Here is a link to a great movie about Duluth. It's part of the effort to get Google fiber, but it also does a good job of showcasing the attractiveness of the Twin Ports:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KsvScO_gTM&feature=autofb
Friday, March 26, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sunday Google Fiber Fun
March 21,2010 -- Duluth, MN
The Spring membership meeting for the Duluth Yacht Club was held at the Superior Holiday Inn Express on Sunday. Everyone is more than ready for sailing season to start. I told Steve about the liberties I took with a picture of his boat
as part of the effort to bring the high speed Google fiber experiment to the Twin Ports. Fortunately he thought my adding crew to his boat and changing the name was great.
After the meeting T and I took the dog down to Park Point for some exercise. There was a yellow lab puppy in the Google Fiber movie scene from yesterday. It was so cute (and very well behaved). We wanted to go home to hug Pax yesterday after filming but it was so late by the time we actually got home that we couldn't get her outside to play very much. Today was a different story. The weather was fantastic and Pax really enjoyed splashing around in Lake Superior. There were lots of people and dogs on the beach so we had Pax on a 25' long check line. She did great retrieving the bumper from the water as long as she could keep her feet on the bottom. She's not so sure about heading into deeper water yet.
At one point another puppy saw me tossing the bumper and ran over to join in. As Pax ran to greet her she reached the end of the check line. The line happened to be tied to a loop on my jeans and I ended up on my butt half in the water. It had to be pretty funny to watch. After two hours of walking on the beach on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, we all went home to crash.
The Spring membership meeting for the Duluth Yacht Club was held at the Superior Holiday Inn Express on Sunday. Everyone is more than ready for sailing season to start. I told Steve about the liberties I took with a picture of his boat
as part of the effort to bring the high speed Google fiber experiment to the Twin Ports. Fortunately he thought my adding crew to his boat and changing the name was great. After the meeting T and I took the dog down to Park Point for some exercise. There was a yellow lab puppy in the Google Fiber movie scene from yesterday. It was so cute (and very well behaved). We wanted to go home to hug Pax yesterday after filming but it was so late by the time we actually got home that we couldn't get her outside to play very much. Today was a different story. The weather was fantastic and Pax really enjoyed splashing around in Lake Superior. There were lots of people and dogs on the beach so we had Pax on a 25' long check line. She did great retrieving the bumper from the water as long as she could keep her feet on the bottom. She's not so sure about heading into deeper water yet.
At one point another puppy saw me tossing the bumper and ran over to join in. As Pax ran to greet her she reached the end of the check line. The line happened to be tied to a loop on my jeans and I ended up on my butt half in the water. It had to be pretty funny to watch. After two hours of walking on the beach on a beautiful Sunday afternoon, we all went home to crash.
GoogleFest
March 20, 2010 -- Duluth, MN
Saturday we got a chance to be extras in a short movie being produced as part of the bid by Duluth and Superior to attract the Google Fiber for Communities experiment. It was part of the Google Fest celebration/rally that had 700 some people come out to show support for the effort to bring ultra high speed internet infrastructure to the Twin Ports. Check out Twin Ports Google Fiber for more details. It was, for us, 2.5 hours of being part of a crowd at an announcement by Mayor Ness. We both had very sore feet by the end. I don't know how folks do it in regular movies where they might be filming for days. Ouch. Watch for T and I in the movies. . .
Saturday we got a chance to be extras in a short movie being produced as part of the bid by Duluth and Superior to attract the Google Fiber for Communities experiment. It was part of the Google Fest celebration/rally that had 700 some people come out to show support for the effort to bring ultra high speed internet infrastructure to the Twin Ports. Check out Twin Ports Google Fiber for more details. It was, for us, 2.5 hours of being part of a crowd at an announcement by Mayor Ness. We both had very sore feet by the end. I don't know how folks do it in regular movies where they might be filming for days. Ouch. Watch for T and I in the movies. . .
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