Here are some pictures of the Big Snow In Redmond of January 2012

The view outside my window at work yesterday:
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The view out the front door of work as I was leaving yesterday:
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The view from the balcony of my condo this morning:
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This may not seem like much of anything for people in areas used to getting a lot of snow, but for here it's not a normal thing.

Here is the response I received to my email to Senator Maria Cantwell concerning SOPA/PIPA

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It's obviously just a form letter, but I guess that's better than nothing. I haven't heard anything about that OPEN Act until now, but from what little I've read about it, it seems reasonable enough I guess (at least when compared to the horrible SOPA and PIPA, anyway). Will be keeping an eye on it as well.

Will post similar responses from Patty Murray, Jay Inslee, or Barack Obama if I happen to get any.

My new RAM arrived today.

The new 16GB of RAM that I bought last week was delivered today. It should have been here yesterday, but there was some sort of mix up with USPS. On the one hand, they suck for that. But on the other hand, they did still deliver it today, even though it's crap weather outside.

Here is the useless, mostly irrelevant form letter response I received from "The White House"

In a follow up to a previous post, here is the response from "The White House."

Dear Friend:

Thank you for writing. President Obama has heard from many Americans concerning the issue of online piracy, and we appreciate hearing from you.

The President is committed to creating the most open and transparent Government in American history and values your input. Given your interest in this matter, you may be interested in reading a recent official White House response to a petition on this issue. To learn more, please explore our White House Blog technology posts or visit: www.WhiteHouse.gov/Issues/Technology.

Thank you, again, for writing.

Sincerely,

The White House

Not "Barack Obama" (who I'm sure never even saw my message, of course), nor a specific other person on Obama's staff, just "The White House." I'm going to simply pretend that the actual building itself sent this response, because that amuses me. Oh well, again, I guess it's ever so slightly better than no response at all, but it's not like they actually addressed the issue at hand, aside from the fill-in-the-blank slot in the second sentence there.