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IU / photo / Wednesday — Comments Off
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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.

cycling / football / history / IU / photo / Tuesday — Comments Off
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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.

Monday — Comments Off
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Oct 16

Everybody loves gumbo sometime

For today’s late lunch — after a looooong meeting, I dined with Deano and Frank at a local joint:

I’d prefer an earlier lunch, all other things being equal, but if the Rat Pack is willing to wait for you, then you don’t make a big deal of it.

I don’t know if Dean Martin and his friend Frank Sinatra liked cajun food, but they might like it at the local Cajun restaurant. All of the tables have posters and large prints of people on them. I always pick the tables with people on them. It seems more interesting somehow.

Friday / IU / journalism / photo — Comments Off
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Oct 16

Why student media is pretty awesome

On a Friday night, a bunch of college students chose to spend several hours in a new television studio:

On a Friday night, on homecoming weekend, they could have been anywhere. But there they were.

And, for a moment, I sat at the news desk:

Felt like old times, even if it was a simple microphone check.

IU / photo / Thursday — Comments Off
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Oct 16

Thursday status:

Just another beautiful day on campus:

Took that picture from The Yankee’s office on the fourth floor. For a moment, I was as tall as a tree. Also, I was in my wife’s office, which is just a few feet from mine, and that’s nice.