{"id":2099,"date":"2008-12-28T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-28T05:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2008-12-28T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-28T05:21:00","slug":"family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=2099","title":{"rendered":"Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Down in PA for a quick visit to <lj user=redmed>s parents.  We even got to catch up briefly with her brother, which is a rare treat.  While the drive down on Friday evening was uneventful we expect the trip back today (Sunday post Christmas) to involve heavier traffic.  Seems like I&#8217;ve been having the same conversation about route choice for the past 13 years or so.  &#8220;Are you going to take the Tappan Z Bridge?&#8221;  &#8220;Well, it adds about half an hour to the trip if the traffic is equal.&#8221;  &#8220;Goodness, but the traffic through New York, well.&#8221;  &#8220;You really can&#8217;t tell.  You just have to guess.&#8221;  &#8220;Do you remember the Merit Parkway?  That&#8217;s a nice drive.&#8221;  &#8220;Yep, we took that last time, but the entrance is easy to miss.&#8221;  &#8220;What about that northern route, the one that goes to the Mass Pike?&#8221;  &#8220;Oh yes indeed.  No traffic there, but it adds an  hour to the expected trip.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The holiday was very pleasant.  Lots of gifts exchanged, and an <a href=\"http:\/\/store.apple.com\/us\/browse\/home\/shop_ipod\/family\/apple_tv\">Apple TV<\/a> entered the house.  Interestingly, the Apple TV requires an HD television, which continues a year-long running conversation.  I went to Best Buy on Friday before hitting the road and determined that I hate shopping in crowds.  It was a feeding frenzy.  Anyway, I think that Plasma looks better than LCD, that 1020p looks a <b>lot<\/b> better than 720p, and that dynamic range doesn&#8217;t seem to make a bit of difference in the pictures on the show floor.  <\/p>\n<p>This morning I&#8217;m considering the construction of a workout area in a garage.  This would require me to own a garage &#8230; but given that I owned one, it would make for a great individual gym.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Down in PA for a quick visit to s parents. We even got to catch up briefly with her brother, which is a rare treat. While the drive down on Friday evening was uneventful we expect the trip back today (Sunday post Christmas) to involve heavier traffic. Seems like I&#8217;ve been having the same conversation <span style=\"color:#777\"> . . . &rarr; Read More: <a href=\"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/?p=2099\">Family<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chris.dwan.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}