A Star is Born (actually two stars)
by cameo ~ November 18th, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized.
Today is a day to get some little things accomplished. It is often the little things that can make the difference. Everyone on the team has things that they need to accomplish if the overall project is going to be a success.
I have a lot of work to do on the computer. I need to work on the video picture frame. It is a device that looks just like a picture frame and flashes pictures and videos that you download into it. We want to remove some pictures and download some new ones. It doesn’t sound like a hard job but it definitely takes some time. There are a lot of pictures and video clips to sort through.
The video picture frame with a photo of starfish.
Other members of the team have jobs that are important to the project. Some are working on the navigation, some on the operating software, and some are trying to test the new 1000 foot tether.
However, the big excitement today is that Stacy is going to be on the Today show. She is scheduled to be on the show on Tuesday, November 18th at 8:11am EDT. In case you were wondering, that’s 2:11am on Wednesday, November 19th for us.
That means that I can stop work a little early. As a reward, I am going to do my laundry. Yippee! Now that might not sound exciting but when you have been wearing the same clothes for 12 days, the idea of clean clothes is pretty darn exciting.
Well, the plan was to get up at 1:30am to watch Stacy on the Today show. It should not come as a surprise that I overslept. I woke up at 2:00am and realized that I had ten minutes to get dressed and get over to the Chalet (the headquarters for the National Science Foundation). Luckily I am a very fast dresser and I made it to the Chalet with a minute to spare. I was so glad that I decided to get up. It was really exciting to see Stacy on live national television. The set-up was beautiful with the scenery in the background.
Stacy getting ready to be a television star.
Stacy looked like a real professional and she looked great in her “Big Red” (the arctic coat that we were given by the CDC).
The actual filming of Stacy's segment on the Today show.
I was able to watch Stacy filming and see the actual telecast on a television. There was a slight (4 seconds) delay. Doesn’t she look great?
A star is born in Antarctica.
The other star of the television show was SCINI. She looked fabulous!
SCINI steals the show.
If you would like to watch the segment in its entirety, then go to http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/27783395#27783395.
After all of this excitement, there is only one thing to do. I’m going back to bed and get some lovely sleep.
November 18th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
What a great segment on the Today Show! SCINI moves through the water a little more elegantly than I expected. Sounds like you are in the process of developing something that could ultimately be beneficial to a lot of research groups. I’m enjoying reading all of the posts and I hope you all continue to have success down there!
Stay warm,
Tonya Jacobs