General – CJC.org http://www.cjc.org/blog Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:12:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Photography walking workshop around Chinatown http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2012/04/22/photography-walking-workshop-around-chinatown/ Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:12:32 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129102 I did a “photography walking workshop” around Chinatown, which was a little disappointing: the thing was aimed at a median student who doesn’t know how to work his camera (i.e., ...

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]]> Brooklyn Botanical Garden http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2012/04/15/brooklyn-botanical-garden/ Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:44:32 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129098 Cherry trees are at their peak, I think.  Unlike Washington a couple of weeks ago.

]]> Washington DC 2012 http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2012/04/04/washington-dc-2012/ Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:35:46 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129089 Cherry Blossom and Kite Festivals

]]> Key West http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2011/02/22/key-west-2/ Tue, 22 Feb 2011 12:22:25 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129083 Back to Key West, a week away from the snow and cold: Florida 2011

]]> Longwood Gardens http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2010/04/12/longwood-gardens/ Mon, 12 Apr 2010 14:12:30 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129072 We spent Sunday afternoon at Longwood Gardens, which is about 30 minutes from downtown Philadelphia. The weather was great, though a bit hotter than we expected, and it’s the ...

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]]> HTPC Build http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2009/09/10/htpc-build/ Fri, 11 Sep 2009 03:40:33 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/?p=129057 Notes on the Home Theater PC build. This machine is to replace the older Series 2 Tivo with the build-in DVD player, mainly because the building’s cable set up will have ...

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]]> Knots http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/12/07/knots/ Wed, 07 Dec 2005 15:12:56 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/12/07/knots/ MAKE blog had a link to this page on how to tie various knots: I Will Knot!, with video demonstrations of the tying process. Next time I stop by ...

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]]> City Data http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/11/17/city-data/ Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:03:23 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/11/17/city-data/ City Data looks like useful summary information for all sorts of US cities. Here’s the page for Ohio’s Bigger Cities (over 6000 residents) and Cleveland in particular. Lots ...

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]]> London Bombed http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/07/07/london-bombed/ Thu, 07 Jul 2005 11:13:06 +0000 http://www.cjc.org/blog/index.php/archives/2005/07/07/london-bombed/ It seems to be Madrid again, but I feel closer to London than to Madrid, knowing some people there (friends and co-worker) and having visited. I’m not sure if anything new ...

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]]> U.S. Customs Registration http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/05/26/us-customs-registration/ http://www.cjc.org/blog/archives/2005/05/26/us-customs-registration/#comments Thu, 26 May 2005 18:57:48 +0000 /?p=128976 Holland America sent us a “Planning & Advice” booklet for our upcoming Alaska trip, one section of which said to register valuables with U.S. Customs to avoid any hassles when ...

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