Back to the lab again…

I’m back at the Massachvsetts Bay Colony Institvte of the Technologickal Arts. Rejoice! Time to get back into the swing of things. Interesting occurrences along the way:

  • It started snowing on the way to the airport and was getting a bit heavy right before departure. Snow in Atlanta? Wow, that’s almost as rare as rain. I was afraid of getting delayed. That, fortunately, did not happen.
  • The luggage half-full of robot parts and electronic parts somehow made it past screening. I was expecting armed security guards as soon as I landed.
  • On the subway ride back, a random black guy boarded train section I was in with a boombox and proceeded to breakdance for the passengers. That ranks as the most innovative panhandling I have witnessed to date. Certainly better than the bad karaoke that goes on in Beijing subways.
  • 50 pound suitcase 5 stories up the stairs.

So now I’m in the same place I was 3.5 weeks ago. TB4.5 (SP0) will undergo disassembly soon. First, though, I have to finish making all the UHMW parts and get some machining done, probably at MITERS.

Bawt on!