A now sane individual who escaped the world of selling technology, now living in the rolling hills of the North Carolina Piedmont. I have been at one time or another, a farmer, a director for Apple, and a vice president at Wideopen Networks. I continue to pursue my love of photography and writing. I have great memories of boating, fishing, kayaking, swimming, and hiking the beaches along North Carolina's Southern Outer Banks where we lived for fifteen years.
We are still in a summer weather pattern. I suspect the warm weather will stay with us for a while. It will be a good time to visit the beach. The humidity will soon disappear and the surf will still be warm. There will be magic evenings. Take my word for it. These afternoon showers are not much of a price to pay for warm water. #crystalcoast http://ow.ly/ooVsN More information by clicking the link or the picture of the rain.
Some rough water we experienced while fishing outside of Bogue Inlet makes me think of the Bay of Fundy and other spots where I have experienced some impressive waters in Canada. For more information click the link or the picture. #Canada #CrystalCoast http://ow.ly/ooPaU
Rough Waters Outside of Bogue Inlet, August 28, 2013
After the stress of the last couple of days, just thinking about being on the water is a good thing. Some actual time on the water looks mighty appealing. Click the link or the picture. #crystalcoast http://ow.ly/ol7lD
The picture attached to the post was taken in September 2003 when Apple first shipped its G5 super computer for the desktop.
The picture is System X, the first first large cluster of Apple’s computers.
By the winter of 2003 it would be ranked near the top of the world’s super computers for a short time. This was perhaps close to the high point for Apple’s involvement in super computers.
The G5 desktop version of System X became a bookend pretty quickly in the winter of 2003 because of non-ECC memory. I intervened at the behest of people from Va. Tech and Apple which had just prepared an on campus video of System X for Steve Jobs to use in the January 2004 MacWorld agreed to take back the G5s desktops and replace them with G5 powered Xserves later that year.
My efforts to help Va. Tech might have been the straw that cost me my job.
The variety of fun things is so great and the weather changes so often, it is hard to be rained out here on the Southern Outer Banks. #CrystalCoast http://ow.ly/o6JrU
Along the Crystal Coast we expect it to be warm in August. However, fall-like blue skies are unusal. Read more on how we cope with the heat by clicking the picture or the link. #crystalcoast http://ow.ly/nOZrz