11:59PM on Wed night.. just got home from NY

after a quick 24 hour trip down and back. it was a good and geeky day..

the meeting we ran today was really interesting and nerdy… in a good

way. I can’t go in to the topic here.. but I had the idea that I wanted

to do a little show and tell at the meeting… I mail ordered some

cool  sensor units that IBM builds for another company.. They’re very

cool chips that can talk to each other wirelessly.. I got them working

in the car ride down last night (don’t worry… I wasn’t driving). then

finished them up in my hotel room last night.. The result is a system

that can wirelessly monitor temp, humidity and light level in four

different locations..

It

was fun waling in to the meeting today with a piece of working

hardware.. even if we hadn’t designed it.. our company had helped make

it possible.. I love things you can actually touch and feel..

I

wasn’t the only nerd in out 8  hour meeting today.. I found at the very

end  that 4 out of the 10 folks in the room were from MIT..    That

realization happened when I spotted the tell-tale ‘brass rat’ …the

class ring with the MIT beaver mascot…  on the finger of Lloyd t.  

turns out that he, Steve, Dario and I were all alums.. we started to

geek out on field of study (6.1, 6.5, 8.1, 6.3     and where they

lived, Tang, Bexley. MacGregor   .. if you’re from MIT you’ll  know

what that all means.. )  I was proud and happy tobe around co-alums.

We

ended the meetign around 5L3 then Dave, Steve and I headed home.. On

the way, we stopped at the ‘Blue Colony’ diner.. had to eat tehre

because of the name !.. And Dave recommended it highly.. it’s a great

Greek place.. I had spanikopita, dolmas  and greek salad..it was enough

for 3 people !

Yies.. only 5 min of battery remaining.. better hit ‘post’ .. more tomorrow.. Nite folks !
Nite Sam !

-me

I finally got to sleep last night around 3:45 … I’d gotten in to bed when the fire alarm went off in the barn.. kids were playing with the smoke machine.. and playing music // ‘oy !

I managed to sleep until almost 10… which was great because that’s when folks were showing up to help clean. Diane had been up for hours and had already been to the store and the bagel shop.. At 10 like clockwork folks started wither showing up.. or wakign up to help. I think we had at least 7 folks sleeping over..

It was a bright beautiful day.. perfect for stripping off fake spider webs and other halloween decorations. We put on some good music and got to work.

Thanks so much to all of our friends who showed up to help both with setup and take down. It really felt like a communal party when friends like Victor, Patty, Ann, Keith , Avery , Joan, Jackie  and Peggy showed up to help scrub floors, tables and windows.. And Max and his friends. Gabe and his friends, and Jessie and her friends helped us replace furniture, and schlep stuff up and down from the attic. Most of the work was done by 2.. thoguh Diane’s still working on the floors.

Joan and Lackie wecven took away all the deposit bottles for the MMU bottle drive.. This is just a tiny subset of what they took.. they had a car full !

Things came back together pretty well. As always, we ended the day with a small pile of costume peices (are these yours ? )

And  left over serving untensils (yours ?)

In the end.. the only damage the house sustained wasa piece of gum… the first, I might add.. on our new stone steps.. It will come off.. But that’s not bad for 300 + people in your house…

It was a lot of work.. but I’m really glad we had the party. It’s important to us and to the community. It was great seeing all three kids friends their together.   Thanks again to everyone out there who helped make the party a sucess.. We love this community

Thanks folks.. Thanks Sam
-me