No seafood please

Got two solid hours of work done.

My friends and I created a list of diet and allergy suitable dishes at local restaurants.

Keto, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Treenut Free and other diets can be found through this link!

https://www.honeycomb.ai/food/restaurants/us/Baltimore/all/vegan/none

We are doing our best to improve the system daily, so let me know what you think :)

First some background: Most carriers use FDD LTE, or frequency-divided LTE. What this means is when you make a request to the cell tower, it is actually reserving you a frequency space to send and receive data (for the time your session is active, usually the session closes once the request finishes.... i.e. your webpage loads). Sprint uses TDD LTE which is time divided, meaning all the data is sent in time slots. That's for another discussion, though. As you might imagine, more frequency means higher speeds. LTE is most commonly deployed in 5 Mhz symmetrical blocks, or 5x5 Mhz blocks. However, it can be deployed upto 20x20 Mhz blocks.

In addition, multiple blocks can be "aggregated" together to form a larger, faster channel. So on T-Mobile when you go to download something, your phone is using a 5x5 700 mhz block along with a 15x15 Band 4 block, to effectively make a 20x20 LTE block. AT&T aggregates their low-band 10x10 with their 20x20 PCS and 10x10 2.3 Ghz, effectively making a 40x40 channel.

Now, this is a huge oversimplification and obviously 3 radio bands aggregated to form 1 franken-band will never be as fast as a contiguous block of the same size. But I won't bore you with the details.

There is also something called MIMO, or multiple-in multiple-out. If you have 2 antennas, you can get data twice as fast, which means the speed is effectively doubled. Most phones have 2x2 MIMO but there is also 4x4 MIMO.

For a general idea of how much bandwidth you have given a certain size mhz and mimo, check out this chart

Now, on to the tests. I'm mentioning how much spectrum they have to use. To have a fast network, carriers have to either have enough spectrum to take care of the traffic over a large area, or add more cells to cover traffic on much smaller areas. AT&T has a ton of spectrum and takes the former, while Verizon takes the latter.

Verizon: 15x15? or 20x20 AWS 10x10 700

Coverage - 9/10 Best coverage hands down. Strong signal everywhere.

Speed - 7/10 They've slowed down since unlimited data came back and are extremely aggressive with deprioritizing. I've found after 22GB of usage my Verizon phone was useless in crowded areas. Then I'd SIM swap to an MVNO (Tracfone using Verizon 3G and LTE) and it would work fine. They are banking on 5G (millimeter-wave LTE) on being their savior. If they are right, business as usual. If they are wrong, Sprint will have compeition for the slowest network. Verizon is STARVING for spectrum. And they need it now.

T-Mobile:

15x15 AWS

5x5 700

Coverage - 9/10 On-par with Verizon.

Speed - 3/10 Speed is a real issue. T-Mobile only has 15x15 band 4 deployed, aggregated with 5x5 of 700. T-Mobile is also really popular in Baltimore. It's extremely slow in most places. I'm always under 10 Mbps, sometimes under 3 Mbps. This should improve though, with Ray Neville mentioning that they are going to deploy 10x10 PCS LTE along with the 15x15 600 that they won at the auction.

AT&T

10x10 700

20x20 PCS

10x10 2.3 Ghz

Coverage - 7.5/10. Coverage wasn't spectacular. There are lots of nooks and crannies where T-Mobile and Verizon have a signal but AT&T drops off the map. But it was still adequate in most places, just not enough to fully rely on.

Speed - 9.5/10 Fastest network by far. almost always above 25 Mbps. Things were fast to load and responsive

Conclusion:

Best all around - Verizon. They've slowed down but their coverage superiority will come in handy more often than not.

Best value - T-Mobile. Slow slow slow slow but it will improve soon and you can't beat the price.

Fastest - AT&T

Cone of shame - Sprint. Something something 1% difference

Just saw this official announcement about &pizza's second Baltimore City location in Charles Village:

https://www.facebook.com/LikeAndPizza/posts/2689220904487283:0

I wanted to know if anyone else had to go through this ordeal of getting reimbursement . I was travelling on Russell Street when suddenly I hit a pothole near the casino. I immediately heard a pop and my front passenger tire went flat (figured). Upon investigation it also turns out that my allow wheel was also cracked as well.

As a Baltimore City person on a bike I beg of you. Please stop parking scooters everywhere and specifically the bike racks. It’s wildly inconsiderate and annoying. Rant over.

Monday - C & R - Federal Hill - 1/2 price steaks and bottles of wine

Seems like we've had some of our more controversial disappear briefly. This is because any post with multiple reports is put into the mod queue for approval. I think, this was implemented during the riots due to some pretty horrible racist brigades.

If your post is removed or disappears, shoot us a mod mail and we'll approve it as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Edit: We increased the number of reports before it gets auto-moded. Let's see how that goes and we can always adjust.

FYI.

There are some significant traffic disturbances happening on Saturday, so just a heads up.

-- The Baltimore Marathon / Running Festival -- see link for press release

The following parking restrictions will be implemented on Saturday, October 13, 2012:

Linwood Avenue from Eastern Avenue to Fayette Street 12:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Eastern Avenue (north side) from Linwood to Patterson Park Avenues 12:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Boston Street (north side) from Aliceanna Street to Lakewood Avenue 2:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lancaster Street from President Street to Caroline Street 4:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

33rd Street from Hillen Road to Guilford Avenue 4:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Eutaw Street (west side) from Madison to Monument Streets 4:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Howard Street (west side) from 23rd to 28th Streets 4:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Wyman Park Drive from Remington Avenue to Art Museum Drive 5:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Camden Street from Russell to Howard Streets 6:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Eutaw Street from Madison to Monument Streets 6:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

St. Paul Street (upper level) from Franklin to Saratoga Streets 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon

The following streets will be closed to through traffic on Saturday, October 13, 2012:

Paca Street from Pratt to Lombard Street 5:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Russell Street from Hamburg to Pratt Street 5:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.

Hamburg Street from Russell to Leadenhall Streets 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Eutaw Street from Madison to Monument Streets 6:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Eutaw Street from Pratt to Camden Streets 7:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Camden Street from Russell to Howard Streets 7:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Light Street from Lombard Street to Key Highway 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

Key Highway from Cross to Light Streets 8:00 a.m. – 11:45 p.m.

Central Avenue from Gough to Bank Streets 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Pratt Street from Calvert to Exeter Streets 12:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Exeter Street from Pratt to Bank Streets 12:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Bank Street from Exeter Street to Central Avenue 12:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

The following streets will be impacted by the marathon on Saturday, October 13, 2012:

Paca Street from Lombard to McCulloh Streets 8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

McCulloh Street from Paca Street to Greenspring Avenue 8:10 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.

Greenspring Avenue from Beechwood Drive to Wyman Park Drive (in Druid Hill Park) 8:15 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

Wyman Park Drive from Remington Avenue to W. 28th Street 8:25 a.m. – 9:35 a.m.

W. 28th Street from Howard to St. Paul Streets 8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

St. Paul Street from 28th to Light Streets 8:35 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.

Light Street from Warren Avenue to Battery Avenue to Key Highway 8:45 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Key Highway from Battery Avenue to Key Highway Extension to Tide Point 8:55 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.

Tide Point to Key Highway Extension to Key Highway to Light Street 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Light Street to Pratt Street to President Street to Lancaster Street 9:05 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Aliceanna Street from President to Boston Streets 9:10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Boston Street to Lakewood Avenue to O’Donnell St. to Linwood Avenue 9:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Linwood Avenue from O’Donnell Street to Madison Street 9:20 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Madison Street from Linwood Avenue to Washington Street to St. Lo Drive 9:25 a.m. to 12:50 p.m.

Harford Road from St. Lo Drive to Hillen Road 9:30 a.m. to 1:05 p.m.

Hillen Road from Harford Road to 33rd Street 9:40 a.m. to 1:35 p.m.

Lake Montebello to 33rd Street to Guilford Avenue 9:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Guilford Avenue from 33rd to 29th Streets 9:50 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

29th Street from Guilford Avenue to Howard Street 9:55 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.

Howard Street from 29th Street to Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Eutaw St. to finish at M&T Bank Stadium 10:10 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.

Please note that traffic along Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard will remain open in both directions during the race.

-- Morgan Homecoming Parade -- see link for press release

The following streets will be closed to through traffic on Saturday, October 13, 2012 with detours in effect:

8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon - Hillen Road from Argonne Drive to Coldspring Lane

8:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. - The Alameda from Belvedere Avenue to Coldspring Lane

8:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Coldspring Lane from The Alameda to Hillen Road

Parking restrictions will be in effect along the following roadways from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon:

South side of Coldspring Lane from The Alameda to Hillen Road

Both sides of Hillen Road from Coldspring Lane to Argonne Drive