Mt. Bachelor for Mobile Phones

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Written by Kellsie

Being a frequent skiier at Mt. Bachelor and a smart phone owner, I've been disapointed that Mt. Bachelor didn't have a website that showed the conditions and lift status in an easy way to view on my phone.  So yeasterday during lunch I created a front end that sucks in the data from mtbachelor.com and displays it in a way that works great on my iPhone.  Check it out http://mtbachelor.ks-home.com.

I've sent the link to Mt. Bachelor's marketing guy hoping that it will encourage Mt. Bachelor to do this for us.  Pass the link around.  Who knows, maybe Mt. Bachelor will do this for us.  It would be cool if they could also include their trail map and link my phone's GPS to the trail map.

You can still visit the link even if you don't have a smart phone but alignment of pictures and text may look a little funny on your laptop/desktop.

Here are some screen shots:

Intel Chip Manufacturing Process

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Written by Kellsie

Intel has just released a nice presentation showing how it's 22nm 3D gates are manufactured.  The pictures make the complex process pretty easy to understand.

http://download.intel.com/newsroom/kits/chipmaking/pdfs/Sand-to-Silicon_22nm-Version.pdf

Parents' Sabbath School

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Written by Kellsie

The following is the Parents' Sabbath School discussion leader schedule for 2012 Q1: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlJAiKdHxl_-dDNUeERSeWxqM1dObDFfOG1kd2xVT2c

World Largest Mobile Crane

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Written by Kellsie

The world’s largest mobile crane along with about 12 other cranes are hard at work erecting the next development FAB at my job site.  The LTL-2600 Transi-Lift is capable of moving 2,600 tons and with the attached jib can reach 700 feet into the sky.  It arrived on site on 220 semi-trailers and took 4 weeks to assemble.  It has just started moving giant trusses into place for Intel’s D1X FAB.  It has moved 1 truss a day, usually in the morning when the air is calm.  From a distance it doesn’t look as impressive as the other cranes on the jobsite as it isn’t as tall.  However if you get close and see that it has one operator that controls the rigging, and two drivers (1 each for the front and back crawlers), and has 132 massive cement ballasts on the back crawler, you start to understand the extreme size and power that make up this crane.

More pictures are in the Intel / D1X album.