It's cold

I took a photograph of the thermometer in my rental car this morning... This is 100% real. The only photoshopping is that the image was cropped. Definitely the coldest weather I have ever experienced.



That number is really negative twenty (-20) degrees Farenheit, which is also -28.8 degrees Celsius.

Geoblog - New Year's Fishing Trip

Here' s the geoblog of a recent new year's fishing trip with my brother Doug and brother-in-law Charlie. We caught 2 decent sized striped bass (rockfish) around 23 inches, and a bunch of dogfish. Nothing was big enough to keep, but it was a fun time.



You can check it out directly in your browser using the Google Earth Plugin here:
http://www.tricedesigns.com/portfolio/geoblog/2009.01.01/

Click on an image to see details about it, including altitude, latitude, longitude, and time taken. Note: this requires the Google Earth plugin to work properly.

If you wish to view this directly in Google Earth, just load this KMZ file:
http://www.tricedesigns.com/portfolio/geoblog/2009.01.01/fishing_geoblog.kmz

If you're curious how I created this, check out my recent blog post on insideRIA.com where I explain how it was put together.

I had the catch of the day with this striper (rockfish):


Enjoy!