• This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Tekmos' Blog

Tekmos' Blog

October Flood

On October 30th, Austin experienced a very heavy rainfall. In our area, we estimate that 15 inches fell in a 3 hour period. Tekmos is located on a small hill, so we survived without any damage other than a small roof leak.

Behind Tekmos is Carson Creek, which did flood. The waters reached our parking lot, but were still 4 feet below our floor. There is a hiking trail that runs along the creek, and has several nice foot bridges that cross the creek. That did not survive. The creek also flooded two of the three roads we use to access Tekmos, and also shut down both highways 71 and 183, which are major roads next to Tekmos.

One watershed over is Onion Creek. Onion Creek is a much larger creek, and had the worst flooding. At one point, the flow rate was measured at 120K CFS. For comparison, Niagara Falls was running at 84K CFS the same day.

This is a picture of Carson Creek just going over the roadway of the road behind Tekmos.

And here is another picture looking upstream.

Continue reading

Tekmos Logos & New Look

Along with the move to our new facilities, Tekmos is getting a new logo.

So how did this happen? 

Our current logo is just our name in the common Ariel font.  We stepped out of the box when we added a maroon underline.  It worked, but it was pretty bland. 

The act of moving into a new building means that we have to pay for a sign.  Our artist suggested that it was a good time for a new logo, so I turned him loose.  What I got back was our name in all caps, a more distinctive font, and a stylized chip.

Many companies pay staggering amounts of money for a graphic symbol that is to represent their company.  AT&T has a stylized globe.  Mercedes has their three point star.  McDonalds has its golden arches.  And Tekmos now has a chip.  And I love it. 

Continue reading