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About gmcdavid

Retired IT professional with a wide range of interests. Married. Three sons, two with autistic-spectrum disorders and the third being transgender with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. From Chicago but now living in the Twin Cities metro, Minnesota. Episcopalian. Carleton College (BA 1972, physics) and Stanford University (MS 1974, Applied Physics; MS 1976 Statistics).

Adam Savage on making things

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From Maker Faire 2012.

This is a great talk about making things. I found it inspiring because it validated a lot of the crezy things I do my hobbies. It is about 20 minutes long.

What is ironic is that we are hearing about the importance of making things from someone generally associated with the phrase Don’t try this at home.

From discovery.com by way of mia_mcdavid.

Pentecost

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Pentecost, May 27, 2012

Lá na Cincíse, 27ú lá Mí na Bealtaine 2012

This past Sunday was Pentecost. At St. Mary’s, as I have seen elsewhere, a tradition is to read one one of the lessons in multiple languages. I volunteered to read in Irish. We read the Gospel, after our Deacon introduced it. The Irish translation is from An Bíobla Naofa.
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