The move...
Mar 27, 2008 14:09
The move has been anticipated with dread and sleeplessness. We were working on tight deadline projects up until 10 pm the night before the hired muscle was arriving to move the heavy equipment. Needless to say, we were not well packed.
The new location is only two blocks away. The goal for the first day was to move the heavy equipment (compressors, mat cutting machines, vacuum presses and work tables) and minimize down time as much as possible. Also during the first day, phone lines and power would be installed.
Everything arrived safe and sound. The only glitch was two new circuit breakers had to be ordered because it is a bit of a funky breaker box. The milestone for me was being back on-line by the end of the first day.
The second day was a day of details. Positioning equipment, shop layout and unpacking. The security system, the compressor air lines and final electrical was also accomplished. The second day milestone was cutting a mat on the computerized mat cutter and drawing a vacuum on the vacuum press.
Today is the third day and I am beat. Moulding samples are still be moved from the old shop and a really slick moulding sample system is being installed as I type. The goal of an April 1st start-up looks reasonable. The milestone for today is waking the printers up and installing a simple computer network.
It must almost be "Miller Time".
Jon Hassler 1933-2008
Mar 20, 2008 15:25
Goodbye Jon. And thank you for sharing all of your talents.
Blog from the Baghdad Bureau
Mar 18, 2008 14:16
In September 2005 we hosted a photojournalism exhibit by Max Becherer. Max was an embedded photographer in the initial 'Shock and Awe' invasion of Iraq in 2003 and has been back and forth between Iraq and Afghanistan several times, usually for months at a time. Max's exhibit presented several story-lines of what life in Iraq is like for Iraqis in the post-Saddam era. The objective of the exhibit was to present an honest portrayal; it is what it is.
It was a very moving exhibit and I am proud to have Max as a friend. Max is a giant of a man who has an uncanny eye to capture the emotion within an image. This can be some pretty horrific combat photography and it takes a very special skill set to be both sensitive to the subject matter and still tell the story.
Max has some very emotional reflections on the past five years in Iraq. It was published in the New York Times on March 18, 2008. It can be found here. After you read that, visit his web site. www.MaxBecherer.com
To Max; keep your head low and travel safely.
Hometime, part deux (ver. 2008)
Mar 11, 2008 16:51
It has been interesting tracking the feedback from the Hometime show. The show was released to the PBS affiliates last weekend and each affiliate creates their own schedule. In any case, over time most of the PBS affiliates broadcast the show and this slow 'unrolling' allows me to watch the traffic patterns.
We only track trends and do not spend too much time drilling down into the 'Rabbit Hole' of data out in the virtual world. So far, Tennessee, Ohio and Maine have been especially active with follow-up from either the PBS.org or Hometime.com web sites. Since Saturday our web traffic is about 3x the normal volume and the typical visitor is spending about 4x the average time looking around the web site. This means the overall visit quality is increasing, which is a good thing.
Locally, the show will air this coming Saturday. The Red Wing paper did a terrific feature on the show last weekend, so that should raise local awareness as well.
Girl Scout Cookies
Mar 09, 2008 16:14
I
am cashing in on the extra Hometime web traffic we
are receiving to shamelessly promote for my niece
Ellie. She is selling Girl Scout Cookies. Buy four
get one more! Call the shop at 1-651-385-0500 and
place your order now.