{"id":1,"date":"2011-02-01T01:16:56","date_gmt":"2011-02-01T07:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/?p=1"},"modified":"2011-03-12T22:04:28","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T04:04:28","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/01\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello World!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to Tony’s Blog. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is my first posting here. I suppose it’s time to start blogging! I’m a surveyor, “l’arpenteur g\u00e9om\u00e8tre”, licensed in Louisiana. Among other things I love sharing what I’ve learned, along with my opinions, which leads to speaking and writing. My website presence began sometime back in the mid-1990s and has consistently included a forum of some sort. <\/span><\/p>\n

Through the years it has morphed from posted e-mails, on-line chat and traditional B.B.S. to the more recent setting of GPSman’s Forums. I’ve tried to preserve much of that old dialogue because there was often a lot of wit and a good dose of wisdom shared.<\/span><\/p>\n

The changes were driven by developments in technologies. Not all of the changes were improvements. There seems to be a dance step in e-communicating in which a new technique enhances communication followed by (the other shoe dropping) mischief makers who relish finding ways to confound that communication. <\/span><\/p>\n

Well, it’s happened again with the result that I’ve disabled further interaction at GPSman’s Forums. The ungodly amount of time and effort to keep the ne’er-do-wells at bay simply wasn’t worth it any more. I am hopeful that the newer format of the blog will prove worthwhile, entertaining and informative. Time will tell.<\/span><\/p>\n

I love speaking and presenting seminars so if you would like to hear me speak to your group please contact me and we’ll give it a go!<\/span><\/p>\n

My favorite aphorism has been, “Never underestimate the power of enthusiasm!” <\/em>Enthusiasm along with a modicum of brains can accomplish great things.<\/span><\/p>\n

A favorite quotation is: “We have met the enemy and he is us!”<\/em> — Pogo (Walt Kelly)<\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Paper<\/span><\/dt>\n
Simple like a paper clip.<\/span><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

One key to success in a project is to keep in mind the lowly paper clip.Few thing ever work as reliably as a\u00a0 paper clip … a result of its simplicity. A robust design.<\/span><\/p>\n

I plan for topics befitting categories related to General News & Opinions, Speaking, Surveying, Genealogy and others as they become apparent.\u00a0 Please come back often. Share your thoughts, please.<\/span> Best wishes!<\/span><\/p>\n

JAC<\/span><\/p>\n

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Welcome to Tony’s Blog. I’m a surveyor licensed in Louisiana. My website dates to the mid-1990s and has included a forum of some sort that has morphed from posted e-mails, on-line chat and traditional B.B.S. to GPSman’s Forums. and now this blog.<\/p>\n

“Never underestimate the power of enthusiasm!” Enthusiasm along with a modicum of brains can accomplish great things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","category-surveying"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1DORt-1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1356,"url":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/05\/surveying\/","url_meta":{"origin":1,"position":0},"title":"WHY SURVEYING?","author":"TonyC","date":"January 5, 2015","format":"gallery","excerpt":"What if Christopher Columbus had not set sail in 1492? He was beckoned irresistibly by the sea with all of its hidden treasures. Surveying has wooed surveyors for centuries. We surveyors are also explorers, discoverers and pioneers.","rel":"","context":"In "History\/Politics"","block_context":{"text":"History\/Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/category\/history\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Columbus seduced by the sea.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/columbus-thinking-117x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gpsman.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}