Lots to do today, so here’s a house-of-cards-building robot for you!
Posts Tagged ‘#365Ways’
Lego and Chill
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, fun, inspiration, invention on June 29, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Still Dancing
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Affinity Photo, creativity, family, learning on June 28, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m not quite done with my grandmother’s portrait, apparently. One of the things I did over the weekend was to start learning colorization, and now Grandma has a pretty pink dress:)
Once Upon a Sunday
Posted in Holidays, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Thoughts, travel, Turkey, writing on June 27, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Sunday
Istanbul-Cappadoccia
I’m in seat 34 and already seven minutes late. We’re on the night bus to Cappadocia and I’m settling in for a ten-hour ride into the heart of Turkey. The old woman ahead of me is getting feisty, pounding on the window and demanding to leave, loudly. This little drama is all in Turkish, of course, but it’s hard to misunderstand this kind of impatience. Most of the country seems to travel by bus and this is the largest terminal I’ve ever seen. The station is huge, complete with hotel and shopping complex, mosque, 200,000 lira WCs, and plenty of air guns to keep the kids occupied.
What’s this? We’re leaving right on time, only 14 minutes behind schedule.
Tops in Turkey: Topkapi Palace, cherry juice and jam, beer on a rooftop terrace with a view of the Haghia Sofia and Blue Mosque.
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Good to Know
Posted in Funny, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, family, Fiction, Thoughts on June 26, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Recent chat transcript with my father (note the time stamps):
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Tempus Fugit
Posted in Likes, Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, Affinity Photo, creativity, inspiration, sff on June 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Mr. Man had to get up early so we started the day with an extra hour. I decided to use it to learn something.
Suddenly, that extra time has disappeared and taken its friends with it.
On the plus side, I found an angel.
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Do My Ancestors Proud
Posted in Likes, Science!, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, astronomy, creativity, inspiration, NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day, stars on June 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »
How are stars made? You know, those celestial bodies illuminating the sky, happily burning until they get tired of that and become star dust, the components of which we are made.
“The cosmos is also within us. We’re made of star stuff.”
— Carl Sagan
Check out this simulation of a star forge.
How do stars form? Most form in giant molecular clouds located in the central disk of a galaxy. The process is started, influenced, and limited by the stellar winds, jets, high energy starlight, and supernova explosions of previously existing stars. The featured video shows these complex interactions as computed by the STARFORGE simulation of a gas cloud 20,000 times the mass of our Sun.
— APOD: 2021 June 23 – STARFORGE
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I’m also making today, although nothing as dramatic as stars. More like yogurt, a project that required the sewing machine, and a hack for our leaky dishwasher (yes, another appliance is on the road to obsolescence; they really don’t make them like they used to).
I’m also heading into the workshop to make things out of wood. Well, to remember how to make things. And find my tools. And my respirator. And my wood turning clothes. It’s been a while (thanks, Covid)!
My projects won’t be as dynamic or lovely as a star (or Chopin’s music, for that matter).
I’ll still try.
After all, I want to do my ancestors proud.
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From Imagination to Reality
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, creativity, innovation, Thoughts on June 23, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I love seeing ideas move from imagination to reality, even if I’m not the one doing it. Take this robot mani/pedi machine idea, for example:
Want Your Nails Done? Let a Robot Do It. – The New York Times
This ideas has been in the back of my mind for some time.
Now, I don’t polish my nails. I think I have a bottle of clear somewhere that I bought for a wedding once (my wedding? Quite possibly, but the fact that I don’t remember tells you something). I keep it around to use in the workshop and the garage.
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So why did I start thinking about an automated mani/pedi machine years ago, and why am I excited to see it now?
Because a lot of things are hard for the elderly, and doing your nails is one of them.
These particular machines aren’t there yet, but the fact that innovators are working on polishing suggests that shaping won’t be far behind. And that means anyone could keep their nails in good condition without having to rely on someone else or popping a hip joint, and stay healthier for it.
If the end result is effective and affordable, it’s good for people, and, as the population continues to age and boost demand for adaptive technologies, good for companies.
And I’m all about win-wins.
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That I Can Do
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, quotes, Thoughts, Tuesdays, work on June 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Hmm, Tuesday. What to write?
Do I have a draft of anything started?
(checks draft folder) No.
Do I have an idea for an interesting topic? Sure. Time to expand on it? Not so much.
New experiments in food and/or art?
Nothing ready to share.
Cute pictures of the cat?
No. Let’s face it, our cat is more fiend than fluff ball.
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Inspirational quote about work plus adorable stock imagery?
That I can do.
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I’ve probably used this quote before. Still relevant!
“Try looking at your mind as a wayward puppy that you are trying to paper train. You don’t drop-kick a puppy into the neighbor’s yard every time it piddles on the floor. You just keep bringing it back to the newspaper.”
― Anne Lamott
A Quick Trip to the Public Domain
Posted in Other, Writing, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, history, public domain, Thoughts on June 21, 2021| Leave a Comment »
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In the early twentieth century, Dorothy Levitt, née Elizabeth Levi (1882-1922) was “the premier woman motorist and botorist [motorboat driver] of the world”… The Woman and the Car is a practical, how-to guide for those who wanted to take to the roads, but did not quite know how.
— On the Road: *The Woman and the Car* (1909) – The Public Domain Review
Have times changed since 1909? Obviously, but not everything. “Many of the extensive recommendations regarding mechanics, etiquette, and the temptations of car culture hold true today.” Also, who wouldn’t like to have this much fun going to the grocery store?
I’m off to run an errand, but am I just picking up milk, or am I practicing a little petro-feminism?*
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* And I’m looking forward to the day when I can practice electro-feminism.
My Favorite Father
Posted in Holidays, Likes, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2021, family, holidays, Thoughts on June 20, 2021| Leave a Comment »
To my dad, who taught us to read without genres, cook without recipes, and love without limits.
Happy Father’s Day!
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