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The Dinosaur Store

Posted on February 19, 2012February 24, 2017 by Ian C.

As Margaret continues to paint and decorate 8002, we decided to look for some interesting rocks/fossils (made difficult on Google by the bags!); we found The Dinosaur Store in Cocoa Beach so chose a day trip to the coast (an easy ride once we got past the crazy Disney traffic!):

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Inside was a treasure trove of real (“authentic”) and fake (“cast”) fossils and other fascinating stones and collectibles; we could have spent hours and thousands of dollars!

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We left with an Ammonite, a slice of Petrified Wood and a split stone with Trilobite inside (so you can put the two halves back together if desired!); all three pieces look great on the new furniture by the front door:

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Animal Kingdom snapshots

Posted on February 18, 2012February 24, 2017 by Ian C.

A trip to Animal Kingdom today, in warm but not so sunny weather, gave a few not-so-great phone camera shots – but the Tiger is quite good; and as we were leaving we caught site of a very active Giant Anteater (clearly it was expecting food, from the way it kept visiting the cage entrance); it’s name was justified, easily more than six feet nose to end of stiff tail!

More test rigs

Posted on February 17, 2012February 24, 2017 by Ian C.

Another big box arrived from Massachusetts today, with a test rig for P600 and SEM controllers (and some other stuff); the packaging of the test rig was amazing with sturdy 2×4 framing to protect the rigs from any shipping damage! The rigs, unpacked (left is an open P600, right is an open and top/bottom separated SEM controller, in the back a power supply):

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Thanks, Matt, for a great construction!