Archive for September 18th, 2009
« Previous EntriesCorner of Hickory & 36th St, Hampden, Baltimore, MD, USA
Friday, September 18th, 2009GPS: 39.33116473798193, -76.63368210196495 View Larger Map Current home of the Hampden Chess Club , an open-air society dedicated to the friendly pursuit of excellence in the game of chess . Most commonly occupied by members of same on random weekend afternoons and early evenings. Schedule varies, membership informal. Shares a common intersection with Chesapeake Pawn (home of many questionable DeWalt tools I sometimes eye up, Sandy’s (a local place to buy Ravens jerseys), Grano
President honors nation’s top scientists and innovators
Friday, September 18th, 2009President Obama named nine researchers as recipients of the National Medal of Science, and four inventors and one company as recipients of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the highest honors bestowed by the United States government on scientists, engineers, and inventors. The recipients will receive their awards on October 7 at a White House ceremony. “These scientists, engineers and inventors are national icons, embodying the very best of American ingenuity and inspiring a new
iPhone GPS apps
Friday, September 18th, 2009MacWorld’s Jason Snell shows you three iPhone GPS apps, with built-in maps. Tom Tom – The TomTom app puts award-winning technology at your fingertips, like IQ Routes™ which giv …
Weldon Circle, Medfield, Baltimore, MD, USA
Friday, September 18th, 2009GPS: 39.33804817683493, -76.63883060216904 View Larger Map Many afternoons and evenings I have come to this place to juggle. It’s a good place to practice, wide open grassy spaces, trees for shade, close to my house, some interesting foot, bicycle and car traffic. It is, after all, a neighborhood round-about. At its center stands an enormous white flagpole. A park on its eastern spur towards Falls Road contains a monolithic memorial to servicemen and women from this very neighborhood
I Must Remember to Pack Snacks in the Car
Friday, September 18th, 2009My home and my office are roughly 30 miles apart. If I leave work at just the right time, run into very little traffic and drive a bit faster than the posted speed limit I can get home in roughly an hour. If I leave too late, run into a standstill on the beltway or heaven forbid an accident, it can take me upwards of two hours. The entire time I was in North Carolina I drove less than three times per week. In fact, on one particularly beautiful morning I decided to drive to the store, not becau