Big Brother is Watching?

My little town of Tallahassee now has video cameras installed at many major intersections. A nearly-live feed (refreshed every two minutes) is publicly available.

I must admit that I found this creepy at first. But it has had a practical benefit.

By monitoring traffic at a particularly nasty intersection (Mahan-Capital Circle) on my way back home from work, it helps me plan when to leave.

Does that place have free WiFi?

I found this nice site, which tells you where you can find (airports, restaurants etc.) free WiFi. Found is a somewhat misleading word in this context, since it shows up as the top hit when you google "free wifi" :).

In any case, this list of free WiFi at airports is particularly useful, while traveling.

Here's a list of free local spots in Tallahassee.

All Saints Cafe - 903 Railroad Avenue - (850) 224 0805
All Tune and Lube - 2764 W Tennessee St - 850 574 1900
Atlanta Bread Co. - Governor's Square Blvd.
BagelHeads - 1935 Apalachee Pkwy - (850) 574-1122
Bagel Bagel Cafe - 2030 Apalachee Parkway - (850) 877-0111
Barnacle Bill's Seafood Rest. - 1830 N Monroe St - 850 385 8734
Betton Hills Coffee & Tea - 2086-B Thomasville Rd. - 850-386-9800
Buffalo Wild Wings - 1921 W Tennessee St - 850 425 5293
Calico Jack's Seafood House - 2745 Capital Circle NE - 850 385 6653
Cool Grindz Coffee - 1700 N. Monroe St. #17 - (850) 561-3600
Crispers Fresh Salads & Such - 1241 Apalachee Parkway - (850) 656-4222
Qdoba Mexican Grill - 1350 W Tennessee St. - 850-222-3334
Qdoba Mexican Grill - 1594 Governors Square Blvd. - (850) 671-3334
Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare - 1300 Miccousukee Rd
The Bada Bean, Tea & Coffee Co. - 2500 Apalachee Pkwy, #B - 850 562 2326
The Coffee Pub - 1122 Thomasville Rd - 850-425-5701
Tropical Smoothie Cafe - 3111 Mahan Drive, Ste 23 - 850 878 3777
Village Inn - 2531 Apalachee Pkwy - 850 877 8471
Village Inn - 3392 Lonnbladh Rd - 850 297 0053
Fast Trixx Powersports - 2386 Allen Road - 850-580-3278
Strozier Library FSU Campus - 23 Dogwood Way 850 644 5685
Tallahassee Progressive Center - 1720 S. Gadsden Street
Leroy Collins Leon County Public Library, Parkway Branch - 1210 Capital Cir Se - (850) 487-1926
YogaBerry - 800 Ocala Rd, Ste 150 - 850 575 2480

Tallahassee in the news

Two completely different alumni from my university, Florida State, were in the news the last couple of weeks. And only one of them had anything to do with football.

Jenn Sterger, a model and TV personality, was the object of football legend Brett Favre's lewd text messages. Her wikipedia entry recalls the moment she first shot to fame during the 2005 Florida State-Miami football game on national TV, when a commentator said (as the camera turned to her) "1500 red-blooded Americans just decided to apply to Florida State."

The other alumni in the news was hedge-fund manager Todd Combs, who was hired at Berkshire Hathaway to phase in as a/the chief investment officer - a position currently occupied by Warren Buffett. Not much is known about him at the moment (he graduated in 1993), but the spotlight is surely going to turn on him very hard, very soon.