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considering staffing in nz

13:21 Thursday 23 June 2016 JST

The September 2016 NWTA event north of Houston has a staff application deadline in 3 days. The one for New Zealand (a week later) has a staff deadline in August. Given that travel to NZ is way less expensive, plus I have more time to waffle, I think I'll forego staffing in Houston and apply for New Zealand. Plus I've never been there so it would be nice to visit!

great gg lesson

20:28 Thursday 23 June 2016 JST

Great lesson today with GG class: we finished taking apart the 1TB hard drive, which cost just over $200 in 2009.

(I thoughtlessly destroyed it with magnets; oops!)

I think I net 3000 yen per GG lesson, so I got half the hard drive price back by taking it apart across three lessons.

lessons in t

17:16 Thursday 23 June 2016 JST

Lessons at T today were good; my five students all had ample questions, and I'm beginning to remember their names. It's a bit hard because the lessons are only once every 2 weeks, and they take turns taking lessons, so I might see each of the students once a month for 45 minutes.

I explained how (at current earthly understanding of physics,) a wind turbine must spin (same as aircraft wings): thick leading edge and thin trailing edge.

Also talked about van de Graaff generators. Fun times!