New Chairs / Donor Wall
 Feb 2, 2005 An email is sent
at 4pm saying that the following morning, the new lab-chairs
will arrive. So everyone rushes about madly, late into the
night, stacking the chairs that need to be replaced against the
walls...
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 Feb 2, 2005 ...and
consolidating the few remaining good chairs to other labs.
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 Feb 2, 2005 A radiator on
the 3rd floor corridor is leaking quite badly. Fate conspires so
it's never leaking when the plumber comes to look at it.
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 Feb 3, 2005 The following
day, the chairs arrive and Fortune smiles because the labs don't
begin until noon-- another disaster averted! One of the labs is
temporarily converted into a chair- assembly plant.
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 Feb 3, 2005 Empty cartons
fill the halls outside the assembly room, alongside the old,
battered chairs. New chairs are taken from this room and
delivered to each lab.
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 Feb 3, 2005 The old chairs
begin their journey to the Grey Havens.
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 Feb 3, 2005 The new chairs
wait paitiently to support their cause.
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Feb 22, 2005 The beginning of Reading Week sees work on the
Donor Wall in the Atrium.
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Feb 22, 2005 The scaffolding is erected.
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 Feb 23, 2005 Sheets of
plywood are applied to the drywall and mounting brackets are
installed.
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Feb 24, 2005 The adhesive takes a while to dry...
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Feb 28, 2005 The electricians begin preparing the wiring
harnesses for the back-lights.
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Feb 28, 2005 Side-view of the final row of mounting brackets
being installed.
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Photography and Commentary:
Luis Fernandes.
Camera details: 5 megapixel Canon S60 SureShot.
Other Notes: Original photos have a resolution of 5 M
pixels. Panoramas are created using Adobe Photoshop to
“stitch-together” 2 or more images and optionally
touched-up to fill blank spaces.