Here’s a very silly video

I liked it. If you’ve played any of the Super Mario games you may like it too.

One small warning - they do have a few “naughty words” so this is not really for kids.

I hope everyone has a great New Year’s Eve!

Worcester Gridlock - Dec. 14, 2007, originally uploaded by Claudia Snell.

Yep, me too. I was out in that horrible storm.

I left from Boston early but still ended up out there on the Pike for 3 1/2 hours. The ice on the cars was horrible. I had to keep pulling over to clean off my car. A lot of people were having to do that. It was pretty scary.

The rest area in Westboro was a complete mess - not even plowed at all. Cars all over the place. SUV’s driving too fast. Cars getting stuck on slippery hills. Just a horrific mess.

I finally arrived at the Millbury exit and thought it was almost over. I quickly found out that I was wrong. I got caught up in the Downtown Worcester Gridlock along with everyone else who lives in and around Worcester. I sat in this one spot (pictured above) for an hour - UGH!!!

It seems that some people just left their cars in the middle of the road. Others were stuck. Other people got caught in intersections after the lights changed. And some people were just ignoring the lights entirely. UGH again!!! What a mess.

Total commute time - just under 6 hours. I got home cold, wet and feeling like I’d been through a fight or something. There’s nothing like playing in the ice and snow on the Mass Pike for a few hours to make a person really love winter! Except maybe playing in it in a bunch of traffic in front of the DCU Center

Well, time to go back out there and do it all again - YIPPEE!!!

Here’s more about the storm

Wormtown Taxi did a great job posting stuff about what was going on out there. Read what he saw here, and here, and here. There are a bunch more entries over there. Hit his site, you’ll see the links in his archive list. They’re the ones with times for titles - he was posting throughout the day. Great job by him!.

Please, if you know someone who does not know the difference between “your” and “you’re”, send this link to them. It’s a great way to stop them from embarrassing themselves. It will also help save the sanity of the rest of us who are tired of reading illiterate crap with the wrong usage all the time. Yes people, spelling and grammar really do matter. “Your” and “Your’re” should be a no-brainer by the time you reach 5th grade. Same goes for most homonyms.

Well, I think it’s about time that I post a plug for my book, Building Web Sites All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies.

Co-Author, Doug Sahlin and I worked hard to bring together a lot of information that should be helpful to anyone trying to build a real web site. It was important to us that we cover a lot of basic information and, hopefully, give readers some guidance toward deeper learning.

We made sure the book covers “how-to’s” and “why-to’s” to help people as they make decisions about their projects. We also included information about how to hire and work with a team. We thought it was important to move beyond a simple “point here, click here” tutorial style and include information that will help readers be better web designers or project managers.

The book provides information about how to use industry standard tools AND some hands on coding technique. Hopefully we laid a foundation for readers so they can feel comfortable learning and using the tools and languages of the web.

Anyway, I know I’ve posted that I’ve written a book. I just haven’t posted directly about the book itself yet. I thought it was time.

Check it out:

Building Web Sites All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

• On Wiley.com
• Or on Amazon.com

If you “Google” it you’ll find hundreds of places that are selling it.

Update to this post

LINK LOVE FROM WORCESTER BLOGGERS!
Here’s a couple of posts on two of my favorite blogs supporting my book.

Papamoka Straight Talk

Wormtown Taxi

Thank you both for supporting my book. Much appreciated