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By peterm, 11 December, 2023

The Slideshows section is just that. I’ve created slideshows to augment my memory of these past several years while we were locked down by COVID, doing homeschooling, dealing with the CZU Lightning fire, taking care of Mom and G, going to dog shows, driving events and documenting home improvements.

Track shots from 2020-2021 that I purchased at different events.

Loma Prieta Autocross Marina April 18, 2021

By peterm, 10 December, 2023

I retired from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2018 after 30 years in information technology. In that capacity, I worked on and with a variety of technologies, platforms, open source and proprietary software and hardware in addition to leading teams, providing executive consultation, physical security systems and project management.

By peterm, 7 December, 2023

I recently came across some very old photos of wheat harvesting near Shandon 1895-1904 time period. I'm pretty sure these were in Aunt Tootsie's storage. One has Phillip's stamp on the back.

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By peterm, 7 December, 2023

My great grandfather.

Found a few shots of Peter McMillan as a younger man.

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By peterm, 7 December, 2023

Found some shots of grandpa Ted that I hadn't seen before.

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Here's an newspaper clipping

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By peterm, 7 December, 2023

Came across some shots of Grandma Inez's side of the family. This first photo is of William Harry Byrne who worked in the San Francisco Fire Dept.

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By peterm, 7 December, 2023

As Drupal 7 nears the end of its lifecycle, I started a little project to migrate from D7 to D10. 

Through the month of November 2023, I got back up to speed on Drupal, migrated my old site and started to add content that I had notes on from 2019-2023.

So, what type of content is here? 

In the Driving section are articles and notes about various high performance driving events that I’ve participated in. Most of this content is from 2019-2023 and includes autocross, track days and info on Porsches.

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By peterm, 2 December, 2023

So we flew down to Los Angeles and went to Venice Beach for a weekend. We took Leo so we could determine if he was able to fly (he was, kinda).

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By peterm, 2 December, 2023

So we went to Turlock for a dog show. Never thought I’d go to Turlock.

Leo did pretty well at the show and made it to the groups competition.

I did some bike rides through the various parts of town and out into the fields to add some miles.

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By peterm, 2 December, 2023

In late March, we drove out to Las Vegas for the dog show in Henderson. On our outbound drive, we got stuck for 4 hours in a traffic jam between Barstow and Baker where a big rig had overturned. The truck had to be unloaded and it was literally the middle of nowhere at night... 

Leo did well in this competition winning a point and competing in the groups.

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