I am writing this as I sit waiting for my delayed flight to Boston from San Francisco. My younger sister decided to move from Boston to Portland and I am helping her move her car across the country. I’ve brought some toys to keep me connected and report my position along the way. Tomorrow there will be more photos of my setup as I get it installed in her car. My tracking site is located at the following URL: http://whereami.tomicles.com/ and if everything goes as planned it will update my position every 10 seconds or so while on the trip.

So yesterday I was coming home from working at Broadcom, and I got rear-ended on the freeway in stop and go traffic. The guy in front of me stopped real quick, then i barely stopped in time, but the guy behind me was not so lucky. He hit me at a decent speed, both his airbags blew, and he totallys mashed up the front of his car. My car on the other hand, will need a new bumper, but that is about it. Unfortunately the bumper wraps around to the wheel wells so basically the whole rear end needs to be fixed/replaced. Ill add some pics when I take them. Right now I’m trying to figure out what vehicle I will be driving while my car is being fixed, and then I’m going to lunch with Jenn. I have lots more to talk about but am waiting on a few things to happen before I mention them here.

I was driving back from Fry’s with Brian today, and just as we came across the Highway 85 bridge going south on 17, we saw this nasty accident going the other way. I don’t think anyone was hurt because there were no ambulances there, and lots of people were out of their cars already. There were about half a dozen cars involved with this pileup, but only one was flipped over.

So yesterday i went and saved myself almost $50 a month on my car insurance. I did something im usually morbidly against… I listened to a radio ad and i went to AIS. They found me a much better rate with a lower deductable. The whole process took almost 2 hours it seemed but thats partly because i couldnt find the place.. It was located over on technoology drive right next to san jose airport where highway 237 dumps off. On the way out of their office though… I dropped my phone real bad in the pooring rain and its battery came off. It now has a little scratch on the lower left side of the screen which is much more annoying than the dent in the upper right. The plastic around the screen is also scratched up pretty good but other than that it seems to be working fine.