Bip Bip Beep.

There are red lights outside my window. There's a set of antenna masts visible from the house; the lights are the aircraft warning beacons.

Googling to find out what they are turns out to be a waste of time. Why?

- There's a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham_transmitting_station in England.
- Winter Hill turns out to be another famous English mast.
- It's nice that New England has a ready-made source of names, but this is ridiculous.
- There's an Antenna Mast Group at Raytheon - the defense contractor - located here in Waltham.


At least the FCC has listings.

They belong to:

111 meters on Waverly Oaks Rd: Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
93 meters on 750 South St: Latham & Watkins
93 meters on 750 South St: Latham & Watkins (tower 2)
60 meters on Bear Hill Rd: AT&T Mobility
106 meters at [coords of Bear Hill Rd] :MCI Worldcom
109 meters on Bear Hill Rd: American Towers
115 meters on Bear Hill Rd: American Towers
91 meters on Bear Hill Rd: American Towers
68 meters on Bear Hill Rd: Verizon Wireless

Bip Bip Beep.

There are red lights outside my window. There's a set of antenna masts visible from the house; the lights are the aircraft warning beacons.

Googling to find out what they are turns out to be a waste of time. Why?

- There's a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltham_transmitting_station in England.
- Winter Hill turns out to be another famous English mast.
- It's nice that New England has a ready-made source of names, but this is ridiculous.
- There's an Antenna Mast Group at Raytheon - the defense contractor - located here in Waltham.


At least the FCC has listings.

They belong to:

111 meters on Waverly Oaks Rd: Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
93 meters on 750 South St: Latham & Watkins
93 meters on 750 South St: Latham & Watkins (tower 2)
60 meters on Bear Hill Rd: AT&T Mobility
106 meters at [coords of Bear Hill Rd] :MCI Worldcom
109 meters on Bear Hill Rd: American Towers
115 meters on Bear Hill Rd: American Towers
91 meters on Bear Hill Rd: American Towers
68 meters on Bear Hill Rd: Verizon Wireless

Books

_My boring-ass life : the uncomfortably candid diary of Kevin Smith._, Kevin Smith
_52_ (Volume 1), Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid and artists.
_The Score_, Donald Westlake
_Giant lizards from another star_, Ken MacLeod


Kevin Smith's life is boring because he writes about it in minute and untrimmed detail. There's enough of interest to make a good hundred page book... actual page count, 470. I would guess that's a reasonable ratio for anyone, really.

_52_ is being published in 4 graphic-novel-sized chunks. It's a one-year DC reboot series, originally published weekly over 2006-7 after Infinite Crisis, which is not the same as Crisis on Infinite Earths. No Superman, Batman or Wonder Woman... it feels more grounded than the usual DC series.

Once upon a time, novels could be 114 pages and sell reasonably well. Westlake seems to have written _The Score_ as an exercise in minimalism: what can one cut out of a story? Characterization is gone. Setting is gone. All that's left is plot... not inspiring, I'm afraid, but terribly competent.

_Giant Lizards.._ is an anthology of MacLeod's poems, novellae, and a few short stories and ephemera. This is only worthwhile if you're already a fan, which I am.

Books

_My boring-ass life : the uncomfortably candid diary of Kevin Smith._, Kevin Smith
_52_ (Volume 1), Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, and Mark Waid and artists.
_The Score_, Donald Westlake
_Giant lizards from another star_, Ken MacLeod


Kevin Smith's life is boring because he writes about it in minute and untrimmed detail. There's enough of interest to make a good hundred page book... actual page count, 470. I would guess that's a reasonable ratio for anyone, really.

_52_ is being published in 4 graphic-novel-sized chunks. It's a one-year DC reboot series, originally published weekly over 2006-7 after Infinite Crisis, which is not the same as Crisis on Infinite Earths. No Superman, Batman or Wonder Woman... it feels more grounded than the usual DC series.

Once upon a time, novels could be 114 pages and sell reasonably well. Westlake seems to have written _The Score_ as an exercise in minimalism: what can one cut out of a story? Characterization is gone. Setting is gone. All that's left is plot... not inspiring, I'm afraid, but terribly competent.

_Giant Lizards.._ is an anthology of MacLeod's poems, novellae, and a few short stories and ephemera. This is only worthwhile if you're already a fan, which I am.