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by jere
Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:14:18
I haven't been here in a while because a) I couldn't find a text box to post a comment and b) the setup at the moment has text overlying text and I couldn't discern one article from another.
Anyway, before anything gets screwed-up-er, I want to extend the invitation for the annual New Year bash.... in Norfolk, MA again this year. I hope to see you!!! : ) (Are smiley faces OK in computer-ese, anders? -- I am ashamed to admit that I'm one of those TAs you hate, putting smiley faces on student papers -- my excuse was that it was attempt to "lower the affective filter" -- always important in foreign language classes! : ) )
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anders pearson - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:16:18
on a related note: i seem to recall several people last year who had cameras with them and promised that they'd scan the pictures in and post them. however, i have yet to see any pictures. odd.
jere - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:22:18
well, nigel sent me one, and i'll see if i am technically competent enough to somehow import it here... just a sec... nope, i can't figger out how to attach a jpeg image... instructions, please?
anders pearson - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:23:18
on the post page is an "upload an image" section. go there. hit the "browse" button which will bring up a dialog to let you find the image on your computer. select the right one, then give it a description and keywords (both optional) and hit "upload image".
lani - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:17:18
i'm being convinced but transportation is a question for me too. i looked up the MBTA and they have a Norfolk on the map leaving from South Station. is that a good way?
jere - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:24:18
You've got it right, all of you. Norfolk is on the Franklin/Forge Park/I-495 line (two stations from the end of the line), coming out of South Station in Boston. You can catch a train in So. Sta. for NYC, or for Worcester and then? NYC? Is Worcester on the NYC line, Emile?
I don't think anyone has contacted the other folks yet, although heather said she would soon. Does someone want to undertake that? Where is Nigel? I tried e-mailing him at HMC and the mail got returned. How about the No. Carolina folks?
anders pearson - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:25:18
that was how some people got there last year. the station is within walking distance from jere's house. i can probably take a train from norfolk back to boston and then get on a train to nyc from there. probably what i'll do.
hopefully i can snag a ride down with one of the other maine folk.
anyone contacted zeb, kara, nigel, elliot, jesse, etc?
emile - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:26:18
peoples needing train rides to nyc:worcester is on that line, and i live in worcester, so if you kids want to skip a few unnecessary travel hours, you can catch the nyc train outta worcester via the Me Transit System
jere - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:18:18
I don't know what you've done in the mean time, anders, but the page is now clear, readable, and I like the... whatchacallits, green swooshes. Thanks!
anders pearson - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:20:18
i expect i'll be there (even trying to talk lani into joining us). i seem to recall a train station right up the road from you. what is the likelihood that one could get on a train at that station and get off the train in new york a few hours later?
sorry about the appearance of the site. certain browsers have some serious bugs and can't handle the nice, valid CSS that i use. soon i'll have a "barebones" type skin for thraxil that you can use if you're using of those browsers.
my main issue with the smileys on homework was that they seemed out of place in advanced engineering courses. getting a smiley face on homework that involves LaPlace transforms seems like a mockery of the pain that i endured. it's like beating someone within an inch of their life and then tenderly placing a band-aid on one of their cuts.
Mark Boudreau - Mon 10 Dec 2001 10:21:18
anders, if you're in MA for more than a day, some sloth, apathy and debauchery could probably be arranged in Attleboro (pending Captain Spanky's approval).