Jamie Thingelstad

I got out and placed ballot #382 this morning around 8:30 am. Contrary to what I’ve heard in many precincts there was almost no line and I was able to walk in and out in about 10 minutes. I talked to my mother who said it took her about an hour and she had to stand in lines over a hundred people long. There was a longer line in 2006, but I also voted right at poll opening that day with ballot #37.

This election year is the first with a very well established social networking world. I thought this real-time counter that Facebook put up today was really cool.

You can watch the number go up and up in as people report in. This was a screen shot at 9:44 am central time.

I love this trend. Socially we know that people tend to act in groups and if they see a million other people on Facebook have voted it will encourage people who might not take the time to vote, to get out there and do it.

Just got my deposit back from the London rental company. Happier!

Just finished a great 18 mile bike ride. November rides without jackets are great.

PSA: WordPress users, remember to adjust your Timezone setting after the time change.

Paging through the B&H catalog. This is the only catalog I ever look at.