FIRST LEGO League Robotics in Brooklyn

2010 FIRST LEGO League Qualifier Brooklyn
FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Robotics Tournament, Brooklyn Borough Qualifier.

FLL is a global program created to get children excited about science and technology. A hands-on program for ages 9 to 16 (9 to 14 in the U.S. and Canada), FLL uses Challenges based on real world scientific problems to engage children in research, problem solving, and engineering. The cornerstone of the program is its Core Values, which emphasize friendly sportsmanship, learning, and community involvement. (more…)

Posted: January 10th, 2010 under personal.
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Merry Christmas

Sledding in Fort Greene Park. Idyllic – when people aren’t sledding into light poles, fences, compost bins and other people.

Posted: December 26th, 2009 under personal.
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We’re number 1

Posted: August 15th, 2009 under personal.
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Almost home

Posted: August 14th, 2009 under personal.
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1916 Fourth Avenue – My Annex Theater

1916 Fourth Avenue. I spent ten years here as a company member at Annex Theater.

The old Fred Astaire Dance Studio with the sprung floor and light booth permanently improvised on top of the bar is gone.

In its place is a new high-rise.

The tower’s street level facade evokes the building it replaced.

The ghosts of “Captains”, “Annex” and “7-11″ keep the old tree company — the same tree that shaded our front windows and hid our rotating anarchy A sign.

Some familiar landmarks.

The platonic ideal of dive bars, Patrick’s 1911 is now a flyfishing shop.

Outside “Olivers”, where Susan always remembered your drink, the tower rises from behind Cameras West — or as it actually appears in some nirvana-latin memorium, “Came as u est”.

A-man now walks a less upscale neighborhood. I wish the current company the best. I acted, directed, produced, stage managed and designed sound but think my legacy is the background image they for some inexplicable reason still use on their website.

Posted: May 30th, 2009 under personal.
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Fort Greene Park

Posted: April 12th, 2009 under personal.
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Play at your own risk

Posted: April 4th, 2009 under personal.
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Where I am when I close my eyes

Posted: March 6th, 2009 under personal.
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Mae Phim Thai

My favorite restaurant.

Where I fell in love with Thai food fifteen years ago. Lunch prices all the time. Dinner and weekend hours.

Fifteen years ago, I ate there several times a week.

The owner has resisted the urge to change. Same menu, almost the same prices.

In Seattle for a weekend last month, I found time for thom ka kai. Nothing could live up to memories of soups past but I wasn’t disappointed.

Working hard, doing the job well, and unspoiled by success.

Posted: November 30th, 2008 under personal.
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What I see when I look out the window now

My new job brings a change of scenery.

Posted: November 3rd, 2008 under personal.
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