Recently over the New Year, Courrtney and I got to spend somre more time in the British Museum. This time we looked at many of the English artifacts that starts with the arrival of Anglo-Saxons (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) from the 5th century AD onwards some items of personal adornment, weaponry, and daily life. We also got to spend some time in their clocks and watches gallery which I really love.
Here are some fun pictures that I took of various pieces:
I am very excited about the new Piano M from Roli. Love how they can be small and mobile and two can fit together to make up a decent sized midi controller. They keys are fantastic with the colors and it can go from learning mode to pro mode that includes expressive gestures. I have added a picture and a link below.
Last weekend I got to attend the 2nd UT Longhorn Home Football Game vs UTEP and I filmed a bit of the UT Longhorn Band see video below.
On September 6, 2025, Courtney and I got to go to our first UT Longhorns Home Football Game. It was a fun day. We were blown away by the kickoff and the flyover by an Air Force B-1 Bomber as well as the sighting of the Goodyear Blimp. Here are some photos below:
The University of Colorado's iconic live buffalo Ralphie VI, nicknamed "Ember," is retiring after four years of service as college football's greatest mascot. I am glad that Ember will get a great retirement but also disappointed that Ralphie will not run for this year's home opener.
I was lucky enough to get to see the debut of Ralphie VI at the Sept 3, 2021 University of Northern Colorado at University of Colorado football game and I will never forget it. See the great video below with a wonderful September Colorado sunset.
So today, I went with my father-in-law, Joe, to the Indy 500 Racing Experience. Which means we got to take 2 laps around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at about 165 miles per hour in a two seater Indy car. It was so much fun to do this during speed week at Indy.
We had a great time and had really good weather for it. I will not forget what it was like to go that fast around the track and see the stands and all of the items on the track go by in such a blur.
I took a few pictures and some video.We want to thank all of our friends at North Mechanical who got us on the list for such a treat.
I had a great trip this past weekend to visit with my mom and aunt, now that travel is a bit easier. Had a couple of great walks along the Reedy River in downtown Greenville, SC.
So we did get a chance to finish up my home networking project this weekend. My friend Conrad helped us rewire and straighten things up. By the end of the weekend, I have a new wifi6 setup (netgear mk86) as well as a 16 port switch that is activated on all the data ports in the house. See below for before and after.
Video of new switch up and running! (thanks Conrad :)
Home Networking Project 2021 from Robert H. McDonald on Vimeo.