24 High-Resolution National Park Maps
I don't know about you, but one of the first things I look for when considering a trip to a national park is a map. I want something that will give me a good overview of the park including some of the main attractions (like the highest peak) along with [...]
Technology»
Graphic Designer Definition (5/23/13)Web-based applications have brought graphic designers closer to software development projects than ever before. Because the buttons, menus, and …
GIF Definition (5/21/13)GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) is a bitmap image format for pictures with up to 256 distinct colors. The format was introduced by CompuServe …
Functional Manager Definition (5/19/13)The functional manager is the person project managers report to within their functional organization. Typically, they do the performance review. …
Hobbies & Leisure»
The unstable nature of world events has led to growing fears that life as we know it may come to an unexpected end. Economic collapse, global …
Wiring a Juniper Bonsai (4/02/13)Step-by-Step Place the tree at eye-level and choose the front view. Prune off heavy branches near the base. Thin out the upper branches. Treat …
Growing trees or shrubs from seed will give you many seedlings, but needs much time and space. You are not "growing bonsai", only cultivating …
Health & Fitness»
Pressure Related Injuries (2/28/13)Being underwater increases the pressure on the body and on all the organs of the body. As a result, pressure related injuries most often occur in …
Would you know what to do if a co-worker was having a heart attack? Could you help, or would you just stand there and watch helplessly?
Yearly Physical Check Up (2/17/13)The following is a list of the things you should insist that your doctor check for, when they should be checked, and how often. There may be …
Money Management»
There's a lot of information out there, but it's scattered on multiple web pages and sites. Sometimes is just easier to sort, filter, and group …
The Excel Stock Quotes program is a collection of custom Excel functions and macros that allow you to insert stock data in to any cell in any …
ETF Definition (2/01/13)Exchange Trade Funds (ETFs) are very much like mutual funds. That is, they are baskets of stock that are bought and sold. They differ from mutual …
Travel»
If you live in Northeastern US you don't have many options for visiting a national park within driving distance. You can head up to Acadia …
Visitors to the Windy City may not know this, but the Chicago area is home to more hot dog restaurants than McDonald's, Wendy's, and Burger King …
While on a recent trip to the West Coast, we traveled through Pagosa Springs, Colorado. We arrived in town about noon and discovered a natural …
Pets & Animals»
A lizard-keeper who cares about the well-being of his animals will have the necessary sense of responsibility to provide the appropriate …
The most noticeable features of a rainforest terrarium are the luxuriously growing plants. They fulfill a decorative purpose and at the same time …
Lizards, which belong to the class Reptilia, resemble the dragons of the old fairy tales and the gigantic dinosaurs of long-ago eras. With their …