I am on my computer this Sunday morning, minding my own business, when I see this email from Geoffrey “Geoff” Larcom:
You can watch the inflation of the roof of the Eastern Michigan University Athletic Practice facility this morning (Sunday, Feb. 7) through live video streaming on the emich.edu Web site home page. Physical plant staff found a break in the wind and weather, and the roof is going up this morning, until about 10:30 a.m.
Sure enough, if you visit the EMU Physical Plant web page, you’ll see the inflating live. Or you might– it was a little glitchy for me. For those of you who have better things to do with your Sunday and/or those of you who are just not quite as breathlessly excited about the domed practice facility: here’s what it looked like inflating:
I predict when it is full, it will be more dome-shaped.
That’s pretty cool.
“break…wind…going up…”
huh-huh, huh-huh.
Getting in tune with my inner seventh grader.
My 2005 tuition increase dollars hard at work. I can think of many other places where I think that money should have been spent before an indoor practice field.
Students, IM sports, and the public will be able to use it.
You know, when I posted that video feed on the web site I had severe doubts that anyone would be awake to notice or watch at 8 AM. I am rather delighted anyone saw it, boring though it might have been. (I myself glanced at it to make sure it worked, slept for a while, and glanced again).