Welcome Casey and Chieko!

Casey and Chieko just moved from Tokyo. After a few shopping sprees, they bought a bunch of stuff for their apartment not too far from our place.

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Tokyo during the Spring break

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Rockin' little robots!

These little robots were made by Phil (and I helped him with a couple of the models). They are custom-made from parts found at a local electronics store and run on button batteries. Very cool!

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Earthquake Survival

Here's an interesting article that someone sent me about getting through an earthquake. I found it interesting since I'm living here in the land of quakes.

Simply stated, when buildings collapse, the weight of the ceilings falling upon the objects or furniture inside crushes these objects, leaving a space or void next to them. This space is what I call the" triangle of life". The larger the object, the stronger, the less it will compact. The less the object compacts, the larger the void, the greater the probability that the person who is using this void for safety will not be injured.

The next time you watch collapsed buildings, on television, count the "triangles" you see formed. They are everywhere. It is the most common shape, you will see, in a collapsed building. They are everywhere. I trained the Fire Department of Trujillo (population 750,000) in how to survive, take care of their families, and to rescue others in earthquakes.