Read more about my search for my 1973 VW Super Beetle!

Explore the magic of capturing the Northern Lights with this comprehensive photography guide. Learn about the best locations, essential gear, and camera settings to create stunning images of the aurora borealis. This guide covers key tips on composition, post-processing, and the importance of patience, offering practical advice to help you make the most of this mesmerizing natural phenomenon. Click here to read the full guide and start planning your next aurora adventure!

If you haven't been out to World Wide Technology Raceway to catch an IndyCar race you are missing out! I took the camera over to Madison Illinois this weekend to spend a few hours in wonder watching the race. Check out my full photography blog for more details and of course check out the gallery!

If you're going to Lincoln Nebraska for the 2024 Tire Rack SCCA Solo National Championships you should check out RainbowMarks Photography's pre-event photo package!

Discover the benefits of automating your Jekyll GitHub repository updates with a PowerShell script. This comprehensive guide explains how to streamline your workflow by automatically pulling, updating dependencies, and committing changes for multiple repositories, ensuring your projects stay current and efficient.

The MR340 is not just any race; it’s an ultimate test of endurance, teamwork, and sheer willpower. Stretching 340 miles along the majestic Missouri River, this annual race challenges paddlers to traverse from Kansas City to St. Charles, Missouri, braving both the elements and their limits.

The 2024 edition promises to be as exhilarating as ever. With seasoned veterans and eager newcomers ready to take on the river's twists and turns, the anticipation is palpable. The race brings together a community of passionate paddlers, supportive families, and enthusiastic spectators, all united by the spirit of adventure.

Learn how to access your SmugMug sitemap URL when using a custom domain. This comprehensive guide covers the importance of sitemaps for SEO, step-by-step instructions for setting up your custom domain, and how to find and submit your sitemap to search engines like Google and Bing. Whether you're a professional photographer or a hobbyist, ensuring your SmugMug site is easily discoverable by search engines can help attract more visitors to your stunning photo galleries. Enhance your website's visibility and SEO with these simple yet effective tips.

Learn how to use ChatGPT to enhance your productivity as a software developer, particularly when working with DNN (DotNetNuke) modules. Discover how to implement structured content and schema.org attributes to improve SEO and web indexing.

I hoard things, lots of things, especially digital things. Check out this post to see the application to be on Survivor, the CBS TV Show which first aired in May 2000. 

This morning, I received a notification from OpenBugBounty.org that an XSS vulnerability had been found on ChrisHammond.com. The email included a link to a bug bounty report but lacked specific details about the issue.

I quickly set up an account on OpenBugBounty.org and attempted to claim the domain to gain more information. Upon successfully doing so, I was provided with the display name of the researcher who reported the issue. I reached out to them via email, albeit cautiously, as I was unsure if it might be a phishing attempt.

As people age, they often become more nostalgic. Recently, while sorting through their parents' belongings, the author and their brother found various interesting items. Among these was the entire front page of the May 13th, 1924 edition of the Sedalia Capital newspaper, which had caught the author's interest for future research.

Check out this VW Graveyard out in Pennsylvania

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Welcome to the home of St. Louis Region Autocross Photos for the 2024 Season from RainbowMarks Photography. We’ll be updating this post with galleries from each event we cover during the 2024 Season.

If you allowed Hyper-V to automatically create your Ubuntu machine you likely will run into disk space issues when you start to use the VM. This blog post will walk you through the steps of expanding the disk to address your disk space issues.

Instructions for how to upgrade Ruby on Ubuntu 22.04 Using rbenv to allow for having multiple versions of Ruby installed.

For many years I used this site as an outlet. I blogged about everything. What movies I saw, what races I went to, what events I did, what my political thoughts might have been at the time. Then Twitter came along, and my blogging fell by the way side, not quickly, I still blogged a lot about different things, but I became more sporadic. I created many other websites, for cars, for DotNetNuke, for photography, for whatever. Those sites saw content get generated.

Over on my Photography site I have a blog documenting our adventures to see the Total Eclipse from Jackson Missouri on April 8th, 2024

In February of 2024, I had the pleasure of spending some time in Florida for a work conference. While there, I kept an eye on the forecast and space launch schedule to see if I might catch a rocket launch while in town. SpaceX was planning to launch a Falcon 9 with the NASA PACE payload. The launch ended up being delayed for 3 days, finally happening early in the morning on February 8th, 2024.

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At RainbowMarks Photography, we’re thrilled to announce our exclusive photography services for the Blue Note Cup 2024! Get ready to immortalize your team’s moments of glory on the ice.

📸 Book Your Game Today!

At RainbowMarks Photography, we’re thrilled to announce our exclusive photography services for the Blue Note Cup 2024! Get ready to immortalize your team’s moments of glory on the ice.

The 13th release in the Jack Daniel’s Distillery Series, formerly Tennessee Tasters has been announced, a Twice Barreled Rye.

Information about this release is hard to find so far, but it is being reported that it will be available in April 2024, and as with all other bottles in the series, only available in Tennessee.

Here’s what we know so far, mostly based on the label found online.

On Sunday morning, the 21st of January, I headed up to Clarksville Missouri to look for Bald Eagles along the Mississippi River.

I arrived just after sunrise (next time I’ll leave earlier) and immediately saw two Bald Eagles flying just north of the lock and dam. I knew it was going to be a good day.

The Chesterfield Falcons had two games the weekend of January 20th, 2024. The AI generated game summaries are below!

Game Summary: Chesterfield Falcons 10UA1 vs Kirkwood Stars 10UA1

Location: Maryville University Hockey Center, Shanahan Rink

Date: Saturday January 20th, 2024

In an exhilarating display of youth ice hockey, the Chesterfield Falcons 10UA1 faced off against the Kirkwood Stars 10UA1 at the Maryville University Hockey Center on the Shanahan rink. The matchup was highly anticipated, especially considering the history of the two teams. In their previous encounters, the Kirkwood Stars had dominated, winning 10-2 and 7-0. However, this game proved to be a stark contrast to their past meetings.

Are you planning an event in 2024 around Wildwood, Missouri, or in the broader St. Louis area? Looking for a professional photography service that captures the essence of your special moments? Look no further than RainbowMarks Photography, a leader in event photography in Wildwood, MO.