{"id":1889,"date":"2016-06-09T11:03:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-09T11:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/?p=1889"},"modified":"2016-06-09T04:17:19","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T04:17:19","slug":"burning-man-in-pictures-2015-xiv-sneaky-robots-and-a-maze-structure-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/2016\/06\/09\/burning-man-in-pictures-2015-xiv-sneaky-robots-and-a-maze-structure-complete\/","title":{"rendered":"Burning Man in Pictures 2015 XIV: Sneaky Robots and A Maze Structure-Complete!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last time, we had just finished dealing with a windstorm<\/a>, and had taken a break for dinner. Later that night, it was time to get back to work.<\/p>\n

On the way, we passed a variable forklift helping to construct a geodesic dome, as you do.<\/p>\n

\"On<\/a>
On our way to the installation, we passed a variable forklift helping to construct a geodesic dome, as you do.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We also ran into this sneaky guy:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The sneakiest robot ever.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While I distracted him, S snuck around behind…:<\/p>\n

\"While<\/a>
While I distracted him, S snuck around behind…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

…and they became close friends (there were no survivors):<\/p>\n

\"...and<\/a>
…and they became close friends (there were no survivors).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last stop on our trek before the installation was the phenomenal ‘Medusa’ being constructed at centre camp. This picture does not do justice to the immense scale (there were dance parties all week underneath it):<\/p>\n

\"Medusa<\/a>
Medusa at centre camp under construction. This picture does not truly capture the scale of the piece.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally reaching the installation, we took a second to check on our fuel depot, but our tank was happy, as it had found a friend:<\/p>\n

\"Propane<\/a>
Propane tanks need friends too!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But what was that in the distance? A red swingline stapler art car?:<\/p>\n

\"STAPLE<\/a>
STAPLE STAPLE STAPLE STAPLE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We got back to work putting up mirrors with our fearless build crew. Here you can see three of them hard at work (I think l-r Evan, Kosta, Greg) (Also note the ever-present camelbak. Essential for hydration, even at night:<\/p>\n

\"Intense<\/a>
Intense Mirror Blaze work. (I think l-r Evan, Kosta, Greg) (Also note the ever-present camelbak. Essential for hydration, even at night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Finally, after many hours, we were structure complete! All posts up, all mirrors up! All ready for fire certification tomorrow! All we need is bunting and wiring!<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A blurry end to night 3 construction! (l-r Evan, Greg, Kosta, S)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the same time, Marc was hard at work on FaIRE Hockey, doing his impression of a human fire Zamboni:<\/p>\n

\"Marc,<\/a>
Marc, hard at work on FaIRE Hockey, doing his best impression of a human fire Zamboni.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Next: More of the evenings activities, and build day 4 (the last build day!) and opening night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last time, we had just finished dealing with a windstorm, and had taken a break for dinner. Later that night, it was time to get back to work. On the way, we passed a variable forklift helping to construct a geodesic dome, as you do. We also ran into this sneaky guy: While I distracted … Continue reading Burning Man in Pictures 2015 XIV: Sneaky Robots and A Maze Structure-Complete!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[27,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1889"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1889\/revisions\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nayrb.org\/~blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}