The UltraTech Zone

Today was our first trip to the Shepherd Lake recreational area in Ringwood, NJ for 2008, and the weather was very accommodating. My wife took the opportunity to get some rest in the sun, because she wasn't feeling up to playing any games or -- heaven forbid! -- going boating.  And so, she rested.  (BTW, she promised that she would ...

It's been quite some time since I've taken a moment to blog anything.  Lots of stuff going on at work has been the main culprit, but traditionally, summers are very busy for me -- both at work and at church. There are several technology articles that I would like to comment on, while they still bear some relevance, and hopefully, I'll get ...

Over the years, I've enjoyed some great daily comics.  I still have several collections of The Far Side, Dilbert, Calvin & Hobbes, and For Better or For Worse, among others. All of the aforementioned delight me in one way or another, but the one comic strip that has managed to fully capture the essence of family living is Baby ...

I have a little bit of everything to share today. Professional Networking LinkedIn has performed quite a few upgrades in recent days, and they've upgraded their site quite a bit.   It looks nice, I must say.   I hope this is just the beginning of them implementing some long-awaited changes, such as the ones I compiled last ...

So much for Autumn... Today was an amazing day for October, and we saw a mostly clear day, with temperatures up to 80 degrees.  As a result, my family and I finally got a great opportunity to put our new Sea Eagle 330 inflatable kayak to good use.  It was a bit overcast at home, but at Shepherd Lake, it was outstanding.  In fact, ...

This summer, in addition to a vacation at Cape May with my extended family, we also went to Shepherd Lake twice (in June and August), and we had our annual church camp-out at Stokes State Forest.  All in all, we had ourselves some good times this summer. The past few times we've gone to Shepherd Lake, I've rented row boats, which has proved ...

Today, I had a whole lot of fun riding my bike with my offspring who are ages 11, 7 and 5.  My 5 year old was the last one with training wheels.  Towards the end of last summer, I thought about taking the time to try and teach him how to ride without the training wheels, but on the two occasions we tried it, he spent a lot of time doing ...

Yesterday, our church had an outing sponsored by the Family Life Ministries department -- which is the Ministry that my wife and I are responsible for.   On the advise of our Pastor and his wife, we went to Shepherds Lake in Ringwood, NJ.    Ironically, we had been to the Botanical Gardens of Ringwood several times, but ...