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| = 2 Gigasecond Party = | = 2 Gigasecond Party, Friday January 20 = ~-This page will be updated frequently. Questions to keithl AT keithl DOT com -~ |
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| I will be 2 billion seconds old Real Soon Now. You are invited to observe! | Keith Lofstrom will be 2 billion seconds old on ~+'''Friday January 20, 2017'''+~. |
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| Friday January 20, at 10:17:53 AM Pacific Standard Time is 2 billion seconds after September 5, 1953 at 745 AM, which is when my birth certificate claims I was born. I cannot confirm this, I did not have an accurate watch at that time. | You are invited to a party! Show up after 2pm to hang out with geeks, or after 6pm when the responsible adults get off work. We will have vegetarian finger food (falafels, veggie and fruit trays, cheese, nuts) plus tea, coffee, wine, beer, water, sparkling cider. |
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| Please do not bring presents. Bring a box with food and drink in it. We will probably have separate areas for low-carb vegetarian food (which I eat) and disassembled animals (which normal people eat). | . [[ Directions | 4180 S.W. 99th, "Beaverton" OR ]] |
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| Take home a box with empty dishes and swag; I'm downsizing, and will have extra computer and electronics detritus, magazines, books, videos, tapes, etc. that either you get or surplus/goodwill/landfill gets. Perhaps we will have a raffle for my cub scout uniform, which I wore when I was 250 megaseconds old. | ''Please do not bring presents.'' '''Please bring a box to take home swag.''' ''If you want to bring food or drink that you like, it would be welcome.'' We are inviting 70 people, we may get 11. No smoking. |
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| === Timeline === | Parking is in our two driveways and along the front; there may be parking on the short side street across from us. We will ask the Mormon church across the street if we can use their lot; T.B.D. |
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| || keithl-seconds || Clock time || event || notes || || 000 000 000 || 0745 PDT September 5 1953 || Saw my first doctor, cried ||[[ https://www2.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1953&_f=md002639 | Eleanor Roosevelt was not informed ]] || || 000 000 000 || |
Take home box(es) with (your own) empty dishes and swag; I'm downsizing, and will have extra computer and electronics detritus, magazines, books, videos, tapes, etc. that either you get or surplus/goodwill/landfill gets. We will raffle my cub scout uniform, which I wore when I was 250 megaseconds old. |
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| === Space and Time Coordinates === . [[Directions]] to 4180 sw 99th Beaverton (actually West Slope ) . [[ Gigasecond | Computing 2 gigaseconds]] |
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2 Gigasecond Party, Friday January 20
This page will be updated frequently. Questions to keithl AT keithl DOT com
Keith Lofstrom will be 2 billion seconds old on Friday January 20, 2017.
You are invited to a party! Show up after 2pm to hang out with geeks, or after 6pm when the responsible adults get off work. We will have vegetarian finger food (falafels, veggie and fruit trays, cheese, nuts) plus tea, coffee, wine, beer, water, sparkling cider.
Please do not bring presents. Please bring a box to take home swag. If you want to bring food or drink that you like, it would be welcome. We are inviting 70 people, we may get 11. No smoking.
Parking is in our two driveways and along the front; there may be parking on the short side street across from us. We will ask the Mormon church across the street if we can use their lot; T.B.D.
Take home box(es) with (your own) empty dishes and swag; I'm downsizing, and will have extra computer and electronics detritus, magazines, books, videos, tapes, etc. that either you get or surplus/goodwill/landfill gets. We will raffle my cub scout uniform, which I wore when I was 250 megaseconds old.