Friday, August 26:
MT will not open at noon.
Mediatech will be open for SeriousGameTestersClub ONLY from 3 – 4 p.m.
The week of August 29 – September 2:
Mediatech hours will be from noon – 4 p.m. with SGTC on Friday, September 2, from 3 – 4 p.m.
Starting Tuesday, September 6:
regular hours for MT will be
3 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Monday thru Friday
SeriousGameTestersClub will be on Fridays from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Here’s the latest attendance report. Thanks to Carol Wachter for keeping these records. They are based on the sign in log.
| Attendance | Circulation | |||||||||
| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |||
| January | 216 | 223 | 176 | 95 | 190 | 189 | ||||
| February | 228 | 187 | 157 | 155 | 169 | 135 | ||||
| March | 279 | 294 | 149 | 234 | 195 | 134 | ||||
| April | 259 | 244 | 127 | 185 | 188 | 135 | ||||
| May | 304 | 204 | 79 | 166 | 141 | 75 | ||||
| June | 326 | 280 | 102 | 172 | 206 | 94 | ||||
| July | 605 | 468 | 240 | 444 | 374 | 197 | ||||
| August | 669 | 377 | 394 | 323 | ||||||
| September | 243 | 375 | 222 | 106 | 209 | 153 | ||||
| October | 257 | 328 | 217 | 183 | 294 | 117 | ||||
| November | 278 | 249 | 222 | 180 | 365 | 156 | ||||
| December | 213 | 180 | 128 | 129 | 264 | 172 | ||||
| 991 | 4018 | 3066 | 1030 | 598 | 2977 | 2384 | 959 | |||
| 02/01/2008 | 06/28/2009 | Unknown | ||||||||
| Monday | 3-5 | 2 | 1-8 | 7 | 3-8 | 5 | ||||
| Tuesday | 3-5 | 2 | 1-5 | 4 | 3-5 | 2 | ||||
| Wednesday | 3-5 | 2 | 1-6 | 5 | 3-6 | 3 | ||||
| Thursday | 3-5 | 2 | 1-5 | 4 | 3-5 | 2 | ||||
| Friday | 3-5 | 2 | 1-5 | 4 | 3-5 | 2 | ||||
| Saturday | 10-3 | 5 | 10-1 | 3 | 10-2 | 4 | ||||
| 15 | 27 | 18 | ||||||||
| 6/1/10 | 6/28/10 | 9/6/10 | ||||||||
| Monday | 3-8 | 5 | 1-8 | 7 | 3-8 | 5 | ||||
| Tuesday | 3-5 | 2 | 1-5 | 4 | 3-5 | 2 | ||||
| Wednesday | 3-6 | 3 | 1-6 | 5 | 3-6 | 3 | ||||
| Thursday | 3-5 | 2 | 1-5 | 4 | 3-5 | 2 | ||||
| Friday | 3-5 | 2 | 1-5 | 4 | 3-5 | 2 | ||||
| Saturday | 10-1 | 3 | 10-1 | 3 | ||||||
| 17 | 27 | 14 | ||||||||
| 3/1/11 | 3/22/11 | 7/5/11 | ||||||||
| Monday | 3-8 | 5 | 3-5 | 2 | 12-4 | 4 | ||||
| Tuesday | 3-5 | 2 | 3-5 | 2 | 12-4 | 4 | ||||
| Wednesday | 3-5 | 2 | 3-5 | 2 | 12-4 | 4 | ||||
| Thursday | 3-5 | 2 | 3-5 | 2 | 12-4 | 4 | ||||
| Friday | 3-5 | 2 | 3-5 | 2 | 12-4 | 4 | ||||
| Saturday | ||||||||||
| 13 | 10 | 20 | ||||||||
Tim, one of the Spirit of St. Louis pilots, and his Grandma, who was 10 in 1927 and remembers listening to news of the flight on the radio.
…for providing ink cartridges for our printers!
Mediatech will be closed and there will be NO GAMETESTERS on Friday, August 19.
They made it! Here are some links related to the flight:
TWITTER FEED: You can track the flight log using twitter — www.twitter.com/#lindbergh2011
PHOTOS (thanks to Craig Ellison)
https://picasaweb.google.com/craiger953/Mediatech2011OpenHous
MEDIA COVERAGE
Boys simulate Charles Lindbergh’s 33-hour flight across Atlantic Ocean
Published: Sunday, August 07, 2011, 10:10 PM http://bit.ly/nW7Tdw
THE LANDING
The instrument panel is examined by Andrew Vollenberg while Tim Sabbarese looks at a digital map as they prepare to re-create Lindbergh's feat -- the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.
FLEMINGTON — Two young men will attempt to simulate the historic 1927 flight of the Spirit of St. Louis across the Atlantic from Long Island to Paris this weekend. This will be Mediatech’s third annual attempt. The flight has not been successfully accomplished — except by Charles Lindbergh, but he had the fear of non-virtual death to keep him awake and flying. Read the full story….
Save the Date! (August 6-7, 2011)
2011 Spirit of St. Louis Flight Simulation Weekend!
Dixieland Concert • Antique Cars • Historic Movies • Open House!!
At exactly 8:52 AM Saturday, August 6, two young Flemington pilots, Andrew Vollenberg and Tim Sabbarese, will take off in the Spirit of St. Louis, using a powerful flight simulator in an attempt to replicate the famous flight from New York to Paris. You are invited to watch as they work together to complete the 33 hour flight, in the same weather conditions (icing, fog and storms) faced by Charles Lindbergh in 1927. This is the third attempt; no team has been crash free. During the flight, we’ll have an open house that will include a programming demonstration, movies and a Dixieland Band concert.
Why? The flight is one small part part of Mediatech’s mission of “Towns Made Better By Technology,” in this case, celebrating our unique history using a simulator. The flight is part of an open house to show off Mediatech’s growing resources, which include a large circulating video game collection, the new iPad lounge, Wii, PS3 and Kinect stations—created by volunteers and donations, without depending on taxpayer money.
Where? Mediatech, 118 Main St. 2nd Floor in the Flemington Free Public Library, open from noon to 4 PM all summer.
Come Fly the Plane! While the pilots can’t be disturbed, they may let you take the stick for a short time. A backup simulator will be available for your experimentation.
SATURDAY Aug 6
• 8:30 AM Pre-flight interviews
• 8:50 Engines start!
• 8:52 Takeoff, Roosevelt Field, Long Island
• 11:50 Nova Scotia; Ocean ahead! (all times are EST)
COMMUNITY ROOM THEATER
12:00 Movie “Across the Atlantic: Behind the Lindbergh Legend” http://youtu.be/oR1FkSasydM in the community room.
1:00 Movie “The Spirit of St. Louis” with Jimmy Stewart (2 hours)
3:00 SCRATCH Project showcase (projects from the summer SCRATCH class).
• 5:30 PM Main Street Car Show: Hotrods
• 7:00 PM Marshall’s Dixieland Jazz Band Concert (library courtyard, weather permitting)
• 11:00 Mediatech closed to all but chaperones, staff, press and pilots.
SUNDAY Aug 7
• 2:00 AM 1/2 way, open water!
• 9:00 Mediatech opens to public. Fishing boats spotted.
• 9:52 Landfall, Ireland!
• 12:00 England
COMMUNITY ROOM THEATER
12:00 Movie “Across the Atlantic: Behind the Lindbergh Legend” http://youtu.be/oR1FkSasydM in the community room followed by YouTube highlights of vintage reel footage of the takeoff.
• 2:00 France in site (times may vary at this point!)
• 3:22 Landing Le Bourget Aerodrome, Paris, France.
• 4:00 Celebration
