trivia time

Bob, security guy at work, likes to post quotes, poems and trivia on the screen behind the security desk each day. Most mornings, when I enter the building, I’m likely to see a few people looking up at the screen, puzzling out the answer,
April 29 2011

a view from the top

This is the top of the ball popper. You haul on a rope, which lifts a bowling ball. When it drops, it causes a tennis ball to launch out of a tube and straight into the air, where it goes through several hoops before falling back down into a net, which funnels it back into the tube.
April 23 2011