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More => Music, Movies, Politics, and Other Cheap Thrills => Topic started by: JimH on August 24, 2016, 09:51:08 am
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We've got Hendrik visiting this week from Hamburg, Germany and Yaobing will show up today from Chicago, so we're going to have some fun.
Wednesday (today)
11:00 AM Bob will fire up the grille.
11:30 Bob will place the bratwurst carefully on the grille.
12:00 We will assume the position. On the menu today:
Bratwurst
Potato Salad
Chips
Mustard, ketchup, relish
Baby dill pickles
Pepperidge farm cookies
1:30 Nap time
4:00 Wake up and go home
Thursday
10:00AM Everyone will leave work to have lunch at my house
10:20 Buy sandwiches
10:45 Arrive at my house, out in the woods
11:00 Dog and Pony Show of Engen and the integration with the Id
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Walk in the woods
1:10 Limp back to house
1:15 Brainstorming about the future direction of Media Center, Engen, and the company
2:00 Nap time
3:30 Go home
6:00 Bob has organized a Banquet
Pictures will follow.
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1:30 Nap time
I take my nap at 2:00 pm
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Missed - Feed Chickens!
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Missed - Feed Chickens!
Rather: eat Chickens!
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(http://www.pix01.com/gallery/8D12431D-7EA0-495D-9EA2-775091458CB9/JRiver_on_the_Sidewalk/6017141062.jpg)
More pictures from today.
http://pix01.com/MD1%40wp681
The first is Yaobing, holding the "desk" Bob had prepared for him.
The second is Hendrik, making sure Bob is paying attention to the cooking.
The third is the whole team. Starting from the left and continuing clockwise:
Yaobing Deng, John Thompson, Keenan Thompson, Hendrik Leppkes, Brad Mans, Nyima, Deanna Mans, Matt Ashland, Bob Brose, John Stronczer (owner of Bel Canto Design (http://www.belcantodesign.com/home/)).
Keenan is John's son. Brad is Deanna's son. John Stronczer just wandered by and smelled the brats.
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Ok, this is a little odd but...
Bob, are you wearing Ecco sandals? I have a pair that are the best sandals I've ever had; they look just like yours.
Brian.
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Like the lawn.
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We spent the middle part of the day at my house.
We took a look at the lighting system I've built, using Engen. Then we had lunch. We took a walk and then had a competition to see who could get a colored light bulb working first. Keenan's team won.
Pictures are here:
http://pix01.com/OD1%40JikH
The guy in the orange shirt is an old friend of mine.
This one is of the team watching a Pi boot:
(http://www.pix01.com/gallery/8D12431D-7EA0-495D-9EA2-775091458CB9/JRiver_Outing_2016/420993097_orig4.jpg)
It went on for a while. Gene brought it to demo what it could do with Engen.
When they left, I said it might take a week to put my system back together. I'm encouraged that, after four hours, I'm probably half finished.
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One hightlight was the fact that almost everyone was on my network and could control the lights. This, of course, led to some confusion on the part of Engen, and a few things we can tidy up.
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Ok, this is a little odd but...
Bob, are you wearing Ecco sandals? I have a pair that are the best sandals I've ever had; they look just like yours.
Brian.
Yup, I love them!
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Hendrik and Yaobing went home with Id Pi (http://jriver.com/Id/) serial numbers 1 and 2. I think that means we're close to launch.
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When they left, I said it might take a week to put my system back together. I'm encouraged that, after four hours, I'm probably half finished.
It's working again. There was a lot of moaning and groaning and grunting to get here.