Tell me about something to do (online or offline) and give me a good reason to do it. Things I can't do soonish will be saved for future consideration.
Help me figure out how to build a small mechanical-action pump (to operate a small fountain). My daughter wants to figure out a way to build a fountain that would operate for, say, 5 minutes, with no batteries or electricity. Volume could be very very small. Windup, counterweight-driven, anything-- the more elegant-looking, the better.
Why? because it's a challenge, and would help a teenager follow up on a spark of curiosity and creativity!
(found you reading callahanians/friends, btw.. we have a bunch of friends in common)
I realize you're already home but I'll offer a couple ideas:
Bring two books. Whenever I only bring one book to work, I know I'll suddenly not want to look at it. With two books, there is a choice. Make sure the books are not about the same topic (eg. a satire and a how-to).
I'll ask Hector from my team if you can use the handheld Tetris game he leaves at his desk all the time. We all use it on my team (I have the killah high score on it now) and it uses one button to pause so you can take a call immediately.
Wanna borrow my Mac laptop? You can use it to surf or even to write that novel... so long as you transfer your work to some online drive space since it has no floppy drive.
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Date: 2003-07-13 02:04 pm (UTC)Why? because it's a challenge, and would help a teenager follow up on a spark of curiosity and creativity!
(found you reading callahanians/friends, btw.. we have a bunch of friends in common)
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Date: 2003-07-13 02:12 pm (UTC)Or got to a park where there are kids playing and blow bubbles for them to chase.
Er, somehow I'm not thinking of online stuff right now, but I assume you're headed home...
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Date: 2003-07-13 06:52 pm (UTC)- Bring two books. Whenever I only bring one book to work, I know I'll suddenly not want to look at it. With two books, there is a choice. Make sure the books are not about the same topic (eg. a satire and a how-to).
- I'll ask Hector from my team if you can use the handheld Tetris game he leaves at his desk all the time. We all use it on my team (I have the killah high score on it now) and it uses one button to pause so you can take a call immediately.
- Wanna borrow my Mac laptop? You can use it to surf or even to write that novel... so long as you transfer your work to some online drive space since it has no floppy drive.
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Date: 2003-07-16 01:20 pm (UTC)A good reason: because it would be incredibly fun. I'm a cool gal who lives in a cool town.
I'm sure you can also think of some good reasons.
:)