2022 Week 29/30: Thoughts and Photos

2022-08-01

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The amount of travel I engaged in during the month of July left me very little time to work on the chess service. As a result, I did not meet my target of having it back online by today. I have one more weekend trip coming up in the near future, but beyond that, my afternoons and evenings will now be free. My revised target date for having the chess service back online is 2022-08-15.

One of the trips I took in July was to attend EAA's AirVenture aerospace show in Oshkosh, WI. Many key companies in the American aerospace industry had pavilions at the show, and I had the opportunity to meet several recruiters with those companies. My hope is to get a job in aerospace, an industry I'm very passionate about.

My weight remained steady over the course of last month. The trips I took involved quite a lot of exercise, but in retrospect, that was offset by a large amount of food that I ate on both trips. I was not able to control my urges to eat as much as I wanted to, and that frustrates me. In fairness, however, I suppose it's better than gaining several pounds.

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Photo of the week (week 29):

Chicago Skyline

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I flew into Chicago, IL on Sunday, from where I drove north to Wisconsin to attend EAA AirVenture. A southwesterly wind blew over Chicago Midway Airport, the same direction from which our aircraft approached the field. This necessitated us to fly past the airport and turn around to approach from the other direction. The turn gave me a fantastic view of downtown.

Photo of the week (week 30):

Lightning II Flyby

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I brought my wife's digital SLR camera with me to AirVenture. She has two fairly basic lenses for the camera, but since I'm not a professional photographer, I find they're more than adequate for my purposes. The longer of the two lenses captured this shot of a Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II passing over the airfield at Oshkosh.

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