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  1. Boyd

    "German Tots Learn to Answer Call of Nature"

    Very interesting article from today's Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120813155330311577.html?mod=todays_us_nonsub_page_one This link may expire, so in a nutshell, the article describes the German "Waldkindergärten" ("forest kindergarten") movement, where kids attend...
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    Historic aerial photos

    I was looking for a site with free topo maps as discussed in another thread, and stumbled on this along the way: http://www.HistoricAerials.com/ It won't take the place of topozone, but it's kind of cool. In the screenshot below I am comparing Forked River Mountain photos from 2006 and 1956...
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    Incident in the pines?

    Today I was driving North on 563 when a big, unmarked black SUV came roaring up behind me and flashed police lights which were hidden behind the grill as it passed. He was followed immediately by an unmarked tan Crown Vic with similar flashing lights. A few miles up ahead I saw them pulled over...
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    Controlled burn?

    Driving home on the Atlantic City Expressway today there was a lot of smoke coming from the Winslow WMA (just East of exit 33) which went on for several miles: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=39.659231,-74.887147&spn=0.01718,0.03768&t=h&z=15 It was quite a cloud - easily...
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    PSE&G Proposes Wind Farm Off New Jersey Coast

    http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/080304/nytu021.html?.v=101 Also see: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080305/nj_wind_power.html?.v=1
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    Garmin Mapsource finally comes to the Mac

    See: http://www.gpscity.com/cp?&s=00001&cr=022108GU&it=cnusa8ntm It should be very interesting to see how well this works. Garmin pledged to bring their software to the mac several years ago, and has fallen way behind schedule. Beta versions with limited features have gradually trickled out...
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    Toshiba to concede defeat in HD DVD war

    Looks like the High Definition DVD war is over... much sooner than most people expected. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080216/tc_nm/toshiba_hd_dvd_exit_dc_2
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    Rise in ATV-Accident Deaths Intensifies Debate Over Safety

    From today's Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120304026408470491.html
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    New Jersey: 3rd most popular state to leave

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120277561232960623.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks Editorial in today's Wall Street Journal cites data from United Van Lines on migration patterns in the US. NJ is #3 on the list of departure states. But New York and Pennsylvania don't have any reason...
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    Garmin NuviPhone

    Looks like Garmin is branching out into new territory: http://www8.garmin.com/nuvifone/ http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/01/30/garmin.nuviphone/
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    My "ultimate GPS" quest continues...

    I made the mistake of stopping by the going out of business sale at the Mt. Laurel CompUSA on Friday since I was in the area... and left with an HP iPaq 310. I've been reading about this unit at the GPSpassSion forums recently and it's rather unique. It has a pretty powerful chipset with...
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    OziExplorer CE: the coolest GPS yet

    Maybe some of you are already familiar with OziExplorer which lets you make maps, plot routes, etc on your PC: http://www.oziexplorer.com/ Well they now also have a version of the program which runs on the "Pocket PC" platform, including Windows CE. I recently picked up a Mio c520 which is an...
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    High Def video disk war is nearly over

    I hope nobody here got an HD DVD player for Christmas... :bang: http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008014_928006.htm
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    New "Colorado" series Garmin GPS'es

    See the review here: http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2008/01/garmin_colorado_400t_review.php?page=1 I'm glad I got the 60csx. This new model has some interesting features, but I wonder why they don't just go with a touchscreen? After using a touchscreen unit it seems very awkward to use the cursor...
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    Stephen Creek and Maple Lake

    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...
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    Tick sighting

    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...
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    Google Earth and USGS maps on your GPS!

    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...
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    First snow!

    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:
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    New Google Maps feature - terrain

    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...
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    NOAA forecasting a warm winter

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