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Neighborhood Update and a Bit of Spring

Posted on April 9, 2008 By Tom No Comments on Neighborhood Update and a Bit of Spring
Local, Miscellaneous

It finally cleared off a bit, so I decided to go for a walk around our neighborhood. First, I got distracted by the tulips growing in our own front yard. I stopped to take a few shots as they were back lit by the afternoon sun. My walk took me to the new cul-du-sac at … Read More “Neighborhood Update and a Bit of Spring” »

Life Sketches and Sermons

Posted on April 6, 2008 By Tom No Comments on Life Sketches and Sermons
Local, Religion

Last week I mentioned about my chance encounter with a book in the South Carolina Room of the Greenville County Library. I had picked up a random book off the shelf entitled “Life Sketches and Sermons” by “Reverend N. J. Holmes and wife” and had opened it to a random page to find my grandmother’s … Read More “Life Sketches and Sermons” »

New Look and an Anniversary for Random Connections

Posted on April 5, 2008 By Tom 2 Comments on New Look and an Anniversary for Random Connections
Miscellaneous

It being a rainy Saturday morning, I decided to update this website. First, I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress (v 2.5) which was set loose into the wild just this week. I’ve been having a few glitchy problems with this site that I had hoped 2.5 would fix. The new admin interface and … Read More “New Look and an Anniversary for Random Connections” »

Library Encounters and Dilemmas

Posted on April 4, 2008 By Tom 1 Comment on Library Encounters and Dilemmas
Local, Miscellaneous

I popped by the main branch of the Greenville County Library this morning, ostensibly to see if they had a recording of Brahms’ Ein Deutches Requiem, since I’m performing it in two weeks. As frequently happens when I visit, I find other things that catch my attention. This time it was a set of CDs … Read More “Library Encounters and Dilemmas” »

No Smoking @ Gene’s

Posted on April 4, 2008 By Tom 1 Comment on No Smoking @ Gene’s
Local, Miscellaneous, Restaurants

This past week the South Carolina State Supreme Court upheld the City of Greenville’s ordinance banning smoking in restaurants and other public establishments within the city limits. While I’m delighted that the ban has been upheld, I got to see another side of it first hand this morning. I tried to go out for breakfast … Read More “No Smoking @ Gene’s” »

Geotagging Lessons Learned

Posted on April 3, 2008 By Tom 2 Comments on Geotagging Lessons Learned
Gear, Geocaching and Maps

I had taken a couple of pictures at Furman the other day, and geotagged them. I was distressed to find that my RAW files had been corrupted, and I couldn’t use them at all. My trek through Laurens County was the first test of my new Qstarz BT-Q1000 GPS tracker. I clipped it onto my … Read More “Geotagging Lessons Learned” »

Exploring Laurens County

Posted on April 3, 2008 By Tom 1 Comment on Exploring Laurens County
Local, Photography

Laurens County Courthouse

It’s Spring Break this week, and the weather stinks out loud. Monday and Tuesday were cloudy and wet, so I spent the first part of the week on home maintenance, specifically, oiling our unfinished knotty pine paneling with linseed oil. It was a smelly job, so by Wednesday I really needed to get out of the house. Wednesday was also the only day this week predicted to have good weather, so it was now or never.

As with most of my photo drives, I only had a rough idea of where I wanted to go. I knew that I wanted to check out the Gray Court-Owings Historical Society’s new display area, and I wanted to visit some sites for genealogy purposes, but apart from that anything was open. Originally, I had planned to load my mountain bike in my truck and check out the Enoree Passage of the Palmetto Trail. However, with the weather not cooperating, I abandoned that idea.

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A Concert of Remembrance

Posted on March 30, 2008 By Tom No Comments on A Concert of Remembrance
Music

This afternoon the Greenville Chorale presents Music for Life – Celebrated & Remembered. The concert will be at First Baptist Church at 3:00 pm, and will feature the Durafle’ Requiem, Brahms Nanie, and several shorter works. This year our concert season was thrown off a bit with unusual scheduling. This left and opportunity for a … Read More “A Concert of Remembrance” »

One More GPS Tracker – Qstarz BT-Q1000

Posted on March 30, 2008 By Tom 2 Comments on One More GPS Tracker – Qstarz BT-Q1000
Gear, Geocaching and Maps, Photography

After the miserable failure of the i-gotU GPS tracker, I decided to ship it back and purchase the Qstarz BT-Q1000 instead. The preliminary tests I’ve run on the unit just bear out the old adage – you get what you pay for. The i-gotU was around $50 and the Qstarz is nearly double that.

This is the updated unit to the one we bought Chip for his birthday. He had been very pleased with its performance, and I had read several other favorable reviews. This unit has double the memory capacity, but otherwise functions pretty much the same way and has the same features.

Qstarz comparison

As can be seen in the photo above, the Qstarz (middle) is a good bit larger than the i-gotU, but still smaller than my Garmen eTrex. It’s still small enough to slip into a pocket, and it comes with a protective cover that has a belt loop.

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Easter Flight

Posted on March 24, 2008 By Tom 2 Comments on Easter Flight
Miscellaneous, Travel

It turned out to be a more exciting Easter weekend than we had planned. Chip had invited us for lunch after church, then John Ellenberg offered to fly us from Greenville to Newberry in his twin-engine Beechcraft Baron to visit the parents. Glynda, Chip, and I took John up on his offer. We took off … Read More “Easter Flight” »

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