I moved the studio in April and our new space is really fantastic. From the nicest guy ever, we inherited some amazing technology in the form of 3 ceiling mounted data projectors pointed at 2 6 x 8 foot screens and one 9 x 14 foot screen with 3 surround sound systems.
There a custom built media hub that contains a fancy computer, ports for 3 laptops, a DVR, DVD, CD, VHS, tuners, high def cable (can you say Yankees v. Red Sox?) and a switcher that takes the signal from any number of sources to any number of destinations. I could have an anatomy lecture on one screen with a video of Joe on another and Dancing with the Stars on yet another.
There's a Hollywood-movie-set style camera dolly, 80 feet of dry erase boards, 2 dozen Herman Miller chairs, 4 custom built stainless steel tables and a commercial fridge so big you could stash a body in it.
When it's time to party, nobody can touch us! Party in the name of the Lord! Amen!
Our mats are competition grade tumbling mats and they accordion fold and stack in about 2 minutes flat. That's where we set up the tables, we bring the chairs (which stack) down from loft storage and, dear readers, it's time to cut loose!
As far as using this cool stuff in our teaching . . . I'm not sure you're ready for this . . . are you?
Imagine having your session filmed and projected so you can not only watch yourself - live - but we can immediately replay, as in instant replay, what you did, or more appropriately, what part of your body for which you claim no responsibility or are in complete denial of existing, did. I hit a button and you take home your own DVD starring you! Video session are $150 and they're 90 minutes long.
We are definitely hooked up, technology-wise, so I got to thinking, how can I use this fabulous stuff to reach my P-Nunny peeps, my Worldwide Nunners, my dear readers. Can I get a witness!
Right outside our big bank of west facing windows is the headquarters for one of Seattle's two newspapers, the Seattle PI building, and it's a local landmark because on top of it there's a huge neon globe and around the globe spins a cheesy neon banner that says "It's in the P-I."
So right out our window, there's a huge spinning neon world and I'm in the studio gazing out the window imagining ways to use my technology, my teaching ability and my love of mat and deliver it to . . . the whole wide world.
Why not do World Wide Mat. Why not, indeed! Thank you Jesus!
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