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The Burial Ground at Grafton State Hospital.

Posted on June 19, 2012 by crypto

We found the Tower geocache (GC17MA5) near the old burial ground for the Grafton State Hospital on Saturday (2012-06-16) It could be a great cache for visiting on days of atonement or on Memorial day. Much to our surprise the … Continue reading →

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Another Post with Captcha

Posted on June 12, 2012 by crypto

 

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Android Run at Bootup

Posted on March 13, 2012 by crypto

There are two considerations for Run at Bootup. public class SubLauncher extends Activity { /** Called when the activity is first created. */ private static final String TAG = “NSubLauncher1″; public void onCreate(Bundle ThomasofNeedham) { super.onCreate(ThomasofNeedham); try { // comment … Continue reading →

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Android Enternal Power Switch.

Posted on February 14, 2012 by crypto

Android Tablet Power Sequence If the Android is to be embedded in a stand-alone manner, there must be a method of automatically monitoring the power input, turning the device on and booting up into an application.  This page describes how … Continue reading →

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Occupy Boston October 25, 2011 by Tom Birchmire

Posted on October 26, 2011 by crypto

Needham, Ma is perhaps 11 miles from Dewey Square in downtown Boston and light-years away when measured in terms of social anxieties. In Needham, those concerns are about how much we will vote to raise our taxes to pay for … Continue reading →

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A great commercial that misses the target

Posted on October 7, 2011 by crypto

Every time I see the Talbot’s commercial I think this is a great ad; it’s too bad I’m an old white guy instead of a 30 year old chic woman who is tuned into timeless fashion.  How could Talbots miss … Continue reading →

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Portals Published to Android Market

Posted on September 15, 2011 by crypto

Portals is a location based GPS game that can be played anywhere.  The action takes place in the virtual Needham, Ma. townsquare.  If you are a geocacher there is a real logbook to sign and a secret codeword but that’s … Continue reading →

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Fly Away Home part 2

Posted on May 24, 2011 by crypto

Mark saves the current location if you have your location enabled. If the system has not determined the location,  you get a small message “Looking for Satellites try again.”  Clicking on OK on the Saving Location saves that position and … Continue reading →

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Chihuly in 123 Minutes.

Posted on April 18, 2011 by crypto

Here’s a link to some photos and slideshow  taken the other day at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Chihuly in 123 Minutes

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