Web Dev Central

This is where the magic happens. Ok, more accurately, this is where some of the magic happens. CosmoQuest is a large project with folks spread out all around the world, but this particular room at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is where our core web development and planning gets done.

It’s also where some really ludicrous and wonderful things sometimes get said.

Pictured are (left to right) Nicole (noisyastronomer), Joe (ansr), and Ben (djbcm). The giant monitor on the right hides Cory’s chair (he’s at lunch), and the laptop in the right is Pamela’s (starstryder’s) – she’s taking the picture.

This is our world, decorated into an online denizen’s haven of comfort and geekery. The walls are mostly white board, and we  have outlets everywhere.

Discuss in the comments what you think is meant by each of the out of context bits of our day. Everything is CosmoQuest/programming/planetary science education related, we promise. Some is obvious. Some is…not. (And some is for code you haven’t seen yet, so it will be fun to see you try and guess those.)

Quote’s from the white board:

• Note: Always need a way back Home
• Fix cookie
• Call all the stuff
• Calls skin
• Everyones Asteroids

Human Quotes:

• “Can you turn off the Sun until it works right?”
• “I need you to get the Moon People their data.”
• “Can you dump all the ice to a file?”
• later…. “Can someone make the ice dump correctly?”
• “You can plug it into the Tardis”*
• “But but… Max goes to the Moon.”
• Ansr: “Oops…. I need to get off Data and go to Barney.” StarStryder: “Well that’s better then getting off Barney to get on Data.” NoisyAstronomer: “But why? Isn’t Barney fully functional?”**

The following are not related to CosmoQuest, but are presented for your shared enjoyment:

• NoisyAstronomer (with GIANT 3 Gallon bag of Popcorn) “Would you like some popcorn?”
  StarStryder: “That popcorn is intimidating.”
• StarStryder: “Are you using a spoon as a hammer?”
  NoisyAstronomer: “It is not a spoon, it is a spork. And it’s made of titanium, and that makes all the difference!” (And lo, it worked)