For the last several weeks the Foundation Unit students have been working away on making “forgeries” of the machines of sculptor Arthur Ganson. These machines, similar in many ways to the work of Jean Tinguely and the Eames’ “do Nothing Machines” do just that: nothing. Except that they also do everything simultaneously. Ganson’s machines are magical; they are designed and constructed to produce a visceral, emotional response from the viewer. Ganson has described himself best by saying that “I put my ideas and passions into objects and am always learning how to speak with my hands.” The Foundation students have been doggedly faithful to this …
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I never thought my life could be
Anything but catastrophe
But suddenly I begin to see
A bit of good luck for me
‘Cause I’ve got a golden ticket…
It finally came: after weeks of waiting, my Starbucks Golden Rewards card finally arrived in the mail. I worked hard for it, slaving away, buying drink after drink, day after day. And I am weirdly proud of the payoff. I mean look at: it is beautiful! And beyond that, it is down-right prestigious. But now …
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Waiting. And waiting. And waiting some more.
Today is the day when Apple will FINALLY (hopefully?) announce a delivery date for the newest version of the iPhone, for which I have been in need for well over a year. I am still using a 3 year old 3G, which I will admit was pretty serviceable for two of the three. Of course I stopped upgrading my apps over a year ago – most of them were working pretty well for the most part, and …
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Wow! what a semester! Sometimes it is hard to write because there is simply nothing to write about; other times it is difficult because there is so much good stuff going on there simply is no time to keep up. Trust that I have been a victim of the latter – it is awesome to be busy! It seems like forever ago, but back at the beginning of November, JT and I along with nine other friends put together a co-ed team to run …
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WordPress 3.0 came out weeks ago, but I just recently got around to updating. Over the years one of the biggest problems I have faced when a new version of WordPress is released is that things get whacked out with whatever theme I happen to be using. Well, thus far everything seems to be working pretty well with Arthemia (knocks wood). One of the new features in WP 3.0 is a much more robust interface to handle the creation of custom menus. This is …
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and another thing...
- Double it and Add thirty.
October 22, 2011 | 3:16 amHoo-wee it is cold in Paris!
- Leaving, on a jet plane.
October 9, 2011 | 9:59 amBut I do know when I will be back again. Returning from San Francisco on a Thursday morning red-eye.
- And so it starts.
October 5, 2011 | 8:51 amOctober is going to be a busy month with lots of work travel. It is all good, but I woke up this morning already looking forward to November.
- Fresh brains.
March 30, 2010 | 9:00 pmA man goes to the brain clinic to get a fresh set of brains. At the front desk is a sign that says “Doctor Brains: $20 per ounce. Scientist Brains: $30 dollars per ounce. Architect Brains: $1000 per ounce.”
$1000 dollars per ounce!” the man exclaims, “Why are architect brains so expensive!?!”
“Because it takes a loooooot of architects to get an ounce of brains,” replies the receptionist. -
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