{"id":723,"date":"2011-02-10T18:01:24","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T23:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=723"},"modified":"2011-02-10T18:01:24","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T23:01:24","slug":"lets-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/?p=723","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s ROCK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bon Jovi played last night to a full house, and a large house it was. The boys can rock. It looks like four of the original members are still there, and they all know know their stuff. It was of course a big-budget show, with lots of nifty toys and screens and lights and robotic arms.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos2011\/jbj20110209-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bon Jovi\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I ended up with an inordinate number of photos of Jon Bon Jovi&#8217;s ass. I <i>swear<\/i> it was because of where we were sitting, a quarter behind the stage, but I suppose I can&#8217;t complain, either. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/photos2011\/jbj20110209-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bon Jovi\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A career on the road has finely honed their crowd-pleasing skills. Jon even stripped onstage to don the Penn State jersey.<\/p>\n<p>I took some video, but while the visual is fine (including the aforementioned shirt removal), the sound quality is abysmal. So here, have a professional video instead.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vx2u5uUu3DE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Right then. String.<\/p>\n<p>This &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/blogs\/nstv\/2011\/02\/giant-3d-loom-weaves-parts-for-supercar.html\">Giant 3D loom<\/a>&#8221; looks more like a braiding machine to me, but it&#8217;s fascinating nonetheless. <\/p>\n<p><object id=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\" codebase=\"https:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#FFFFFF\" \/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"videoId=781401138001&#038;playerID=2227271001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAADqBmN8~,Yo4S_rZKGX0rYg6XsV7i3F9IB8jNBoiY&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" \/><param name=\"base\" value=\"https:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" \/><param name=\"seamlesstabbing\" value=\"false\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"swLiveConnect\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"https:\/\/c.brightcove.com\/services\/viewer\/federated_f9?isVid=1\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" flashVars=\"videoId=781401138001&#038;playerID=2227271001&#038;playerKey=AQ~~,AAAAADqBmN8~,Yo4S_rZKGX0rYg6XsV7i3F9IB8jNBoiY&#038;domain=embed&#038;dynamicStreaming=true\" base=\"https:\/\/admin.brightcove.com\" name=\"flashObj\" width=\"486\" height=\"412\" seamlesstabbing=\"false\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" pluginspage=\"https:\/\/www.macromedia.com\/shockwave\/download\/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s making ultra-high-end carbon fiber car parts. Is that not <i>cool<\/i>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bon Jovi played last night to a full house, and a large house it was. The boys can rock. It looks like four of the original members are still there, and they all know know their stuff. It was of course a big-budget show, with lots of nifty toys and screens and lights and robotic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/723\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stringpage.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}