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Posted in Boats, Marine life, Nature, weather on Jan 29th, 2009
After a extremely busy few days of chasing hard news stories in Hartford I was sent out to chase a hard ice story. We usually see the ice in the Connecticut River during winter but, do not give it a second thought. What about the people who keep a clear channel from the sound to [...]
Posted in Astronomy, Moon, Nature, weather on Jan 23rd, 2009
I had to leave a little early for work today because I had to do a television show for our sister company WTIC Fox61. When I arrived at about 5:45am I was presently greeted with this 6% waning January Moon. It was 12 degrees outside but not cold enough to get this nice shot of the [...]
Posted in Americana on Jan 20th, 2009
Congratulations President Obama! It has been quite a day watching all the historic events unfolding all day. From the crowds already pouring into the National Mall at 6:00am in 20 degree weather, to the wonderful parade late in the afternoon. In my career as a photojournalist over the past 30+ years I have been lucky [...]
We are in the dead of winter right now. It takes you 20 minutes to dress up in all the warm clothing you need. After that you are so tired you don’t even feel like going out. Ok, what about taking man’s best friend to accompany you to your favorite observing spot. Heck no. One [...]
Posted in computers on Jan 11th, 2009
The idea for this posting got started last week when I started to archieve a lot of videos I have done and store them digitally. An average video package, or story you might say is about 1.5 minutes, to 3 minutes long. It will take about 500 megabytes to over a gigabyte of memory to [...]
Ah, come on, don’t give up yet! Think…..Hmmm. It’s winter. You like to do outdoor activities. Maybe some photography? How about astrophotography? How about just using your computer. How about trying to save some money? Ok. Enough clues. “What does a baked potato and a USB port have in common?” Ways to stay warm. Yup! [...]
Posted in Astronomy, Meterology, Science, weather on Jan 3rd, 2009
2008 is gone, and so ends the wettest year on record since 1905. The much anticipated Connecticut Star Party washed out, public observing nights canceled, public outreach sessions postponed or eliminated. That’s the way it was this past year here in Connecticut. According to the National Weather Service, central Connecticut usually gets about 46 inches of precipation. [...]
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