Interesting finds from around the web this week:

• The graying of the presidents - The Boston Globe (via www.boston.com)
• In the Region: All the Home’s a Stage (via NYT > Business (via FullContentFeed.com))
• Microsoft VP incorporates running and the bus into his "exercise commute" (via The Seattle Times: Local News (via FullContentFeed.com))
• Exploiting nature to cut mosquitoes' life short (via The Seattle Times: Business & Technology (via FullContentFeed.com))
• Lane missing from Aurora Bridge (via Fremont Universe)
• Vertical Farming - TIME (via www.time.com)
• The Happiness Effect - TIME (via www.time.com)
• As 2008 closes, so does business for those year-end glasses (via The Seattle Times: Local News (via FullContentFeed.com))
• Screw heads demystified (via MAKE Magazine)
• Infochimps’ massive scrape of Twitter’s friend network (via Waxy.org Links)
• Barack Obama's election marks the beginning of the 21st century (via The Seattle Times: Opinion (via FullContentFeed.com))
• Recession Leads To Surge In Online Dating (via The Business Sheet)
• 10 Irrational Human Behaviors and How to Leverage Them to Improve Web Marketing (via SEOmoz Daily SEO Blog)
• 30 Most Notable Blogs of 2008 (via Fimoculous.com)
• Get Replacement Keys Cut from a Digital Photo [Clever Uses] (via Lifehacker)
• Our city’s anonymous snow bard (via Strange Bedfellows)
• At Least The Housing Boom Served A Core Human Need (via Clusterstock)

Mon 09:11 Getting a lot of work done in an eerily quiet office.
Wed 00:21 Wondering if it’s ever possible to be all caught up.That would be a nice way to end the year.
Wed 08:15 Going to go for it. Plan: Close out 2008 with inbox zero.
Wed 12:50 @eddequincey Happy new year back! Still got to wait a few hours for mine.
Thu 01:59 Happy New Year
Thu 14:13 Spotted on a bottle cap, surprisingly appropriate for 09: Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it.

Interesting finds from around the web this week:

• Op-Ed Columnist - Time to Reboot America - NYTimes.com (via www.nytimes.com)
• Microsofties In Fargo Get Punchy (via Seattlest)
• The Energy Challenge: No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in ‘Passive Houses’ (via NYT > Science (via FullContentFeed.com))
• Science Visuals: The Chaos Inside a Cancer Cell (via NYT > Science (via FullContentFeed.com))
• How To: Research Property & Loan Records (via Seattle Bubble)
• Why’s it so hard to predict the weather for Seattle? (via The Big Blog)
• Ray's Cafe (via I Love Old Signs! Pool)
• Das DereLicht - ham radio transmitter from a CFL bulb (via MAKE Magazine)
• Use a Prius as an Emergency Generator [Clever Uses] (via Lifehacker)
• Top Online Security Threats for 2009 (via ReadWriteWeb)
• Intimate control for physical modeling synthesis (via MAKE Magazine)

Thu 11:54 Merry Christmas To All and To All a Good Night!
Fri 10:54 Very comfortable night at the Seattle Pan Pacific and dinner at 13 Coins. “Come in out from the cold” indeed.

Mon 10:52 Fine weather for a fire alarm and building evac. At least the HVAC is failing on the hot side today.
Tue 08:51 Breakfast in Red West. I’d rather go skiing than to work today.
Tue 17:34 Still ridiculously cold (a record, no less!) and no end in sight. Snow days ahead, I suspect.
Wed 08:19 Waiting for the snow.
Wed 15:28 @eddequincey did he tell you with a white piece of paper and a pre-addressed envelope?
Thu 08:00 Thundersnow is my new favorite invention
Sat 13:07 Appropriate road sign for the snow: “Remember your sole purpose in life may be to serve as an example to others”
Sun 13:14 Stranded at home and rather happy about it. The sound-deadening snow outside is very peaceful.

Mon 09:23 Both amused and annoyed that Comcast’s internet-only package costs more than internet plus basic cable.
Mon 21:56 Researching photographers. Candids good. No thanks to jumping, hand shots, feet only, shoes, table settings, overly staged.
Tue 08:47 Thinking about starting a few ‘please don’t BCC the distribution list’ threads, just for kicks.
Tue 18:52 Eagerly awaiting the ’slow down’ I’ve been hoping for for months. No sign of it yet.
Thu 08:27 Party tonight, party tomorrow, still much to be done.
Thu 15:00 Amused by the ongoing discussion about what ‘business casual’ attire means when ‘business’ is jeans and a t-shirt.
Thu 18:39 Great wireless on the 545 tonight. On my way to the party!
Fri 17:54 Traffic on 520 bridge terrible. Rumors that I-90 bridge is closed.
Sat 09:40 Great party last night. Honored to have so many wonderful friends and family.
Sat 13:59 30 big buckets later, a basement flood is just avoided. On my way to the Depot to get a *vertical* check value for the sump pump.
Sat 14:03 $1.75 gas. Wow.
Sat 22:35 Snow falling in Seattle, seems to be sticking even in the city.
Sat 23:24 No bathroom => outhouse + snow => not so awesome, actually.
Sun 19:28 Brrr.

Mon 19:51 Honey bucket in the back yard, demoed bathroom and 9 ft of vertical height. Why were dropped ceilings ever popular?
Tue 17:54 Off to dinner in Madison Park tonight.
Wed 21:49 Longing for a day when at least one tiny slot in my calendar isn’t booked.
Thu 21:45 Came so close to finally shipping today. Alas it was not quite to be. “When it’s ready, not before..”
Thu 21:50 Meanwhile there’s a chill in the Seattle air. Bring some precipitation and we’re talking about making some snow in the mountains!
Sat 00:18 Success!
Sat 12:50 Came home this morning to find a rather large, well shaped hole in the living room wall. Progress at home continues.
Sat 18:47 At work on a Saturday night. Swell.
Sun 13:56 Than Brothers Pho in Ballard. Best in town.

Sun 22:31 has specified everything. Bathroom remodel pre-work begins this week.
Mon 08:47 is disappointed by the traffic huge back-up on 520. That’s no way to start a three-day week.
Mon 19:47 sees that after years of never getting turned on the ‘Orca’ reader in the bus is lit up. Now it reads ‘Out of Service’.
Tue 19:46 Is it Turkey Day yet?
Wed 17:11 Closing down this week. It’s been a three day rollercoaster.
Wed 18:24 Two decent runs so far this week should have made plenty of room for the turkey.
Thu 13:19 Thankful for many things this year.
Fri 10:39 Seattle Macy’s parade was cold and wet but still well attended
Fri 12:27 Sitting in Starbucks, writing scripts and playing with technology. Vacation days are great.
Sat 08:34 Time to go and be a good consumer, doing my part to keep the economy afloat.
Sat 18:07 Picked up some great deals at Macy’s today. My half-decade wardrobe overhaul is complete.
Sun 17:57 All packed and prepared. The wisdom of paying people to remove perfectly sound walls and (not so sound) floors will this week be tested.

The weather was wet, cold and windy this morning for the Macy’s parade in downtown Seattle. There have been better years but the crowds still showed up and the bands marched with enthusiasm. With the buses running late this morning I didn’t really get a chance to get a good spot for an angle on the parade itself so went for some crowd candids instead.

Crowds at the Macy’s day after Thanksgiving Parade

With a quiet day today I finally got the chance to process some of the pictures that have been sitting on memory cards for several weeks. Here’s a set from Fort Worden State Park:

Fort Worden State Park pictures