Thursday, September 20, 2007

The "Server" is in charge















It's a well organized rack of wires, hard drives and noisy fans. It saves information. Lots of information. Terabytes of information. And our professional lives are entirely organized by it. You are looking at the News 7 server. As we continue to move toward the high definition news world, we needed to get everything digital. You probably did not notice that on Wednesday, we went on the server. No more video tape. And you should not have noticed. After all, it's just a TV picture to you. But to us, it's the equivalent of a printing press at a newspaper. If the server decides to crash, you will be seeing a re-run of Andy Griffith instead of News 7. So keep your fingers crossed for us.
Otherwise things have been quiet. The weather has been delightful if not too dry. Fall starts on Sunday even though temperatures will be well into the 80s. Due to the drought, the fall colors may not last long or be very vibrant.
Cheers - Robin