Quick hike up Duxbury window to start the day
Busy and fun day.. highpoint was doing some filming for the BETA movie “Put my Tools Back” that my friends E and Ryan just made.. I got a short dance sene in
Just saw the finished movie.. pretty funny.. !. What do you think ?
I love where I work !
nite all, nite sam
-me
Busy day out in the world. We woke to this pic
From there I heard down to Shelburne for lunch with my friend Zach. Zach is an amazing guy… when he was 18 he started an organization called Hack Club
which helps kids set up software development clubs all over the world. About 3 years ago Zach moved his org to Vermont.. and he’s been building it up ever since. I always love talking to him.. he has such a clear and wonderful vision
From there I headed to to meet Jamie at the Make-a-wish foundation. Make a wish is a wonderful organize it that grants wishes for kids were dealing with serious illnesses and their families. Example of a kid going through chemo might get a chance to take his family to Disney World to swim with dolphins…. I didn’t realize it but it is a nationwide organization. Vermont has one of the smallest chapters and jamie is the leader of it. The Make-A-Wish foundation is in the teddy bear factory building. They have a corner of the building that is very cool staircase where they grant the wish… And a really nice facility upstairs where the kid in the family can hang out and find out the details of their trip. Call decisions are often heartbreaking… The hope and joy that these wishes can give kids need so much.… I was there to take a look at some lighting possibilities for the entrance staircase. Evidently Jamie’s talk to a couple of people who referred him to me. I need to figure out what I can do with the space… And most importantly what I can do with my own time given that I’ve got several other projects going. This is just such a great thing to put energy into. I’ve still gotta figure it out
So many cool things to work on.. gotta make some more time 🙂
nite all, nite sam
-me
We started with a quick hike up the Bamforth Ridge. We couldn’t go to the top because I had some meetings I had to go to… But we enjoyed being in the snow. There were some really interesting ice formations in Gleeson Brook
Mid day had a visit from old IBM friend Larry W. He was well known at IBM for being a deep thinker… and very good problem solver. He ages taught for several years at Dartmouth at VTC where he was my friend Jake’s favorite Prof. It was fun showing him around Beta… its sooooo different from IBM. He asked many good questions .. as expected. I feel he’d like working at BETA.
After Larrys visit I helped re-arrange the creative area at work .. which was a fun mental exercise in changing things up (thought it was later put back just as it was… ) . In the process I realized that my friend Mike’s red checked shirt was not exactly like mine.. he is pocket is rotated she he has DIAMONDS ! (reminded me of the famous ‘Diamond Shreddies’ ad
The day ended with a select board meeting.. which was interesting. Diane and I are on a recreational parking committee.. We had a read out with eh select board that went pretty well. We’re trying to help with a complicated parking problem where there are no easy answers. It did feel good to try to help the town figure this out. It is also fun looking at all the old pictures in the town offices. Here are some old pictures of our village of Jonesville .
Finally.. I got some time to work with the new Touchdesigner flow that my friend Kyle M is helping me develop for fluffy next year. the idea is to automate the “layerization” and make it more controllable wrt. sound response and other controls. so far so good !
That was a busy day !
nite all, nite sam
-me
Hmmm.. today was Martin Luther King Jr day…
I thought about MLK and the changes he made in the world..
and as far as I can remember .. that’s all I did today !
nite all, nite sam
-me