This is that picture-of-a-picture thing, a bit hastily done:

Last week we had a little event in the building where they officially named the studio’s control room after an old IU graduate. He went out into television, had a good start to his career, did graduate school, went back into the news business. And then he’d ultimately go on to help build a few of the stations you might see on cable today. Ed Spray became a successful television executive, a president of Scripps and remains a nice and unassuming gentleman. So he and his family and a few friends were on campus for the event.

Someone accidentally left behind a few photographs. And the pictures made it into an envelope which made it to my hands today on the way back to the rightful owner. And I wanted to share a quick glimpse of the old gear.

This is what the new stuff looks like, a fraction of the weight, a lot more ability.

Wouldn’t it be great if people worked like technology does in that respect? Knowing more, weighing less?