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Thursday night – after work in SF

I’m still reeling from yesterdays news  I’ve heard from so many good friends who were caught in the layoffs. My thoughts are so with everyone effected..  It still seems pretty unreal..

It was honestly hard to concentrate on work today.. though  I did. We fished up a very good set of meetings out here. I really enjoy the partner we’re working with here.. and look forward to working with them.

Our meetings were during the day.. I did make good use of the time after our meetings. Yesterday between our meetings and dinner I ran out to meet my new friend John at his maker space “freespace’. John has been advising soem of the Vermont makers on our planned makerspace activity.

Freespace is a new collective of artists and makers. I sent a good hour and half there checking it out and talking to some of the many folks that were hanging out in the new space. They’ve only been there 11 days, but already it’s decorated and homey.. Check out some of these murals !  All new in the last 11 days !

 

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It was great getting to hang out with John and his friends. IMG_0731 IMG_0733

 

Today we had soem good meetings .. then we got a tour of onne of the copanys new maker spaces.. check out the view from this ironing board.. IMG_0742

 

and check out this swinging conference table they invented !IMG_0743 IMG_0746

 

By the end of tat meeting it was late afternoon. I took a quick half hour to tour the new Exploratorium site.. it’s amazing.. I loved the old setting at the exhibition center.. but this new space is so nice and bright !!.. I ran aorud looing forold favorite demos.. and soem new stuff. it was great.. check out this water fountain !

 

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this clock s hands moved by guys sweeping sand  to the position of the hands.. so cool !IMG_0756 IMG_0757 IMG_0758 IMG_0759 IMG_0761

 

there was soem great history here.. here is frank oppenheimer the founder of the exploratorium IMG_0763 IMG_0764 IMG_0766 IMG_0767 IMG_0768 IMG_0772

 

as always, they had the cow eyeball disection table.. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwIMG_0778 IMG_0779 IMG_0782 IMG_0783

 

i found y favorite peice of all time here as well. the lariat chain.. it’s heavy metal chain floating in spacein undulating kinks and loops.. so cool IMG_0784 IMG_0791

ok.. flight is boarding.. gotta go.. more tomorrow..

nite all, nite sam

-me