Geohashing - A Game Based on a Comic

The XKCD comic seen above came out around Christmas of 2006, and formed the basis for a new GPS activity - not necessarily going to a random location and making out, but using random numbers to generate latitude and longitude coordinates.

The Incomparable Weirdness of Twitter

As if there were any doubt, my true nerd nature is about to come through.

Goodbye to the Bahamas and Trip Reflections

I watched one last Bahamian sunrise, this time without a camera in sight.

Kayaking and Caves in Lucayan National Park

For our last full day in the Bahamas I had booked a kayaking tour and trip to the Lucayan National Park.

A Geeky New President

There were ample opportunities for someone like me to really get their Geek on while watching the inauguration.

How to Kill Twitter (or Facebook)

One of the things I love about Twitter and Facebook is that you can update one from the other through various third party services.

Island Time

Things are more relaxed. Nothing is rushed. Everyone has a good time and things get done when they get done. That's Island Time.

Even so, I was up at the crack of dawn, literally. Even on Island Time some habits are hard to break. However, I did have a purpose. I …

A New Day Dawns

What can I say? I have lived to see many presidential inaugurations, and none have inspired as much hope as this one. I am very proud that Barack Obama is now President of the United States.

As stated before, we didn't really plan to be out of the country during …

Bahamas - Day 3

As previously noted, most of the day was spent watching inauguration festivities.

Lazy Day at Lucaya

What did we do today?

Google Earth Censorship for DC

Frank Taylor's Google Earth Blog had an interesting post this morning about updated imagery for Washington D. C., what with the inauguration upon us and all.

From Greenville to Lucaya

The fact that we left the United States during Inauguration week should not be taken as a political statement. Quite the contrary. We brought our Obama pins with us and plan to wear them on Tuesday. No, it was an unfortunate bit of scheduling. We had planned this …

"What will you miss about newspapers?"

A recent post on BoingBoing.net posed this question by linking to a post from Seth Grodin with a more extensive analysis.

Reflections on Twitter and The Death of Conversation

http://wheresmyjetpack.blogspot.com/2009/01/tweet-your-breakfast_01.html

A synopsis/compilation of recent conversations...

Me: Yesterday several of my friends and I went for a hike in the...

Sibling/Friend: ...yeah, I read that in your blog.

Me: For our anniversary …

A Flooded Trek through the Congaree Swamp

For the second Saturday in a row I got up very early to head out on a photo trek, this time with the Lowcountry Unfiltered group to the Congaree National Park. Instead of paddling, this would be a hiking trek. I think we would have stayed drier if we had been in …

Targeting to the Extreme

I am not naive.

Classroom Swiss Knife

Imagine an ultra-portable hand held device for the classroom that could do all of the following:

• take digital pictures


• record digital video


• record digital audio (for podcasting, etc.)


• ability to upload images and media to a variety of websites


• act as a media player for …

Document Sharing with Scribd.com

Keeping up with other education blogs often leads me to some cool new tools.

Historical Marker Database

When I'm out on one of my photo explorations there are three books thatI usually have with me - South Carolina: One Day at a Time by Caroline Todd and Sydney Wait, the Delorme Atlas and Gazetteer for South Carolina, and the South Carolina Highway Historical Marker Guide …

Happy Birthday, Houston!

...Although I don't think things are nearly as bad as you made out in this video...

Hope it was a good day!