Hanging out with the ladies doing the hip and happening show:
You can watch the show right here. This is episode four, and we’re learning a lot in a hurry.
(They’re probably learning faster than I am.)
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Oct 16
When you can’t see the trees for the horizon
Sitting at a red light on the way back from the grocery store, it went like this:
“Such a long red light … Why are all of these cars in my way? Hey, cool! Neat bike! Check out that paint job! And great nose art, wow!”
And then I noticed the dog in the sidecar. And, finally, the goggles.
You figure that pooch knows the weekend is here. But then you think, maybe every day is a Saturday to that dog.
Meanwhile, as workday turns into weekend, this is the view from the recliner in my home office:
Did you ever think that maybe everyday could feel like Saturday to the rest of us, too?
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Oct 16
Meanwhile, on the big screen
On Wednesday nights I have students in the television studio. That’s a two-hour experience. Meanwhile, just outside the studio, in the atrium, the giant television is getting a workout:
One of the video game groups — there is a video game major and several groups — is showing off some of their side projects. I walked by just in time to watch a zombie monster thing rush the screen.
That’s a video game that’s 12 feet tall and 26 feet wide.
The video game makers were initially concerned about frame rate on the big screen. But then they plugged in some video games and were very pleased. The screen supports Wii, X-Box and Playstation. It also boasts six Directv tuners. There’s a lot of things you can do in there, even zombies.
Nice bowtie, though.
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Oct 16
Just some quick photos
USA Today’s little decorative badge is trying to capture the national mood. How do you think they’re fairing?
I pedaled my bike to campus this morning. Here’s a part of my route, a nice clean path with neat little trees and curves:
And the second part of the route, a slightly wider path, upon which you can go at least four wide:
I found this print today, the first Indiana football team:
They played one game, this week in 1887, in fact. They lost, to Franklin College. That was their season, a tournament to determine the state champion. IU was coached by Arthur Woodward, an economist. A future state attorney general was on the team. Six teams took part in what was the first version of something closely similar to modern football in the state. The Indianapolis Athletic Club invited Butler, DePauw, Franklin, Hanover, Indiana and Wabash to play the October and November series in Indy. Wabash won it all. You like to think some old men in the middle of the 20th century were still reminding each other how they got the job done back in the eighties.
