Well, it kind of does, but definitely not the worst.
A few words about the index:
Number-crunchers at IBM Research surveyed 8,192 motorists in 20 cities, and — no surprise — most of them think traffic has only grown worse during the past three years. More than half said gridlock has wreaked havoc on their physical or mental health. One-third said it is undercutting their productivity at work or school…
…IBM used the results to compile a “Commuter Pain Index,” which ranks the emotional and economic toll of commuting. The index is a measure of 10 criteria, from the amount of time spent sitting in traffic to the frequency with which people simply gave up and went home.
via Wired
This is my last project from school. In fall 2006, I spent 10 days with a group of fellow journalism students in Arequipa, Peru producing multimedia stories. Each of us covered an aspect of the city. I chose to cover the city’s architecture. We used all kinds of media such as photo, video, audio and graphics in this project. The project was sponsored by Sister Cities International.
I spent a lot of time on this project. It still is the most ambitious 3D project that I have ever worked on. I started with an idea of creating a 3D virtual tour of the famous Santa Catalina Monastery. Later on, I decided to do the main plaza (Plaza de armas) as well as a bird view map of the whole downtown area.
Since I didn’t have enough references to create a realistic model, I ended up spending a lot of time taking pictures and drawing hand maps of the monastery. In the end, I managed to put all the hundreds of doors and windows in the correct place (or in my dream I did 
).
On the down side, there is a couple of annoying bugs we never fixed.
Click here to view the graphics
Awards and honors
2007 – One of Times magazine’s 50 best Web sites of 2007
I am back from North Carolina. I had a very good weekend besides a minor setback on Friday night when I got bumped from my flight. I had to be at the airport at 6 am the next day for the first flight to N.C.
The rest of the trip was great, though. I had a great time with my friends and drank enough, but not to much, alcohol. My whole body hurts badly now because I danced too much
I will resume the work on this site tomorrow as there are many things left to be done.
After spending the last three weeks working on this site, I think deserve a good break.
I am going to North Carolina to visit some friends and to party with them this weekend. I hope I will be sober enough to resume my work on this site when I am back on Monday.
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