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I'm jealous of his signed copy of Marilyn Schmidt's Exploring the Pine Barrens. I've been looking for that one.

RIP.

Two older members of my family pronounce it "At-sahn," just to throw yet another variant into the mix. "Wanna go down the shore or just to atsahn?"

I hope someone buys it and reopens it. I have also come to enjoy the sounds of it in the distance. It feels like a natural part of the sound of summer.

Is that the definitive correct pronunciation? I am never quite sure of myself when saying it out loud. I actually thought the way the reporter pronounced it might be more correct. The three syllable "At-see-on" seems like it might be closer to the origin of the name, which is "Atsayonck,"...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pasta-new-jersey-mysteriously-dumped-in-old-bridge-woods/ They're surprised to find spaghetti and macaroni? Those are Jersey-native species :D

I've been busy lately and a bit behind on photo cataloguing, but I did spend a lot of time out in the field this winter.

I suspected this is what you would say, and I do not blame you at all. It's a whole topic unto itself, but this is illustrative of the "chilling effect" that copyright restrictions can have on the open exchange of information. Particularly the way our laws have been written, revised, and...

(I am not a lawyer, and this is not legal advice). I think you might be OK on this one, for these reasons: The original copyright date is 1939. Books published before 1964 were required to have their copyright renewed 28 years from the original publication (with a few exceptions that won't...

Oh, this is really cool. You are on a roll with these new map additions. I found the book for $100 cheaper if anyone is interested; sometimes you have to search multiple names. I'll pass at this price, it's not something I really need to have. Maybe I'll set up an alert for this one, and if I...

I just happened to read this Wikipedia article about Randolph Township (1870-1893) within the past few weeks. Union Township (1846-1977) was the original name for Barnegat Township.

This is one of those old newspaper articles that just leaves you with far more questions than it answers: They strongly imply that Kobbe was at fault for being in the way of the plane, not the pilot for running over both him and his boat!

Well, after a bit over a year of searching, the quest has come to an end! I was finally able to locate a copy of this book. An eBay saved search alert came through for me. It was not cheap, and the dust jacket is very tattered, but it's nothing that cannot be fixed up. That it even has the...

Yes, unfortunately this is a real thing. Tesla has tried it: https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-rear-heated-seats-standard-range/ As has BMW: https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscriptions-microtransactions-heated-seats-feature

There have already been some rumblings of making at least some of these types of subscriptions illegal in Jersey. Particularly the most egregious ones that attempt to make you pay on an ongoing basis to use hardware already installed in the vehicle when you purchased it, such as heated seats. As...

I am certainly not an expert on antique glass, either, but here is some potentially interesting information about the Karo bottle you found. The "diamond and oval with I inside" mark on the bottom would indicate that it was made by the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. This logo was in use from...

Bricks, depressions in the ground, pieces of pipe, bottles of corn syrup... Not sure if this is near a source of water, but perhaps a moonshine still? I think corn syrup can be used to boost the fructose content of a mash before fermentation. Really just a wild guess, but that would be...

Well, thank you, I appreciate that and I am glad to have been helpful to anyone. Ordinarily I don't mind but I think it will be best at this juncture to simply say that my background is in technology; I am very much not interested in this becoming some sort of contest. I'm here to contribute...

Don't know if you do or not. Your post sounded like you were worried about the power going out, so it sounded like it wasn't on some kind of backup, that's all. It wasn't meant as some kind of slight. You don't have to list your credentials.

I mean literally going to weather.gov in a mobile browser, not installing any app :)