Northern Serengeti Day 4 Added

I'm getting faster. This time it only took 6 days to post the newest installment of our trip to Tanzania. The page for day 4 has been added. It's our last day in the Northern Serengeti.

Northern Serengeti Part 1 Added

I have added another installment of our Tanzania journey. See photos from our flight from Kilimanjaro to Kogatende Airstrip and some of the wildlife we observed on our first half-day Safari in the Northern Serengeti. Click here to visit Northern Serengeti Part 1  

Living Desert, Feb 2016

My wife and I are members and frequent visitors of the Living Desert in Palm Desert, CA. Like other zoos every visit is different. Even though I've seen these animals many times, there's always a new way to capture or interpret them. Sometimes you catch animals that were sleeping on previous visits, on a day when they're...

Social Networks and Ecological Food Webs

I read an interesting recent article that discussed a digital "autopsy" of the social network Friendster. Friendster was the grandfather of the social network, preceding both MySpace and Facebook. At its peak it had over 100 million users and a $30 million buyout offer from Google (which they turned down). However, following some technical problems and a...

Welcome to My Blog

Welcome to my blog. For years I've been using, developing, and helping clients implement GIS systems. Along the way I've made a number of contacts, shared a lot of information with colleagues, and developed some ideas about what I'd like to see in GIS. So, rather than complain to my friends and GIS peers, I've...