Where Ive Been (As of December 31st, 2008)

39 States, 2 Canadian Provinces and a few feet into Mexico (as of December 2008). . . i seem to get around. Pics of many of them are on the right side menu

Estimated Miles Traveled About:
Car: 475,000 +/-
By Air: 45,000 +/-
By Boat: 150 +/-

Farthest North:
Toolik Lake, Alaska (68.63N Lat)

Farthest South:
Kew West, Florida (24.54N Lat)

Farthest West:
Alaska Backcountry approx 23ft NNW of the Arctic Circle (150.80W Long)

Farthest East:
Brunswick, Maine (69.96W Long)

Maps are below:
Yellow by road
Blue by air

(More at: http://www.christoperj.com/labels/TR-WHERE.html)

The full map. . .

. . . all over Alaska. . .

. . .northern Alaska along the Dalton and Elliot Highways. . .

. . .southern Alaska -- all over the Alaska, Parks, Denali, and Glenn Highways -- Anchorage, Seward, Tok, Valdez, Juneau and points in between. . .

. . .the lower 48. . .

. . .all over Texas and central Oklahoma. . .

. . .western US -- Phoenix, San Francisco, New Mexico, Salt Lake City, Denver, and points in between. . .

. . .southeastern US -- Outerbanks of North Carolina down the coast to Florida. . .

. . .northeastern US and Canada -- Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, Pittsburgh, New York City, Washington DC, Boston, and all over New England.

Twenty Three Memorable Shots of 2008

I figure I snapped somewhere around 2000 +/- photos this year. Most in my travels. . . some around the Fort. These are ones ill remember most from 2008 pile. . .

February 28th -- Yosemite Valley from the Tunel View Overlook. . .

. . .February 28th -- Half Dome from the Merced River shoreline in Yosemite National Park. . . (This was even more peaceful to see in person). . .

. . .February 29th -- One of the many snow covered creeks near the northwest entrance of Yosemite National Park. . .

. . .March 6th -- Mocksee enjoying the rare march snow storm at Fort Marcinko. . .

. . .March 6th -- Ace enjoying the random march snow storm and doing the Mocksee's tradmarked 'nose lick' pose. . .

. . .May 3rd -- Sunset over a Wise County windmill. . .

. . .May 5th -- Dakotah still hasnt figured out what to do about cows. . .

. . .May 17th -- A stoic Bald Eagle perched on a Juneau, Alaska dock rail. (I didnt notice a the time that this bird was, well, in fact giving us the bird). . .

. . .May 17th -- Reflections of the Mendenhall Glacier north of Juneau, Alaska. . .

. . .May 18th -- The Mount Roberts Tram heading up into the fog over Juneau, Alaska. . .

. . .May 20th -- A peaceful afternoon dockside looking north up the Gastineau Channel in Juneau, Alaska. . .

. . .May 21st -- Moonrise over the cruise ship docks in Juneau, Alaska. . .

. . .May 31st -- Mocksee trying to attack the water from the gardenhose. . . (She does this everytime I get out the garden hose, or when the lawn sprinklers pop up. . . ive never had a dog so unafraid of water). . .

. . .June 20th -- The Flagship Knoxville, a restored DC-3 at the CR Smith American Airlines Museum, looking out towards the clear sky. . .

. . .July 3rd -- One of probably 1000+ fireworks shot off in the Addison Kaboomtown July 4th Fireworks Show. . .

. . .July 19th -- A random sunflower outside of NRH20. . .

. . .July 20th -- Moonrise over Fort Marcinko. . .

. . .September 20th -- The Glow Burn Show at the Plano Balloon Festival. . .

. . .September 28th -- One of the tile mosaics at the DFW Airport International Terminal. . .

. . .October 21st -- Looking west over the snow covered Boreal Forest in Northeast Alaska. . .

. . .October 21st -- Looking south towards the sunset across the Taylor Highway in Northeast Alaska. (To get this view looking down towards the cloud covered valley and the twisting highway below -- I had to perch myself off a rock outcropping about 20ft above the highway. In the 30 minutes I sat and enjoyed the show -- i spent 25 or so listening to something rustling through the brush on the ledge 20 feet further up where i couldnt get to. . . never did figure out what that was). . .

. . .October 23rd -- a snowy windless night on the Valdez, Alaska docks. . . (This is one of my alltime favorite shots). . .

. . .December 8th, 2008 -- A rare winter lightning storm over Fort Marcinko.

December Lightshow

Some shots of the lightshow after last night's storms moved through Denton. . .

The show. . .

. . .maybe i shouldnt be standing out in the field with a metal tripod. . .

. . .the lightning in the thunderhead -- and a star in the clear sky above. . .

. . .this was my favorite shot of the night.

Now Octa-Certified with ISSAP Goodness. . .

From the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2) on December 1st, 2008:

"The (ISC)2 Board of Directors hereby awards Christopher J. Marcinko the credential of Information Systems Security Architecture Professional having met all of the certification requirements, which include the professional experience prerequisite, adoption of the (ISC)2 Code of Ethics, and successful performance on the required competency examination, subject to recertification every 3 years, this individual is entitled to all of the rights and privileges associated with this designation, as defined in the (ISC)2 Bylaws."

Date of Certification: December 1st, 2008 Expiration Date: October 1st, 2018 Certificate Number: 97309

Now Hepta-Certified with GISP Goodness. . .

From the SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) on October 10th, 2008:

"GIAC presents this certification to Christopher J. Marcinko who has met the necessary requirements and demonstrated a mastery of the subject matter and security skills to earn the GIAC Information Security Professional - GISP."

Date of Certification: October 10th, 2008 Expiration Date: October 31st, 2020 Certificate Number: 768

Now Hexa-Certified with GSEC Goodness. . .

From the SANS Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC) on September 22nd, 2008:

"GIAC presents this certification to Christopher J. Marcinko who has met the necessary requirements and demonstrated a mastery of the subject matter and security skills to earn the GIAC Security Essentials - GSEC."

Date of Certification: September 22nd, 2008 Expiration Date: September 30th, 2020 Certificate Number: 16548

IKE2008 -- The Day Before

With Ike down south flooding Galveston, the local media is spending all if it's time talking about how the Denton/DFW area is going to get plunked Saturday Afternoon. Here are the before shots. . .

The neighbor's tree swaying in the breeze. . .

. . .a shot of the far outer clouds of Ike over the neighboring field. . .

. . .and over the other houses. . .

. . .the field and trees behind the house. . .

. . .the skies above the construction on the water tower. . .

. . .a few hours later, the Ike's clouds are starting to move in around the Denton Water Tower at I-35 and Loop 288. . .

. . .and the skies over the NW Denton/Krum area. . .

. . .down Loop 288 towards the east. . . the distant out cloud bands are becoming better defined. . .

. . .the TXDOT warning signs say it all. . .

. . .towards the SE from the I-35 W/E split. . .

. . .skies over the Denton Airport. . .

. . .dont know what the hanger on the right is actually made of, but from a distance -- it doesnt look sturdy. . .

. . .over the UNT Fouts Field. . .

. . .over the Morrison's Corn-Kits grain towers. . .

. . .over US-380 and US-77. . .

. . .over the old Denton County Courthouse in the town square. . .

. . .along the Denton Town Square, the skies over the Fine Arts Theater. . .

. . .skies towards the NW over the old town buildings. . .

. . .over the neon sign of the Loop Hole. . .

. . .towards the NW, over the Campus Theater. . .

. . .over the Wells Fargo Building on the SE corner. . .

. . .over the Denton County National Bank Building and on the SE Corner of the square. . .

. . .over the Opera House on the NE side of the square. . .

. . .a AAL 767 flying into the area. . .

. . .the sun shining through the trees on the Old Denton County Courthouse grounds. . .

. . .from stormpulse.com - Ike's current location and track as of 4pm 9/12.