Tuesday, July 8, 2008

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

Friday, July 4, 2008

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.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

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