Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Breaking News -- This Blog is Moving!

You heard it here first, Triple Winter is on the move. Check out the new homepage for your favorite blog.

I have entertained a tremendous number of complaints from the global reader base about my meaningless URL and I finally decided to upgrade the site name. As of March 11th, Triple Winter will now be found at this site:

http://broadbandcowboy.blogspot.com/

Check out the new site, send some feedback or suggestions, sign up for an RSS feed, click on an ad to support your author and enjoy.

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Ramblings on the Economy - Part 1

I spent the past few days in Seattle where the current changes to our economic environment are more pronounced due to the size of the metropolitan area. During my visit I stayed in downtown Seattle and traveled to Bellevue to work on Thursday and Friday. This involves a commute over I-90, one of the two floating bridges spanning Lake Washington. A few years ago, this trip would be stop and go - bumper to bumper traffic after 7:30. A simple 12 mile commute would often take 45+ minutes between 7:30 to 9:00. Last week, I made the journey at 7:45 and 8:05 in the morning and both trips were under 20 minutes. The traffic literally disappeared.

A few friends mentioned that traffic has lightened up across the greater Seattle area in the past few months. I was astonished to see the difference first hand and it was unsettling to know that job losses were the major reason for the reduction in traffic.