Year In Cities 2013

It is my fifth year of keeping track of which cities I've slept in over the past year. I've done this for 2009, 2010,2011, and 2012. Credit for this idea goes to Jason Kottke who I noticed doing this first and liked it, so I decided to do it too.

The rules: One or more nights were spent in each place. Those cities marked with an * were visited multiple times on non-consecutive days

Alexandria, VA*
Warrenton, VA*
Wirtz, VA*
New York City, NY
Philadelphia, PA

I fell from a total of 7 last year back down to 5 this year. Less travel because of building & moving into the house.

"Worker Deaths Raise Questions at an Apple Contractor in China"

Another inflammatory headline from the New York Times:

"Apple supplier"? Really? Pegatron makes notebooks, netbooks, desktop PCs, tablets, other mobile devices, motherboards, graphic cards, cable modems, set-top boxes, phones, game consoles, mp3 players, e-readers, and a host of other devices for many companies - but all the New York Times can focus on is that Apple buys stuff from them so somehow this is an Apple problem? Apple is probably the only customer they have who holds them responsible in any way. Mentioning Apple in the headline is an easy way to get clicks. Android apologists will share it and then go on to explain that this is why they don't use Apple products, even though they use devices made in the same facility, for a company that does less to ensure safe working conditions than Apple does.