Friday night – Almaden

spent the day in Almden today.. Its a beautiful place that I always associate with Wallace Stegners “angle of Repose” one of my favorite books of all time.
Had several great meetings including two that involved long walks aroufd the beautiful building !
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these chairs are actually a very cool musical wind sculpture.. they made a magical sound as the wind strummed the strings

 

 

now boarding a plane back home.. can’t wait to see my girls

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

2 thoughts on “Friday night – Almaden”

  1. Those are such beautiful photos! IBM Research at Almaden still looks just as beautiful as I remember it. I think the chairs/ Aeolian harps(?) are new. Well, “new” is relative; they weren’t accessible in 1991, when I last was there ;o)

    IBM ADEPT was mentioned today, in Scientific American! Here’s the article, Bitcoin-Based Blockchain Breaks Out:

    IBM has thrown its considerable weight behind blockchain technology as part of its strategy to help its customers establish networks of interconnected devices—aka the Internet of things. In January the company unveiled a proof of concept for ADEPT…

    I was hoping they’d mention you by name.

  2. FYI … The 20-foot-high chairs — a sculpture entitled “Four Highbacked Wind Harp Chairs” by Doug Hollis — were installed in 1986, shortly after the Almaden lab opened.

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