tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2741467607694718472..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: But there was plenty of space there!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52820244409688067062016-10-10T11:32:36.196-04:002016-10-10T11:32:36.196-04:00You guys are the best!You guys are the best!Suzy from Square Statehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03085856052108645578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84919319712527521612016-10-09T17:08:47.111-04:002016-10-09T17:08:47.111-04:00If you are forbidden from filling the holes and yo...If you are forbidden from filling the holes and you just cover them up, such as by placing duct tape on top, you are not even breaking the rules. Filling the holes implies that something is placed inside, and you are not doing that.Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-66116938949261764342016-10-09T16:07:12.432-04:002016-10-09T16:07:12.432-04:00Even a portable one might be good, if it doesn'...Even a portable one might be good, if it doesn't "walk."<br /><br />A wall-mounted, pull-down screen requires a robust attachment so as not to land on the person tugging on it.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47686013905650422732016-10-09T16:04:28.708-04:002016-10-09T16:04:28.708-04:00Almost totally agreed. A small point of contention...Almost totally agreed. A small point of contention is that the people who do some things aren't necessarily the ones who undo them. For example, the electrical workers who may take it upon themselves to knock holes in walls to add to the infrastructure might not even be in the same union as the plasterers, carpenters, painters or whoever who patch and paint the walls. So the unexpected repairOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41934338491648801762016-10-09T15:56:32.642-04:002016-10-09T15:56:32.642-04:00We have little boxes in our coat closets. The tri...We have little boxes in our coat closets. The tricky thing is that we never had properly-strung coax, just the mess I removed (I'm currently using a DSL line -- so, the old copper wiring that was installed in either the '50s when the building was built or the '80s when it was renovated). So I need to install the coax, neatly, then let the technician make the connection. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26010728736675610412016-10-09T15:46:04.128-04:002016-10-09T15:46:04.128-04:00At least in my single dwelling, the fiber optic li...At least in my single dwelling, the fiber optic line comes into the building, then plugs into a box about the size of a large briefcase that converts the signal to run through the same coax that CATV uses.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79790675295646669042016-10-09T10:59:13.488-04:002016-10-09T10:59:13.488-04:00Get a pull-down projector screen and nail it up ab...Get a pull-down projector screen and nail it up above the hole...?Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35142280485037085042016-10-09T10:59:09.869-04:002016-10-09T10:59:09.869-04:00Get a pull-down projector screen and nail it up ab...Get a pull-down projector screen and nail it up above the hole...?Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18738733626031617852016-10-09T05:03:16.009-04:002016-10-09T05:03:16.009-04:00If union workers really are supposed to do the job...If union workers really are supposed to do the job, then they might as well do it as soon as possible. It shouldn't take months, especially since it's about repairing their own mistake. I think filling the holes yourselves could be one of the little things you can get away with, if doing it discreetly. <br /><br />Blanket bans are just there because it is not possible to specify every Monicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103879727877816655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69969258235279944912016-10-08T19:32:33.690-04:002016-10-08T19:32:33.690-04:00Oh, and experiences with whiteboard paint at my pl...Oh, and experiences with whiteboard paint at my place have been mixed, or so I hear tell. They're mostly springing for actual whiteboards these days. Though they were projecting onto it, I think the main issue was durability/cleanability (or lack thereof). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31250723642421115142016-10-08T19:31:04.381-04:002016-10-08T19:31:04.381-04:00And the two of you have now explained why I don...And the two of you have now explained why I don't have FIOS, even though my building is wired for it. I detached an amazing amount of shoddily-"installed" (using, yes, staples -- hi, Frod!) cable when I first moved in, and I'm pretty sure that I need to do the apartment-retrofit equivalent of what OPH describes -- drill the holes, run cable raceways along the baseboards or on Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19866431134373463712016-10-08T13:45:12.514-04:002016-10-08T13:45:12.514-04:00Regarding the chalkboard paint, we did something s...Regarding the chalkboard paint, we did something similar with the wall of one classroom, except it was whiteboard paint. So far it has stayed fresh enough, and I suppose if it gets too unusable, they could just slap a fresh coat on it. I think it may be too glossy to use as a projection screen.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24877385079640570192016-10-08T13:33:11.273-04:002016-10-08T13:33:11.273-04:00Well, you have to explain this sort of thing caref...Well, you have to explain this sort of thing carefully to academics, you know. Only now are they starting to gain proficiency at stapling dicks to the floor, despite my many efforts at showing them.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83583616156860613262016-10-08T13:23:53.798-04:002016-10-08T13:23:53.798-04:00I totally get that administration would want to di...I totally get that administration would want to discourage potentially unskilled persons from making alterations to the physical structures. I also get that union workers can be frustrated by having to undo such unskilled alterations, and that it's best overall for instructors and workers not to try to do each other's jobs. <br /><br />But here's the thing: making the classroom "Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37901156803537409182016-10-08T13:03:10.222-04:002016-10-08T13:03:10.222-04:00Gee, Frod, your endorsement of the foam board idea...Gee, Frod, your endorsement of the foam board idea is so lengthy it is almost as if someone else hadn't suggested it 10 hours before ;-)<br /><br />You've reminded me of my own experience with the cable TV installer. I took a day off from work, knowing he'd be late; he did not disappoint. I met him at the street as he was offloading supplies from his truck, and when he went back for aOgre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60351709297874802932016-10-08T11:33:09.768-04:002016-10-08T11:33:09.768-04:00I was thinking that, depending on the size of the ...I was thinking that, depending on the size of the hole, a piece of ordinary typing (excuse me, I'm showing my age: copy/printer) paper and some scotch tape might do it. They do make white duct tape, which might do damage; I'm not sure about white painters' tape, which would be handy in this case. Old-fashioned masking tape (age, again) was an off-white/cream color; if that still Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90890672267862313082016-10-08T11:30:13.963-04:002016-10-08T11:30:13.963-04:00Or if they do consult you (for instance, via "...Or if they do consult you (for instance, via "focus group" before drawing up plans for replacing the whole building), they then completely ignore you (at least so it seems from the notes that followed that focus group meeting; the repeated refrain from people who actually use the building was a desire for visually and aurally private spaces; that was not reflected at all in the notes, Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83919763199978768092016-10-08T08:44:11.681-04:002016-10-08T08:44:11.681-04:00Here's something even better: with a large eno...Here's something even better: with a large enough piece of foamboard and favorable room geometry, you may not even need to tape it: just lean it up against the wall. That way, no one can really accuse you of fixing anything.Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-79183599252592029172016-10-08T08:39:45.838-04:002016-10-08T08:39:45.838-04:00Oh, what hath socialism wrought. Didn’t Terry Gill...Oh, what hath socialism wrought. Didn’t Terry Gilliam make fun of this, in his film Brazil? <br /><br />Another reason this takes me back to the ‘80s is that it reminds me of when we got basic cable. Nothing like having some yokels straight out of Caddyshack come over and vandalize your home, and you have to pay them for it, and they’re NOT cheap. It pains me, with my working-class background, Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37285693691463555152016-10-07T21:42:39.271-04:002016-10-07T21:42:39.271-04:00Once again, nobody consults the people who actuall...Once again, nobody consults the people who actually use the room before totally fucking something up. What's the over/under on St. Patrick's Day?<br /><br />Perhaps you can use that 3M Command stuff to hang a 4x8' foam core posterboard or something. Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.com