I think downtown Piedmont has done the downtown Anniston thing, but maybe even more so. In Anniston there are a lot of reasons–public perception, lack of parking, city apathy (and downright antipathy to businesses/patrons), lack of parking, traffic woes, and did I mention lack of parking? Sometimes not so much a lack, though that is VERY common, but also the fact that where you have to park puts you in a precarious situation. Whether Anniston wants to admit it or not, Noble Street is a major throughway for a bunch of people who avoid Quintard as much as possible. If they get the bypasses going sometime before the second coming/nuclear holocaust (choose one) that will either be a great help, or the final nail in the coffin of downtown. I really can’t decide which. Considering the rate at which the bypass is being built, it’s not like I spend massive amounts of time worrying about it now.

Yesterday was a “stay inside and do inside stuff as much as possible” day for me. Worked on some more tablet PCs to get them ready. You know, doing repetitive uninstalls/installs/updates/configurations on a group of computers would be a wonderful means of torture, but I think it’s banned even at Aru Gharab. It’s not that bad, but it sure is mentally constipating. Going to try and do more of that today, and every day until I get them all done. Nine down, nineteen to go, three of which are close. Got to set up wireless on five of them today and they will be finis. “And there was much rejoicing!” Setting up all this nice, new hardware this year has been a wonderful change, though maybe I should look into a cloning tool or two and see if I can clone the tablets…sounds like a pharmacuetical company that advertises via spam.

Well, gotta go make sure that everything is ready for work/school for everyone. Have a good day, and stay warm.