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> On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Louis Gerbarg <lgerb...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> That is completely reasonable... steak is exciting. Actually, if you
>> want an awesome steak I highly recommend building a water oven using
>> an immersion circulator and a PID, I bet there are enough spare parts
>> around Hive, and if you like thick steaks cooked medium rare all the
>> way through it is really the way to go. I have a spare heating element
>> somewhere if someone wants to try to build one.

>> Louis

>> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Jim Fisher <jed...@myfisher.org> wrote:
>> > oh, this should probably be moved to -members

>> > I just got excited about steak.

>> > On 10/24/12, Kyle Yankanich <kyleyankan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> That's *sooo* long </sarcasm>
>> >> I think our next membership meeting is Nov 7th, which would be an
>> >> appropriate time to vote on this?

>> >> -- Kyle Yankanich

>> >> On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Jim Fisher <jed...@myfisher.org>
>> >> wrote:

>> >>> ++

>> >>> steak.

>> >>> On 10/24/12, Marie Le Pichon <mlepi...@gmail.com> wrote:

>> >>> > Hello everyone. My name is Marie Le Pichon and it's been great
>> >>> > getting
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > know you all and learning about Hive over the past few weeks. I was
>> >>> hoping
>> >>> > to apply for membership and PJ was kind enough to offer to be my
>> >>> > sponsor,
>> >>> > so thanks PJ!

>> >>> > I hope it's ok if I don't answer the questionnaire in exactly the
>> >>> > same
>> >>> > format it's presented on the wiki but will definitely try to cover
>> >>> > all
>> >>> the
>> >>> > questions that are presented there. Like I said, I'm Marie and I
>> >>> > moved
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > Philadelphia just over a year ago. Before that I was in Georgia
>> >>> (originally

>> >>> > from Texas) getting a degree in Interactive Design and Game
>> >>> > Development.
>> >>> I
>> >>> > originally entered the major thinking I wanted to do concept art for
>> >>> video
>> >>> > games (I spent the bulk of my senior year in high school painting
>> >>> > and
>> >>> > cutting out life size Final Fantasy characters) but then I took a
>> >>> > programming class and fell totally in love with it. Not long after
>> >>> > that
>> >>> > I
>> >>> > took a Physical Computing class and I knew that I had found what I
>> >>> > wanted
>> >>> > to do with the rest of my life (I know, so corny, but how can you
>> >>> > not
>> >>> > be
>> >>> > about the things you love).

>> >>> > I have a passion for new technology. I don't just want to learn how
>> >>> > to
>> >>> use
>> >>> > it, I want to explore what we can use it for; whether it be for
>> >>> > games,
>> >>> art,

>> >>> > science, or, my personal favorite, to better understand what it
>> >>> > means
>> >>> > to
>> >>> be

>> >>> > human. I feel like college opened me up to a whole new world, but I
>> >>> > also
>> >>> > feel like I know so little. The two most important things I hope to
>> >>> > gain
>> >>> > from Membership at Hive76 are knowledge and motivation. If you can
>> >>> > teach
>> >>> > it, I want to learn it. I have a little experience building things…
>> >>> > I
>> >>> mean
>> >>> > really random things, big wooden platforms, sound domes, levers,
>> >>> > wheels,
>> >>> > pulleys, giant plexiglass boxes (for future reference, DO NOT buy
>> >>> > the
>> >>> cheap

>> >>> > plexiglass when you're building anything that has the word "giant"
>> >>> > in
>> >>> > it…
>> >>> > wish someone had warned me) but really, I have no idea what I'm
>> >>> > doing
>> >>> and I

>> >>> > know there is so much that the members at Hive could teach me.

>> >>> > Things I love and would love to share my knowledge of include:
>> >>> > Processing
>> >>> > (using it to work with cameras and arduino), openFrameworks (also
>> >>> > more
>> >>> > particularly using things like ComputerVision), cooking (my
>> >>> > specialties
>> >>> > include steak (I have a "How To: Cook a moist and tender steak every
>> >>> time"
>> >>> > recipe… seriously) and homemade french fries that taste like fast
>> >>> > food
>> >>> > french fries (I know… why don't you just drive to get the french
>> >>> > fries…
>> >>> but

>> >>> > hey, you can't get my steak there lol)), and how to solve a rubik's
>> >>> > cube
>> >>> > (3x3 or 4x4). I also love working with kids and think it would be
>> >>> > great
>> >>> to
>> >>> > figure out a way to share my knowledge with the next generation.

>> >>> > On a different note, I would also love to help Hive with its
>> >>> > advertising/marketing/pr/event planning/graphic design or anything
>> >>> > else
>> >>> in
>> >>> > that field that may be of use to the group. I work part time at a
>> >>> > grade
>> >>> > school in Lower Merion doing exactly that and have also organized a
>> >>> > few
>> >>> > museum openings and events and would be more than happy to help you
>> >>> > with
>> >>> it

>> >>> > if you needed it. If Hive is open to it, I would love to work on
>> >>> > collaborative projects to enter in different festivals/events, as
>> >>> > well
>> >>> > as
>> >>> > help organize, market and host classes and events of our own (I love
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > organize things… lol).

>> >>> > I'm here in Philadelphia for at least another two years… and then
>> >>> > hopefully… grad school. But while I'm here, I really hope I can
>> >>> > become
>> >>> > an
>> >>> > integral part of your community. I should probably end on that note
>> >>> > as
>> >>> > you've most likely already rolled your eyes at least once while
>> >>> > reading
>> >>> > this thinking "this is SO LONG". If you're interested in learning
>> >>> > more
>> >>> > about any of the work I've done in the past you can check it out at
>> >>> > marielepichon.com

>> >>> > Best,

>> >>> > Marie

>> >>> > P.S. I do a lot of freelance graphic design and have a meeting
>> >>> > tonight
>> >>> that

>> >>> > I hope will end early enough for me to be able to attend the open
>> >>> > house
>> >>> but

>> >>> > either way, I look forward to seeing you all soon.

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>> >>> jim fisher
>> >>> Jedijf

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>> >>> www.myfisher.org

>> >>> "Do, or do not. There is no 'try.'"
>> >>>   --  Jedi Master Yoda

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