OTRA DIA / OTRO FOTO: AP EXCLUSIVE: Power grid change may disrupt clocks

photo caption: Wall mural, Canovanas, PR


WASHINGTON Our power supply has been so precise that we set our clocks by it. But time may be running out on that idea.

An upcoming yearlong experiment with the electric grid may make plug-in clocks and devices like coffeemakers with programmable timers run up to 20 minutes fast.

The group that oversees the U.S. power grid is proposing a change that has the potential to disrupt electric clocks in schools, hospitals and other institutions. It may also mess with the timing of traffic lights, security systems, sprinklers and some personal computer software and hardware.

Since 1930, electric clocks have kept time based on the rate of the electrical current that powers them. If the current slips off its usual rate, clocks run a little fast or slow. Power companies now take steps to correct it and keep the frequency of the current - and the time - as precise as possible.

The experiment will allow more frequency variation than it does now without corrections. Officials say they want to try this to make the power supply more reliable, save money and reduce what may be needless efforts. The test is tentatively set to start in mid-July, but that could change.

Tweaking the power grid's frequency is expensive and takes a lot of effort, said Joe McClelland, head of electric reliability for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

"Is anyone using the grid to keep track of time?" McClelland said. "Let's see if anyone complains if we eliminate it."

SANTA OLAYA, PR 10:25AM

-- DID YOU MAKE THE COFFEE YET? ASKS LILLIAN

 

-- UH, I SET THE TIMER ON THE COFFEEPOT FOR 9:10AM

 

-- IS THE COFFEE READY?

 


-- I DON'T KNOW, I'LL TAKE A LOOK...


 


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
perdido en paraiso

http://JANGuarte.posterous.com [art blog]

OTRA DIA / OTRO FOTO: T-Shirt captions : I ♥ RICO PUERTO

photo caption: Nature morte, display window, Old San Juan, PR

 

 


SEEN WHILE WAITING ON LINE AT MOTOR VEHICLE OFFICE
IN BAYAMON, PR -- WED JUNE 29, 2010 -- 11:10AM to 3:25PM


 


TIME FLIES WHEN
YOUR HAVING RUM

 

 

 

LO QUE REPARANDO            (I FIX WHAT
LOS OTROS MALTRAN       OTHERS BREAK)

 

 


IMAGE:        YELLOW POST-IT NOTE IN A BOTTLE

MESSAGE:      "DID YOU GET MY TEXT?"

 

 


MOTHER:        MORE BOYS
                        BIGGER PROBLEMS


DAUGHTER:   DON'T
                       BREAK
                       MY ♥


 

 

MOTHER:       I ♥
                       LA


DAUGHTER:   I ♥
                       BFF


 

 


JUST DO IT!

 

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
perdido en paraiso

http://JANGuarte.posterous.com [art blog]

OTRA DIA / OTRO FOTO: Muchos mensajes como correo basura

photo caption: nature morte, Guyanabo, PR


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Santa Olaya, PR
perdido en paraiso

OTRA DIA / OTRO FOTO: VELLOSO y CONFUSO

photo caption: VW mini-van, carr 831, Minillas, PR

 

 


-- WHAT'S WRONG? LILLIAN ASKS.


-- SOMETHING JUST JUMPED OUT OF MY PANTS AS I WAS PUTTING THEM ON!


-- WHAT?


-- I DON'T KNOW!


-- WHERE?


-- OVER THERE!


-- OH, THAT'S A TARANTULA...


-- WHAT??!!


-- DON'T WORRY, THEY'RE HARMLESS.


-- SAYS WHO?


-- REALLY. THEY KEEP THEM AS PETS HERE.


-- PETS??!!


-- UH-HUH. WE COULD NAME THIS ONE.


-- WHAT??!!


-- A PET NAME. HOW ABOUT "FUZZY"?


-- CAN I HAVE A BEER -- PLEASE?


 

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
perdido en paraiso

OTRA DIA / OTRO FOTO: Cotard's Syndrome

photo caption: NATURE MORTE, SANTA OLAYA, PR, 2010
J. Cotard: "Du délire hypochondriaque dans une forme grave de la méleancolie anxieuse." Annales medico-psychologiques, Paris, 1880, 4: 168-174. "Du délire des negations." Archives de neurologie, Paris, 1882, 4: 152-282.

 

 

[miercoles, 22 de junio de 2011, 11:11am]


-- ISN'T TODAY THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR? ASKS LILLIAN


-- I THINK THAT WAS YESTERDAY.


-- IT'S THE SUMMER SOLSTICE, RIGHT?

-- THAT WAS THE TWENTY-FIRST.


-- OH. BY THE WAY, I KNEW LOCKE WOULD COME BACK TO LIFE.


-- HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT?


-- SIMPLE. THE "LOST" ISLAND IS SOME KIND OF SHANGRI-LA.

 

 

[ONE YEAR AGO]


-- DO YOU REALLY WANT TO MOVE TO PUERTO RICO? ASKS LILLIAN.


-- IT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO ME.
 

-- O.K. THEN.

 

 

[YESTERDAY]


-- DOES YOUR HEAD HURT? I ASK LILLIAN.


-- NO, WHY?


-- MINE DOES. MAYBE IT'S ALL THIS TIME-SHIFTING, AND PLOT-TWISTING THAT'S GIVING ME A HEADACHE.

 

-- REALLY? IT'S NOT THAT COMPLEX. THE ISLAND IS AN ARCADIA, AN AFTER-LIFE ELYSIUM. SOME, LIKE RICHARD ALPERT, HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER. OTHERS HAVE JUST ARRIVED. MOST OF THE OTHERS" WERE BORN THERE. THOSE BORN THERE DON'T LEAVE, OR IF THEY DO LEAVE, THEN THEY'RE BOUND TO COME BACK. THOSE THAT END UP THERE, WANT TO LEAVE, BUT WHEN THEY DO LEAVE, THEY WANT TO COME BACK AGAIN...

 

 

 


[TODAY]


... THOSE THAT HAVE TO LEAVE, USUALLY TRAVEL VIA A HOLE IN THE GROUND UNDERNEATH THE "ORCHID" THAT SHOOTS THEM OFF TO TUNISIA. THEN TO GET BACK, THEY HAVE TO GO INTO THE BASEMENT OF A CHURCH IN SANTA MONICA OR TAKE ANOTHER AIRPLANE TRIP, IF THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND CRASH AGAIN, USUALLY IN THE JUNGLE NOT FAR FROM THE "ORCHID" AND MOST LIKELY THEY END UP FLAT ON THEIR BACKS WHEN THEY WAKE UP AND FIND THEMSELVES BACK AGAIN...


-- OUCH. LILLIAN, MY HEAD HURTS. PASS ME A BEER.


-- O.K.

 

J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
perdido en paraiso

OTRA DIA / OTRO FOTO: IMMORTALIDAD?

photo caption: "After the Fall" altered photographic C-print, 14"x14", 2010 by Michael Linares, nacio 1979 San Juan, vive en San Juan, PR.


 

-- DO YOU THINK LOCKE'S REALLY DEAD? I ASK LILLIAN


-- HARD TO SAY, BUT ALPERT TOLD HIM HE MUST DIE IN ORDER TO GET HURLEY, JACK, SUN, KATE, SAYID, AND BABY AARON BACK TO THE ISLAND. YOU SAW HIM IN THE CASKET, RIGHT?


-- YES, BUT MAYBE HE'LL TURN OUT TO BE IMMORTAL, LIKE RICHARD ALPERT. HEY - BY THE WAY - WHAT'S THAT DOG'S NAME AGAIN?

 

-- VINCENT. WHY?


-- DO YOU THINK HE'S AN IMMORTAL TOO?


-- I DUNNO. PASS ME SOME CHIPS.


-- O.K. WANT ANOTHER BEER?


-- YES.


-- ME TOO.


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
perdido en paraiso 

OTRA DIA, OTRO FOTO: PAIRADICE LOST

photo caption: NO SMOKING, RUNNING ENGINES, UNAUTHORIZED GASOLINE CONTAINERS, RADIOS, CELLPHONES, UNATTENDED GASTANK FILLING


SANTA OLAYA, PR
MONDAY, 7:00AM
MYSTERY POWER OUTAGE: 16TH HOUR


-- DO I SMELL COFFEE? ASKS LILLIAN

 

 

-- YEP. JUST FINISHED PERKING.

 

 

-- WHY IS THAT GENERATOR RUNNING?!
I WANTED TO SLEEP A LITTLE LONGER THIS MORNING.

 

 

-- WELL, I NEEDED TO GRIND COFFEE BEANS AND MAKE COFFEE, MICROWAVE OATMEAL, CARVE A GRAPEFRUIT, BLEND A SMOOTHIE, CHARGE THE CELLPHONES, CHECK EMAIL, FACEBOOK, WEATHER AND NEWS HEADLINES, BRUSH MY TEETH, SHAVE, BLOW-DRY MY HAIR, IRON A SHIRT AND PANTS. NOT TO MENTION YOU WANTED A BUNCH OF PENCILS SHARPENED, AND I'VE GOT MORE HOLES TO DRILL, BOARDS TO SAW AND I WAS HOPING TO GET ENOUGH HOT WATER IN THE TANK FOR BOTH OF US TO SHOWER, WASH DISHES AND RUN A COUPLE LOADS OF CLOTHES.

 

 

-- HOW DID THE REFRIGERATOR HOLD UP OVERNIGHT?

 

 

-- GREAT. ICE IS STILL FROZEN AND LETTUCE CRISP.

 

 

-- THAT'S GOOD. CAN YOU BRING ME SOME COFFEE AND PUT ON A SALSA CD?

 

 

-- OF COURSE.

 

 

-- AFTER BREAKFAST LET'S WATCH ANOTHER "LOST" EPISODE. I WANT TO FIND OUT HOW LOCKE ENDED UP IN THAT CASKET UNDER ANOTHER NAME.

 

 

-- GREAT. I'LL LOAD THE DVD PLAYER NOW.


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
perdido en paraiso

OTRA DIA / OTRO FOTO: AY DIOS MIO, SEVENTYFIVE GRAND !?

photo caption: JANGUEO ("han-gou" i.e. hangout) BILLBOARD, Bayamon, PR

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75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
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OTRA DIA / OTRO FOTO: Mundo Picante

photo caption: 4 Camera Observation System -- Sams Club, Bayamon, PR


-- REMEMBER THAT ARTICLE ABOUT THE EARTH GETTING HOTTER? ASKS LILLIAN


-- SURE, OF COURSE.


-- IT WAS PROMPTED BY THE HEATWAVE NOW GRIPPING THE EASTERN HALF OF THE U.S.


-- HOW HOT IS IT?


-- TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90s IN MICHIGAN, WISCONSIN, TENNESSEE, MARYLAND AND NEW YORK.


-- THAT'S UNUSUAL FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.


-- THE STORY QUOTES AN 84 YEAR OLD MAN IN NEWARK, NJ, HARVEY MILLIMAN.


-- WHAT DID HE SAY?


[LILLIAN READS FROM THE NEWSPAPER]


-- I'M STAYING IN MY HOUSE. I'M GOING TO WATCH TV AND HAVE A COLD BEER. YOU GOT A BETTER IDEA THAN THAT? I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT IT.

 

 


J.Galligan
75GRAND/SUR
Santa Olaya, PR
perdido en paraiso