Cray? Ee, luxury. We thought we were doing well getting overnight batch job time on PDP-11 and VAX11/780‘s when I went to uni....?Over near Boulder, Colorado this morning. The vantage point is a location called Table Mesa and it sits up against the Flatirons and maybe an image of those later. But in any case, one of the best jobs I ever had was for the National Center for Atmospheric Research (associated with NOAA) and I was able to get time on their Cray supercomputer. Now we carry computers like it in our pockets. The lab is up on Table Mesa. A great place to work!
From Table Mesa by Ray Harrison, on Flickr
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Yes, and a very rare luxury it was
. Most of my time was on a VAX and if we were out in the field, on an original IBM XT with monster Bernouli drives. How things have changed!Ahh, the days of punched card inputs for FORTRAN...
Enough of that - a break in the clouds for less than 20-minutes this evening:
Waxing crescent moon by another scotsman, on Flickr
Enough of that - a break in the clouds for less than 20-minutes this evening:
Waxing crescent moon by another scotsman, on Flickr
Pillar Point-210117-34.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Wow!!!Ahh, the days of punched card inputs for FORTRAN...
Enough of that - a break in the clouds for less than 20-minutes this evening:
Waxing crescent moon by another scotsman, on Flickr
I'm a Fan of LEGO (AFOL) and every year I buy their new modular set. This year it's the Police Station ->
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Archive: From the top lookout at Snoqualmie Falls (circa August 2017):
Shot on a Canon PowerShot SD1100. Resized and exported in Luminar 4.
Shot on a Canon PowerShot SD1100. Resized and exported in Luminar 4.
The opposite view from yesterday. An 1876 Cow Camp. At that time there were more cattle than people in Florida, and a cow camp was a remote rest area, typically overnight, supporting cattle drives. At that time, Florida...even more than Texas, was known for it's cattle (and citrus) industry as it supplied the nation. Fast forward to today, and the largest landowner in the State is a ranch.
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Pacifica-210116-20.jpg by Charles Martorelli, on Flickr
Turning around from the view I posted yesterday, you can see the Mesa Laboratories building that was part of the government group where I used to work in the late 80s and early 90s. I.M. Pei was the architect. Alas, this was not my main office building but I was privileged to spend a fair bit of time there on various projects. The hiking around there is fantastic and in the background, you can see a partial view of "The Flatirons".
Mesa Lab by Ray Harrison, on Flickr
Mesa Lab by Ray Harrison, on Flickr
Another winter possible. Lundbreck Bridge from Jan 2012. Best viewed at 100%.
That’s what they mean by leaves on the line causing delays.
From last week, two geese struggling with their icy surroundings:
Quite a nice photo! I imagine that it's slightly warmer up on those hills in the distance?
It’s a good while since I’ve been up them. Currently we aren’t supposed to travel so I think it might be a while longer before I get up there.