A couple of weeks back I asked folk if they had any equipment / furniture that they’d like to donate to the Generator makerspace. Several folks came forward .. thanks so  much for that. We’re now looking for equipment and components to help us round out our electronics shop Our current idea is to ask folks to donate test and design equipment (eg oscilloscopes, volt meters, signal generators, logic analyzers, soldering stations, , etc) .. We will then go through them and keep what we need, and offer the rest for sale at very affordable prices to support the further growth of the electronics part of the makerspace…

soooooo… does anyone out there have any used test or design equipment that they’d be interested in donating ? We;re open to anything that is in good working order and has all of its necessary components,

Please go take a walk through your basement , attic or garage and let me know what you find !

Thanks so much !

nite all, nite sam

-me

I had a couple of hours this evening of hanging out at. Newark airport. Most of it i put to very good use because i spent it with my good friend and colleague dave l who was traveling back to England. We spend a solid couple of hours talking about work, life, work-life, friends, work friends ,and life-friends ( covered the whole set,i think).

I had about 30 minutes of my own after we both had to run for our plane sand i put them to very good use.first i realized that when you are in an airport train car with no one else in it,you can get away with doing whatever you want..to whit:

I also realize, while sitting on this plane awaiting take off, that the reflection of my iPad screen in the grime  from the windows (and, i suspect a polarizing filter) made a pretty decent reflective polarascope. Polarascopes are used to show stress in things like plastic or glass…. Light passes between two polarizing filters and the material under stress, the stressed arias rotate the phases of the light proportional tot he stress, and that is rendered in a visible color.. Check out what i saw when i looked at the reflection. Of my iPad in the planes window.

Here its just showing stress in me waiting to get off the ground and get back to sweet Vermont .

Hey.. I think i see a face in there

It just shows that its good to be able to entertain one’s self while traveling..no?

Night all,night sam

-me

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In new jersey at a client meeting. Really good set of technical meetings, and good conversation at dinner… somehow, however, the topic of the colony comes up. I didn't bring it up. A friend of mine at dinner did .

My New Year's resolution is to move beyond the colony. Not that I didn't love it, not that it wasn't valuable, not that it doesn't bring great memories with it… It's just that My life is not defined by 59 days of poor diet and poor hygiene five years ago.

I seem to have trouble avoiding it. Though. When I start talking about it, I have trouble stopping. Out come the same stories. The same questions, It's almost an addiction.

Is there a colonists anonymous?

I think I need another adventure to chase that one out of my head. Any suggestions?

Night all, night sam

-me

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We woke this morning to an automated phone call from the school telling us that the school buses couldn't get through on route 2 between Jonesville and Richmond. I was confused at first because the same route had been closed yesterday because of flooding. it turned out there had been a major fire at the Andrews Farm barn right near Richmond. It had burned to the ground. The blaze started around 5 AM and was reported by someone driving by. By the time the fire department got there the barn was totally engulfed and was a total loss. Thankfully, no one or no animals were injured in the blaze.

It's a really sad when we lose a historic building like that. The barn was currently being used for food processing. But for many years it was a working farm owned by Mary Jo and Everett Andrews. Both of them passed away in the last 10 years or so. They were great couple. I remember Mary Jo showing up at our house to talk about the archaeological finds that came out when they built the bridge across a Huntington River near our house. She was very interested in history and talked about the bear bones and pottery that was found within hundred yards of our house back in the 80s.

Sure who owns the Andrews farm now but I'm sorry for their loss. It makes me sad to see things like this go… It's impermanence… It's entropy i guess.

Night all, night Sam
– Me

Heres a couple of photos. Of the plays from WCAX Hope they don't mind me posting them here.

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