In the non-crucial news category, I note after my second California-Oregon-California trip of the last week that the Beaver State (motto: “She drives on her own wheels”) has a kick-ass highway conditions website, Tripcheck. Without returning to my past avocation as rapid web reviewer — hey, I got to help spend $10 million of someone else’s money doing that when the online world was young — I’ll simply say that the interactive maps and webcams and such on the Oregon site make California’s effort look lame (and totally textual).
"You want it to be one way. But it's the other way."