the machine -- construction story

Here's the story of the construction of the machine, written by Arson Island's Captain Andy. This is the blog entry page, so you might want to start at the last day and read upwards.

funny stuff. Probably the best pictures of me from this year will be me fixing the cold cathode lights on the arms in the middle of the night wearing sunglasses.

Here's a podcast from the SF Chronicle containing audio details. I'll sum it up for interested non-hearing readers if desired.

Here's the story of the destruction.

Here's a good photograph of the lighting effect, from right before the destruction -- lighting here is provided both by the cathode lights on the arms and the theatrical lighting on the ground.

oh, yeah, television

i was really tired last night and i turned on the hotel television in the middle of the night and saw ben browder and claudia black starring in an episode of sg1. that was really confusing until i managed to figure out what was going on.

is that the StarGate: Hearts in Atlantis spinoff, or is that just a random casting change in a new season?

(that's what i get for not watching television for a few years.)