Author Archives: treetrunkrick
A kiss before driving?
Was the Magna Carta a charter for bussing?
Our favorite ketchup bottle
Thanks to our favorite burger restaurant and its secret — its pretty-in-pink waitress! @Bubba and son’s in Stevenson.
The student debt bubble isn’t bursting – Salon.com
A cousin keeps us overnite
One with the multithreaded life
Have you…?
Have you ever noticed when, in a personal relationship, more often a longterm one than not, you want to change your habits your significant other is so well-trained to respond to and reinforce old habits that you find yourself in a vicious cycle of trying to change not only how people perceive you but also how to change your and your partner’s behaviour sets?
Isn’t that why new relationships can seem so refreshing, giving you the freedom to be someone new without struggling against a network that’s statically stable no matter how dysfunctional?
What if a family, subculture or larger human structure (city, state, citystate) wants to change?
How accommodating are we to let ourselves and our neighbours change who we are to become who we want to be?
How much do our personalities depend on people who are trying to get unstuck from personality traits that are no longer healthy to/for them?
In other words, how much does your happiness depend on someone’s unhappiness? Should it?
In an essay of 1000 words, explain why or why not.
Monoculture vs. Uniculture
Guin’s lab results looked at the lab results, a self-reflexive reexamination of itself.
Did the results reflect its best effort?
Could the results present itself in a better light?
Were the results indicative of a philosophy that it itself did not purport?
When lab results became self-conscious, an unintended consequence of the pervasive ISSA Net, the Internet of Things became a running joke about technology for technology’s sake.
Guin analysed the lab results’ judgment of its self-image, basing her next decision on the lab results’ confidence level.
The survival of the colony no longer depended on her next action…the possible extinction of Homo sapiens in Solar System No. 0000000000000000000001 might.
Yard Art Sculpture Update # ICANTKEEPCOUNT
After setting up an offgrid meeting with the powers that be, using a dance-with-my-shadow practice session as a cover story, I’m returning to the yard art sculpture currently in S-L-O-O-O-O-W-W-W progress.
- Took the old tangerine iMac apart, setting aside the electronic components for later use as/if needed.
- Started mapping out the sculpture’s “face” using a camping lantern and controllable LED strips.
- Looked at converting the battery-powered camping lantern to AC-power.
Still on the to-do list:
- Creating the metal framework for the arms.
- Creating the arms with keyboards and computer mice.
- Creating the body armor using old floppy disks.
- Incorporating an 18-foot LED rope light.
- Deciding how much animation to put into a yard art sculpture exposed to the weather 24/7 —
- Phase/Version 1: easy, wind-activated response
- Phase/Version 2: moderate, motion-activated response
- Phase/Version 3: time-consuming, animatronic interactive response
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Today is a work day away from the computer. Enjoy the weather, whatever it is, wherever you are!
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