Joe Landman

Joe Landman

OG High Performance Computing (HPC) veteran. Non-practicing physicist, Ph.D in condensed matter theory. Closet mathematician, aspiring astrophotographer. Hubby, Father, Son, Uncle. Human.

Its time Dad ...

"In peace time, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons" - unknown My baby fought his war valiantly.  He fought until he could literally not stand to fight

Update on Captain, my 12yo canine son

We visited the oncologist on Friday.  She did xray and ultrasound imaging. I'd written previously that one shouldn't read medical stuff on the internet, as it can upset you.

A Tout Le Mond

This is a story I wrote today.  It is told from the point of view of my son Captain.  It is (as far as I know) true. “So as you read this note

The endgame

I generally try to steer clear of politics on this blog, other than to criticize those who deserve it.  I am not associated with either major US party, I've voted for,

Moving to zfs, a journey

The background.  I've maintained a server for my home systems for more than 15 years.  Originally built as a Frankenstein system, with random available parts during my time running Scalable Informatics