Google Sky: Wishes do Come True

Ever since Google Earth 1.0 came out, I have been a huge fan. And ever since then, I have thought, "Now if we could only zoom out to the sky and go explore the universe." Now we can! Google Earth 4.2 has a new feature that lets you zoom around the heavens in the same way that you explore the Earth. There are stunnnig pictures from the Hubble Telescope. You can zoom right into the middle of nebulae, galaxies, and get right up close to stars. It is absolutely awesome! I think I may be even more addicted to Google Sky than I am to Google Earth.

Germanic Genealogy Society

GGS Home This society really has a strong, active membership, and a quality web site and quarterly publication, the Germanic Genealogy Journal.

Ancestry.de

I have switched the link to the left from Ancestry.com to Ancestry.de, because I am working on the German Ancestry site, which launched in October 2006. I am the product manager for the databases on this site. So far, we have some pretty cool things on there, including the Hamburg Passenger Lists, censues from the former Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, old postcards and photos ofGerman cities and landscapes, lots of history books, and a growing collection of city directories and other historical address books.

Managing Requirements

Managing Requirements
This is a really great primer for product managers and one of their core functions: project requirements definition.

Die Kuhflucht Wasser Fälle bei Farchant

Die Kuhflucht Wasser Fälle bei Farchant My brother, Denny, and I hiked up near the upper falls of this series of waterfalls in Farchant, Germany. We nearly got ourselves killed when we left the trail to attempt to climb over to the falls.

Homepage

Homepage I went to school here in the 5th and 6th grade.

Librarian' Guide to Helping Patrons with genealogy

Librarian' Guide to Helping Patrons with genealogy
Librarian's Guide to Helping Patrons with Genealogical Research

Fechser Genealogy

This is a great site, with lots of information on the Fechser genealogy.

Schaf-Kopf Farchant

My brother and I hiked the Schaf-Kopf a couple of times when we were living in Farchant in the early eighties. This little trail journal brings back memories. (The guy has spelled the name of the mountain incorrectly as Scharfkopf.)

PhotoSite

My PhotoSite -- created with PhotoSite

I still have some pictures posted on this site. I can't decide between Flickr, Snapfish, and PhotoSite, so I have photos on all three. These are some photos from last year. They are password protected, though, so you will need to ask me for the password.