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Made the late night getaway after Tony got off work last night. MB came and plucked me from Tonic, and after we got past the construction on the Kosciusko bridge it was clear sailing out to Sayville. About an hour and ten minutes. I wouldn't have made it so far through the summer without this house. Nice to have well appointed friends. Beautiful day out here. Waiting on the fish sandwiches. You all have my permission not to work too hard today. Tell your boss to call me if there's a problem with that.
"Telecom researchers have successfully tested a solar-powered, remotely operated aircraft capable of relaying high-quality television, cell phone, and Internet signals and transmissions to the ground." Cool. That's the sort of technology I'm thinking of for the fibre optically tethered high altitutde balloon rising from the WTC site.
Another argument for this plan: NYC doesn't need millions more square feet of office space. But I do understand the feeling that whatever we build should be good for the economy (as well as providing space for a memorial.) This gives you both. An economic boost by clearly making NYC the most wired place in the world. Plus we can keep a lot of open space at the site. Just a glowing (plusing with traffic load) thread rising into the stratosphere.