Sunset Clouds in Central New Jersey

These two photos were taken on Sunday evening, August 25, in Central New Jersey. One of the things I like about New Jersey are the amazing shapes of the clouds. I don't remember ever seeing four or five types of clouds in the sky at one time but that is a regular occurence here.

Another great thing about New Jersey is the complete lack of wind at times. In Texas, the air seems to be always moving either in breezes or strong winds. New Jersey can be completely calm where the trees leaves seem to be frozen as if in a photograph.

The sunsets aren't so bad, either, as you can see from the photos. It's not quite like sunset over the ocean, but can be quite beautiful. Enjoy the photos, enjoy the real thing.

1st One Heading Off to College

The time is quickly approaching for the #1 son to head off to college. A couple more weeks and it may not be true but I think I am more excited than he is. I have to believe he is a little uncertain since he will be leaving the secure life that he has known in the little enclave of Princeton.

On a recent orientation trip I got to visit his room assignment for the freshman year. Here are photos of the single room that he was lucky to get. First, the room plaque for Room 204. I don't remember specifically the building but that is OK since I shouldn't give it out on this blog-site anyhow.

Next is the view into the room showing the bed and clothing chest. The mattress looks a little thin so I am sure an upgrade will be needed. As I indicated he was lucky to get a single room that adjoins another single room with a bathroom/tub with shower in between.

Diving into SharePoint

I've begun a dive into MS SharePoint as a team collaboration tool and with the idea of creating a departmental intranet. I had a little exposure to SharePoint capabilities as a workspace tool for MS Project Server but have since gone more deeply into SharePoint directly by creating a peer collaboration site called "a Community of ____ ____ Leaders," and am now creating a vision for a department intranet.

Exploration into the capabilities of SharePoint have led me to amazement at what they are calling MOSS, Microsoft Office SharePoint Services, which includes most of what I would look for in a modern collaborative tool. There may be drawbacks associated with the strong MicroSoft orientation to this but for my business and for my money, ease in feature integration is what will allow this to get off the ground.

As I said before, I have only begun my dive into SharePoint so if anyone has ideas, suggestions, advice or warnings, please post them to this blog series. As usual I will update you on how things are going. Enjoy!