Summary: <p>Hiatus flew by this year for your nice hosts, but they're back in the newly-renovated clubhouse with their annual recounting of what they got up to while away. Ellen keeps a promise, Stephen returns a gift, and Mark sees thru' these architects eyes.</p><ul> <li> <a href="/sites/default/files/2022-02/PXL_20220217_175234696.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/PXL_20220217_175234696.jpg?itok=5Gpr6sAO" width="480" height="360" alt="Our clubhouse table." class="img-responsive"></a> Our renovated clubhouse table. </li> <li> <a href="/sites/default/files/2022-02/PXL_20220109_152741496.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/PXL_20220109_152741496.jpg?itok=7wYFYetn" width="480" height="360" alt="A photo of a stack of vacuum-compressed acoustic panels next to a kitchen sick where two of the panels are submerged in water." class="img-responsive"></a> These foam acoustic panels came vacuum-sealed, so they needed to be soaked in water to inflate them. </li> <li> <a href="/sites/default/files/2022-02/PXL_20220109_163954782.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/PXL_20220109_163954782.jpg?itok=E3cBWxYu" width="480" height="360" alt="A row of commercial dryers. Two of them are filled with purple foam acoustic panels." class="img-responsive"></a> Of course, once-inflated, the water-logged panels needed to be dried out, which meant an hour in the dryer. </li> <li> <a href="/sites/default/files/2022-02/PXL_20220123_024056901.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/PXL_20220123_024056901.jpg?itok=i3BvrBNG" width="480" height="360" alt="A photo of a partially-drilled hole underneath a table." class="img-responsive"></a> It was pretty hard to drill these holes to mount our mic stands, and about as hard to measure them out because our clubhouse table has no straight edges or corners. </li> <li> <a href="/sites/default/files/2022-02/PXL_20220123_054614622.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/PXL_20220123_054614622.jpg?itok=_EIhqtua" width="360" height="480" alt='A photo of a laminated tabletop with two freshly-drilled 1.5" mounting holes.' class="img-responsive"></a> Measure twice, then 100 more times. </li> <li> <a href="/sites/default/files/2022-02/PXL_20220123_081647900.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/PXL_20220123_081647900.jpg?itok=aWsUSt03" width="480" height="360" alt="A photo of microphone and headphone ports mounted underneath a table." class="img-responsive"></a> Mark mounted at set of ports for mic and headphone connections under the clubhouse table. </li> <li> <a href="/sites/default/files/2022-02/PXL_20220123_092832795.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/PXL_20220123_092832795.jpg?itok=4Sv-tYTI" width="480" height="360" alt="Mark's "B+" cable management." class="img-responsive"></a> Mark's "B+" cable management. </li> <li> <a href="/sites/default/files/2022-02/PXL_20220217_175205202.jpg"><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-02/PXL_20220217_175205202.jpg?itok=IU5UrE6V" width="480" height="360" alt="A wide-angle photo of the clubhouse." class="img-responsive"></a> The finished clubhouse. It's much cozier (and quieter) in here now. </li> </ul> What We Did On Our Winter Break (2022) <a href="/person/mark-lacroix" hreflang="en">Mark LaCroix</a><a href="/person/stephen-mcgregor" hreflang="en">Stephen McGregor</a><a href="/person/ellen-burns-johnson" hreflang="en">Ellen Burns-Johnson</a><a href="/topics/irl" hreflang="en">IRL</a><a href="/topics/meta" hreflang="en">Meta</a><a href="https://www.theverge.com/2022/1/25/22901563/raven-software-union-game-workers-alliance-activision-blizzard" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The path to unionizing has been rough for Raven Software, and it’s about to get…</a> - <a href="/author/ash-parrish" hreflang="en">Ash Parrish</a>, <a href="/publication/the-verge-0" hreflang="en">The Verge</a><a href="https://www.gamedev.london/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Game Dev London</a><a href="https://tomorrowcorporation.com/7billionhumans" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seven Billion Humans</a><a href="https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/18/21372607/untitled-goose-game-two-player-local-co-op-free-update" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Untitled Goose Game is getting a second goose and local co-op</a> - <a href="/author/nicole-carpenter" hreflang="en">Nicole Carpenter</a>, <a href="/publication/polygon-1" hreflang="en">Polygon</a> The replay aired last week, but in case you missed it: <a href="/episode/240/replay" hreflang="en">Nice Thinking: "Sledgehammer Bride"</a> Mark talked about building localization systems in: <a href="/episode/121" hreflang="en">"I definitely thought of that ahead of time."</a><a href="https://store.davidbowie.com/product/X3LPDB072/brilliant-adventure-1992-2001-vinyl-box-set" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">David Bowie Brilliant Adventure (1992 – 2001)</a><a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/08/28/638896807/esperanza-spalding-is-the-21st-centurys-jazz-genius" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Esperanza Spalding Is The 21st Century's Jazz Genius</a> - <a href="/author/lara-pellegrinelli" hreflang="en">Lara Pellegrinelli</a>, <a href="/publication/npr" hreflang="en">NPR</a>
