Posted by jkwarren on May 11 2022 in Coronavirus
Topping off the day was a big spring storm.
Posted by jkwarren on May 08 2022 in Coronavirus
I work for a retailer. I've had kids for 75% of my life. I see advertisements. I still forget it's here.
Posted by jkwarren on May 07 2022 in Coronavirus
After last week's disappointing cancellation, today turned out to be a great day for the start of baseball.
Posted by jkwarren on May 06 2022 in Blather
I have an old fondness for these low-power, high-performing SPARC systems from days gone by. A 64-thread little monster, with 64GB of RAM, and a couple TB of storage makes for a beefy little database and file storage system. Sadly, that's about all that runs on these any more.
No, it isn't a top-performer any more. I haven't done it, but I suspect a legit performance test might show that my 16-core Ryzen probably performs better, even though the system has half the RAM (and the whole pool of RAM is never used anyway...). The drives can be mounted wherever, too. At the same time, that Ryzen draws more power, even with less electronics in it.
Posted by jkwarren on May 01 2022 in Coronavirus
It's Constitution Day in the Marshall Islands, celebrating that day in 1979 when the adopted their new independence from the US and other conquerors and liberators.
Posted by jkwarren on Apr 30 2022 in Coronavirus
Our first Little League game is cancelled because of the incessant rain, to protect the fields. It's a bit cold, too, but that never stops baseball.
Posted by jkwarren on Apr 29 2022 in Coronavirus
The spring is not starting well, and with so much rain (and snow), the city and little league have struggled to release fields for practice.