{"id":4898,"date":"2011-01-05T22:19:13","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T02:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/galadriel.astro.utoronto.ca\/ballast\/?p=4898"},"modified":"2011-01-05T22:25:03","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T02:25:03","slug":"blast-ops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=4898","title":{"rendered":"BLAST Ops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, Don randomly showed up on his way to pole. Naturally, he visited us in the BLAST Ops room. Since he was there during one of those rare times when all six drivers were in the room, we had him take a mosaic panorama of us working. It was a pain to stitch, but I got a mostly-respectable result.<\/p>\n<p>[image title=&#8221;Drivers&#8221; size=&#8221;large&#8221; id=&#8221;4900&#8243; align=&#8221;left&#8221; alt=&#8221;Drivers: Tristan, myself, Matt, Laura, Barth, Elio&#8221; ]<\/p>\n<p>Panorama of drivers at our business: Tristan, myself, Matt, Laura, Barth, Elio. This looks a little cramped but it&#8217;s rare that all six of us are present, and rarer that we&#8217;re all working at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4898 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=4903'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4216-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"BLAST Ops\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4903\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4216-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4216-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4216-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4903'>\n\t\t\t\tBLAST Ops\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=4901'><img width=\"100\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4124-100x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Don\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4901\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4124-100x150.jpg 100w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4124-166x250.jpg 166w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4124-682x1024.jpg 682w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4901'>\n\t\t\t\tDon. Don!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?attachment_id=4902'><img width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4168-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Discussion\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-4902\" srcset=\"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4168-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4168-250x166.jpg 250w, http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/ballast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/img_4168-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-4902'>\n\t\t\t\tIt isn&#8217;t long before Don is lured into a conversation of BLAST-Pol hypothetical situations\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days ago, Don randomly showed up on his way to pole. Naturally, he visited us in the BLAST Ops room. Since he was there during one of those rare times when all six drivers were in the room, we had him take a mosaic panorama of us working. 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