Old Weather Forum

Dean wrote:Sat May 13, 2017 11:20 pm


In honour of the centenary all the OW people finally meet.

Hanibal94 wrote:Thu May 18, 2017 4:01 pm

OWer reacts to favorite vessel finally setting sail after several months in port ... only to return to the same port a couple of days later.

Hanibal94 wrote:Tue May 23, 2017 7:16 pm

Veteran OW'er remembers the early days of Phase 1: "Oh my... was it really THAT long ago?"

Hanibal94 wrote:Mon May 29, 2017 7:36 pm Hello? Anybody home?



Abandoned Zooniverse project.

(This is thankfully very rare, but it has happened!)

Randi wrote:Mon May 29, 2017 8:35 pm And the companion piece...

AvastMH wrote:Mon May 29, 2017 8:44 pm Excellent pictures! Oh grim grim grim....this is how I would feel without the Zooniverse, more especially without OW - its beating heart...

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jun 03, 2017 2:28 pm

NARA archivist suffers unfortunate mishap while gathering logbooks to scan for OW.

Bob wrote:Sat Jun 03, 2017 3:26 pm

A clear violation of the document handling procedures!

AvastMH wrote:Sat Jun 03, 2017 5:31 pm

Love the guy behind... "Wonderful, the new floor wax is working well..."

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jun 10, 2017 10:25 am

Listening to music while you work on OW is a great way to increase productivity.

(The OWers are in the left background)

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jun 17, 2017 8:28 am A followup to the previous one:



"How much longer is this guy gonna keep transcribing? I wanna go to bed!"

AvastMH wrote:Sat Jun 17, 2017 10:06 am

I like it. And it's a fitting moment, then, to pay our respectful gratitude to the OW-relatives-and-friends-and-pets-and-hedgehogs who ceaselessly support us in our work.




(Girl with violin and an organ - is this St Cecilia please hanibal? )

Hanibal94 wrote:Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:18 pm Yes, it is.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jul 01, 2017 8:53 am

Lieutenant Scrawl faces a horde of angry OW'ers.

Helen J wrote:Sat Jul 01, 2017 10:59 pm Brilliant one, Hanibal - it's the least they deserve, for all the trouble they've given us.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:56 am

PTB deciding to give the "Best Team Ever" prize to OW.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Jul 15, 2017 9:34 am If I ever have grandchildren (a very big If for me!), I'l definitely tell them this:



"Ya know something, laddie? Back when I was young, we didn't have any AI to do the transcribing and editing for us - we had to do it all ourselves!
We had to type in every last letter and every last digit, no matter how badly written!
And some of us enjoyed it so much, they did ten, fifty, even a hundred times the average contribution!"

AvastMH wrote:Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:24 pm The OW-ers gather to wave 'Bon Voyage' to hanibal as he sails away on his holiday.....

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Aug 13, 2017 1:30 pm Bottoms up!



OW'ers celebrate the completion of the Jamestown 1844.

(She was actually completed on August 5th, but I was still on vacation at the time).

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Aug 19, 2017 1:26 pm

OW'ers boasting over lunch: "You should have seen the logbook I just finished - it was THIS big!"

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Aug 26, 2017 9:39 am

"OW! I got a really bad cramp in my hand! Better stop now before I get carpal tunnel!"

Hurlock wrote:Sat Aug 26, 2017 3:10 pm a couple of alternate phrases for this Yeoman

What do you mean I am not allowed to design my own uniform? Wait till you see the buttons I have ordered.

Now you try this. If you shut your fingers in this book really hard it makes the carpet go really blurry

Dean wrote:Sun Aug 27, 2017 11:52 pm Being a well trained OW'er, maybe I'll just use that sword behind me and solve that pesky Carpal thing myself!!

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Sep 02, 2017 9:01 am

Stuart, leelaht and Hanibal94 discussing "What shall we do when OW Classic is all done?"

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Sep 09, 2017 5:37 pm

Sign of OW Addiction #86: When you're working late at night and your light bulb fails, you light a candle and keep going instead of changing the bulb.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Sep 16, 2017 2:46 pm

Zooniverse project moderators are easy to spot thanks to their fabulous outfits.
Here is one from Chimp And See.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Sep 23, 2017 7:45 am

"Oh COME ON! I just spent over an hour cleaning my PM inbox and outbox, and I STILL get 504 Gateway Timeouts ?!"

(I actually got one while trying to post this!)

AvastMH wrote: First reaction

how on earth did I get into that painting?
Second reaction

how it feels to be '504-ed'
Third reaction

your 504's cannot keep me away!

First thought - I better delete this entry tomorrow because it's so complicated I might 504 everyone else

Randi wrote:Sat Sep 23, 2017 4:40 pm

Boy Bitten by a Lizard

for 404 I offer Boy Bitten by a Crab

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Back to cleaning out my PMs

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:10 am

Signs of OW Addiction #194: Even pretty fauna cannot distract you from the urge to do more work on OW.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Oct 07, 2017 10:36 am

OW'ers fatigue: "3 am, SW, 2, 29.99, 70, 67 ... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ"

Helen J wrote:Sat Oct 07, 2017 11:26 am Surely none of us find weather boring?

Hanibal94 wrote:Sun Oct 08, 2017 7:47 am Actually, it was supposed to mean "Very exhausted due to doing over 1000 WR in one day AND staying up past midnight"
Which is something I have done.

Hanibal94 wrote:Sat Oct 14, 2017 8:51 am

Early days of a new Zooniverse project.