I just received this picture from South Pole Station, Antarctica and I had to share it. The guy wearing an Octopart t-shirt is Mike and he is an electrical engineer for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory (he's also a friend of ours). He's at the South Pole right now probably huddled in a field tent splicing wires at -30 deg celcius. Thanks Mike and Justin!!

This picture is especially meaningful for me because the box he is standing with is the laser I was working on in grad school. It is also the laser that started Octopart. As I was building it, I found it really frustrating to find the right parts and devices for it. Sam had a similar experience with his projects so we started working on Octopart at night to try and make our day jobs easier. Now we are coding full time but I'm still nostalgic for that period. As of yesterday the laser is buried 2km below the surface of the ice and it will never be seen again.

Ironically, I was in the middle of writing a blog post about IceCube when I received this picture. I'll hold off on that post for another few days. If you have any cool pictures of Octopart t-shirts doing battle with the elements, with soulless grizzlies, or with short circuiting soldering irons please email them to me! If you need a t-shirt to give to your mother for Christmas, send me an email as well.