Such a let down. After all the hype and media coverage, the hurricane was nothing more than a rain shower with some accompanying wind. While the precipitation did little to no damage near me (other places do have a bit of flooding from what I heard) the wind took its toll. Roads are literally blanketed with debris from trees, several blocked all together with fallen trunks, an example of which can be seen at my neighbors house. Even worse however is the lack of electricity.

At about 10AM, my house, along with most of the town, lost power. As of writing this (8 hours later), it still hasn’t been restored. That means no TV, hot water (showers), broadband, or ability to function past dark without resorting to pre-Edison ways. Fortunately enough, I do have a 3G iPad and iPhone 4, which have so far been the only things keeping me from going insane. I’ve been taking rather lengthy drives in the car for the sole purpose of charging them, which has been working surprisingly well. Regardless, I’m running low on gas and out of places to drive to.

Aside from the lack of power, things are going swimmingly (pun intended). There’s nothing quite like the smell after a rain storm, and things have cooled off considerably. I’m a little sick of having sandwiches for meals, but what can you do. I’m just thankful the trees decided to land on the power lines and not my car or house.

For those of you that don’t know, Pantone is to color what Ferrari is to cars. They basically provide a system to accurately reproduce any color you can think of across print, screen, and manufacturing applications. They apparently offer a bit more, including some customizable USB drives, iPhone cases, posters, bags, and as pictured above, coffee mugs. Long story short, lots of colors on lots of stuff. Mugs made by Whitbread Wilkinson and licensed by Pantone. Also available for sale on Amazon.