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Thomas P. Gootee
Guest
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Re: My PCB-making webpage will be mentioned on a TV show!
Dear Everyone,
Interesting news!
My printed circuit board webpage
(http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg/gooteepc.htm) is going to be mentioned
on a TV show! I got a call, a few months ago, from a writer for the
Saturday morning television program called "Strange Days at Blake
Holsey High".
The episode that he was writing would require the characters to be
able to fabricate a printed circuit board (PCB), using a more-or-less
believable method. He found my webpage with an internet search and
then telephoned me. We had a very nice long chat. (Interesting guy!)
And I gave him a procedure that the characters might use to make a
pcb, with only what they had on hand, i.e. no blank pcbs.
The episode, entitled "Brainwaves", should air sometime in October,
2003. According to the script page that was sent to me, a character
will say that they need to make a "Gootee Board", and will mention
that it is "named after Tom Gootee, who posted the instructions on the
internet"! Finally!! My fifteen seconds of fame!! Cool, huh?! Maybe
I should install a hit-counter on the webpage, again, just to see what
happens, after that. (Ok. They don't actually mention the URL. But it
should be enough that a web search will very-easily find it.)
So check your local TV listings! "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High"
is a non-animated Saturday morning show about a science class at a
high school, which airs on NBC (at 11 AM CST, here). It is a half-hour
drama/comedy series "where science fiction meets science fact". The
sharp-witted teen characters are "complex, yet believable", and are
challenged with "high stakes, mystery-laden adventures". Besides
entertaining, and resonating with, the target audience, the show also
educates, "by encouraging kids to look at their world and ask the
questions... "Why?" and "How?"". So check it out!
Regards,
Tom
Thomas P. (Tom) Gootee
tomg@fullnet.com
http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg (Good used Electronic Test Equipment and
Service Manuals)
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Re: My PCB-making webpage will be mentioned on a TV show!
Dear Everyone,
Interesting news!
My printed circuit board webpage
(http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg/gooteepc.htm) is going to be mentioned
on a TV show! I got a call, a few months ago, from a writer for the
Saturday morning television program called "Strange Days at Blake
Holsey High".
The episode that he was writing would require the characters to be
able to fabricate a printed circuit board (PCB), using a more-or-less
believable method. He found my webpage with an internet search and
then telephoned me. We had a very nice long chat. (Interesting guy!)
And I gave him a procedure that the characters might use to make a
pcb, with only what they had on hand, i.e. no blank pcbs.
The episode, entitled "Brainwaves", should air sometime in October,
2003. According to the script page that was sent to me, a character
will say that they need to make a "Gootee Board", and will mention
that it is "named after Tom Gootee, who posted the instructions on the
internet"! Finally!! My fifteen seconds of fame!! Cool, huh?! Maybe
I should install a hit-counter on the webpage, again, just to see what
happens, after that. (Ok. They don't actually mention the URL. But it
should be enough that a web search will very-easily find it.)
So check your local TV listings! "Strange Days at Blake Holsey High"
is a non-animated Saturday morning show about a science class at a
high school, which airs on NBC (at 11 AM CST, here). It is a half-hour
drama/comedy series "where science fiction meets science fact". The
sharp-witted teen characters are "complex, yet believable", and are
challenged with "high stakes, mystery-laden adventures". Besides
entertaining, and resonating with, the target audience, the show also
educates, "by encouraging kids to look at their world and ask the
questions... "Why?" and "How?"". So check it out!
Regards,
Tom
Thomas P. (Tom) Gootee
tomg@fullnet.com
http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg (Good used Electronic Test Equipment and
Service Manuals)
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