• FYI – Animal Welfare Association (http://www.awanj.com) came in 2nd and won the free dog chew sticks. Thanks for voting! http://bit.ly/lQYau #
• Wow, this is my 100th tweet. I should say something profound… I got nothing, so enjoy this pug licking your screen. http://bit.ly/1MpXXe #
• Fall is finally here! Here are a few reasons why it’s the best season. http://bit.ly/SL0vF #fall #
• Spectacular photos of the Sydney dust storm http://bit.ly/4lgbLq #
• RT @NASA gave a TV news crew a chance to ride along on the shuttle ferry flight. Chk out the report: http://tinyurl.com/ybpmbga – very cool! #

• Never been a fan of 3rd party payment services, but Google Checkout is winning me over. No more needing 1 time use credit card numbers. #
• @janetstroup You may want to look and see who you access to you Twitter acct to or if it’s been hijacked. It’s sending out a lot of spam. in reply to janetstroup #
• I might need to build an ark to get home today. If I do, I’m being much more selective about who gets on than that last guy was. #

• Jerry Lewis Telethon might be corny, but it’s still the day to help Jerry’s Kids. I gave. Have you? http://www.mda.org. #mdatelethon #
• @chrismarquardt It’s what illiterate people write when they hear someone say “should’ve” in reply to chrismarquardt #
• RT @BarackObama: “It should never be controversial to ask our students to stay in school. http://bit.ly/cDO8F" – I couldn’t agree more. #
• RT @leolaporte: “Interesting. Apple has eliminated the shopping cart in iTunes 9. Everything is one-click now.” – Don’t like that. :-/ #
• I love that iTunes 9 FINALLY can recognize whether you’ve listened to a whole podcast or not! No more manual podcast managing for em! #
• @CongJoeWilson Wow, what a class act. An apology would make a nice prelude to your resignation. Let someone with some respect take your seat #
• Really glad to see Steve Jobs give a shout out for organ donation during the Apple iPod event yesterday. http://bit.ly/6HFP3 #
• Please vote for Animal Welfare Assoc, Voorhees, NJ to help them get free dog chew sticks. http://bit.ly/lQYau #

• http://twitpic.com/fv2z7 – The best thing about living in NJ in the summer is fresh produce from farm stands. #
• I think the hard reset of my Treo might’ve actually fixed both my crashing & battery draining problems. Keeping my fingers crossed! #
• Now if Nissan would just fix the Altima’s Bluetooth system firmware to work with the Treo 800w as they claim it should, I’d be really happy. #
• @kingsthings Not needing a key is my favorite feature in my car. I wish my house doors worked the same way! in reply to kingsthings #
• I just posted 3 albums of photos from my Western MD & WV trip. Includes Frostburg, Cumberland, Harper’s Ferry and more. http://bit.ly/11HJQ1 #
• Just posted photos from Newport, RI. Includes The Breakers & Marble House Mansions and more. http://bit.ly/3Du6Q7 #
• Off to the Apple Store see if the Genius can fix my WiFi. I hope buying a new MacBook isn’t in my immediate future. #
• 10 minutes & the cost of the part & the Apple Genius has my MacBook as good as new! That is why Apple rocks. Thanks Sagemore Apple store! #
• @rozsavage Very cool that you had time to tweet the final few miles. Congrats on another amazing achievement! #rozsavage in reply to rozsavage #
• May have to hand in my geek card… Forgot to reset router ACL for MAC address of new WiFi card. Second save by the same Apple Genius today. #

I was scheduled to be in Newport for a week on business but the trip wound up being unexpectedly extended into a second week. I used the opportunity to do a little bit of sightseeing on the weekend. Besides walking about 10 miles, I took tours of two mansions (The Breakers & Marble House), toured the Breaker’s stables & carriage house, walked part of the Cliff Walk and did some shopping. If you have to unexpectedly get stuck somewhere, Newport is a good choice!

Check out the photos here.

I just added 3 new photo albums. They are all from my trip to Western Maryland and West Virginia. We visited the Spruce Forest Artisan Village & Penn Alps restaurant. The bulk of our trip was spent in Frostburg & Cumberland, where we took a ride on the Western maryland Scenic Railroad. On the way home we spent 2 days in Charles Town and Harper’s Ferry. It was a fun couple of days. It was nice to send time in some very old, very small towns for a change and Harper’s Ferry National Historical Park is one of the most interesting NPS sites I’ve been to.

Since more and more my blog posts seem to be about adding new photos to my site, I’ve now added a new Photography category to the blog.