A new wireless RF remote control for the iPod called the RemoteRemote, which works via a receiver module plugged inbetween your headphones and the iPod. Currently works only with the new third-generation iPods. Read [Via MacMinute]… [Gizmodo]
This is definitely what *I* need. It's hard to drive with the iTrip running the iPod and not being able to flip songs without having an accident…
Read this and then think about the courage of the founding fathers. The Declaration of Independence is really a big “bite me” to Britain. I wonder if people's hands shook when they signed it.
Mine would have.
From Boing Boing Blog:
…They must renounce their old self, espouse the programme's belief system, display gratitude for their salvation, and police fellow students who resist.
This reminds me of another camp with an entrance bearing a false promise: Auschwitz
No, this isn't as severe, but it was a place where one part of society that deemed themselves above others sent it's “problem children”. It's disgusting that some think that you can buy your way around a human behavior problem. Brainwashing. How long will that really work? What kind of kid will you get back? Why is child something that has to be solved with this kind of school? Where's the parent's responsibility?
I'm going in to the studio tomorrow or Saturday to do some final trimming and finish burnishing my pit pots. I'm hoping to have everything done in enough time to go swimming on Saturday (it's very hot here) and relax and enjoy the time off.
I'm looking for suggestions on how to glaze/finish the raku pieces. Ideas?
Here's a test post for the WW Category
Here's a post for the Healey Category
I'd like to take a moment and thank Userland for adding the category feature in Radio. Right now, I'm using it for the main site (Home category) and a separate feed for Pottery (My Hobbies category). Today, I'll spend time added two new catagories: Austin-Healey Sprite restoration and Weight Watchers.
Frogeye
I'm in the process of purchasing a 1960 Austin-Healey Sprite, a “frogeye” from a trusted member of the local car club. It's in pieces (of course) so I'm going to give the restoration a go. Parts are cheap and most anyone with patience and general mechanical aptitude can reassemble one. Most of all, it will bring back some of the glory days of my youth (I'm not that old–I'm in my 30s) when my dad rebuilt a Triumph TR3B.
Weight Watchers
I've been attending Weight Watchers meetings in my area now for about six months. I've lost 20 pounds of weight and trained myself to eat less and enjoy it. The problem? The groups are 95% women and, being a man, I find it hard to relate to them when I need to share my frustrations or successes. I'm starting this category to give me an outlet and maybe others too. Most technical people I know are overweight and don't exercise. Some are moderate (by conventional standards) and others are worse and that scares me. As a society consumed by bigger is better (don't get me started on SUVs) we've fallen face forward and mouth open into Super Extra Value Meals and All You Can Eat food bars. I'm hoping that this category will change things a bit for someone. One person helped will make the difference in my own life. Read this from Chris Sells to understand that teaching someone helps you to learn something yourself.
Just finished the last class day for trimming pots. I unfortunately found three pots at the end of the class that I had not trimmed, plus I *still* am not finished with my burnishing work for pit pots.
On a side note, the iPod is a big hit in the class. They love the iTrip attachment, allowing us to all listen to my weird music collection. By the way, it's almost full, over 3000 songs.
I've added Google ads to the sidebar of the site pages and removed the “Google Box” and the “NetNewsWire subs” boxes. Let's see if anyone hits them. Complaints? Leave me a comment.
PS: I want to have my NetNewsWire app export my subs as OPML (it will do it) then automatically add it to the correct directory (won't do it now) on my web log. Yes, I could write an Apple Script to do it, but there's a catch. I guess I could do this with two scripts: one on my TiBook to pull the subs list and ftp it. The other on the iMac to pull the sub list and move it to the correct Radio folder for upstreaming. Can AppleScript watch a folder? Looks like I have some research to do.
Update: posted this and link to NNW beta list in hopes to generate some discussion.
Update 2: Just manually changed the file using file sharing (I'm at home). Let's see what it looks like.
I've spent the last few weeks working with raku clay and techniques in my class at Springfield Pottery with some success. I haven't spent any time working on my pit pots, much to the chagrin of Jen, my instructor. I also am considering taking a break from the classes to focus on studio time. That is yet to be worked out with Nathan and Jen. I'd like to pay for studio time equivalent to class time, to allow me to come in when I want to and not have the structure of the class.
I've come a long way with my throwing technique. I've done well with the raku clay, a much more gritty clay than the standard red-ish clay that we normally use. I've found that my fingertips are useful. I was using the sides of a finger or fingers to move clay as it turned on the wheel. What I realized was that the tips provided more force, similar to the way ice skate blades work. Now, I can move clay at will.
Now I'm left to work on form. I have several shapes I've done sucessfully, put the form is poor. An example: nice curving body with the top of the flare of a vase as big and tall as the base. I need to learn proportion. Not bad for someone who never took art classes in school and is a techie-geek!
Steve Kirks 