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Holmdel Antenna Horn – helping prove the “Big Bang”

Sep

13

2014

Working in Middletown, NJ , I had read about the old Bell Labs (now Alcatel – Lucent) was located in nearby in Holmdel, and also here in Holmdel is the famous Holmdel Antenna Horn, a piece of scientific equipment about the size of a small rotating barn , that was originally intended for microwave satellite research but unwittingly turned ...

Skylands Sprint Triathlon 2014

Sep

10

2014

Today a group of friends and myself took part in the 28th annual Skylands Sprint Triathlon held at the Spruce Run Park in Clinton , NJ. This was my first attempt at this race, this year’s event had two race(s0 an Olympic and sprint distance triathlons, as well a aquavelo and duoathlon, something for everyone.. This would ...

2014 West Point Triathlon Report & Photos

Aug

20

2014

This past weekend I took part in the 2014 edition (25th Annual) West Point sprint triathlon. Its popular local triathlon held at Camp Buckner, in West Point NY , just a short distance from the Military Academy campus. The race itself is a sprint triathlon, Its a 800m swim, 14mile bike and 5k run. Pre-Race The ...

What a Shot , Sports Photography 2

Jul

30

2014

Sports and photography brings together two of my favorite hobbies, I’m a big fan of sports/action photography, for me there something pretty neat about stopping time and capturing the action , intensity and drama that is sports and action events. So it was nice to see this CNN collage of recent sports photos from this last week ...

Review Toyota Camry Radio Navigation GPS Bluetooth Head Unit 14

Jul

23

2014

Car radio upgrade for Camry 2007 – 2011 … [icon name=”android” class=”” unprefixed_class=””] Click here for a more updated Android Radio Review Looking for a great car radio upgrade for your Toyota Camry 2007-20111? Consider a generic (aka Chinese “un-branded”) Windows CE car Radio + Navigation unit. Before you roll your eyes and think ...

Brooklyn Bridge 1km Swim 7

Jul

21

2014

This year I took part in another of NYCSwim harbor swims. Last year I did the Statue of Liberty Swim , and this year I wanted to change it up and try the Brooklyn Bridge 1km swim across the East River under/around the Brooklyn Bridge. NYCSwim changed the direction this year , last year the swim ...

Review: Solememo® Myvision N16 Bluetooth Speaker

Jul

18

2014

This is review of a neat little N16 MyVision Solememo® Bluetooth speaker. This is nicely styled unit. That gives you a lot of bang for your buck.. Besides providing external Bluetooth connected speakers for your mobile device , it also has hand-free phone calling and mp3 (SD-card) standalone music playing. Specs: Operation. The n16 is ...

Randolph Lake Triathlon 2014

Jul

13

2014

This weekend a group of friends and myself took part in the Randolph triathlon. We fielded two relay teams in this year’s event. . We also took some race photos which are completely free, they’re posted on Google+ Albums , Links to photos are at the end of the post. Photos are free kindly leave a comment ...