http://www.bbeoj.com Five Spahrs Under One Roof Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:57:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Betsy & Hope are off to "bag a president" (i.e. climb a mountain in the Presidential Range of New Hampshire). And true to form,their motto for the trip is: Go Big or Go Home Ten Highest Peaks of the Presidential Range Ten Highest Peaks Rank Peak Name ft m Area 1. Mount Washington 6288 1917 Mount Washington Massif 2. Mount Adams 5774 1760 Northern Peaks 3. Mount Jefferson 5712 1741 Northern ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2008/06/25/bagging-a-president/ I'm posting this here so I have a place to point my cousin Jake Hodges. He gets the same kick out of driving racetracks as I do, but he does it in a real car. And I know he enjoys a good video game. Jake, I love to race ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2008/05/22/63/ My wife hikes the Palmetto Trail with her childhood friend. They call me "Compass" because I get on Google Earth and map out their route then download it into the GPS. The maps provided by the Palmetto Conservation Foundation have UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) coordinates, which are a ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2007/12/16/need-to-convert-utm-to-lat-long/ or "Geeks are hard wired to one-up other geeks" I suppose it would just illustrate my kinship with these souls to publish a formula from my hypothesis that "15 minutes of fame" is an outdated concept. Given that News 2.0 is presented on nearly ubiquitous media and is available on ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2007/12/09/news-20/ I've been browsing around checking out digital SLR packages (my current favorite is the Nikon D40x package at Best Buy) and came across this promo that Amazon is running for Black Friday 2007. It's the "Customers Vote" program. You vote on what deals you want to get and then Amazon ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2007/11/18/sweet-amazon-promo/ My latest custom plugin: Provides simple data entry interface for 5 custom global meta tags (description, keywords, etc...). It works perfectly on the production site it was designed for. Please let me know if you encounter any issues. Download the plugin: BBEOJs Simple 5 Custom Metatags Plugin for Wordpress I was ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2007/11/15/simple-5-meta-tags/ This is one of the first things I ever posted on the internet, way back in June of 1998 on my worldnet.att.net home page. Ingredients: 1 lb package ground beef (turkey works well with this recipe too!) 1 package chili seasoning 4 cans stewed tomatoes (I cheat with 2 mexican style, 2 chili style, ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2007/10/30/bryans-award-winning-chili/ The running joke is that Betsy only surfs in Costa Rica - she only shreds the Pacific Juice. So this weekend we took the kids out to the Isle of Palms and all 3 kids rode waves on Ellie's circa 1980 5'10" twin fish. Of course Uncle Jeff ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2007/09/09/kids-shred-gabriella-swell/ IANAWF (I am not a weather forecaster) but it looks to me like the Southern Hemi Storm Train is lining up nicely for the Whiskey Tango Surf Club's 2007 visit to Playa Guiones, Nosara, Costa Rica Here's what it looks like today (from the StormSurf website): And here's the forecast for a ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2007/06/19/t-minus-17-days/ Scott Adams is the author of the Dilbert cartoon series. He also writes a daily blog where, as near as I can tell, he tries to instigate people into vehemently attacking or defending some point of view in an argument that cannot be resolved. The topics he presents ... http://www.bbeoj.com/index.php/2007/05/28/an-aggravavors-take-on-global-warming/