On my second day at pole (11 Jan) the folks from Stanford (Walt, Sarah, and Jamie) received a box of Christmas treats. Most notably, this includes toy tops that make lights and play Axel F (the theme from Beverly Hills Cop!).
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- BLASTbus crate for cryogenic housekeeping. The reason I’m at pole. Lights are halfblinken (a good start, and enough for me to take a picture)
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- Looking in the temporarily open side of the crate, at the BLASTbus motherboards
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- Presents!? Yeah, I want to see people open presents
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- Two toy tops twirl. Their blinkenlights are somewhat more amusing than the BLASTbus crate’s. Did I mention they play Axel F?
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- Walt’s is broken, but he tries to get it to work anyway
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- Jamie winds his for another go
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- Everybody winding. Sarah winds her’s too, and Walt hasn’t yet given up on his busted winder
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- Like me, Chin-Lin watches the fun. Unlike me, she has the comfy chair
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- Chocolate too!
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- Zak and Colin wander by and discover the fun
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- Zak joins in
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- He sets the top bouncing around in a box (an innovation discovered by Jamie)
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