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{"id":"1327165968","text":"More snow"},
{"id":"1327163170","text":"Snow!"},
{"id":"1326663888","text":"I'm not sure how a <a class='plink' href='http://followthehoney.com'>store that sells only honey</a> stays in business.  Maybe by selling $17 jars of honey."},
{"id":"1325532987","text":"Ester crossing the Delaware."},
{"id":"1324311650","text":"The view from inside the binoculars of the <a class='plink' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binoculars_Building'>Binoculars Building</a>."},
{"id":"1322595826","text":"Straight out of a horror movie."},
{"id":"1319988095","text":"This is not rendered."},
{"id":"1317577530","text":"Harvard Square Oktoberfest."},
{"id":"1317566302","text":"There is no drum major in the Leftist Marching Band."},
{"id":"1317061019","text":"Sunset at the esplanade."},
{"id":"1316265729","text":"The kitchen."},
{"id":"1312675939","text":"Times square"},
{"id":"1312649547","text":"Mille Crepes at <a class='plink' href='http://www.ladymconfections.com/'>Lady M Cake Boutique</a>."},
{"id":"1312483393","text":"A sunny afternoon at John F Kennedy Park in Cambridge."},
{"id":"1310766360","text":"I'm not entirely sure, but if you want frozen meat, I think you should show up at my apartment building's lobby tomorrow morning."},
{"id":"1310691978","text":"<a class='plink' href='http://www.mfa.org/exhibitions/chihuly'>Chihuly exhibit</a> at the MFA"},
{"id":"1310346711","text":"So very bright."},
{"id":"1308955600","text":"Cambridge <a class='plink' href='http://www.cambridgema.gov/citynewsandpublications/news/2011/05/cityofcambridgedancepartyfridayjune24.aspx'>City Dance Party</a>?!"},
{"id":"1308303477","text":"Charging: FAIL"},
{"id":"1299864916","text":"Rainy day in Kendall Square from my 6th floor office. That's the new <a class='plink' href='http://ki.mit.edu/'>Koch Institute</a> building on the left."},
{"id":"1296843386","text":"The sun seems bigger in Hawaii."},
{"id":"1296656252","text":"A view from the Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii"},
{"id":"1295275571","text":"This is exactly what art museums are supposed to look like."},
{"id":"1294824936","text":"Snow emergency!"},
{"id":"1293732219","text":"Airport Shoeshine, Houston."},
{"id":"1293403168","text":"Back in my day, we turned our programming assignments in on floppy disk.  At least we didn't use punch cards.  I found this while cleaning out my old room at my parents' house."},
{"id":"1292941382","text":"Permanente Creek, near Google headquarters. There's a surprisingly large <a class='plink' href='http://www.ci.mtnview.ca.us/civica/filebank/blobdload.asp?BlobID=2954'>network of trails</a> directly behind the campus."},
{"id":"1289901903","text":"Fall leaves near work in Kendall Square."},
{"id":"1286633759","text":"An enormous mural by <a class='plink' href='http://davidfichter.net/muralPortfolio'>David Fichter</a> at the Cambridge Trader Joe's. He has a number of huge murals throughout the city."},
{"id":"1282815040","text":"Morning on the Charles River."},
{"id":"1282736032","text":"Strange bulbous sculptures hanging from SeaTac Terminal A."},
{"id":"1281695631","text":"Whatever."},
{"id":"1280062507","text":"Canopy at Top Pot Doughnuts"},
{"id":"1279981229","text":"Window washers on the IBM building downtown. This must be a fun job on a sunny day."},
{"id":"1278688879","text":"Vineyard near Beaune, France."},
{"id":"1275750098","text":"The Burke Gilman Trail runs right by the Google Seattle office."},
{"id":"1275234730","text":"Albuquerque attractions. To be fair, they also have a <a class='plink' href='http://www.telcomhistory.org/vm/museumsAlbuquerque.shtml'>telephone museum</a>."},
{"id":"1273341766","text":"Whidbey Island"},
{"id":"1272636633","text":"Mt. Rainier peeking through the clouds"},
{"id":"1272052840","text":"Seth is fixing a telescope."},
{"id":"1271448078","text":"Buildings look best at sunset on cloudy days."},
{"id":"1269172927","text":"It's nice to see a <a class='plink' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code'>QR Code</a> on a flyer, but I'm not sure what turning off your lights for one off-peak hour accomplishes. Incidentally, this site showing <a class='plink' href='http://www.nationalgrid.com/uk/Electricity/Data/Realtime/Demand/Demand8.htm'>real-time electricity demand</a> in the UK is pretty neat."},
{"id":"1268764629","text":"In <a class='plink' href='http://www.sjc.org/'>San Jose</a>, they still let you climb onto the plane directly from the tarmac. I hope the shiny new terminal they're building doesn't put an end to this."},
{"id":"1268698023","text":"In case you were confused about the list of items that may be cleaned with a paper towel, they are as follows:"},
{"id":"1267914042","text":"The lamp at <a class='plink' href='http://www.mollymoonicecream.com/'>Molly Moon's</a>. The maple walnut ice cream is quite delicious. The salted caramel not so much."},
{"id":"1267900006","text":"Sunset over the Olympic Mountains."},
{"id":"1267808865","text":"Flowers alongside the canal in Fremont."},
{"id":"1266613165","text":"Ran into this at my local supermarket. I just wanted some sprite. Unfortunately, it's one of the harder to reach rings."},
{"id":"1266232576","text":"Olympic flame, Vancouver. Taken through a hole in the fence.  Unfortunately, this is as close as you can get."},
{"id":"1265550976","text":"Fruit vendor at Pike Place Market"},
{"id":"1265213868","text":"Lights at UW South Lake Union"},
{"id":"1264955072","text":"Seattle Art Museum"},
{"id":"1263933664","text":"Heirloom tomatoes"},
{"id":"1263215287","text":"Who knew <a class='plink' href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling'>curling</a> required such precise instruments.  This one is measuring the distance from the center of the circle to the stone with a precision of 1/1000 of an inch."},
{"id":"1262818969","text":"The view from lakeview bridge."},
{"id":"1262266151","text":"Thanks to Eclipse, I am now 'Goth Ito.'  I think the 'Ignore Keith during the current session' option might come in handy as well."},
{"id":"1262007164","text":"A sunny alley in La Verne, CA."},
{"id":"1261958924","text":"This is a photo of my great, great grandmother, taken in Japan. My grandma recently gave it to my mom along with some other old photos."},
{"id":"1261319494","text":"Power station, Claremont, California"},
{"id":"1260657045","text":"Who doesn't like a good 80s cover band? <a class='plink' href='http://www.seattlepi.com/bands/band.asp?bandID=220'>The Retros</a> at the EMP."},
{"id":"1260227860","text":"I've never seen an ad in this language before.  Google tells me it's Somali."},
{"id":"1260102826","text":"My refrigerator turned into a grisly crime scene. The victim? A bottle of strawberry soda that somehow managed to freeze and burst."},
{"id":"1260018309","text":"The atrium at Pacific Place."},
{"id":"1259873171","text":"There was a plumbing problem in my apartment that prevented us from using the kitchen, so on Thursday night, we went down to <a class='plink' href='http://www.yelp.com/biz/chili-basil-thai-grill-seattle'>Chili Basil</a> on Broadway.  I'd ordered takeout from there before, but never eaten in the restaurant -- and I'd never noticed the gorgeous lamps they have hanging by the entry."},
{"id":"1259419631","text":"The apartment complex next door put up these blue LED stars in their trees. I always find blue LEDs particularly stunning -- maybe because they didn't have them when I was a kid."},
{"id":"1259325319","text":"It was sunny and clear for nearly the entire day, a rarity this time of year in Seattle."}];