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June 28, 2006
Telescopically Speaking
D: That's not Jupiter, really. Is it?
A: Yes!
D: No. It's not red and there's no spot.
A: There is a spot.
D: There is not a spot.
A: But look! There are moons. Five, in a line.
D: Which one's Io.
Io Statistics
Discovered by Simon Marius & Galileo Galilei
Date of discovery 1610
Mass (kg) 8.94e+22
Mass (Earth = 1) 1.4960e-02
Equatorial radius (km) 1,815
Equatorial radius (Earth = 1) 2.8457e-01
Mean density (gm/cm^3) 3.55
Mean distance from Jupiter (km) 421,600
Rotational period (days) 1.769138
Orbital period (days) 1.769138
Mean orbital velocity (km/sec) 17.34
Orbital eccentricity 0.004
Orbital inclination (degrees) 0.040
Escape velocity (km/sec) 2.56
Visual geometric albedo 0.61
Mean surface temperature -143°C
Magnitude (Vo) 5.02
Source: PlanetaryExploration.net
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June 25, 2006
”ロヤル・ハワイアン・ベーチとプール”
D: スゴいね。海はこんなにあったかーい！
A: ...
D: ...
A: ...バカみたい。お風呂みたい。
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June 9, 2006
Two Lines from Yoda
Do or do not. There is no try.
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June 8, 2006
Open House at Design Kompany Today!
Big news.
Today we are hosting a barbecue party for our office mate and client, D+A Studio.
There's one thing I have to clarify. A lot of people think "D" and "A" are the characters of Dandan, but actually to think this would be incorrect. I can see how you could make that mistake, though.
The "D" and "A" of D+A Studio are the owners of an architecture design studio. They do pretty cool stuff, like green design and thinking about how to design communities instead of just buildings. They also are really into urban design for smart growth.
Sometime last fall D (of Dandan) met one of the designers for D+A Studio. "When I saw their business name, I couldn't help but think good things were on the way."
We helped them rebrand. And now we share an office!
more about D+A and details of the party
Date: Today!
Place: Design Kompany/D+A Studio office
Time: 5 to10pm
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June 3, 2006
Scenes from a windowsill
A lot of people are moving lately. And when you move, you tend to find old desks, chest of drawers, things that you have had for a long time and no longer want. So, a lot of used furniture ends up on the sidewalks with a "FREE" tag on it. Over the Memorial Day weekend, there was a pile of it right outside of our window, some of them our own found-but-no-longer-desired furniture (yes, we are moving, too). Sitting on the windowsill with the view, with various human drama (or the lack thereof) unfolding down below, provided an excellent respite from the packing and cleaning.
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[a young guy, very excited and animated, bounds over to a TV stand balanced on the curb, grabs it, runs back to his friends]
A: I wish I had a camera.
D: Or a video camera.
A: Yeah! it would be a funny video blog piece.
A: We could put something out, wait for someone to grab it and shoot the entire scene, like the candid camera thing.
D: Wouldn't that be like spying or something?
[pause, as we thoughtfully gaze out where an old guy in trainer pants with a dog passes by]
D: Never mind. Spying is exactly what we are doing.
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D: There goes some young hipsters.
A: Yeah. They didn't even look at the stuff over here.
D: I think they are called that because they show off their slim hips.
A: Uhm, D, the term stems from the word "hip" meaning trendy or fashionable, I think.
D: Oh, yeah... heh.
A: Can I quote you on that?
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A Guy on a Bike I: [looking at the stuff, as he approaches it slowly] FREE!
AGOAB II: Yeah. Something must be wrong with it, dude.
AGOAB I: [emphatically] FREE!!
AGOAB II: Yeah... [cycles away]
AGOAB I: [catching up with his buddy, but looking back at the stuff again] FREE...
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We actually watched a few people examine our old sewing-machine table (we picked it up off a sidewalk ourselves, but that's another story) later that weekend, and even took pictures. Apologies to the guy whose private moment with a piece of furniture we rudely interrupted.
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