tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56602232011-04-21T21:28:48.757-07:00modern nomadDo what you're good at, do what you love and do it with your whole heart.sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comBlogger521100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1117206291241170722005-05-27T08:04:00.000-07:002005-05-27T08:04:51.246-07:00I never had any strong desire to 'be" anything. Iremember vague desires to be an interior decorator,anthropologist or archaeologist, but no real idea howone got involved with these fields.In High School, I was one of the "drama club" kids. Idid well enough on the standardized tests to make theteachers sigh over how I didn't "apply myself" inclass. I had a passion for photography, teachingmyself sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1109887728862893462005-03-03T14:07:00.000-08:002005-03-03T14:08:48.863-08:00I am quite fond of emusic. It's a subscription service with generous download and re-use permissions and the money goes to the artists. The catalog is richer in some areas than others, and there is lots of stuff there I can't find on the Apple music store (if you listen to groovesalad you know what I mean...)http://www.emusic.com/about/index.htmleMusic is the only digital music service entirely sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1100573798561987952004-11-15T18:52:00.000-08:002004-11-15T18:56:38.560-08:00MSN today has an article about Wal-Mart's domination of the marketplace with frightening echoes of the "company store" of migrant farmer days. Another hint that we're heading for a world of the ultra rich and debtors?The superstore has been trying to get into banking for five years, but its efforts to buy banks in California, Oklahoma and Canada were thwarted by regulators. Wal-Mart has a sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1099964624218018672004-11-08T17:43:00.000-08:002004-11-08T17:43:44.216-08:00things on the edge are more interesting because they can move into more states
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1094778717752499122004-09-09T18:10:00.000-07:002004-09-09T18:11:57.753-07:00This year, I had my shortest playa trip, ever. Left work at 5pm Thursday, arrived at SFO to pickup rental car. Stopped in SF to pick up the pre-staged stuff and was on the road by 7pm. Spent the night at the Peppermill (the Annex rooms are cheap, but the ceilings are low and the walls are lined with mirrors!). In the morning ate breakfast and hit the Albertsons for groceries, was on the road by sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1089701234638970062004-07-12T23:47:00.000-07:002004-07-12T23:47:14.636-07:00After years of being not active, I
only recently caught the bug for fitness. I finally
figured out that the only thing that matters for me is
consistency. It doesn't matter what I do, I just do
something 3-5 times a week, more when I am in town,
less when I'm on the road. I've been working out at
this rate for six months now, so I feel it's firmly a
habit I can live with.
I do a mix of workouts sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1089701521950931002004-05-30T23:49:00.000-07:002004-07-12T23:52:01.950-07:00Mo'Beta Testing Blues - I get quoted in Wired.
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,63631,00.htmlsterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1085182270391209132004-05-21T16:30:00.000-07:002004-05-21T16:31:10.390-07:00I love my friends because they are so, so wise!
Quoted with permission...
"I am getting closer to my goal of being a sensitive person with a thick skin." -- Miss Conduct
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1085090747027683192004-05-20T15:01:00.001-07:002004-05-20T15:09:13.146-07:00As quoted in this AP article about Morgan Spurlock's movie "Super Size Me"
"Some moments trigger both gasps and chuckles, like when a group of children studying photographs can identify Ronald McDonald but not Jesus."
I wouldn't recognize James Caviezel out of makup either.
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1084298108744578932004-05-11T10:51:00.000-07:002004-05-11T10:55:08.746-07:00As quoted in today's New York Times, Bush said at a rally on Cincinnati's north side
"You've got to get out there and turn out the vote," Mr. Bush told them. "That's what we call the grass roots. I've come to fertilize the grass roots."
As a Texan, I am sure Bush knows what is used to make fertilizer.
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1083974938465393182004-05-07T17:08:00.000-07:002004-05-07T17:16:12.746-07:00Inscrutable cross-reference chain for the week
The "real?" site Who is that with Jeremy?
and the spoof
"This strange man with a chicken mask on was very nice to me until he suddenly penetrated the soft spot on my skull with a little sharp metal part he added to the otherwise flimsy paper mask. Why would he do that? Anyway, it was a fun day! "
which contains a reference to the Subservient sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1083974603966655182004-05-07T17:03:00.000-07:002004-05-07T17:06:38.606-07:00Reading: Free Culture, How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity.
Watching: http://www.gargoyle.tv/swk/
The artifacts of our popular culture are digital. If we're not permitted to modify or encorporate images of our experience will we become an increasingly passive consumer culture?
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1083897604986395862004-05-06T19:40:00.000-07:002004-05-06T19:43:18.216-07:00Keeping clean on the playa
Instead of a shower this year, have you considered using a garden sprayer? You don't have to bring as much wash water to the desert in the first place, and it's less impact on the playa. I think you get even better results than with a solar shower because the fine spray is under pressure, rather than just a gravity flow, which is inefficient and wasteful.
I have been sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1083889813991279612004-05-06T17:30:00.000-07:002004-05-06T19:43:30.716-07:00Getting rid of stuff
At the moment, my stuff/space ratio is pretty good, but my home is less "spacious" than I'd like. After a year of living in a van and living out of a backpack for weeks at a time, I am very aware of how little I actually use or want.
My desire to hold on to things comes partly from not wanting to waste things, and partly from "insufficiency thinking" -- If I get rid of itsterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1080251958012151912004-03-25T13:59:00.000-08:002004-03-25T14:06:53.106-08:00OK. I have a new word for the day. Gabber.
Gabber in its true form is evil, aggressive, brutal and provocative techno, ranging in speed from 180 bpm to more than the double. The typical gabber-track is built up from a distorted 909 bassdrum, and kept going by the use of similarily distorted guitarsamples from speed- and black metal, blurry noises and sometimes acidic sounds. It also may contain sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1080250266391746682004-03-25T13:31:00.000-08:002004-03-25T13:44:30.950-08:00Monday night shared dinner and a movie with my friend JP. We saw "Secret Window" at the Jack London Cinemas. How can a movie with Johnny Depp and John Turturro and a score by Philip Glass be this bad? I was bitterly disappointed by the silly spooky camera tricks, the predictable plot and the unrealistic violent murders. Worst of all were the flashes of Depp's last good role as Capt. Jack Sparrow sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1080179027314297792004-03-24T17:43:00.000-08:002004-03-25T13:38:11.623-08:00Catching up on postings from mythos_amante. On 3/18 she posts about walking in the dark, and monsters, and claiming personal power. Good stuff.
Among many other gifts Burning Man has given me, I left my fear of the dark in the desert. In 2000, my first year at Burning Man, I went with some people I didn't know very well. We rented two big RVs and I volunteered to do the cooking and housekeeping sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1079721311625600962004-03-19T10:35:00.000-08:002004-03-19T10:39:23.326-08:00I knew the term 'blinkenlights" reminded me of something. Back in the 80's there was a genre of fax and photocopy art that proliferated with the spread of cubicles in corporate America. There were a couple classics... all about the plight of the overworked and under appreciated. One in particular started to crop up in computer rooms.
ACHTUNG!
Alles touristen und non-technishen looken peepers! sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1079720060337472172004-03-19T10:14:00.000-08:002004-03-19T10:39:53.030-08:00To celebrate its 20th anniversary the Chaos Computer Club created a special present to itself and the city of Berlin. From September 12th, 2001 to February 23rd, 2002, the famous "Haus des Lehrers" (house of the teacher) office building at Berlin Alexanderplatz was enhanced to become world's biggest interactive computer display: Blinkenlights. The project was reprised from December 22th, 2003 tosterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1079383614220863852004-03-15T12:46:00.000-08:002004-03-15T12:49:15.060-08:00Did I mention recently that I love my dentist? Had my third apt. with Dr. Markle and hightly recommend him to anyone who can make it to SF for dental apts.sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1079322270560327122004-03-14T19:42:00.000-08:002004-03-14T20:13:19.793-08:00reading:
- revelation space, alastair reynolds (not impressed)
- fallen angels, larry niven, jerry pournelle, michael flynn (fluffy but fun)
listening:
- a voyage into the chill-out zonesterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1079300466416233252004-03-14T13:26:00.000-08:002004-03-14T19:38:39.670-08:00I did not realize until last week that interracial marriage was once illegal. I hope that someday my niece someday is similarly surprised that once upon a time, two women or two men could not be legally married.
My friend Becca recently chose to marry her same-sex partner in San Francisco. Her letter below to Barbara Boxer is the most articulate and personal description of the issue I've seen tosterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1078780419254041752004-03-08T13:13:00.000-08:002004-03-08T13:18:23.670-08:00Happy day! My mac 12" PowerBook is due Wednesday. I bought online from the Apple store and so far I've been impressed with the sales experience. Can't wait for the "out of box" experience. Per JG, it is pretty smooth, even detects available wireless networks at startup.
The only close contender was the Sony Vaio Picturebook, but the low-quality built-in digital camera was cheesy, and the hingessterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1078297521942816482004-03-02T23:05:00.000-08:002004-03-02T23:44:38.543-08:00This has been a good week for taking care of things. Recently I joined a health club and found a personal trainer. Two big milestones today. I went to the dentist, and sold my car.
I haven't been to a dentist for four years. My last one retired, and in the gap, I didn't have dental insurance for a while. Now that I'm an employee again, it was time to take care of it. I found Dr. Markle throughsterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1078176490946594812004-03-01T13:28:00.000-08:002004-03-01T13:30:18.060-08:00Hooray! Cavalia has extended through March 12. The site is a little thin on content, so here are some photos from Karen Turvey, a performer in the show.sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1077490141124348882004-02-22T14:49:00.000-08:002004-02-22T14:55:06.093-08:00goody. my first quasi-political rant.
Interesting article in the NYT today
Are things getting better or worse? Two surveys used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics to measure job creation and unemployment show contradictory information.
"The payroll survey, which is based on a monthly poll of 400,000 employers, shows a loss of more than two million jobs since 2001. The household survey, based sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1076917079016666802004-02-15T23:37:00.000-08:002004-02-15T23:42:41.950-08:00OK. This is getting out of hand.
There's a product called Creative Name Generator. With a name like that, I'm supposed to believe they know what they're doing and send them $19? Sheesh.
I wonder if they can help me come up with cool names like blue martini.
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1076708252076676512004-02-13T13:37:00.000-08:002004-02-13T13:39:22.216-08:00Happy Valentine's Day.
There's something charming about a holiday that causes businessmen to carry flowers in the city.
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1076296561795356792004-02-08T19:16:00.000-08:002004-02-09T22:46:46.420-08:00God bless Los Angeles. Especially Big John's Surplus.sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1075932087396917622004-02-04T14:01:00.000-08:002004-02-04T14:03:09.296-08:00Another one for the weird company name file...
from http://www.whitepajama.com/us/about_us/name.html
what's in a name?
> the origin of the White Pajama name
How did we get our unusual name you ask? Let us tell you a little story...
Before creating White Pajama, our founder was very close to finalizing a multi-million dollar deal with a world-renowned financial institution. When he and his sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1070252987678219182003-11-30T20:29:00.000-08:002003-11-30T20:42:34.246-08:00Here are a couple recipes from the weekend...
11/30/2003
Ziti with Chard Sauce
1/2 lb. whole wheat ziti, boiled and drained
4 cloves garlic, minced
1T olive oil
10 kalamata olives, cut in quarters
2 small tomatoes, chopped
5 leaves chard, chopped
2 oz goat cheese
Saute garlic in olive oil until brown. Add vegetables and olives, cook until saucy. Add pasta and stir. Just before serving, dot withsterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1070249360542300002003-11-30T19:29:00.000-08:002003-11-30T20:10:50.060-08:00This weekend I celebrated the holiday in the traditional way and did my patriotic duty to re-start the economy with some discretionary spending on some disposable consumer goods!
New music from Rasputin Music, 69 Powell St. Hooray!
A Hundred Days Off - Underworld
Asian Lounge - Audiopharm
Shadows are Go! - The Shadows
New shoes, yea!
Saucony Red/Black Freedom Leather (Subterranean Shoe sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1069888126912247292003-11-26T15:08:00.000-08:002003-11-26T15:09:18.966-08:00Reading:
Statistics you can't trust - Steve Campbell, Ph.D.
Statistics a conceptual approach - K. Laurence Weldon
Elementary Business Statistics - Freund and Williams
How to lie with statistics - Huff
Statistics on the table, the history of statistical concepts and methods - Stephen M. Stigler
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1069267769238222282003-11-19T10:49:00.000-08:002003-11-19T10:56:42.403-08:00Reading:
Use of Weapons, Iain M Banks
Minitab Handbook, Ryan/Joiner
Demystifying Six Sigma, Alan Larson
Woke up at 7a this morning. Didn't have an early meeting so I turned off the radio. Woke again at 9:20a. Vivid deams about AB, JG and a house party in a new space we rented. Turned out to be some medieval themed retail space.
MG mentioned that Oakland is now ticketing cars that have a "sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1068588863556188832003-11-11T14:14:00.000-08:002003-11-11T14:14:21.080-08:00On my road trip to Portland OR yesterday, we enjoyed two surprisingly good meals. Lunch at American Dream Pizza (NE Glisan St. and NE 49th Ave.) and dinner at the Rose Cafe (Portland Airport). Portland Airport is beautiful, and designed with the realization that people often end up waiting in airports. It has interesting (non-chain) stores and restaurants. The waiting area outside security has sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1067998263410545062003-11-04T18:11:00.000-08:002003-11-04T18:17:08.056-08:00Exciting travels on the way home. United Flight 79 from Newark heading for SFO November 2, 2003. First off, we waited at the gate for 45 minutes while they tried to deliver our food. Then we missed our takeoff slot and had to wait on the tarmac for about an hour. By that time, our second mate had passed his 16-hour service time and we had to return to the gate and wait for 2 hours until they sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1067675017989919462003-11-01T00:23:00.000-08:002003-11-01T00:23:36.776-08:00In NYC for Halloween. Had dinner with MS and JK in the Village. Clubbing afterwards. Walking back along 6th Ave at 1:30 am, we paused to watch the crew assemble the christmas tree in front of Radio City Music Hall.sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1067037961591754712003-10-24T16:26:00.000-07:002003-10-24T16:37:07.250-07:00Books I'm reading:
Creating Minds - Howard Garner
Dee Goong An - Robert van Gulik
The Chinese Gold Murders - Robert van Gulik
Six Sigma for Everyone - George Eckes
Six Sigma for Managers - Greg Brue
Tonight I am heading to the Grand National Rodeo with BC. Funny to think that I'm heading to the Cow Palace again for an event of such different character than the Exotic Erotic.
The soft-serve sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-10668798167540852003-10-22T20:30:00.000-07:002003-10-22T20:30:16.490-07:00Writing from State College PA. I am at the Residence Inn in a hotel room bigger than my apartment. It's only $79 dollars a night. I think I am gonna move here and commute.sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1066346725711620612003-10-16T16:25:00.000-07:002003-10-16T16:25:25.483-07:00Earlier this week I found out I start a new 3-month consulting contract Monday 10/20. I've had the delicious pleasure of a week of liberty with the knowledge I have work soon. PR also called about a possible EP project, so I may be very busy soon.
The fall weather is lovely. Sunny and warm, but not too hot. Today I enjoyed reading the Chron outside Arizmendi and went for a walk around the sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1064361331341470302003-09-23T16:55:00.000-07:002003-09-23T20:08:08.766-07:00CD of the day: Morphine "Good"
Books I'm reading:
The Addictive Organization - Anne Wilson Schaef, Diane Fassel (LIB)
Charging Ahead, The Business of Renewable Energy and What It Means for America - John Berger (LIB)
Energy Efficient Community Planning - James Ridgeway with Carolyn S. Projansky (LIB)
The Resume Handbook - Arthur D. Rosenberg and David Hizer (BC)
Resume Magic (second edition) - sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1063843908172773782003-09-17T17:11:00.000-07:002003-09-17T17:23:27.426-07:00OK then, I'm going to write about tarot two days running...
Ever notice a playing card in the street? Since the modern playing cards are related to the tarot suits (hearts=cups, diamonds=disks, clubs=wands, spades=swords) you can do a sort of "found tarot" reading with cards that come to you. Not to mention the fun you can have in Vegas watching Blackjack games.
Well, In the past couple months,sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1063733805631552282003-09-16T10:36:00.000-07:002003-09-16T10:39:30.693-07:00I read with the "Cosmic Tribe" Tarot by Stevee Postman and Eric Ganther. This morning ran a "doors of perception" spread on the subject of my search for a new occupation and my short-term plan to do temp work.
1: foundation- Princess of Wands "Tiger Tamer"
2. practical considerations - Knight of Wands "Impervious Clown"
3. obstacles - Magician
4. intiutive considerations - Ace of Disks "The sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1063612548506168492003-09-15T00:55:00.000-07:002003-09-15T00:55:48.390-07:00Yea! JG came over tonight and brought his airport so now I can enjoy typing with bad posture all over the house and yard. Finished last load of dusty playa dishes and caught up with Friendster postings. sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1062638499306977762003-09-03T18:21:00.000-07:002003-09-03T18:21:39.383-07:00Returned from Burning Man yesterday with a powerful craving for produce. Purchased peaches, corn and tomatoes at a farm stand near Sacramento. Unloaded the van today and rewarded myself with something special for dinner.
Corn Salsa
3 ears white sweet corn
1 small white onion diced (3/4 cup)
4 roma tomatoes diced (2 cups)
1/3 cup chopped cilantro
one jalapeno pepper, seeded, deveined and minced
sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1061168245682446802003-08-17T17:57:00.000-07:002003-08-17T18:21:13.466-07:00Pictures of my most recent Playa project, solar light globes
All supplies purchased from OSH
Malibu Solar Candle Light, $12.99
White Poly Globe 8", $9.99
Werner Paint Can Hook Model AC21, $3.99
36" (3 feet) single jack chain with links big enough for the eye bolts, $.59/foot
3, 5/32 x 1-5/8" small eye bolts, $.39/ea
6, nylon flat washers size 8, $.35/pk of 6
silk or plastic flowers and/or sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1060972058807833922003-08-15T11:27:00.000-07:002003-08-15T11:28:31.370-07:00card: prince of wands
coffee: starbucks frappuccino spiked with peets, iced
music: underworld - dubnobasswithmyheadman
Ah the blessings of cloth tape! Last night decorated my polyethylene hoop and made a protective sleeve for my parasol. The hoop is black with green, very "Nightmare Before Christmas."
Making a collapsible polyethylene hoop
Some of my friends showed up at a party with these sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1060811658162836252003-08-13T14:54:00.000-07:002003-08-17T17:56:19.923-07:00KG came over Monday 8/11 to set up file transfer between my machines, so now I can post some shade structure photos. Yesterday I added skirting panels and this morning I painted the cover.
The side panels are a 10 foot length of 54" fabric split down the middle. I sewed 1" bias tape to the finished edge with two rows of stitches. The bias tape is held to the edge of the cover with safety pins, sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1060541944479279922003-08-10T11:59:00.000-07:002003-08-13T15:21:51.753-07:00Yesterday was invited to join Bear and Bobcat at the Sanrio store at SF Center for a special event. We talked about shade structures while surrounded by people younger, shorter and wearing a lot more pink. Much relieved because Bear and Bobcat agreed to bring 20 gal of my water in their RV, thus removing 160 lbs of weight I have to haul over the Sierras in the Bliss Brick.
Bear and Bobcat are sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1060540206417559942003-08-10T11:30:00.000-07:002003-08-10T11:30:06.350-07:00card: Knight of Disks
muffin: blueberry
music: Twisted Discosterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1060375997175225432003-08-08T13:53:00.000-07:002003-08-08T13:53:17.053-07:00card: Queen of Swords
book: All Tomorrow's Parties - William Gibson
music: Ultra Chilled 01sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5660223.post-1060375336878828092003-08-08T13:42:00.000-07:002003-08-08T15:24:30.816-07:00Heading to Burning Man in a couple weeks. Got an idea for a shade structure from Max Icon and decided to try it for myself.
Yesterday went to OSH, Home Depot and REI to pick up the materials I needed
7 - 1" PVC pipe (schedule 40) 10' long , 2.39 ea - OSH
3 - 1 1/4" PVC Elbow, 1.49 ea - OSH
6 - #4 Rebar 2', .69 ea - OSH
1 - 3# Blacksmith Sledge, 10.99 ea - OSH
1 - Canvas Dropcloth 12' x 15', sterlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14351751261661981377noreply@blogger.com