How many trees make a cord? Â Well, it depends on the size of the trees, obviously. Â I’ve wondered this myself and finally stumbled across this information from the University of New Hampshire’s Cooperative Extension. Â This 1-page PDF from UNH describes an easy way to estimate the amount of firewood you’ll […]
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“Family members followed Tumilson’s ribbon-winning Labrador retriever, Hawkeye, into the service. Hawkeye later accompanied his new owner, Nichols, Tumilson’s close friend, to the stage, where the Lab dutifully dropped to the floor to listen.”  From here. I’m speech-less.
[Cross Post from the uTest Software Testing Blog.] We’re just about halfway through the year but I’m calling it now: 2011 is the year of the hacker. Grim?  Maybe.  Just about every week there has been a new story about a company being hacked and it’s costing companies millions of […]
I  admit it; I don’t know as much about the American Revolutionary War as I feel I should, especially for a resident of Concord, MA – arguably the birthplace of the American Revolution.  (My wife, born in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed 442 days later, always finds […]
As my dog, Cooper, keeps my feet warm as I type this I wanted to post a quick follow-up to our March tweet-a-thon to help aid dogs impacted by Japanese tsunami. The fund is used, “to support search and rescue teams and for companion animal relief during natural disasters†and […]
If you’re in the online space you should probably follow the Google Webmaster Central Channel on YouTube. Don’t let the name fool you – it’s for everyone. Recently they received an interesting question for Matt Cutts; what are the top 3 items to include in your SEO strategy. (Full video […]
I’ve been thinking about sharing more photos online via Twitter and Facebook but was curious what information was actually being shared when I uploaded a picture. I’ve done some sleuthing and it turns out the answer is a lot. Similar to a webpage having source code (and metadata) a picture […]
Facebook recently announced an update to, “make advertisements more interested and more tailored†and they’re calling it Social Ads. What it does, basically, is tag users names to products they like. For example, if you like BMW’s company page your name and/or profile picture could appear at the bottom of […]
After experiencing my first SXSW I can only say one thing: wow. Just wow. If you’re in the tech industry then SXSW is certainly the conference of the year. Not only do you have the opportunity to bump into various tech leaders all in one evening but everyone attending is […]
This is a post I wrote on Craft Beer Social about the difference between beer geeks and beer snobs. The article was picked and shared by Dogfish Head on both their Twitter & Facebook pages which ended up driving a lot of traffic to the site (as of 3/19/11, the […]