Craig Earley
@craigearley.com
Personal account. By day I do HPC in higher-ed. CU Boulder, but I don't speak for them. he/him
Going through some boxes while wrapping some gifts and I found this old View-Master reel with dinosaurs. For a while as a kid, this was probably my #1 favorite toy.
November 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Going through some boxes while wrapping some gifts and I found this old View-Master reel with dinosaurs. For a while as a kid, this was probably my #1 favorite toy.
Ducks chilling beside the trail
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Ducks chilling beside the trail
And that's a wrap! Re-finishing is done and I added hairpin legs. The surface is still not as smooth as I'd like, but overall I'm quite happy with where I got with this table.
September 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
And that's a wrap! Re-finishing is done and I added hairpin legs. The surface is still not as smooth as I'd like, but overall I'm quite happy with where I got with this table.
Still got a bit of setting to do and then some touch-up on the sides, but it's almost there. Calling it a success overall.
August 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Still got a bit of setting to do and then some touch-up on the sides, but it's almost there. Calling it a success overall.
Currently intermission. It’s really something that a play from 1611 has me doing this.
July 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Currently intermission. It’s really something that a play from 1611 has me doing this.
This weekend’s project was to go to the maker space at the local library to sand this coffee table surface. Very happy with how it’s coming along.
July 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This weekend’s project was to go to the maker space at the local library to sand this coffee table surface. Very happy with how it’s coming along.
Data migrations filling up my file server fast... (glad I still have six bays to populate)
April 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Data migrations filling up my file server fast... (glad I still have six bays to populate)
I re-read Animal Farm for the first time in years. Packing more humor and horror than I'd remembered.
April 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I re-read Animal Farm for the first time in years. Packing more humor and horror than I'd remembered.
My name was in my 1000th consecutive NYT crossword, that's pretty neat
April 15, 2025 at 11:39 PM
My name was in my 1000th consecutive NYT crossword, that's pretty neat
For months, maybe a couple of years, I've wanted to build an at-home file server, and lo I've started it at last.
April 8, 2025 at 3:32 AM
For months, maybe a couple of years, I've wanted to build an at-home file server, and lo I've started it at last.
Just finished Brunelleschi's Dome - a compelling and information-packed book about the building of the giant dome of the Santa Maria Del Fiore cathedral in Florence.
March 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just finished Brunelleschi's Dome - a compelling and information-packed book about the building of the giant dome of the Santa Maria Del Fiore cathedral in Florence.
I'm watching the original Twilight Zone, never having seen a full episode before. Loving it. Two of the earliest episodes deal with isolation and loneliness, which I find interesting.
February 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I'm watching the original Twilight Zone, never having seen a full episode before. Loving it. Two of the earliest episodes deal with isolation and loneliness, which I find interesting.
Entrance to “Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak” at the Denver Art Museum
February 1, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Entrance to “Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak” at the Denver Art Museum
For the very curious, the postcard was an ad for what would seem to be a used car company in Sheridan, Wyoming, advertising this 1938 Dodge.
January 4, 2025 at 11:41 PM
For the very curious, the postcard was an ad for what would seem to be a used car company in Sheridan, Wyoming, advertising this 1938 Dodge.
Scanning photos for a relative, including this old postcard. When I ran my helper scripts (calling various ImageMagick code with the settings I want), among the results was this crop of the placeholder for a 1-cent stamp.
January 4, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Scanning photos for a relative, including this old postcard. When I ran my helper scripts (calling various ImageMagick code with the settings I want), among the results was this crop of the placeholder for a 1-cent stamp.