December 4, 2011: Online Work Bee

Brandon ... watched Journey of the Universe, will watch again when not cleaning my office
Ben ... productive (did almost all homework) ... also looked at some smartphones that I'm considering
Shelley ... good, but really really tired and facing a few more hours of work before bed (vs. getting up early)
Sequoia ... asleep (maybe if we are lucky)

<s>Ben ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Ben ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Ben ... investigate flashlights with red light ... by next call
Ben ... create Google Alert</s>s ... <s>by next call
Ben ... respond to Lori ... by Tuesday
Ben ... investigate tools for "Something You Learn" animation ... by next call
Ben ... write 500 words ... by next call</s>
Brandon ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
<s>Brandon ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing</s> S,T,W,S,S
Brandon ... arrange for a yule log ... by next call (have investigated, looking at two options)
<s>Brandon ... followup with Nick, ask for his help with the "more or less alive" bit of the book ... by Monday
Brandon ... suggest a second meetup ... by next week</s>
Brandon ... write another 1000 words on the book ... by next week (590)
<s>Brandon ... create a page with Shelley's ideas for the book on it ... by next week
Shelley ... follow your topical community protocol for this week ... ongoing
Shelley ... meditate and keep track of which days ... ongoing
Shelley ... check with Jerry about December 3 ... by tomorrow</s>

Saturday December 10, 2011 ... Jerry Rotation: Brandon, Jerry?, Shelley, Ben

Watch Symphony of Science!

Red lights

Need to be dim ... bike taillights might be too bright
Can cover a regular flashlight with red plastic (multiple layers to dim it more)

GeerCrest Farm on December 22nd?

Shelley: nothing of note
Brandon: new Member by Declaration on SolSeed wrote a bunch on his talk page
Ben: been in email exchange with GM from Kennedy Space Center ... says topical community doesn't really exist ... opportunity? or what? ... page on SpaceWiki probably wouldn't lead to much participation ... what about looking for enthusiasts rather than researchers? I did find a couple of Yahoo groups (related) with links to Facebook groups (one West Coast/Oregon, the other perhaps more active is in Indiana) ... Next: join the Facebook groups ... also sent email to PB

Have software called Motion that might be helpful for doing somewhat better animation than I can do with Final Cut ... it's likely that for some animations, I'll just have a Photoshop file and change it a little and then save, change it a little and then save
Could consider getting a real animation tool like After Effects
Mostly for Lori's video, since ours mostly has stuff sliding around rather than anything complicated

Ben thinks the new page should talk about the Destiny and not be so focused on things we don't believe in