World Wide Wood is taking a tentative dip into the ***Podcasting|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting*** waters with ***The WoodCast|http://prwdot.org/woodcast/***! There’s just an introductory, 45-second, testing-the-waters episode right now.
Oh, and the WoodCast is powered by ***WordPress|http://wordpress.org/***.
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Tonight when I got home from work, I did some really, REALLY exciting stuff. First, I finished ripping the last of our CD collection into iTunes. Then, I moved all of our physical CD collection up to the attic. After that, I sorted out the piles of bills, receipts, and mail that have been collecting on the computer desk. I shredded some stuff that needed to be shredded, filed some stuff that needed to be filed, and recycled some stuff that needed to be recycled. Then, I rearranged the items on the top of the computer desk. And finally, I took a photo of it all!
Hey Mr. Farnham, how’s that for spicing up my life? Oh yeah, you can’t beat the excitement.
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On Sunday, I went down to Boston to see the ***Danmark|http://soefart.inforce.dk/sw232.asp***, a Danish tall ship that was making a port of call at ***Rowes Wharf|http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/placestogo/location.php?nid=3&sid=15***. They were letting the public come on board for free tours, so I went on board and snapped some photos. Before I went on the ship, I walked along a large section of the ***Boston Harborwalk|http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/***, a surprisingly very nice parkway that runs along Boston’s waterfront. The Harborwalk is an ambitious project that eventually aims to cover all of Boston’s ocean-facing waterfronts. You can see a map of the Harborwalk, with the complete and incomplete segments, ***here|http://www.bostonharborwalk.com/placestogo/***.
All of my photos from the day can be found ***here|http://gallery.prwdot.org/boston_harbor***.
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Becky took me on a mystery tour this morning. Our destination was The Paper House! Yes… It’s a house furnished with paper! The ***Paper House|http://www.essexheritage.org/visiting/placestovisit/listofsitesbycommunity/paper_house.shtml*** is located in the Pigeon Cove neighborhood of Rockport, Massachusetts. Though the frame of the house is made from wood, the walls and all of the furniture are lined with newspaper, covered with varnish. Desks, beds, bureaus, mantels, and more, all made with newspaper. It’s quite a piece of Roadside America… and it truly has to be seen to be understood. Amazing! Check out our ***photos|http://gallery.prwdot.org/paper_house***.
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Yes, it’s true! Photos will be posted to ***Peter’s First Knitting Project|http://gallery.prwdot.org/pfkp*** as this lovely green… thing… progresses. Stay tuned!
You may (or may not) be keeping up with the merger of the two major department stores Macy’s and Filene’s. As it stands here in New England most of the Filene’s stores will close…and a couple Macy’s as well. The assumption is that all of the Filene’s will be replaced with Macy’s.
This makes me pretty sad. I do 85% of my clothes shopping at Filene’s. They have super sales almost all the time and I can actually find clothes that FIT, I feel good in and are not too expensive. Macy’s just doesn’t do that for me. I find their stores (well, the few I’ve been in) to be messy, unorganized, and full of clothes that are either too expensive, too young or too old for me. I can’t think of the last thing that I purchased there…it may have been a frying pan. (just try wearing that to work!)
Bloglines alerted me to another post in the Boston area written by someone with similar views as mine. ***Check it out here|http://www.bigdumptruck.com/2005_07_01_oldblog2.php#112260117103279878*** and leave me a comment if you have something to add!
I think I’ll be headed to Filene’s today, coupon in hand, to try to savor my last few moments there. Alas!
I’ve created a page that utilizes ***Netflix|http://www.netflix.com/***’s RSS feeds to display up-to-the-minute information on the items currently in our rental queue, as well as recent shipment activity in our queue. So if you’re interested in what we’re watching on DVD here at World Wide Wood, you’ll want to ***check it out|http://prwdot.org/netflix.html***! You can always access the link from our navigation bar under ‘Site Content’.
I’ve written up a ***feed information page|http://prwdot.org/feeds.html*** for World Wide Wood. This page has some basic information on feeds, a list of the feeds available here, and a description of each feed. So if you’re already a subscriber, you might want to check it out to see if there is a better feed for you. And if you’re not already a subscriber, you can find out what a feed is, what feeds are available, and which one would work best for you. You can always find this page linked from our navigation bar, under ‘Quick Links’.
Just another way to enjoy the content here at World Wide Wood.
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So this past Saturday, Becky and I wanted to visit the [Wrentham Village Premium Outlets](http://www.premiumoutlets.com/outlets/outlet.asp?id=10). We also wanted to do something interesting and/or adventurous. Noting that Route 1A passes right by the Outlets, we decided to take a trip in the style of our previous exploration of [Route 62](http://prwdot.org/2003/10/12/weekend-adventures/): we explored the length of State Route 1A in Massachusetts, from its start in Salisbury to its end in Attleboro.
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Happy Birthday to my Auntie Marcia! In the photo she is celebrating her birthday last year… pay no attention to the candles, however, she is nowhere near 56! 🙂