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My therapist said I need to find things to keep me busy, so I created the @cdnspace Artemis II dashboard.

I reverse-engineered the Unity Engine powering the NASA AROW visualization and found an absolute treasure trove of data to display.

Little did I expect that it's now being seen by anywhere from 200 to 600 people at any given time with 130,000 people having looked at it in the last 24 hours. People are even building projects around my API.

Yesterday, I received a message on LinkedIn from someone working in Mission Control in Houston... and they're using my dashboard! He even sent me a photo, but I can't share it until after the crew has splashed down.

Mind blown, and an absolute pick-me-up. The best part? It's being served from my basement.

https://artemis.cdnspace.ca/

#artemis #artemis2 #artemisII #nasa #csa

Artemis II Tracker — Live Mission Control

Real-time mission control dashboard tracking NASA's Artemis II crewed lunar flyby. Live telemetry, DSN comms, orbit visualization, and crew activities.

Canadian Space

Marty Ballard Apr 13, 2025

I just spent my Saturday night reading the SAVE act and researching voting laws in the US. In case you are not aware the SAVE act will disenfranchise approximately 69 million married women in the US from voting as their name on their birth certificate does not match their married names on their driver's license. https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/hr22/BILLS-119hr22eh.pdf

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Marty Ballard Nov 4, 2024

serve on a committee to review book that had been challenged. So today the committee met and we reviewed "Vlad the Fabulous Vampire". The entire complaint was centered around "subliminal messages" indicating that this cartoon vampire wearing a pink shirt would somehow affect their little Johnny.

I'm happy to report that the committee voted 5-2 to retain Vlad and put him back on the shelf. I'm so happy that I got to serve my community and that rational heads prevailed.

Marty Ballard Nov 4, 2024

Today I did my part to stand up for what I believe is right. I live in Texas and my state has gone completely off its rocker in the last few years.

I live in Katy ISD and last Fall they sent out a message to parents asking if they would serve on a book review committee. The purpose of this committee is to review books that have been reported as inappropriate and have been requested to be removed (banned) from the libraries in Katy ISD.

I was contacted about 3 weeks ago asking if I could....

Marty Ballard Nov 4, 2024

If you work in tech, like I do, then help support our fellow tech workers at the New York Times by not playing any of the NYTimes games or using the NYTimes cooking app (this is their ask) until the strike is resolved.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/04/business/media/new-york-times-strike.html?unlocked_article_code=1.XU4.taFC.uefLJSIMSkF2&smid=url-share

#timestechguild
#nytimesstrike

New York Times Tech Workers Go on Strike

The Times Tech Guild represents more than 600 software developers and others who run the back-end systems behind The Times’s digital operation.

The New York Times

Marty Ballard Oct 22, 2024

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Just voted, and I think every American citizen should do the same. To any #American #Mastodon users reading this (or any Americans in the #Fediverse), please don't sit this one out! We need to work together to stop #Project2025 !

Marty Ballard Oct 6, 2024

I just completed a class on Coursera - Generative AI with Large Language Models!
I learned a lot, but feel that it only scratches the surface on building and training LLMs.

#LLM
#AI
#generativeAI

https://coursera.org/share/037ccdef67d20c0b0908ffaacd9aa3e8

Completion Certificate for Generative AI with Large Language Models

This certificate verifies my successful completion of DeepLearning.AI's "Generative AI with Large Language Models" on Coursera

Coursera

Marty Ballard Oct 6, 2024

I just completed a class on Coursera - Generative AI with Large Language Models!
I learned a lot, but feel that it only scratches the surface on building and training LLMs.

#LLM
#AI
#generativeAI

https://coursera.org/share/037ccdef67d20c0b0908ffaacd9aa3e8

Completion Certificate for Generative AI with Large Language Models

This certificate verifies my successful completion of DeepLearning.AI's "Generative AI with Large Language Models" on Coursera

Coursera

Marty Ballard Sep 29, 2024

Ancestry Roads Sep 29, 2024

Not now, but in the future, Appalachia is going to need your tourist dollars to re build.

As you start planning your 2025 Vacation, don't take a cruise or go to Hawaii or Europe or the Grand Canyon.

Visit Appalachia. Meet the nicest people & give your tourist dollars back. I guarantee you the meal you have in #Appalachia will be the best you've had in a long time.

You will not meet a more grateful community than #Appalachians.

Marty Ballard Sep 29, 2024

@leo @jsnell @ihnatko Did you guys post a link to the iWork tutorials that you talked about on MacBreak Weekly? The Keynote and Pages discussion has my interest peaked and I'd like to learn!