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On Christmas Eve I headed out to explore some of the wilder areas along Stephen Creek between 10th Avenue and Maple Lake, which is literally my own backyard...

I was wandering through some pretty dense brush today near my home and to my surprise found 3 ticks crawling on my pants. They seemed a little drowsy, and I didn't get any bites though. It was 43 degrees here this afternoon, and about 30 last night. Three days till Christmas and the little...

I recently got a TomTom 920T GPS and have learned that it's capable of some pretty cool tricks. While this is the top of the line model, the same techniques should work on their cheaper GPS'es which start at about $150. These units are Linux based "under the hood" and there are some very cool...

Hey - is anybody else seeing heavy snow tonight? Down here it's coming down hard at about 7:20 PM. Around 3" so far. Radar shows a heavy band approaching my area now, but it looks like it will pass quickly and then it may be over. But it looks pretty cool right now :dance:

Not sure when they changed this; I just noticed it today. There's now a new button at the upper right corner of the map labelled "Terrain." Looking a a map of the pines it's pretty subtle since everythig is so flat. But drag the map to the west and you'll see the effect better as you get into...

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2007/20071115_winteroutlook.html

I haven't had a chance to play with these yet, but they look very cool. Use your web browser to create a variety maps with tracks and waypoints from your GPS. There are also some tools to convert various types of files to different formats. The best part is that it uses your web browser so you...

Well the chiggers are still going strong around my woods, which I learned the hard way. Was out wandering through the underbrush yesterday and have 10 or 12 new bites on my arms. My permethrin treated clothes seemed to be effective but I had a short sleeved shirt since it was quite hot and humid...

OK, since we're having so much fun discussing ghosts and bigfoot, this story got me wondering if there have ever been any confirmed meteor impacts in the Pines... http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/scores-sick-after-meteor-strike/2007/09/19/1189881593469.html

Here are some photos from my trip up North... not the Pines but still New Jersey! It was hard for me to believe that the Delaware looks so wild in this area. Photo was taken somewhere around here: http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=41.1329&lon=-74.93078&size=l&u=4&datum=nad27&layer=DRG...

Garmin has released a new version of the US Topo Maps: http://www8.garmin.com/cartography/mapSource/topous.jsp You can explore them here: http://www.garmin.com/cgi-bin/mapgen/webmap.cgi?p=13107201&l=0&u=0&v=0&z=0&x=175&y=175&w=480&h=360&d=0&rz=0&k=1&sc=1 I'm still using my old version and...

My 3 year old Streetpilot was beginning to show its age so on an impulse I replaced it today with a Garmin Nuvi 650. Wow... very impressed with this new model :) https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8671&tab=nuvi650 It uses a new chipset and the reception is unbelievable, so I guess I have...

http://earth.google.com/sky/skyedu.html And you can also visit Mars: http://www.google.com/mars/

Of course I would have liked today to be beautiful like Saturday, but instead we've had a slow, steady rain all day. This is what we've needed here for a long time. We've had very little rain down here all summer, and what we've gotten has come during brief, intense storms that have only lasted...

I was wondering what happened to Craig Carton when I noticed he was no longer on NJ101.5 the other day... http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/08/jersey_guy_will_replace_imus_i.html http://www.observer.com/2007/chuting-downmarket-imus-replacement-jersey-buffoon

Took the day off today and decided to pay a brief visit to a part of the recently burned area. I went about 2 miles down Quaker Bridge Road when I picked up the yellow trail and walked along the river to the area near the campsite. Unlike the big Ocean County fire, this wasn't a scene of vast...

On the traffic report they mentioned problems somewhere in Ocean County due to a brush fire (can't remember where, maybe Lacey?) Anybody know something about that? Couldn't find a story online.

Just stumbled across this on the EPA website while researching the former tenant of a building we're moving into. Pretty cool mapping application that displays all known EPA sites on your choice of street, topo or ariel photo maps: http://www.epa.gov/enviro/emef/ You can get coordinates...

I have gotten very fond of watching the NEXRAD radar from Ft Dix whenever a storm is coming, and often keep it open in a browser window as I work (I have a 2 monitor setup on my Mac). However I've noticed they've been having a lot of problems over the past few weeks and the radar is frequently...

Today I hiked around the Stafford Forge WMA for awhile. Beautiful day to be out. The effect of the fire was very evident there, it burned right up to the water. I've been to this area a number of times, and much of it has obviously burned before. There are large areas of little trees - not pygmy...