!! SEPP to Boot: Stephen's Experience (BEL)

Stephen B. Thomas wrote:

Jay Angler wrote:I realize you are avoiding metal, but if you're allowing rope of some sort, a weight on a rope to auto-close the gate may end up being useful.

Nice idea, Jay! We've been discussing how to re-integrate pulley-and-weight systems to close gates behind us, and the Bark Park makes good sense as a candidate. I'll address this with the rest of the team and we'll see what we come up with.

Bob Jr. or Mini-Bob to the rescue ;-)  I've seen closure concepts like this - the challenge will be to implement metal-free (my first thought is rope through eye hooks but there's bound to be other ways to guide a rope).

Gates are not my strong suit.  I haven't put a lot of thought into it, but I wonder what the wear points will look like.  From the way it seems to move, I wouldn't expect significant binding, but I haven't worked much with wood on wood movement.

I am enjoying being able to see how the Boots are working through design and implementation processes.

Derek Thille wrote:Awesome.  The first time I read "gate plate", I didn't quite understand where that fit in.  Seeing it in the video unconfuddled me.  In essence, it is a lintel.  Egyptian doorways had heiroglyphs on the lintel, so having the Bark Park sign up there makes perfect sense.

Good to see someone has the lintel intel. I think Egyptian hieroglyphs would be more appropriate for a 'meowsoleum' than a 'bark park' though...

BEL #787

Here's a video update of the Boot Team's entry into the GAMCOD project. Enjoy!!!



That's all for now. Thanks for watching, and enjoy your day...!

BEL #788

Happy Taco Tuesday to you...!

Samantha paid us a visit yesterday, and before her departure, she had a chance to lead us on a snack-packed foraging tour of our own gardens. One of the things we've begun to pursue is eating more food from the gardens, every day. Foraging for greens is one easy way to accomplish this. Personally, I "snack on the go" while puttering round the garden, so this was an exceptionally useful experience for me.



I'm back at the Pump House at the Lab today, tinkering with the controls. I shut down the pump controls, bled the lines, fiddled with the settings a bit, then turned everything back on. No luck just yet. I ought to have this process nailed-down by now, but not yet. Some more study at YouTube University, and I should have it straightened out.



New Boot Brian was introduced to how to make Bone Sauce on his second day...! What a trooper.



Here, fellow Boot Shawn coaches new Boot Stephanie in planting raspberry bushes down at Far Arrakis.



Finally: all hail the current reigning Champion of the Wood: Seth! While the rest of us drink coffee and mug for the camera, Seth plans his next unstoppable move. We could all learn a lesson or two from that guy.



That's all for now. Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day...!

BEL #789

I set the final fire for this batch of Bone Sauce bright and early this morning. "I can do everything through coffee, which strengthens me."



In the afternoon, fellow Boot Brian and I collected the Bone Sauce essence, added a little canola oil, and headed up to Raspberry Rock.



Up at Raspberry Rock, we added a "trickle jug" to our previously-installed Worm Town. The goal is to maintain a hospitable habitat for worms and other beneficial invertebrates and insects, so they'll keep doing their underground thing.



I never swept, vacuumed, or air-blasted a rock face as much as this one. But at least, I do think it looks good. This is the entry to Complexity Trail.



Finally: big thanks to fellow Boot Matt, who sneaked this one in under the radar. Looking forward to teaching some fellow speed freaks how to play this satisfying racing game.



That's all for now. Thanks for reading, and enjoy your day...!