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Mar11

Sandbox VR – a space elevator adventure!

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Thursday, 22-May-2025

A while back, while walking around Dublin near campus hunting for lunch, I saw a place called “Sandbox VR” that was opening up soon. Seemed neat, so I kept it in the back of my mind.

In May, I realized Sandbox was fully open, had an evening free, and was even able to convince my friends Andrea and Megan to join in for a trial run!

To be fair – there’s not too much to be said about this… We went, we played, the game crashed a few times, they moved us to a new VR room, it crashed again. They got it running, we played, and we beat the game.

We went outside to try their robot bartender, and… who could have guessed it, but it crashed a few times before successfully putting my glass on the tray! To be clear, there wasn’t much drink in the glass, because no one considered including a feedback loop in the system and so it kept trying to pour from an empty bottle.

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If I seem disappointed in the experience, that’s really the best I can convey.

But hey! I got to play a VR game with Andrea and Megan! And the staff really were great – they were trying so hard, I’ve got to give them all the credit.

Apr12

A weekend of adventures, climbing, and TEDx

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Friday 28-Mar-14 through Sunday 30-Mar-14

 

Too lazy to actually type out a whole story-thing for this, since I have so many posts that I need to get put up.  So…. synopsis!

 

Friday = chill, relax, watch movies and eat pizza while Lizzie and Chris go to Jose’s Mexican down the street… and get food poisoning.  Huh.  So staying home actually saved me for once.

 

Saturday = Slow morning, where I actually cook breakfast for the first time since being sick. It’s kind of gross and raining outside, so… gaming.  Then, climbing at BRG with Kayla and hanging out at her place for a bit.  Was fun.

 

Sunday = Brunch at the Asgard with Rachel, though we didn’t realize that it was hosting a post-run meetup for all the runners.  So… to say that it was loud is an understatement.  But after brunch, which wasn’t bad at all, we hit up the MIT Museum.  From there I hit up Brooklyn Boulders to do some climbing with Kel, where we found out that a TEDx @ BKB event was happening.  It was… interesting.  I got to hear the lead singer from Dresden Dolls talk about being a hippy, which was interesting.  Though kind of strange.  First dinner was Ramen a-la Kel’s roommate, and second dinner was Taco Tuesday Sunday Edition with tacos @ Emma’s house with both Emma and Jamie.  Then chatting, relaxing, and home for bed.