Liberty Lake, Carroll County, MA

As usual, bigger pics in the original post after the click.

Snowstorm, Historic

Autumn ("Fall")

Autumn (also known as "fall" here) in Mt. Washington and Baltimore County.



As usual, click through for the images. (Tekkno, view them in fullscreen. You'll like what you'll see.)

Spikes

As usual, click through to the album.

Rainy Day

Rainy day. No go out.



Images - hit the link.

Late Summer, Mt. Washington

Pictures from a later summer bike ride around the neighborhood.

Rome for IEEE-IUS 2009

Finally, the pictures from the Rome conference trip together with my little boss.



As usual, hit the link for the actual slideshow.

Flash, Macro, Tripod

New toy parts; initial results.

A Weekend - Housemates and Annapolis

As usual, hit the link to the original post and see the picture slideshow.

Homewood, Medical School, and Mt. Washington

A few random pics from when my Mom was here for a visit.



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Baltimore Artscape, and Lab space

Two completely unrelated picture sets, one from the annual Baltimore Artscape festival that regularly draws crowds to music, art sales, movies, and food, and one from our lab, deserted at night.



As usual, click on the slide show to see bigger pics.

2010 JHFCU Calendar

"Congratulations on having your photo(s) selected for JHFCU’s 2010 calendar photo contest. We received many entries and had only a limited number of slots, so we picked the photos that we felt best represented the Hopkins community and Baltimore area. [...]"

Since I sent them three and got only limited information, I guess that the one below got chosen! The value of the R1 got proved again!



(Yes, I know the pic is full of artifacts. However, I only accept criticism from somebody who has ever tried to take pictures of dark objects against the sun in snow conditions.)

Lancaster, PA (Party like it's 1899!)

On Saturday, we went to Lancaster, PA, the center of the Amish population (maybe in the U.S., but definitely on the East Coast), also known as Dutch County (even though they are originally of German origin).
Following a conservative religious lifestyle, they usually forfeit all modern amenities like cars, electricity, and telecommunications. However, they can adapt, and in particular they can party (like it's 1899)!

Discover Centralia, PA!

We're going to Centralia, PA!

Mostly colleagues from LCSR and DMIP went to Centralia, PA last Sunday: http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/Visiting-Centralia.htm and here: http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=Centralia,+PA&geocode=&dirflg=&saddr=baltimore,+md&f=d&sll=40.804503,-76.340883&sspn=0.008917,0.019312&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=8.

In a nutshell, this city sat atop a coal mine that was accidentally set ablaze. The fire migrated underground, where it has now been burning for forty years, stubbornly thwarting any efforts to put it out and slowly consuming the city's foundations. As a consequence, the city had to be given up and was abandoned. Nowadays, the ground is hot, is spewing steam and smoke, and on and off caves in (in what is technically called "subsidences").

Of course, we couldn't resist the temptation to see this hellish place first-hand.

DMIP Retreat 2009

Last Monday, the JHMI DMIP (the department where my little boss has his primary affiliation) had its annual retreat at Oregon Ridge Park north of Baltimore. Kind of Watschenfeld, only with 3x as many people and 1/3rd the available time.

PJS presented an awesome project proposal idea. However, it is still just an idea. And, PJS got an award - not for technical or scientific excellence, but for being the first on location (no, really).

Wildlife!

Raccoons are visiting us (rather the birds' feeding box) regularly!



(As usual, click slideshow for full view.)

New York New York (duet w AO)

Baltimore in Spring

Baltimore in Technicolor

Old and new impressions of Baltimore in Technicolor.
(See this also at Picasa Web Albums.)



More recent impressions:

More Old Pictures! (Canada 2005)

I am recently looking for an easier way to post pictures... which should not be locked up in my main blog.
Maybe Picasa Web Albums could do the trick? Album after the link (click the picture).

Conference Trip - Alberta etc. 2005