> One argument I have made that some of my codes are industry standards.The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them.(I first h...

I keep a Fiskars PowerGear lopper in my truck. I suppose I could muscle it through a 2" branch if I had to, but it's better suited to smaller limbs. ...

> one of my Graduate Students never returned it to me.Most of us would say "one of my graduate students stole it."

> They found an iron pipe (no size listed!) but replaced it with their own monument. Why?:-SIn this case, the IP was going to be disturbed by bridg...

> Fortunately, Find my iPhone does NOT require cell service to work.I'm assuming this means it can use WiFi as well as cell service, but that would...

> Notice the nice drill hole adjacent to the cast triangle. Who in their right mind would do such a thing.It is, more likely than not, an air rele...

Looks like you can have a nice thing in your office, if you choose to haul it off. (After filing a recovery note, off course.)P.S. I'm told that NGS i...

> I am loading them thru Tools>Load Application in the pull down menu. It's working on the laptop but on the desktop it says the file was "succe...

I've used my Android phone for recon with an assortment of apps, but find storing and importing/exporting waypoints to be tedious. It's enough of a n...

> I keep getting an error "bad argument type: stringp nil".An AutoLISP function is expecting to receive a string argument, but it's getting a null ...

> Have a beer and toast yourselves for bring our Facebook page up to 5,000 likes (and growing).What, if any, tangible benefit does having a certain...

Krypton Laser is the only way to go!> Here's my Krypton Laser Plummet System. Handy for Prism/Back sight setups too.Given the leverage provided by ...

> but I didn't get much out of the two links. Save those for reference. For most projects you won't need to use either one, but with them you can ...

> What exactly is a "Rinex"?Receiver INdependent EXchange format, a specification for GPS observation data. Most receiver manufacturers store data...

I can't comment on the OP's specific situation, but I can speak from personal experience that starting cold can mean years before the client base beco...

> but it was soon to be under 300 feet of fill.300 feet? Seriously? That's a lot of fill!

Armchair quarterbacking here, but why put the materials and effort into replacing a perfectly good plugged pipe with a nice big capped something-or-ot...

Where We Went (with Photos)Where we went -- all day hikes out of TM, where we stayed in one of the tent cabins:Day 1: The lodge. We arrived late in ...