Charles TM

Adventures of Tomorrow!

charlestm — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:51:27 +0000

July is going to be an awesome month! I’ve got a trip to DC for the 4th lined up. Amusingly enough, this will also include a Canada Day party. More mayo on the fries, please. After that, I’m headed to St. Louis to catch up with Johnny Boy. Golf, ribs, and who knows what are on the agenda.

Also this month, I’ll be joined for a weekend by Brent. Should be nice.

July also represents a very cool milestone for me, my one year anniversary of joining Jetsetter. It’s been a great ride so far, and I’m excited about what the future holds for our rapidly growing company.

Hopefully some good photos will come out of this.

Birds on a lamp with a sweeping cloud in the sky

charlestm — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:55:29 +0000

Two Photos

charlestm — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:25:22 +0000

Here’s one from the mountains.

Random skull

If anyone has any clue as to what kind of animal this was, please feel free to post. This next one is from an evening out in Manhattan.

Men at work

These guys were working overtime.

Training again

charlestm — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:49:58 +0000

It’s certainly been a while since I’ve posted anything about trains or train travel, but riding on the Acela from New York to DC, I’m realizing that this is a pretty great way to travel, and it’s rather shameful that we haven’t figured out how to build a competitive national rail system before now.

At two hours and fifty minutes, I think that this is the most efficient way to get from the heart of NYC to the heart of DC. Amtrak got their shit together and added wifi, and, as always, they serve the delicious combo of microwaved hot dogs and Miller Lite.

Geek out!

charlestm — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:37:28 +0000

I just added Gmail to my domain and it’s flippin’ sweet. Thanks Google and WordPress!

Here’s how.

Flying

charlestm — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:29:15 +0000

Up in the air, winging toward Spain, I find myself trying to eat a meal that is packed into tiny containers with right-angled sides. To eat a salad (containter approx. 3″x3″x1.5), I must cut with my elbows comically up in the air. To move on to the next course, I play a form of containter Tetris, shifting oddly shaped vessels around my fold-down tray, which will only slide closer to my lap, not farther, which would allow me to eat with normal arm extension.

I’m also trying to figure out which language to use with the flight attendants. My Spanish is sub-par, yet I can order food and drinks just fine. The problem is that the staff is very soft-spoken, and I can’t hear either language. I’ll muddle my way through this one, I suspect.

Out the window, the stars are incredible. It’s perfectly dark and clear. Hopefully, now that Tetris-dinner is finished, they’ll cut off the cabin lights.

King of the Small People

charlestm — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:38:12 +0000

Walking home from the V-Day screening of The Princess Bride at the Arlington Cinema ‘n’ Draughthouse, we stumbled (read: slipped along an icy sidewalk) upon a storefront full of figurines, which were rather amusing. Keep in mind these are all taken with the iPhone, through a dirty pane of glass.

What a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

U words

charlestm — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:36:14 +0000

This just popped into my head…vacuum, continuum, are there other double “u” words out there?

One More

charlestm — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:42:14 +0000

I snapped this one while walking around this evening.

Definitely some noise going on, but this was shot handheld.

New Toy

charlestm — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:29:35 +0000

After almost two years of being without a point and shoot digital camera (thanks to some shady roommates in a previous apartment), I finally decided that it was time to stop comparison shopping and reading reviews and pony up for a new one, in anticipation of taking a trip to Spain. I have no desire to take the DSLR or a film camera when the goal is to spend the whole week traveling with one backpack.

Enter my new Lumix DMC-LX3. I’m very pleased with how it shoots in low light as well as the macro mode. Here are some early shots from a weekend around the city. I’ll definitely post some shots from the trip as well as additional thoughts when I get back.

(I think the compression is a little weird on these, but I’m too lazy to re-do them today.)