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Jan
17

Site 3 kickoff fieldtrip

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This is how many new creative work spaces begin: beer + talking. Our good friends Seth Hardy and Alex Leitch are kicking off the Site 3 Colaboratory in T.O. So Gus, Ben, Bevan, and I jumped in the car and headed to the city to support their kick-off meeting this evening.

More after the break…


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It was a great turnout…

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with lots of cool people…

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from different

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domains,

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all thinking about…

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a collaborative…

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work space.

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I would like to thank Gus’ shirt for showing up too…

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because if you stare at it for a few seconds you see this.

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And, for posterity’s sake, we met behind this door…

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at The Green Room.

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Of course, no trip to the Big Smoke is complete

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without a little

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maker shopping: this time at Eftston Science on Dufferin just south of the 401.

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and fresnel lens fun-house faces.

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(regular faces here)

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This blew me away: $1K for a parabolic mic. Wow. I did some work early last year spinning plaster in bowls to create parabaloid molds to cast a reflector for just such a mic. This price tag spurs my interest in rekindling that project. You could drop a lot of cash in this store, but it’s definitely worth the stop. They have a lot of cool stuff.

All the best, Site 3!

Happy making,
DW

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