Photo Shoot - October 24
Today we had a mini-building session, because some people were coming to take pictures of us for college publicity type stuff. The photographers seemed minorly disappointed that the wheel was not up and running, but they still stayed to get some pictures. It was too crowded in the first floor lab, so we wheeled the hamster wheel out to the back porch of Martin to work on it. We didn’t really want to lay it down, so we worked on it while it was upright. They took some pictures while we attached a couple more brackets and screwed in some of the missing screws on the existing brackets. It was kind of funny that every time we started to screw something in, the wheel would move or slide away. Also, the photographers seemed more interesting in us pretending that we were working than seeing us actually working, but I guess that’s how it works. Then it started pouring down rain, so all of us crowded under the overhang trying not to get too soaked (or electrocuted from our power tools). Then it was just about time to go, so we took the (now slightly wet) wheel back to its home in the lab, and went to warm up in the physics lab/office. Hopefully we will get some more of the work done soon so that the wheel can be finished by the end of the semester.