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Aug 16

Say meow

She knows her time to show off is coming later this week, and she is ready for her closeup:

That’s right, Catember is upon us once again!

I found a store here that sells Milo’s, so I have that going for me:

The IGA is across the town, in the next little wide spot on the road. You go in there and it feels like old home week, rather than being just outside of a world class research institution. Most importantly, they have Milo’s. And, also, a clever bit of signage out front. Makes it look like you’re about to walk into a ranch with a barn A-frame with an old red Airstream parked out front.

But, you see, the “own” gets under the roof. Like it is a house or a home. Thoughtful design.

On an entirely unrelated note, do you know how many gallon jugs you can carry in just your two hands? I do.

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Aug 16

Pedal to work

Today someone built up some bike racks in the sub-basement.

You can literally ride in off the street, up a sidewalk ramp and then walk your bicycle through three doors to an indoor, climate controlled storage room. A camera will be going up at the door. There will eventually be a digital lock on the door. They’ve put some thought into this.

Not pictured: My bicycle. I need a chain, I suppose. Until then, I’ll just stow it in my office after my four-mile ride in.

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Aug 16

Welcome to the weekend

So how did you start your weekend? Today I helped haul a giant plasma television covering into the building.

Sadly, that’s not going in our house. Seriously big, more than a little heavy. This crate holds 550 pounds of gorilla glass for a four-foot by two-foot video wall. I didn’t have to put it on the wall, but it was interesting to watch:

And, at home, we’re transcribing recipes. Hardly a big, gigantic screen worthy event. Doesn’t have to be. It seems like, sometimes, Friday evenings aren’t what they used to be.

And that’s more than fine.

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Aug 16

Indoor peektures

My second in-the-building bike sighting:

I imagine this won’t last long. I’m going to ride my bike to campus, but I will leave it in my office. At least until the indoor bike storage area is complete. (We have one of those. Pretty fancy, no?)

We’re one day closer to being in the television studio today. Pretty exciting stuff. We should be in there in another week or two. Here’s the tally light on camera two:

There are four robotic cameras in the studio. You can control them all from a joystick and a touchscreen in the control room. Very fancy.

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Aug 16

Settling into the fall term

We’re starting to understand how the new building works. This is the first week of classes. Everyone is lost. You quickly learn the facial expressions. And then you have to figure out where they are going. Sometimes they know. Sometimes they don’t. It is a confusing building. Sometimes you don’t know where they are going, either. Sometimes you’re finding your own way. But there’s good cheer through it all. It is a fancy building.

The big nano patch. The oversized little connector set up:

This controls the volume to the control room monitors. Engineers

My first bike-in-the-building sighting:

And that is how you know classes have begun.

I’m sitting in the studio, see?

This is one of the devices that allows you to talk from the control room into the studio next door. The engineers are pulling together the last few days of their details on this beautiful new facility. Soon the studio will be open and we’ll be making television shows.