Today is the official birth of Linux day even though it wasn’t available yet. While I wasn’t there in the beginning I have been around it over 20 years now.
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Rained on my Perseid Shower
Sadly my timing was off this year as I was planning on a Thursday night trip out to dark skies for the Perseids. This timing would have put my observing after the usual 140 degree λ⊙ peak but still should have been decent activity. Thursday evening I had things packed and ready to roll but things didn’t work out as planned. Mother nature decided to throw a massive storm event over the area.
The infrared satelite image for 2:00am CST Friday morning
At least the cloud out for the meteor shower was not a total loss. My area really needed rain and by Friday morning 3.8 inches had fallen at my place.