Mon, 25 October 2010
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On Today's Show (length: 25:42)
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Wed, 2 May 2007
A number of listeners to my podcast have been emailing me and asking about the freeway collapse we had in the San Francisco Bay Area last Sunday (April 29, 2007). I thought I would write about it here for those who are interested.
Around 3:30 AM Sunday a gasoline truck crashed into a guard rail and overturned on the 880 freeway near the San Francisco Bay Bridge. The truck burst into flames and the fire was so hot it melted the 580 freeway structure that crosses the 880 freeway, causing it to collapse. Luckily the truck driver was able to get out of his truck in time and hailed a taxi cab who took him to a local hospital. He survived with only 2nd degree burns. No one else was injured. (See video and pictures of the collapse here.)
The freeway collapse was a major news story (and still is). I'm amazed how hot the fire got to melt the structure. The section of freeway affected is near the entrance to the San Francisco Bay bridge from the Oakland/Berkeley side of the bay (called the East Bay). It mainly affects people who work in San Francisco. Commuters can cross the Bay Bridge going into San Francisco but coming home they will need to exit the bridge and take Oakland city surface streets to by-pass the collapsed section. It will be a major traffic issue for months to come. I live in the outskirts of the Bay Area and don’t travel to San Francisco very often so this collapse doesn’t directly affect me.
As you can imagine it really affects traffic in the Bay Area. It mainly affect people who live in the East Bay (Oakland, Berkeley, etc.) and work in San Francisco. With the section of the freeway gone commuters have other alternatives (other freeways and city streets) but in watching the news coverage over the past four days you would think the entire Bay Area freeway system had collapsed.
All the Bay Area radio and TV news stations have extended coverage of this event. Reporters are out in traffic; near the site of the collapsed freeway; and riding mass transit (BART). On Monday most commuters stayed home so I think the reporters were the only ones in the traffic. One TV station had an airplane; news vans; and reporters on the side of the freeway near the freeway collapse and showing how bad drivers were acting slowing down to view the collapse and causing a major traffic jam. Maybe the news crew was the REAL cause of slowdown.
I know this is major news story but when news stations only talk about this one story and run extended coverage (starting at 4 AM), something is wrong. I would love to have Dave Winer’s Checkbox News so I could opt out of this “news event” after four days. I’m tired of hearing extended coverage about commuters coping with the change and the lack of a major traffic backup.
A quick update: After four days the collapsed freeway has been removed and the inspection of remaining structure begins. Current cost: 9 Stay tuned … Technorati Tags: dave winer freeway collapse
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Mon, 25 December 2006
I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays and a very Happy New Years.
Talk to you soon. Tom
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Tue, 18 July 2006
Just an update about the last podcast and leaving comments on this website.
1. Thanks to Jack for the correct link to the Daily Giz Wiz podcast that I mentioned in episode #9. 2. Jack and others also pointed out that there is a problems leaving comments on this site if you're using the Firefox browser (ver. 1.5). I found that you have to submit the comment twice (entering the security number both times) before it saves the comment. I've contacted Libsyn (the host of this site) and they are aware of the problem but don't have a solution yet. Update: I've joined the Blubrry ("e"-less fruit) network. Take a look at Blubrry.com to find great podcasts and interact with both podcasters and listeners. I'll talk more about Blubrry on my next podcast. Thanks and have a great week. Tom
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Thu, 4 May 2006
Hi Everyone, I just got back from a 10 day cruise and plan to do another podcast this weekend. I have pictures and cruise information to share as well as some great podsafe music. Talk to you soon. Tom
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Sun, 16 April 2006
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast If you haven't already listened to the show you can click on the music player on the right side of the page or click on the Podcast Icon to download it to your computer. You can play the podcast on your computer or moved it to your portable music player. If you know how to subscribe to podcasts, you can use the RSS 2.0 link on this page. There is also a iTunes link that will allow you to subscribe directly in iTunes. If you are new to podcasting you might want to check out my very first podcast where I talk about the history of podcasting and what it's all about.
Links for Today's Show I created a FogView account on the Flickr.com web site for posting pictures and I'll be adding to that from time to time. Thanks for listening and I hope you come back and listen to my next podcast. Thanks, |
Thu, 30 March 2006
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast If you haven't already listened to the show you can click on the music player on the right side of the page or click on the Podcast Icon to download it to your computer. You can play the podcast on your computer or moved it to your portable music player. If you know how to subscribe to podcasts, you can use the RSS 2.0 link on this page. There is also a iTunes link that will allow you to subscribe directly in iTunes. I created a FogView account on the Flickr.com web site for posting pictures so you can check out the link in the show notes. On Today's Show (length: 31:13)
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Wed, 15 March 2006
I just thought I would update you with a few things happening this week. I mentioned in my last podcast that we had some strange weather here in the San Francisco Bay Area. The picture on the right is Mt. Diablo and was taken from my bedroom Monday morning. I know snow is not rare in the winter time but it is around here. Over the weekend they had snow on the Santa Cruz beach which I've never heard of before. Adam Curry played my audio feedback on this Daily Source Code #353. I sent him feedback about the Podshow Music Network. He played the audio clip near the end of his show (49:46). Speaking of Podshow, it sounds like they are getting ready to open the network for businesss and let podcasters and listeners into the network. This should happen next week and I hope they enable the purchasing of songs too (typicaly 99 cents and no DRM). Have a great week and I'll talk to you on my next podcast (this weekend). Tom
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Sun, 12 March 2006
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast My name is Tom and this is show #4. If you haven't already listened to the show you can click on the music player on the right side of the page or click on the Podcast Icon to download it to your computer. You can play the podcast on your computer or moved it to your portable music player. If you know how to subscribe to podcasts, you can use the RSS 2.0 link on this page. New to this show is the iTunes link. My podcast is now available from the iTunes Music Store so you can click on the link and subscribe through iTunes. On Today's Show (length: 41:50)
Links for Today's Show Thanks for listening and I hope you come back and listen to my next podcast. You can email me comments at MyFogView at Gmail.com Tom |
Sun, 5 March 2006
Welcome to the Fogview Podcast My name is Tom and this is show #3. If you haven't already listened to the show you can click on the music player on the right side of the page or click on the Podcast Icon to download it to your computer. You can play the podcast on your computer or moved it to your portable music player. If you know how to subscribe to podcasts, you can use the RSS 2.0 link on this page. This show is mostly music from the Podsafe Music Network and some tech news. On Today's Show
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In this show I continue the interview with Carlos Icaza, co-founder of Ansca Mobile. Ansca is the maker of Corona Game Edition and Corona SDK software that gives you the power to create both iOS and Android applications using the same source code. In part two of this interview Carlso talks about the competition and a little more about the Corona product.
