For many years, my only deliberate web outlet was here (or the predecessor site, which I migrated here as best as I could when it came time to leave EditThisPage). But now I’m using Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Xing, and Flickr, and I feel rather scattered — if I’ve updated my status on Twitter or Facebook, I feel less of a need to write a blog posting here; similarly, if I post a photo on Flickr, why repeat the effort here? (Ignore the fact that I post to Flickr directly from my iPhone, and so the pictures aren’t edited…)

So if you really want to know everything I’m doing (and I can’t figure out why you would!), you’ll have to find me on at least three other places. But this is where I’ll be posting more “finished” thoughts and pictures. Or so I claim today.

While waiting for the plane this morning, I read Ed’s blog posting about WalkScore. So as soon as I took my seat, I punched in my address and was shocked to find it only rated a 35, despite having three groceries within a mile (and we walk to one of them on a regular basis – unfortunately, it’s not the one we like to shop at). Diane’s childhood house in Valley Stream did somewhat better, at 45 (it was only one block off the main drag). My childhood home in Richmond did amazingly well, at 74 — having two or three major shopping centers within a mile must affect the score significantly (there was only one there when I was growing up).

The hotel I’m currently inhabiting, in Collinsville, Illinois, gets a 37. But there aren’t even any sidewalks!

I like the concept, but I’m not sure I buy the results.