the white stuff. The temperature at kickoff was 34 degrees, the coldest for a Seattle home game. The Seahawks played indoors in the Kingdome until 1999." Seattle beat Green Bay 31-24 in a game that was very competitive for three quarters. [ Photos ]
- Nightmare for drivers: Snow, commute and a Seahawks game on seattlepi.nwsource.com: "Trips {around the Seattle area} that would normally take a half-hour or less took up to four hours, some frustrated commuters reported." [ from Martin O'Donnell ]
- Cuban Rock Climbers Inspired by Foreigners Irk Castro Regime on WSJ.com: "...adventurous Cuban youths... {have turned Viñales, Cuba} into an extreme-sport mecca. Climbers test their mettle on dramatic crags, barely touched by man.... rock climbing has emerged as an improbable political battleground between the government and young Cubans eager to embrace the latest foreign fashions. In 2003, amid a broad crackdown on civil liberties and fraternizing between tourists and Cubans, the government announced that rock climbers henceforth would be required to obtain a special permit. But the government has never granted the required permit to the many climbers who have requested one. Many Cubans and foreigners have continued climbing." Who knew that extreme sports would be considered so threatening by the Cuban government? [ Subscription probably required. ]
- Gmail on Nokia N93 on lucafiligheddu.blogspot.com: Italian blogger Luca Filigheddu discusses how to install Gmail app for the Symbian OS on a Nokia N93 multimedia phone. [ via Nokia N93 Blogger Relations Program Blog ]
Comments
I've never seen any city freak out as much over snow as Seattle. They'll get a half an inch and people won't go to work, they'll cancel the bus system and people act like they are in shock. It's pretty entertaining really. One of the things I miss about living there.
Posted by: davis freeberg | November 28, 2006 8:42 AM
Davis:
I hear that Washington, DC is pretty bad in this regard also.
Posted by: Dave Aiello | November 28, 2006 10:22 AM