“A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.”

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This is genius. As someone who has procrastinated getting my ice maker fixed for more than a year, I can appreciate a well designed ice tray! I only wonder if it’s really that easy to get the cubes out once they freeze.

Check out the ice orb in all it’s orbi chillness. It’s so cool! Ok… I’ll stop.

From her site:

Process:

1. Drawings are made by Karen Gelardi and book prototypes are developed (each book consists of a single drawing repeated on each page)
2. Drawing book concepts are selected and purchased by curator/collector/collaborator (you)
3. Drawing books are manufactured one-at-a-time reflecting your selection
4. Books are shipped to the exhibit space
5. Books are assembled into a sculptural installation
6. Photos of the installation are published on the assembly weblog
7. Books are sent to collectors (you) upon the close of the exhibit

Goals:

• To manifest a colorful, towering stack of books made up of various drawings, reflecting your drawing selections
• To involve you as a collaborator and investor in the art making process
• To transform drawings into objects and environments
• To create work that reflects your interest in the assembly project
• To create a sustainable model for the financing of installation concepts
• To create a system that emulates an evolutionary process
• To realize the promise of on-demand manufacturing

Books are available only through September 27th.

Books are numbered as they arrive.

Books will be shipped to you on October 15th.

Your name will be included in a list of collaborators on the assembly weblog (or not, if you prefer).

Get yours here.

After a long hiatus I returned to “outside” life last night by meeting up with a former colleague, marking the first time I’ve been outside my warm and small family circle in many months (maybe more than a year).

It was probably one of the muggiest nights of the summer, the horizon was not nearly as beautiful and transparent as the one above. Still, having a nice ceasar salad outdoors at night on the most humid of evenings can’t be beat by 10-20hr days in the office. I live in South Florida for christ’s sake. I should take advantage of it once and a while.

So the best part of my evening was sharing how I’ve become a “Dog Person” and also my new found love of Tarot cards! I already knew she was an animal person, but to my delight she’s also been dabbling in cards. We’re going to get together soon and bring them along! The cards.. not the dogs. I’m not sure what the etiquette is in mingling your puppers.

Question: Will what is promised to me come to fruition in the next two months?

Can you be more vague?

I decided to do a traditional Celtic Cross spread for this question because I can’t determine from it whether it has to do with career, family, relationships, etc. I also figured a three card past, present, future would be too broad an answer. Although her question lacks detail, it is very specific. A detailed reading is required. I drew the cards in the sequence depicted below.

1. Present
2. Immediate Challenge
3. Root of Subject Matter, distant past
4. More Recent Past, events are likely unrelated to the question
5. Best Outcome, directly related to the question
6. Immediate Future (days/weeks)
7. How inner feelings factor, compared to card 1
8. External Influences
9. Hopes & Fears (what you hope for can also be what you fear)
10. Final Outcome (2 extra cards to clarify or reinforce)


1. Page of Wands

Currently you strain to channel your energy into what it is you desire but you end up frustrated and drained. Your energy is blocked because you’re trying to force something to happen but its not the right time. Your energy comes, work is done, but you end up with nothing to show for it.

Suggestion: Take a break, you need to let the energy come naturally. Happy distractions, taking the time to be grateful for what you have.

2. Knight of Wands

You may be wondering which new development should get your undivided attention because you’re seeing new things spring to life all around you.

3. Four of Wands

You may be overwhelmed. It may seem like things are still up in the air but everything that has been done is done, and now its just time to see how things fall. Everything is settling down. Any action taken now would not change the outcome.

Suggestions: Rest your excess energies, stay patient.

4. Ten of Pentacles

In the past, more distantly, you’ve had financial stability from external resources, properties, investments, or family. This may be completely unrelated to your question, I guess it just serves as a fact.

5. The Star

Excellent, I don’t think you could get a better card in regards to your question. I hope what was promised to you was something GOOD! A positive outcome is very likely. If you are not feeling a lot of hope and inspiration you should surround yourself with people who bring this out in you.

6. Seven of Swords

In your immediate future, you should concern yourself with protecting your ideas from people who might take advantage of you. You could easily mess up and end up disadvantaged. This card implies you’d only have yourself to blame. I wouldn’t get overly analytical about every decision you make, however, I would be careful not to trust too easily if you have something fragile like a baby idea, etc.

Be alert for people who contradict themselves!!! Keep them at arms length. It should be very easy to spot this person or people, just keep your distance. No other action is required.

7. The Fool

OK… so something from your past is holding you back. May be recent past. You have to let it go and embrace new ideas. This card suggests you may have nervous tension and lack of discipline, but honestly the details are going to take care of themselves. Figure out what you are resisting, and let it go.

8. The Sun

Your own drive and determination may be burning you out. Your card is reversed so the little cute baby angels are actually withering from the heat and radiation of the sun! :O

This is all about balance. This card suggests you may need to spread your energies across all aspects of your life. If you’ve been having A LOT of fun lately pay more attention to responsibilities or vice versa. I’m guessing its the reverse scenario. (LOL)

No, I’m not done lecturing yet! This card my also be pointing out that a situation or project was delayed because expectations were too high originally. This may have caused the imbalance in the first place. The best course of action is to focus on rebalancing your life. It may seem like if you shift your focus now you lose, but ironically its the opposite.

9. Six of Pentacles

This card shows that you may have a fear of wealth. You desire it but fear how it may change the course of your life and the decisions that you make.

10. The Empress, King of Wands, The Magician

The Empress - Positive creative growth, you will have the energy and creative fuel to expand any project or venture.

The King of Wands - Positive light on dealings and agreements, there are new horizons, business dealings go well.

The Magician - You are a catalyst, you bring things together, you will start new and do well.

All three cards were drawn upright and represent positive outcomes.

Analysis coming… already wrote it up just have to get it in the post!

Post reading summary - because I’m a Virgo! Yay!

There are some other things you should know in regards to your reading. I’m just gonna throw it out there that a male (feeling) authority figure could be the one to make the final decision here.

You have a lot of Major and Court cards drawn, which may mean too many cooks in the kitchen.

Marking this for follow up, good reading. I like that he uses PHP in his examples. From what I’ve read so far I get it. Front end easily becomes a spaghetti mess. .NET Ajax toolkit resembles mess #2.

All of the JavaScript in an app is completely unmanaged, and it ends up looking like spaghetti, or

The server side View tries to manage and encompass everything that happens in the browser - including JS - and the code still looks like spaghetti

Read the article: Model-View-Controller in JQuery

Popsci features design technology for the pool by Speedo. I could have used these a few years ago when I was seriously into swimming. Like the post says, prior to the aquabeat the only choices you had were cases for ipods and other mp3 players. What gets me the most are the ear buds which look like something I’d be interested in for everyday wear.

The article says they stay put while swimming, and if they can do that, they can handle a day of coding!