2014-10-24: BFG Public Meeting #001, 6:00 PM, LH 008

[James Torre]

Today we have the great pleasure to host Will Byrd, ancestral founder of the Bloomington Fabrication Group, as he journeys from his current eyrie, the University of Utah, Salt Lake City.

Note that this is the first in the BFG's experiment with a bicameral meeting structure: Fridays are "Public Meetings": a time to introduce new people to 3D-printing, demonstrate the progress one's projects have made, and generally socialize without the guilt of not getting any real work done. Public meetings will continue to take place at our legacy location, Lindley Hall 008 (aka The Lair). Complementary "General Meetings", with hardcore hacking as their especial purview, will take place at the latest domicile of the BFG, Black Mesa North (aka 12th and Indiana). All remain welcome to attend either meeting (as well as the unofficial movie night Saturday meetings which seem to have germinated in the Lair of late), but ought expect a more focused atmosphere during General Meetings.

Other news from the front:

Courtesy of Alex von Hoene, the BFG can now make regular use of a 13-in diameter rotary pizza oven. Feel free to contribute your favorite toppings, drinks, etc. as the Group enjoys this economical yet satisfying alternative to Mother Bear's, Aver's, and their ilk. Courtesy of Vice-President Michael Fisher, there also exists a mini-refrigerator in which to store all such donations. 

Current pizza supplies stand at:

Ten 10-in Pita crusts

Two lbs. Unbleached all-purpose flour

24 oz. Pasta sauce

Four fl. oz. EV Olive Oil

Garlic Powder

32 oz. Mozzarella Cheese

150 slices of pepperoni

Yeast, for leavened pizza dough (not applicable on Sundays)

(Cups, napkins, plates, all stand in abundance.)

Those who have already visited Black Mesa North may have noticed a mild moisture problem, alongside the lack of apparent climate control. Never fear, for top minds have applied themselves furiously to the task, and arrived at a means to collapse the solution of both problems to one: a giant bank of Peltier cooling cells, with buckets to collect the condensed water vapor. BMN has power outlets in abundance, and thermoelectric cells can be made with paper clips and carbon pencil cores - all that's needed is about a thousand of them (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Zbmwf5uEQ).

Good fortune until the evening!

--The BFG

[Alex Liby]

If I have ingredients to donate should they be brought to 008 or BMN? 

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[Michael Fisher]

I shall be at BMN within 30 minutes.

[James Torre]

What sort of ingredients? At LH008 there remains flour, olive oil, garlic powder, and cheese, which I intended to bring to BMN after I arrive on campus (~3:00 PM).

[Michael Fisher]

I have left BMN and am heading to LH 008

[Michael Fisher]

We have migrated to LH 101 for the remainder of the evening.