Monthly Archives: January 2007

High Speed Train Plan Surfaces in Colorado

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A story in today’s Rocky Mountain News discusses the potential of adding a High Speed Train Line from Casper to Albuquerque and then into the busy I-70 Mountain corridor.

I think that this is an excellent idea to improve transportation and access to a large are of the center of the country. This is one of the fastest growing regions and would help speed travel and commerce through this entire area. It would also add in travel to the mountains for skiing and other recreational endeavors.

The cost of this could be an issue, but it is something that we need to do. Train transportation in this country used to be the thing, but taking a train over long-distances today just isn’t working. This country is just too big.

But by developing regional, high-speed lines that will improve travel and will probably be faster than air travel will succeed. Just look at the Northeast corridor where train transportation is faster. In fact, it is faster to travel from Washington, DC, to New York by train than by airplane.

Let’s come together and help make this work.

High Speed Train Plan Surfaces in Colorado (Rocky Mountain News)

X-Drive Not Worth It

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I had looked at X-Drive previously and it didn’t give me the storage size that I needed and just heard that they had upped the free storage to 5 GB for free. So I thought I would give it another try.

What I found is that the online application that lets you upload photos, videos, and files didn’t operate smoothly. It was extremely slow to execute an operation or to change a screen. I am not talking about uploading files, I couldn’t get that to work.

I couldn’t get the online version to work, so I thought that I would download the desktop application. I got it downloaded and the first problem is that one I had in installed I had to reboot my computer. Applications these days shouldn’t have to reboot in order to install.

Once I had it rebooted, I selected my files and started uploading. It was working fine and I headed to bed to let it all work overnight. When I checked it this morning, there was an error and the backup failed. I checked online and there were no files there that were readable.

Needless to say that I have uninstalled X-Drive and won’t be using it. Just to let you know, X-Drive is now owned by AOL.

X-Drive is not worth the hassle and I don’t recommend using it.

Denver Bronco Darrent Williams Killed in Shooting

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In the early morning hours on Speer Boulevard, Denver Broncos cornerback Darrent Williams was killed as he was riding in a limousine.

Many news outlets are covering this, here is the Denver Post story.

It is really sad that this has happened to anyone, but especially Darrent Williams. He was a good person who did a lot for the community.

But it shouldn’t happen to anyone. Shooting at someone as they are driving down the street is just insane, shooting at anyone is insane. People need to come up with another way to handle their differences or just walk away and ignore it.

This is not a good way to start the year in Denver.

My hearts and wishes go to Williams Mom and Grandmother and the Denver Broncos.