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    <title>The Keystone Building</title>
    <summary>Returned to Pennsylvania for the weekend to pick up some stuff (my other computer, clothes, etc.) The interesting thing is that not one, but two...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Returned to <strong>Pennsylvania</strong> for the weekend to pick up some stuff (my other computer, clothes, etc.) The interesting thing is that not one, but two roadside projects there have <strong>websites of their own</strong>. I suppose this is that tentative first step towards a <strong>responsive, information-rich government</strong>. Or something like that.</p>
<p>The first project that caught my eye was the <a href="http://www.dauphinbypass.com">Dauphin Bypass</a>, which is near Interstate 81 at Harrisburg. The reason this one was striking was because the <a href="http://www.dot.state.pa.us">Pennsylvania Department of Transportation</a> has actually put up <strong>temporary road signs</strong> (the kind that have lights spelling out the messages) which publicize the www.dauphinbypass.com address. The local paper (the Harrisburg Patriot News) had a pretty good article on people <strong>visiting the site after reading the sign</strong>, but they are not online (sigh), so I can't link to it.</p>
<p>The most interesting feature of the Dauphin Bypass site is <strong>email updates</strong> which you can get by joining their mailing list. Seems like someone involved in that project really gets the web.</p>
<p><strong>Project number two</strong> is another interesting one, this one in the heart of &quot;downtown&quot; Harrisburg, where, due to asbestos problems, a fire, and some other hazards, and old building for the Department of Transportation was torn down. (<strong><a href="http://www.perp.com/whale">Blown up</a>, actually</strong>.)</p>
<p>On that site, they are building a new general-purpose state office called the <strong>Keystone Building</strong>. This project has <a href="http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/keystone/kbhome.htm">its own website</a>, too, with the signs around the site listing the address.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, I don't know how the unsuspecting motorist driving down the street in Harrisburg is supposed to jot down the oh-so-friendly URL, which is <strong>http://www.dgs.state.pa.us/keystone/kbhome.htm</strong>.</p>
<p>(<strong>Note to Contractors</strong>: Spend the extra 70 bucks and register keystonebuilding.com! Sheesh.)</p>]]>
      
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