Sink Faze: Judgement is Upon Us
Posted By Paul Kotik on 30 March 2006
In Association with PFI
West Bay, Grand Cayman Island, BWI -
14:00
If you’re reading this, it means that Grand Cayman’s telecommunications infrastructure has somehow come back from the dead. As I type these words, at 14:10 hours, there is no internet, no phone ( our phones are internet phones) and no mobile telephony. All gone.
Out here in the northwestern hinterlands of the island, there won’t be any explanation, either, at least until our overdue away team returns.
The athletes (Mandy-Rae Cruickshank, Doc Lopez and Martin Stepanek) are all on a scheduled rest day. Doc disappeared earlier in the morning, no doubt seeking a bit of private time, and Mandy is running errands with the team van. She’s delivered one of the AIDA judges (Cedric) from the airport, and raced back out to collect the oceangoing brigade. And they’re overdue.
Martin is actually resting. His body, anyway. I stalked through the deserted base camp, laptop in hand, searching for WiFi signal, and came upon young Mr. Stepanek reclining on a leather sofa, studying a Rubik Cube with mild curiosity. Turns out this is not a regular 3x3 Rubik Cube but rather the advanced, 4x4 Rubik Cube, with many zillions more possible combinations than the original.
Martin: “ I’ve been working on this one since I got here, to Cayman. Tec Clark gave it to me. When I was house-sitting for him, I solved a 3x3 Rubik Cube that I found in his house. I guess he thought I need more of a challenge.” Martin mostly studies the cube, flipping it around, rotating it, peering at the faces. He doesn’t move anything, just looks and thinks.
HD Odyssey engineer Tad Masek has had to fly the coop, rushing home to California and a newborn daughter. Congrats, Tad and Mrs. Tad. Welcome, Baby Masek ! The underwater HD video setup is, nevertheless, in another field test today even as Tad jets westward. Connor is extremely capable, though, and the inventory of talents and skills in this crew is absolutely astonishing, so I’ve no doubt but that some sort of Virtual Tad will provide whatever support Connor needs. These HD video images are a big part of this project.
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