Happy New Year from Digital Roanoke

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to wish you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year. Be safe.

Roanoke Endures a Rubber Ball-valanche

It had all the makings for a really fun and unusual event. Evidently, I was not the only one to think so, as the citizens and press turned out in force for this occasion. The scenario was that people would each get a bunch of rubber balls and drop them all at the same time in the atrium of the Center in the Square at Noon on New Years Eve. Well, people were there, and the event went off without a hitch (that I am aware of). The children had a BLAST!!!. What else could you expect. Children and 11,000 rubber balls. Of course they had a blast. I think everyone did.
After the drop, the youngsters cleaned the floor of all rubber balls in an energetic frenzy, as the parents watched it all and wished that they could get their kids to clean their rooms with the same speed and intensity.
Here are some images of the event.

Pause in Posting

I apologize for the pause in posting here on this blog. I have been busy with astronomy, astronomy outreach, telescope building, guitar building and repair, as well as my regular, day to day activities. My music has taken a back seat as well, and I am aslo trying to remedy that situation. Here is an image I shot back in August 2004 as I was setting up for an astronomy class that I was giving to the general public. Evidently, these duck were interested in the telescope setup, but never took a turn looking through the eyepiece.

Merry Christmas Roanoke

I wanted to wish everyone in Roanoke, and everywhere else, for that matter, a very Merry Christmas. Please be safe and make the world a happier place.