A total lunar eclipse took place on May 26, 2021. The photograph above was taken at 04:18:23 AM, in Mountain View, CA, when the moon was in maximum total eclipse. The total eclipse began at 4:11 AM Pacific Time, and ended at 4:25 AM. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, earth, and moon …
For seven years from 2007-2014, I worked fulltime at the Stanford Center for Professional Development (SCPD) at Stanford University. I started as a temp worker, coding html pages for their planned new, main website. After several years as a contractor heavily involved in SCPD’s web operations, I accepted their offer of a fixed term appointment …
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Facebook is a great way to keep in touch with family and friends, especially those who may reside in faraway parts of the world that are difficult or expensive to reach. But Facebook is also a big business, gathering astounding amounts of personal information on its users, and using that information to its advantage. Facebook …
When I moved into my home in 1992, the backyard featured a young ginkgo tree, about 10-12 feet high. Over the years, the ginkgo has thrived and is now a majestic 35-40 feet tall, the most prominent and interesting inhabitant of my backyard. Ginkgo trees can be traced back to prehistoric times, and live a …
My first ever WordPress post–should I consider this a major milestone in my life, a rite of passage? I’ve known about WordPress for a long time, but never seriously worked with it until now. As a web developer, I have created and maintained websites from scratch using html, css, and JavaScript, but that was back …