A geospatial career journey
A few weeks ago, I was on a catch-up Zoom call with a friend I hadn't chatted with in a while. He made mention of the recent uptick in my blogging activity and then, very good-naturedly, took me to task for using footnotes and citations. He joked that he was going to have to level … Continue reading On Essays
Getting nothing but static, getting nothing but staticStatic filling my attic from Channel Z - The B-52's I joined LinkedIn first. A friend recommended it to me at the time and I signed up on February 11, 2004. Member number 224,376. I made my first attempt at a blog in 2005 and scuttled it after … Continue reading Reclamation
Last week was a good week. Given that I was on vacation with my family in Florida, that statement is pretty much a given, but it was still of note. This vacation was our annual week in South Florida at a timeshare we've had for years. I have often worked some portion of the week … Continue reading Changes In Latitudes…
Yesterday was the 21st anniversary of 9/11. I tend to let that day go by without comment. My recollections of the day itself add nothing as I was 50 miles outside of DC at the time. Even that far away, the roads were filled with panicked people and the phone networks were crashing, but I … Continue reading Reflections, Twenty-One Years On
Tomorrow will officially end my streak of 100 consecutive days of running at least one mile per day. Most days, I've tried to make it at least three, but there have been a few "streak savers" in there. The most memorable one is when I ran a mile circling our parking bay during a thunderstorm … Continue reading 100 Days