Ross Nelson

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he/him. I like hugs and high-fives. Half merman (the top part). Photographer 📸, .NET developer 💻, lover of public libraries 📚 👷‍♂️ Looking for work! 📍 Omaha, NE, USA

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Ross Nelson@libexec· 19d

For those of you lucky enough to not have been stuck job hunting for a year and a half, here's a pretty good summary of the nonsense that is the modern job hunt. Yes. That's a text field asking for "Photo". Someone please give me a job. 🤦‍♂️

One of 9 pages of a LinkedIn "Easy Apply" job application. It is a text field with space for 200 characters simply labeled "Photo". The field has been answered (by me) with "[😁]".

Ross Nelson@libexec· 22d

A friend and I did some #MilkyWay photography a couple nights recently. The first and last image are from the wee hours of the 18th when we went somewhere south of Douglas, NE, while the middle two were taking around Griswold, IA near a small church. #omahaphotographer #midwestphotographer #nikon

A photo of the galactic center of the Milky Way. A power pole and a tree sit in the foreground, with wires running to and from the pole.

A photo of the galactic center of the Milky Way. A small church sits in the foreground with a large passenger van parked outside.

A photo of star trails. Set back a bit on the left is the church from the second image in this post, and in the distance in the middle of the image is a bright blue light caused by the headlights of passing vehicles while the image was being created. The sky is filled with curved purple/white streaks of stars showing the rotation of the earth.

A photo of the galactic center of the Milky Way. Trees and a power pole with power lines sit low on the horizon, silhouetted, providing an anchor point for the image.

Ross Nelson@libexec· 22d

github.com/rnelson/Cass...

Screenshot of the source code to Cassidoo20260720_CountBlinks. Source is available on the link in the message body.

Ross Nelson@libexec· 27d

github.com/rnelson/Cass...

Source code to Cassidoo20260713_SpiralGrid.cs (with some insignificant changes to make the image look better). Full source is available at the URL in the main message body.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Jun 30

github.com/rnelson/Cass...

Screenshot showing the source code to Cassidoo20260629_MeanBits.cs. It can be viewed via the link in the post itself.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Jun 9

I was hoping that after Copilot, everyone else would follow suit.

A notice from Google that my Google One membership is now "Google AI Plus" and that Gemini (AI) usage is going credits-based.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Apr 25

#BlueSkyArtShow

An American Bison rolls around in the dirt.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Apr 11

I went from Omaha to Denver yesterday. Having wanting to hit a couple spots for years, I finally took the scenic route instead of the interstate. #chimneyrock #oregontrail #bayard #bayardne #nebraska #nebraskaphotographer #omahaphotographer #nebraskaphotographer #art

A photo of Chimney Rock, a large mount-shaped rock with a thin spire at the top rising another many feet. Chimney Rock was used as a landmark for those traveling on the Oregon Trail.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Apr 11

I went from Omaha to Denver yesterday. Having wanting to hit a couple spots for years, I finally took the scenic route instead of the interstate. #carhenge #alliance #alliancene #nebraska #nebraskaphotographer #omahaphotographer #nebraskaphotographer #art #sculpture #stonehenge

Carhenge, an homage to Stonehenge made of old car bodies. All cars are painted matte gray, then some are painted by professional artists into various fun designs matching their individual styles.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Apr 7

Photo of a sunset at a lake. The sun is low on the horizon and a bright yellow surrounded by orange. Dramatic dark blue clouds fill the sky. Offset to the right of center is a simple wooden dock; the lake on the right side of the dock is all blue, while the left is in front of the setting sun and appears to be orange.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Mar 29

What's up, #LNK?

A colorful, abstract chalk drawing inside Ivanna Cone, an ice cream shop in Lincoln, NE's Haymarket District. On the top it says "IVANNA CONE!", with each character in a different color.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Jan 13

github.com/rnelson/Cass...

Ross Nelson@libexec· Nov 12

💚 #aurora #auroraborealis

A small portion of green aurora, shaped vaguely like a heart, sits in front of numerous stars. To the right is a large section of bright pink/red aurora.

Ross Nelson@libexec· Nov 10

It's not the most elegant solution I've had, but I wanted to make sure I was preserving the placeholder characters from left to right (with added tests to confirm).