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• Twisted Podcasting?

  Arik Korman , director for my buddy Bob's radio show has started a Podcasting blog. Arik is a fascinating person, and he infuses his podcast with the same production skills that has helped make the Bob Rivers Show top-rated in the Seattle market. The... Posted Apr 01 2005, 10:05 AM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Recreation, Personal

• Bill Gates' Think Week - An inside view

  Robert Guth of the Wall Street Journal has a fascinating article on Bill Gates’ twice-yearly solo retreats, known inside the company as “Think Week”. During Think Week, Bill goes off by himself to small cottage armed with a collection of ideas from Microsoft... Posted Mar 28 2005, 03:05 PM by ChuckOp with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Microsoft, Recreation

• Convert Latitude and Longitude

  As a pilot, I frequently need to convert latitude and longitude coordinates from one system to another. The aircraft GPS accepts coordinates in degrees, minutes and seconds form. However, various pieces of software I get decimal degress such as 47.48781... Posted Aug 18 2004, 08:27 AM by ChuckOp with | with 4 comment(s) Filed under: Aviation, Recreation

• Chicago Parks, Meigs Field and Mayor Daley

  I was fairly outraged when I read USA Today's fawning article on Chicago Mayor Daley and his efforts in creating park space in the city. Normally park space is a good thing, but his midnight, quasi-illegal destruction of the historic Meigs Field airport... Posted Jul 16 2004, 12:21 PM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Aviation, Recreation, Rants, Politics

• Cigar's in Silicon Valley

  If you're in Silicon Valley and looking for a place to buy and smoke cigars, check out Castro's Fine Cigars in downtown Mountain View. Located on the main drag, next to a Starbucks, this shop has good prices, an excellent selection and a cozy sitting... Posted Apr 26 2004, 08:33 AM by ChuckOp with | with no comments Filed under: Recreation