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The time has come to move on .. since I'm not doing as much with wildfires (a significant part of the blogs title), I'm going to send this blog into an indefinite status of upkeep. Basically rendering it dead? It's not just the change in occupation .. I'm giving wordpress a try too - regardless you can find me at http://j03lar50n.wordpress.com

CSS Toolbox Is a Killer Text Editor for Web Designers

 

 

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CSS Toolbox Is a Killer Text Editor for Web Designers

via Lifehacker: Downloads by Adam Pash on 11/2/08

Windows only: Free application CSS Toolbox streamlines working with cascading stylesheets (CSS) through auto-completion, syntax highlighting, and several more advanced features that make it stand out from a regular text editor. For those of you who don't know, CSS files are the building blocks that style the web. CSS Toolbox offers advanced features for building out your stylesheets, including a CSS beautifier, validator, and even compressor. This one isn't of much use to non-developers, but if you are a designer (or you have any inkling of learning about web design), this app looks like a real winner. On the other hand, if a solid text editor is all you want, check out our Hive Five Best Text Editors. CSS Toolbox is a free download, Windows only.

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160,000 Recipes - BigOven

Check out this application:

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=294363034

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MotionX-GPS Waypoint

Google maps link for 'Wypt002'

Click the above link to view the waypoint 'Wypt002' in Google Maps.

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MotionX-GPS Waypoint

Google maps link for 'WyptMars'

Click the above link to view the waypoint 'WyptMars' in Google Maps.

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Mom's Version, Chicken Soup

Put the chicken carcass in a big pot, cover with water and bring to a boil. Simmer on med/low heat until the meat falls away from the bones. (probably about an hour) Remove the carcass and any bones, etc. Chop chicken meat as needed to smaller size, return to broth. Add the following:

1 tsp salt, or to taste

Pepper (or not - sensitive stomachs..)

2-3 sliced carrots

1 chopped onion

¾ cup chopped celery

Seasonings (like above, or maybe a little oregano)

Cook for about 30 minutes until vegetables are soft. About 5 minutes before serving, add cooked rice (leftover) or noodles.

? okra ?

? suggestions ?

Bruce stole my spot

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Gizmodo Recommendation: iPhone Apps We Like: Here I Am Location Sender

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Lifehacker Recommendation: How to Use Dropbox as the Ultimate Password Syncer

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I just saw it on CNN.com: Does drinking alcohol shrink your brain?

Powered by    * Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified.       Overall, the more alcohol consumed, the smaller the brain volume, with abstainers having a higher brain volume than former drinkers, light drinkers (1-7 drinks per week), moderate drinkers (8-14 drinks per week), and heavy drinkers (14+ drinks per week). Men were more likely to be heavy drinkers than women. But the link between brain volume and alcohol wasn't as strong in men. For men, only those who were heavy drinkers had a smaller brain volume than those who consumed little or no alcohol.             Click the following to access the sent link:       Does drinking alcohol shrink your brain? - CNN.com*                 Get your EMAIL THIS Browser Button and use it to email content from any Web site. Click here for more information.   *This article can also be accessed if you copy and paste the entire address below into your web browser. http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/diet.fitness/10/14/healthmag.alcohol.brain.shrinkage

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WWJava .6 Screen Shots

i gotta get (back) on the WorldWind train

http://earthissquare.com/2008/10/13/wwjava-6-screen-shots/

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our new Golden boy

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Stuffed Bell Peppers Recipe

http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=183604

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FWTools

this here be the post dedicated to FWTools (working)

here be the syntax for helpful batch files, etc. for FWTools commands:



1. convert geodatabase.mdb to shapefiles

ogr2ogr out_shp c:\warehouses\testgdb.mdb

#out_shp represents folder created containing converted shapefiles, rename accordingly.



2. batch reproject folder of shapefiles

mkdir epsg102645

set prj_params=-s_srs epsg:26910 -t_srs epsg:102645

for %%g in (*.shp) do (
ogr2ogr -f "esri shapefile" %prj_params% epsg102645\%%g %%g
)

#epsg102645 represents folder created containing reprojected shapefiles, rename accordingly | reassign epsg codes accordingly.



3. batch merge folder of shapefiles to one shapefile

mkdir merged
for %%f in (*.shp) do (
if not exist merged\fed_wd_merge.shp (
ogr2ogr -f "esri shapefile" merged\fed_wd_merge.shp %%f) else (
ogr2ogr -f "esri shapefile" -update -append merged\fed_wd_merge.shp %%f -nln fed_wd_merge )
)



4. The gdalwarp command can be used to reproject images. Here we reproject
the WGS84 geographic image to the Mercator projection:

gdalwarp -t_srs '+proj=merc +datum=WGS84' geoworld.tif mercator.tif



5. batch reproject raster w/ cubic resampling to 'output' folder

mkdir output

set prj_params=-s_srs epsg:26910 -t_srs epsg:102645

for %%g in (*.tif) do (
gdalwarp %prj_params% -r cubic %%g output\%%g
)


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Updates On The Garmin 1:24K US Topographic Map Front
http://freegeographytools.com/2008/updates-on-the-garmin-124k-us-topographic-map-front

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Uploading .img Map Files to A Garmin GPS Unit With IMG2GPS

http://freegeographytools.com/2008/uploading-img-map-files-to-a-garmin-gps-unit-with-img2gps

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i swear i'll start learning portuguese again..tomorrow

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GeoJSON With GeoPlanet

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Rick's Pozole

So we have this recipe backed up in multiple places - I'm gunna blog it!

Rick's (my dad) Pozole

1 can pozole (29oz)

1 can red chili sauce (28oz)

1 can ortega chilis (4oz)

1 can diced tomatoes (14oz)

1 quart chicken broth

1 onion

spices (to personal taste preference):
cumin
oregano
salt

1 pound pork

4 cloves garlic

1 portuguese pork bone or hamhock

2 lemons juiced

Add the garlic and spices, brown the pork in the pot with some olive oil.

Add remaining ingredients and bring to a slow simmer - cook for about 1-2 hours.

a taste of deliciousness

I'd like to thank Brian for introducing me into del.icio.us - the public/social bookmarking site.

Sorry for the gap in posts...up on a wildfire assignment doing GIS mapping, good to be back!!

Awesome replacement for Ctrl+Alt+Del

Process Explorer is something you won't want to be without, once you give it a try...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

What to do in a lightning storm

Firefighters can take specific actions to mitigate the hazard they face from lightning. Observe the 30/30 rule: If you see lightning and hear thunderclaps within 30 seconds of each other, take storm countermeasures. Do not resume work in exposed areas until 30 minutes after storm activity has passed. Other thunder storm countermeasures include:

• Take shelter in a vehicle or building if possible.
• If outdoors, find a low spot away from tall trees, wire fences, utility lines and other elevated conductive objects.
• If in the woods, move to an area with shorter trees.
• If in open country, crouch low, minimizing your contact with the ground. Never lie flat on the ground.
• Don’t group together.

Great natural resources spatial data clearinghouse

Stumbled upon this while working on the Sac River project...

USDA:NRCS:Geospatial Data Gateway:home

Pretty slick interface...kudos to NRCS! Downloaded some NAIP by county for Cali

disable Windows auto restart

Sick of Windows automatically restarting your computer?

Check this link out to disable it

open office to google docs & vice versa

stumbled on this OO.org extension a little bit ago ooo2gd. it did what i needed it too! (exports too)

Sendto Flickr (right-click from XP...bam!)

This is handy Sendto Flickr

Wildfire Google Earth Mashup

I'm calling it FireFeedEarth...here's a little mashup I threw together, it's a work in progress - let me know what you think!

Google Earth & Maps tools

for elevation contours and such - found these 2 tools today...thought I'd share


Elevation Contours

Overlay elevation contours almost anywhere in the world

Michael Kosowsky - Lincolnville, Maine, USA

AND

EarthTools - Find places, latitude/longitude, sunrise/sunset, elevation, local time and time zones

Wind energy San Luis Obispo ?

Góðan daginn bloglandia!

What's up with (or with the lack of) wind energy in San Luis Obispo, CA?

It sure seems windy enough here...maybe I'll ask Yahoo Answers.



So Cal Wind Map Image above from http://maps.csc.noaa.gov/CSP_SoCal/viewer.html

Other sites:
http://www.energy.ca.gov/wind/index.html
Skystream Energy (buy a wind turbine)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/
http://www.dsireusa.org/index.cfm?EE=1&RE=1

Earthquake RSS, maps, & more

ShakeMap RSS Reader (Beta Version)

Automatic ShakeMap Download (any ShakeMap maps or products)

Auto launch your Browser to any new ShakeMap Web Pages

Auto start post-processing scripts or commands!

See ShakeMaps within Google Earth client!

Looks like it could have some potential with Google Maps/AJAX API

Google Maps center (lat long value)

So I needed this and wanted to share it with the world too.

Find the lat/long value of the Google Map you're viewing by pasting

javascript:void(prompt('',gApplication.getMap().getCenter()));

into the browser + ENTER.

Startup madness

If you've got tons of programs starting-up when Windows starts AND you'd like to remove or change some...here are a couple links to help.

I found myself doing so this morning - just thought I'd share my methods.

Google search "Windows startup programs"

Google search "Lifehacker startup programs" (I love me my Lifehacker.com)

A couple of commands you may need for this process are Start>Run>msconfig.exe click OK (Window shown in screenshot) & Start>Run>regedit.exe click OK (command executed, program already running in screenshot).

Image stuff

One of my recent new fav's for screen capture is FastStone Capture V5.3.

For resizing/converting file types/batch processing try FastStone Photo Resizer.

And my ultimate fav for everything in between IrfanView.

Worm tray

First we went for the kitchen composter

...now the worm tray is on it's way :)

Animated .gifs

Check out http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/ to make animated gifs!

New beginnings

Attendance to the Google I/O conference 2008 has motivated me to renew/restore/improve some things techie.

Find some of them here or there.

Archive Blog

HERE'S MY MIGRATED BLOG FROM http://joelarso.googlepages.com ... The tools here at Blogger should hopefully help out my blogness, it wasn't much before - as you can see below!

Nov 6, 2007 - Sorry for not keeping up to date...here's something my supervisor Zeke threw together about our little mapping world.

May 21, 2007 - Stopped by Googleplex with Jare and am staying in Paradise for NorthTree training this week. Have some catching up to do...

Apr 4, 2007 - Paula and I had our wedding ceremony today, making our love official to the world (and stupid USCIS and DoHA).Just one witness and a very simple civil ceremony in Tahoe where we met. We're also moving back to San Luis Obispo and looking forward to having our own place together.

Mar. 23, 2007 - Woot! : One Day, One Deal - For all you bargain hunters, this is the holy grail. Keep up to date with the WootAgent...to quote Lifehacker "this should help you avoid the 20-times-a-minute refresh of the Woot homepage" - for me and my Prather, CA dial-up, I can stop refreshing my Google Reader. :P

!!Mar. 23, 2007!! - The 20th, this last Tuesday was a big day...M Y B A B E I S C O M I N G ! ! ! Yes, finally - am I think it's one of the best things that's ever happened, Paula and I got the visa. We've been 6,500 miles apart for about 8-9 months now, but it's over. April 2nd I will be picking her up at LAX. What made it especially great is that it happened the same day as my Mom's birthday - so she was extra thrilled. We're going to be traveling around and seeing everyone and having a good time these next weeks...so we'll see ya if we see ya.


Mar. 18, 2007 - I hope everyone had a wonderful St. Patrick's Day. As Ian made me realize, you/we/I should check out that book - "How The Irish Saved Civilization". He was telling me some cool stuff about that. And Ms. Kendall brought to my attention "geocaching" which I don't know how I had not been turned on to yet. See the link, but it's basically a treasure hunt with a GPS unit...did my first one today and am sure there will be plenty more!

Mar. 10, 2007 - So, come to find out - it's Daylight Saving Time - not Savings! I was wondering wtf this early time change was all about and stumbled upon this...come to find out this isn't new http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003698.html .

Mar. 2, 2007 - I'm thinking the Texter is pretty cool http://www.lifehacker.com/software/texter/lifehacker-code-texter-windows-238306.php, just downloading now and checking it out. The YouTube video from Lifehacker pretty much sold me though. BE SURE TO GET THE NEWEST VERSION WHICH ALLOWS 'RUN AT STARTUP' + MORE.

Feb. 27, 2007 - Some weather Image of the Day!

Feb. 21, 2007 - We'll see if this Message Board thing I got going on the homepage will actually work. The "yaplet" didn't impress me much, but that's probably because no one has visited the page yet and messed with it.

I got sucked into cleaning up my MP3 library this morning and that was way to large of a task to be undertaking when I could be doing more productive things. I downloaded MediaMonkey for that - it seems to be pretty legit. I liked the auto-tagging from Amazon function and overall it was pretty smooth/simple. If you want to get down with your MP3 library here is a good series to help you along.

whip-your-mp3-library-into-shape-part-i--level-the-volume whip-your-mp3-library-into-shape-part-ii--album-art
whip-your-mp3-library-into-shape-part-iii-metadata

My 15,000 songs weren't phased yet by the Monkey yet however...but I still have hope.


Feb. 20, 2007 - Just bought my Beerfest tickets suckers!!! The link will get you to the number you need to call. Freaking $40 this year, agh - guess we'll have to turn up the training to really get our money's worth.


Lifehacker's Downloads-of-the-day is sweet. Keeps me in touch with the techie-dork things that eventually makes their way into the normal population of mom's, siblings, relatives and friends computers...I think I'd be months, if not years, behind the curve if I had never been turned on to them.
RocketDock - Mac-stylie shortcut/icon bar that will help clean up any desktop.

iTube - Let's you download YouTube videos to your iPod or as MPEG.


Feb. 12, 2007 - Forget that old blog junk...I'm in Monterey, CA these days - working out of the NorthTree company house and doing some preparation-work for the Fire Management Plan I'm helping write.It's going good, I just wish the Central Coast wasn't such a miserable and unappealing place... :P And this ultra-fast internet connection really just makes me miss my dial-up in Prather!

Oh well, I'll get used to it. Headed out for a ride-along tomorrow with some CDF/CalFire folks so they can disguise me from the public behind a nice, red truck (don't want the neighbors thinking I'm going door to door for Guiliani campaign donations).