Advanced Computers #2, Wednesday Afternoon 7/19

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Abby stood at the front of the computer lab, holding a gong and mallet. The seating arrangement had each student facing another at tables with space for their laptops in between.

"Today we're going to dig deep and discover the inner hacker in all of us. You're going to race to hack into a specific site and insert a code. Whoever gets the code dropped first wins." Abby leaned forward eagerly and grinned at the students. "But that would be too boring. So you're going to pair up and fight against each other at the same time. Trace your enemy's presence in the computer system, track them and fight them. Either kick them out of the system or keep them occupied long enough that you can win."

"Rules are simple and few. The battleground is in cyberspace, it's not fair if you try to hamper your partner by throwing something at his head or giving him a wedgie. The sites that you're going to be hacking are sorta important...let's try not to bring them down. Third rule: the code you're dropping is basically my signature. It's harmless. I would prefer if that's all you left in the computer systems."

Abby sat back up on her desk and smacked the gong with the mallet. "Bang a gong, it's on!"

[ooc: This class is about interaction more than computer terminology, so handwavey computer terms are fine. It's a fight between you and your partner, so regular fight rules apply. You can direct an attack...not an outcome. If Willow throws a virus at Mac, it's up to Mac to decide whether she got kicked offline. If you want your character to get info from the sites, that's fine. Abby doesn't mind if you snoop, just don't break the system...she'll be watching out for that.]

Photography [7/19]

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Veronica might have appeared more subdued than usual when her students arrived this morning.

"Morning," she said. "I hope you all remembered to wear old clothes. Today we're going to learn the process of film developing." She gave them a handout and briefly went over it.

"Okay, I think you're ready to hit the darkroom," she said, forcing a smile. "I'll be here if you have any questions."

Once they were finished developing their photos, Veronica let them wash their hands and then instructed them to take seats in the classroom again so they could brainstorm their prompts for next week before dismissing them.



[possibility of major slow play/limited avail today - busy day at work plus packing for my trip]

Jewelry workshop 2

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“Today, we are going to talk about the history of Jewelry and also learn to work with metals. If you look at this handout you will see that Jewelry has been used for hundreds of thousands of years. It has been used at decoration, as money, as bribes and in religious ceremonies. It has been made from a wide variety of materials, with only one thing in common. Almost always, the materials are of a hard and nearly indestructible nature. One wants these things to last forever, right?”

She looked around the room. “I you to divide into groups and to pick a material that you know Jewelry to be made of. Then you can make a little presentation about your material for the rest of the gang here.”

after that

“Now, lets take a lookat metal. It is by far not a requirement to use it but I want you to be familiar with it. This is silver. It is a precious metal, but easier to work with then gold. You are getting 20 gauge silver wire. I would like you to wrap it tightly around the dowels provided over there and saw through with the jewelers’ saw. You will get a number of jumprings,which you can connect into a chain.”

Observational Astronomy -- July 19

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Week 2 - July 19 - The Summer Triangle: Lyra, Cygnus, Aquila

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Star maps: East | West | North | South | Overhead


( Three brilliant stars form the Summer Triangle, making it our best heavenly landmark in the summer night sky. )

Stealth and Deception Workshop #2

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As with last week, the students received an e-mail telling them to go to Cafe Fina for their class that morning.

The Kludge's Guide to the Universe | Dangershop, Wednesday Afternoon (Week 2)

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Wednesday afternoon once again found Harper in the dangershop, with his feet up and a can of Sparky.

After the class had signed in and found places to sit or lean, Harper stood up. "All right, last week we studied team-building. Today comes the important collaterally to team building, a little thing I like to call threat recognition."

( A friend is someone who will backstab you to your face - Threat Recognition )

[ooc: OCD threads coming are up! Post away!]
[Workshop Information]
[HARPER HAS LEFT THE BUILDING! There will be tags when I'm conscious again Back.]

Monologuing, Dialoguing, and Out-Quipping the Bad Guy (Workshop #2), Main Campfire, Thursday morning

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"Ah, so I see you managed to find your way here. Didn't know you could find your way out of your cabins without a hand-drawn map and a sherpa. We'd better get started, unless I'm moving too quickly for you. Then again, most garden-variety snails are moving too quickly for you lot."

Ivanova grinned.

( 'Today's lesson, if you knuckleheads haven't realised, is insults.' )

[[OCD's a-comin' up. Time to unleash your inner schoolyard bullies. I'll be around intermittantly until around 7EST tomorrow, if you need me for something specific ping me on AIM. I know there's 13 of you, but River's out so it all works. I think. Have fun!]]