Monthly Archives: March 2007

The Arrival

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So, I didn’t have much time or energy to make posts during my cross-country journey… But that won’t stop me from providing some highlights in future posts. We arrived at our new home on St. Patrick’s Day – Saturday, March 17th. It’s a bit funny, considering that one week earlier we stayed our second night in the city of South Bend, Indiana – home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

Fighting Irish logo

It’ll probably be a long while before getting settled in, especially with all these new products about to be released. ;)

Speaking of which… also arriving this week, was an updated look and feel to the Autodesk website (I must say again that I approve of the new color scheme) as well as some placeholders for the new 2008 versions of AutoCAD® Architecture, and Revit® Architecture, with a footnote clearly describing the name changes and Autodesk’s commitment to and realignment of industry-focused products.

3,108 miles (5,002 kilometers)

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Or, about 1 day + 23 hours of driving.

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The distance from our old home in Rhode Island to the new house in Washington when typed into Google Maps. We decided early in 2007 to start off the new year with a new home in the Pacific Northwest. Although I love New England dearly and have lived in various corners of it for over 33 years, and except for a short 4 years living in Charlotte, I have often dreamed of far away places. I do still consider myself a Bostonian, and I won’t lose my allegiance to the Red Sox and Bruins. :)      However, my wife Elizabeth is from Seattle and we decided to live closer to her familiy and old freinds. Since I travel for my work – it’s wonderful to have a strong support system.

So, here we go… Day number one:
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Five states in 9 hours, driving just 470 miles – yes the moving van is a bit slow up those Pennsylvania Mountains. We’re looking forward to the Rockies.  Sigh. I don’t quite understand how it’s possible. The states do start getting larger as we move west. This evening we stay in DuBois, PA. Oh, and did I mention the Bluegrass Festival here at the hotel? Don’t forget to set your clocks forward tonight – daylight savings time starts early! Awesome music, poor timing. Sleep is such a precious commodity. Tomorrow: South Bend, Indiana.

Speedometer for your home

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Did your mother ever tell you to “Turn off those lights if your not using them? You’re wasting Electricity.” Or have you ever played with the light switch to create your own disco club? Hey, it was the seventies… and we didn’t have a dico ball. Well now, those words come back to haunt me like some kind of cursed tiki. Along with age comes wisdom that mother was right. I’m trying to attone for those old sins and here’s one way, share it with all of you.

Energy Gauge

 

I first learned about this while reading the latest issue of Wired. Are you aware of the amount of energy you are using right now? Now, not calories–energy that your home or office is consuming, in real time, can be calculated with a product from Lucid Design Group. It’s called the Building Dashboard™. Once sensors are placed in the building, you can see the data in a very simple to understand widget that sits on your computer’s desktop.