19 Apr
2004
19 Apr
'04
2:21 p.m.
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:06:27AM -0500, Bill Richman wrote:
Since my previous posting, I've been convinced to
drive to Detroit and
back instead of flying, so we'll be passing through the above cities and
probably spending a day and night in each one. Any pointers to good stuff
to do/see in or around any of them or the surrounding areas in terms of
techie stuff, old computer stuff, technology surplus stores, museums,
robotics, shows, vegetarian restaurants, etc. would be very much
appreciated. Leaving this Thursday AM. Thanks!
In downtown Columbus, there's COSI, the Center of Science and Industry. I
was a student volunteer when it was in its old home, up the street. I've
been to visit it many times since they've moved down by the river (into
the very same building that was used as the school in the Judd Hirsh/Nick
Nolte movie "Teachers"). http://www.cosi.org/
My best surplus place is at The Ohio State University, but it's only
open one day a week now (and I forget which day that is) from like 08:30
to 15:30. Most of the shops I used to haunt are long gone (places
that bought like scrappers and sold interesting things out of a
retail store-front - I picked up two sets of Gorf boards there when
I was a kid).
If you pass through Dayton (intersection of I-75 and I-70), there's
Mendelsson's - a multiple-story building filled with who knows what.
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Ethan Dicks, A-130-S Current South Pole Weather at 19-Apr-2004 23:10 Z
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