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goose
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response 75 of 673:
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Jul 1 14:09 UTC 2003 |
Suure...rub it in ;-)
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katie
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response 76 of 673:
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Jul 1 21:37 UTC 2003 |
I found a home for two of my three rescued kittens, one of which is blind.
I still need a home for the third one, but he is the most 'adoptable,'so
I am hopeful.
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michaela
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response 77 of 673:
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Jul 1 23:33 UTC 2003 |
IHB I'm leaving for Caro after class tomorrow, and then it's four days at the
cabin up north with the boy and his friends. Yay!!! :)
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jaklumen
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response 78 of 673:
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Jul 1 23:37 UTC 2003 |
Found a new ISP that is MUCH cheaper and offers a little more.
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russ
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response 79 of 673:
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Jul 2 02:08 UTC 2003 |
All the grief I went through last night was worth the effort,
and I just got my wall marked for the first shelf to go up
(don't have the proper hardware yet or I'd be drilling away).
Also found a neat article which pointed me to an extremely
cool patent: 2,905,113. I like it when I find something
new about Bucky Fuller.
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goose
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response 80 of 673:
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Jul 2 02:42 UTC 2003 |
A plywood dome? I think I must be missing something. What is innovative
about it?
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gelinas
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response 81 of 673:
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Jul 2 02:50 UTC 2003 |
Ah. That's the patent that led to the name buckminsterfullerene:
"buckyfalls".
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russ
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response 82 of 673:
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Jul 2 04:27 UTC 2003 |
I was just sitting there, talking on the phone to a friend and
staring out the window at the black sky, and an Iridium flare
happens right in front of my eyes. Neato-keen.
Just happened to have everything I needed to get started with
this idea for a model. Unusual when that happens.
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other
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response 83 of 673:
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Jul 2 07:15 UTC 2003 |
I finished my index page for the NOAA radar loop java applets, and it is
fully functional. It was a bit tricky getting the internal URLs to parse
correctly so all the loops would work correctly no matter whether the
page is on my local machine or served from a remote site.
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gelinas
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response 84 of 673:
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Jul 2 10:47 UTC 2003 |
(At the time, 'twas rather innovative. Who would think that a plywood
structure could stand up to a hurricane as well as, or better, than a concrete
structure? And yet, a plywood geodesic dome has, if I recall correctly.)
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anderyn
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response 85 of 673:
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Jul 2 13:22 UTC 2003 |
Even though I had to leave work yesterday (window replacements in our
building), I had a nummy lunch then and found a neat book on Chinese opera.
And the office is providing lunch today.
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goose
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response 86 of 673:
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Jul 2 13:53 UTC 2003 |
RE#84 Thanks, I did a little more research and I understand better now.
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gregb
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response 87 of 673:
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Jul 2 15:24 UTC 2003 |
On the show, Extreme Homes (HGTV), there was a story about a house in
Minnisota that uses a dome to fend off the winds of Winter. Cool
looking place.
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cmcgee
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response 88 of 673:
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Jul 2 16:35 UTC 2003 |
buckyBalls
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edina
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response 89 of 673:
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Jul 2 18:04 UTC 2003 |
It just occurred to me that everytime I saw the sound guys at the folklife
fest last week (which was a lot, as I probably saw about 30 shows), I thought
of Eric.
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gelinas
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response 90 of 673:
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Jul 2 18:07 UTC 2003 |
Thanks, cmcgee; I'd just noticed that typo.
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gull
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response 91 of 673:
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Jul 2 18:15 UTC 2003 |
Someone put up a plywood dome near where we used to live, in the
country. I haven't looked at the patent to see if the design looks
familiar.
A friend of mine lives in a concrete "Key dome" in Georgia.
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dcat
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response 92 of 673:
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Jul 2 19:16 UTC 2003 |
for an Ann Arbor dome, head over to the north side's Jones Dr. (btwn
Broadway and Plymouth, about a quarter mile from the Broadway Shops and former
Kroger/Arbor Drugs.) Built about five years ago, although it took several
years. i think it's concrete, but i'm not sure.
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other
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response 93 of 673:
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Jul 2 19:23 UTC 2003 |
The dome itself isn't concrete. I saw it periodically during
construction, as I contract for an organization based almost across the
street from that house.
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dcat
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response 94 of 673:
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Jul 2 19:24 UTC 2003 |
ok. a lot of the rest of the house is, anyway. i was out of town for much
of its construction, so i missed a lot of what went into/on it. . .
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orinoco
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response 95 of 673:
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Jul 2 19:56 UTC 2003 |
An old friend of mine has an uncle who lives in a dome. My friend helped
build it, actually. If I remember right, it's 5/8 of an icosahedron, all
wood, two stories. They filled some of the triangles with glass to make
windows; the other ones, they covered with siding on the outside and
insulation in the inside. It was quite cozy. Since visiting, I've been
thinking I'd like to live in one myself someday.
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eskarina
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response 96 of 673:
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Jul 2 21:17 UTC 2003 |
<fakes a scowl> This is the happy item! Shall we start a geometry item?
Oh wait, geometry does make me happy, never mind. :)
IHB I'll be in Ann Arbor in 24 hours or so.
Let that imply to no one that Chicago makes me unhappy... I am _quite_ happy
to be in Chicago, but dcat is in Ann Arbor...
IAHB I basically got a job offer today... the teacher in my classroom at
Dunbar and I get along quite well and she is in charge of math teacher
recruiting for the school. She wrote down my name/cellphone number/email
address today and promised to give them to somewhat important. This after
only teaching for about 10 minutes at the end of a period in her classroom!
That said, I feel excited but so far somewhat clueless about working in my
school... its on the south side of Chicago, 98% African American, and quite
poor. I don't yet feel like I understand/relate to the kids at the school.
I also know that this school, and many like it, has quite the difficult time
finding good math teachers.
Ms. Lemons (the head teacher in the classroom) has a button on her desk that
says "Highly qualified math teachers, a HOT commodity", and I suspect that
that is very much true in the place where I am at.
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russ
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response 97 of 673:
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Jul 3 00:33 UTC 2003 |
Re #80: It has no hexa-pent strut frame to brace it; the "struts"
are created by bends in the flat shell panels themselves. All of
the precise cutting and fancy brackets are eliminated, and the
remaining pieces are just rectangular 4x8 sheets.
Imagine an "efficiency house kit" that fits in the back of a
pickup truck, and you'll begin to see why it's so cool.
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goose
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response 98 of 673:
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Jul 3 01:52 UTC 2003 |
Yeah, I'm there now, thanks. Lots of possibilities. :-)
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other
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response 99 of 673:
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Jul 3 04:48 UTC 2003 |
IHB this evening, after the screening of "Wayne's World" at Top of the
Park, a digital projection system was tested for the first time at TOP.
IAHB the test was a grand success, with brightness and clarity exceeding
expectations all around, and as a bonus, the cost of doing digital
projection at TOP would be less than 16mm, and the selection of available
films would likely be greater.
The decision has not yet been made, but it looks as if the necessary
groundwork has been laid for TOP movies to go digital next year.
Extra bonus possibility: stereo sound!
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