DAY 11

After drawing so much on the iTouch, it was a relief to get back to pen and paper.  I saw these two people when riding the Staten Island Ferry. With the exception of the trash can, this is mostly a continuous line drawing using a Sharpie in another concerto style Moleskine.

DAY 12

This older woman got on the 5 express train in Manhattan, just for one stop.  I stared at her too long to begin drawing, but studied her well enough to draw her from memory after she got off.  Again, done with a sharpie, and mostly a continuous line with (the exception of the subway bench she’s sitting on).  She was wearing a great shiny headscarf that had “I <3 NY” printed all over it.

DAY 13

Day 13, the day I met Suzi.  I was waiting for the Staten Island Ferry at 10:10 pm and was speaking on the phone to my omi about why the ferry is so late.  Suzi told me the schedule had changed, that the boat leaves every half hour on the hour.  After that, we got to talking, just shootin’ the breeze while we waited for the big orange boat.  When it finally did come, we sat and talked some more and I ended up drawing her portrait.  What’s more,  Suzi drew me a picture! Here it is:

At first, Suzi claimed she couldn’t draw.  I explained that drawing is just a skill, and everyone should learn it just like math, reading, or writing.   We started to look at the objects which surrounded us, lights, chairs, and break them down into smaller shapes.

Begin to look at the places and faces that surround you, and you’ll see they’re made up of smaller shapes.  Understanding how the shapes fit into one another for form a whole is the basis of drawing.

This cube, for example, exists because 6 squares came together to meet at their edges.

Day 13 was a great one because as we were leaving the ferry, Suzi said to me, “I’m looking at everyone now and seeing who’s interesting looking and who’s boring and all the shapes…look at the back of his jacket, I’m seeing everything differently, oh this is gonna drive me crazy!”

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]]> http://netedit.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/notes-retro/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:05:17 +0000 netedit http://netedit.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/notes-retro/ http://nancib.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/regain-compiz-desktop-rotation-with-the-mouse-in-ubuntu-9-10/ Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:37:51 +0000 BostonPeng http://nancib.wordpress.com/2009/11/30/regain-compiz-desktop-rotation-with-the-mouse-in-ubuntu-9-10/

One of the nice uses for the cube in Compiz Fusion is to place your mouse over a clear area of your desktop (an area without a window) and roll your mouse’s scroll wheel to rotate your screen to another desktop. Unfortunately somewhere in the upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala that feature was broken. I finally did a search on the problem today and found an easy answer.

LittleCannon posted the fix in this thread where he said

Hi, I had same problems as you.

open gconf-editor and under

/apps/compiz/plugins/vpswitch/allscreens/options

find “next_button” and give value “Button5″, find “prev_button” and give value “Button4″

Viewport switcher should work now

I found the correct setting in CompizConfig Settings Manager under Desktop > Viewport Switcher > Desktop-based Viewport Switcher and was able to change the settings to bring back desktop rotation with your mouse wheel. Here’s a screenshot of my settings to help you get the right settings.

Youge thanks to LittleCannon for helping me resolve this very annoying issue.

Its been a much interesting movie series, which I liked a lot for the same reason. It starts over a concept only without using lots of special effects or surrounding efforts and keep you bind in it till the end and make an impact that you end up discussing about it later on. A kind of cinema that involves your mind and you see much more than what’s being shown on screen.

Title: Cube
Release Date: 11 July 1998 [Netherlands]
Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writers: Andre Bijelic, Vincenzo Natali
Actors: Nicole Da Boer, Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Julian Richings, Wayne Robson, Maurice Dean Wint

Seven complete strangers of widely varying personality are kept under a cube like structure having six door at six faces. Each door opens in another cube. Out of these all cubes, some are trapped. All characters trying to figure out the way to out with brainstorming over the question that who might have built the place of dimension 26×26x26 rooms.

Title: Cube 2: Hypercube
Release Date: 15 April 2003 [USA]
Director: Andrzej Sekula
Writers: Sean Hood
Actors: Kari Matchett, Geraint Wyn Davies, Grace Lynn Kung, Mathew Ferguson, Neil Crone, Barbara Gordon, Lindsay Connell, Greer Kent, Bruce Grey, Philip Akin, Paul Robbins, Andrew Scorer

Cube got one more dimension. Strangers are now eight and things got more names like connection to one big weapon manufacturer company and a legend hacker, who designed the concept, but the game is still the same with special effects added this time as we got alternate realities. Confusing?? Watch it.

Title: Cube Zero
Release Date: 16 December 2004
Director: Ernie Barbarash
Writers: Ernie Barbarash
Actors: Zachary Bennett, David Huband, Stephanie Moore, Martin Roach, Terri Hawkes, Richard McMillan, Mike, Tony Munch, Micheal Riley, Joshua Peace, Diego Klattenhoff, Alexia Flippeos, Jasmin Gelio, Fernando Cursione, Araxi Arslanian

They called it Zero to mention that its where it started, but its still the same confused and complicated. Although its not that mind game like the earlier two. I mean you cant make the same thrill over the same concept again and again, but its like building up the blocks left open in other two parts. No one can resist watching the third one, if have watched any of the two.

So, this was the review of the second set of movies, I personally found like some collector’s edition. Must watch.

Nitish Kumar

http://nitishkumarsays.blogspot.com

I blogged on here a while back about the upcoming sci-fi creature feature, Splice coming out starring Adrian Brody and Sarah Polley. There wasn’t really too much info out there at the time on this one. But today I saw a cool little featurette that sheds alot more light on this movie. Directed by Vincenzo Natali who also helmed the awesome sci-fi classic “Cube” ( if you have not seen that movie go rent it now!), I have high hopes and with Guillermo Del Toro as the executive producer it’s a safe bet this won’t be a peice of trash. Check this out and towards the end you’ll get to see a clip from the movie that I think looks pretty promising…  

Check out the Cube trailer too if you’ve never seen it before..

Stuffing has got to be my favorite Thanksgiving food.  I remember Thanksgivings past where my dad & I would fight over the stuffing bowl like it was filled with gold, diamonds, and (for me) guitars.  The stuff is perfect.  Alone, with turkey, with gravy… the decadent amount of carbs is ridiculously awesome.

Last year was my first ever attempt at making stuffing… and my grandma told me that it tasted just like hers.  Is there a compliment better than that?  I had used as a guide an old recipe that my grandfather & grandmother had both used when making holiday meals.  My mom lent me the old cook book with my grandfather’s notes last year, I collected some others, and I made scans for myself.

I say “guide” because it’s not always an exact science when doubling/tripling recipes… and there really aren’t any cooking directions… it’s just a guide to make the stuff.  Also, I tend to do a lot of “oh, that looks about right” and a little bit of “hey, let’s add a little of this” in the kitchen, as most people comfortable there usually do.

A lot of times I see stuffing recipes online, on TV, or in the little books by the cash register at the grocery store… and they include sausage, apples, raisins, (yuck!) nuts, or even peppers, carrots, or mushrooms (all of the latter of which I’ like to try some time).  The philosophy behind this recipe seems to be a K.I.S.S. one.  I like that.  It’s a very simple accompaniment, and the taste that my mind goes to every time I think “stuffing”.

This year, it was definitely a two person effort.  I don’t know how I would have done it without Bethany and all four of our hands.  We made a lot of stuffing.  Sadly, I didn’t think to chronicle the thing with photos like I sometimes do with new recipes… but I did want to make a guide with my own notes, so when I do this next year, I remember what I did differently this year.  I know I altered things slightly last year, but the details were a little fuzzy.  I figured that if I’m going to do it for myself, I might as well share, right?  Plus, we got compliments from two moms, two grandmas, and an aunt… all excellent in the kitchen themselves!

I did take a photo today, because really, what’s a food blog post without a photo?  Perhaps I’ll see if my mom got any with her camera and amend the post later.

This year's effort was delicious, if I do say so myself.

This is my first time really writing out a recipe… so pardon me if it’s a little convoluted or long winded.  I don’t want to miss anything, and I hope to get it all in the right order as well as make it an entertaining read.

Here’s what you’ll need to do it the same way I did…

Food:

• 5 loaves of bread (equaled 56 cups once cubed)
• 1 bundle of celery (3 cups, chopped – the rest can cook w/ the turkey or be a snack)
• 2 Spanish or Sweet onions
• The giblets & neck out of your turkey.
• 1 can (14½ oz.) vegetable broth
• 1 tablespoons of salt
• ½ tablesppon Season All Seasoned Salt
• 1 heaping teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
• 1 heaping teaspoon sage
• 1 heaping teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 10 eggs
• 4 sticks (2 cups) butter
• some water
• 1 cup fresh parsley
• 1 bottle of Yuengling

Stuff:

• 2 cookie sheets
• cutting boards
• small pot
• electric skillet
• Magic Bullet^®
• electric roaster
• large crock pot
• knives
• a few large bowls
• whisk
• spatula
• several large spoons
• paper towels

OK, on to the directions…

1. Monday night, get your loaves of bread, open the bags, and put the loaves on cookie sheets before dinner.  Leave ‘em out on a table or counter while you do your thing.
2. Right before your favorite prime time TV shows come on, set up a station on the coffee table in front of the couch with the cookie trays of bread, some cutting boards with knives, and the pans out of your electric roaster.  Cube the bread and fill the roasting pan.  When I say fill it, I mean fill it.  It will be ridiculously full.
3. Cover it with paper towels, and set it on the kitchen table that you only use when company comes over anyway.  Over the next few days, stir it a few times a day, whenever you think of it.  This will get it nicely & slightly stale.  If you’re going to be doing anything that smells, like using cleaning chemicals, put it in the oven… but don’t turn it on.  It’s nice & warm & dry & not stinky in there.  The bread will absorb that stuff and the stuffing will taste like Mr. Clean made it.
4. Wednesday night, get out your turkey… and pull the disgusting papery bag of giblets out of the neck cavity, and the neck out of its butt.  (Why exactly do they put the neck in the butt, anyway?  Who’s idea was that?) Boil the giblets in your can of vegetable broth, or just use plain water… or even turkey or chicken broth.  I thought the vegetable broth would add a nice flavor.  I boiled them for a nice long time, and let it cook down quite a bunch.
5. Finely chop up your celery & onions… or use the Magic Bullet, like I did.  I’m not real big on chunks of slimy or crunchy stuff in bread-like consistency foods.  I probably had half of each chopped finely, the other half rendered to near-paste by the genius little piece of equipment that list the Magic Bullet.  I’m sure any food processor would work.. but this one is easy to pot pout of storage, use, and clean when you’re done.
6. Then I popped out the electric skillet to sauteé the onion & celery mixture… probably in some Country Crock & a bit of extra virgin olive oil… adding some of the spices mentioned above, and maybe even some paprika… although, they don’t come the totals listed above.  These are the aforementioned “oh, that looks about right” and  “hey, let’s add a little of this”.  You’ve sauteed stuff, you know how it works.  I love this step because it turns the onions from gross into awesome… especially the Spanish onions.  The sweet onions are oddly enough not as sweet to me when cooked.
7. Next time, I’m totally getting a pair of swimming goggles or those glasses that I’ve seen at Bed, Bath & Beyond for when I chop & pulverize the onions.  I was crying like a little girl who just watched a car run over a kitten.
8. I popped the onions and celery into separate containers for the ‘fridge to save for Thursday morning.
9. Next, I pulled out the giblets and chopped them into tiny pieces, & put them with the reduced broth from cooking into a 3rd refrigerator bound container to be used on Thursday morning.
10. Go to bed.  You have to get up early.
11. Thursday get up about an hour before your turkey needs to go in the roaster oven, and start to mix all this crap together.
12. Add the dry spice ingredients to the now stale-ish cubed bread.  Good luck not getting any on the floor.
13. Chop the fresh parsley.
14. Nuke your butter in a microwave safe bowl, add it to a large mixing bowl, crack open the 10 eggs, and whisk away.
15. Add the fresh parsley to the buttery gooey egg mixture.
16. Add 2-3 cups of the broth from the giblets, and the finely chopped giblets to the now even gooier butterier egg mixture.
17. This is where I got the bright idea to dump in some Yuengling.  It wasn’t a whole bottle… but I had it out & only needed about ½ cup for my butter/garlic/beer turkey injection/baste,  so I dumped some into the gooey buttery gibletey mixture, and drank the rest… all before 8:00 am.
18. Dump the celery & onion concoction on to the bread, mix around, and then dump on the gooey buttery gibletey Yuenglingey mixture.  This is where it was imperative that there were two of us.  Bethany opted to use her hands to mix while I poured.  The mixing gets easier when it’s wet, as it goes down a little.  You should probably wash your hands before you do this.  Not that I think you’re stupid or anything… but there are signs out there all over the place… so someone somewhere must need reminded.  Use soap, and hot water.
19. Now, this needs to come out of the roaster so the turkey can go into it… and you should be doing this around the same time as turkey prep… so stuff what you can into the turkey carcass’ various cavities, and put the rest in the crock pot.  I had Bethany scoop it into a bowl small amounts at a time as I stuffed it into the bird, so I wasn’t touching raw poultry and the stuffing that wasn’t going into the bird.  She made it clear that she wasn’t touching the raw dead bird, or sticking her hands into it.
20. I sewed up the turkey and popped it into the roaster to cook, and then put the stuffing in the crock pot on low to cook for the same amount of time.
21. Everyone told me last year that stuffing + crock pot = bad idea.  This is where I say that you could not be more wrong.  It was perfectly moist and heated well throughout.  I did break the cardinal cock pot rule by removing the lid every hour or so and stirring a little so it didn’t stick to the sides or burn.  This worked well, except that I didn’t get the bottom well enough.  You could add more liquid throughout if t looked necessary… or not stir if you like the crusty part as much as the other part.  If you use the crock pot enough, you get to know what works for yours.  Pop it on to warm or off a while before you eat.
22. When the turkey’s ready, the stuffing’s ready.  Stuff yourself silly, send people home with leftovers, and eat for breakfast, lunch, & dinner the next day.

Well, I hope you enjoyed the process, and I’m sorry for jumping tenses.  I think I did anyway.  All over the place.  Maybe Dave and Kristin can give me some pointers on that.

I’d love to know what you think of this recipe, and how you do your stuffing.  I’m always up for trying things new ways… and I’m always up for eating stuffing.  In fact, even better — make some, and invite me over for dinner!

]]> http://falllom.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/troiseme-projet-dart-plastique/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:01:16 +0000 falllom http://falllom.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/troiseme-projet-dart-plastique/

Le premier projet sucitant un germe d’inspiration, depuis des années d’art plastique. Que j’apprécie doublement qu’il fut récompensé par une appréciation positive et réellement (pour changer ..) intéressée par le prof.

Sujet :

A partir d’un format raisin de carton plume 1,5mm, et n’ayant seulement le droit d’inciser, et de plier, créer une enveloppe qui sera “multi-positionnable”.

Développement :

Je voulais donner une base suffisement géométrique, et reconnaissable. J’ai opté pour l’idée de carrés, et dessiné un quadrillage sur mon carton.  Le cube découle naturellement de l’idée de carrés, j’en ai créé une enveloppe destructurant le “cube”.

Photos :

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P-Rod, Kobe, And Ice cube all in one video:

Lattice Bracelt Framed with Cube Beads 

I love working on this Bracelet.  Very easy to learn and complete it in about two to three Hours depends on your time. The once from today’s Blog are in one color tone.   However they look amazing if you mix three of your similar colors together and just pick up Seed-beads as you go along.  See one of my earlier Blogs.  I just had fun picking up whatever color was in front of my needle

This pattern is available at: www.thatbeadlady.com

I thought I can go somewhat cheaper with the clasps and went to a store that caries all kind of Craft items.  That was a bad choice as the magnets fell out of its casing only after several days of wearing it.  See my Picture with the blue Bracelet.

Last Wednesday, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety awarded 27 vehicles for receiving the highest ratings for “safest vehicles for 2010”. All 27 vehicles received an award recognizing them for doing the best job against protecting motorists in front, rear, side and rollover crash. All vehicles feature, Electronic stability control (EST), which is a new state of the art anti-rollover technology.

With a new criterion, the numbers were cut in more than half. 94 were tested and approved in 2009, in comparison to the 24 this year.

Ford Motor Co. and its Volvo unit received the most awards with six, followed by five awards apiece for Japanese automaker Subaru and German automaker Volkswagen AG and its Audi unit. However, Subaru was the only manufacturer with an IIHS in all four vehicles classifications in which it completes.

“With the addition of our new roof strength evaluation, our crash test results now cover all four of the most common kinds of crashes,” said IIHS president Adrian Lund in a statement. “Consumers can use this list to zero in on the vehicles that are on the top rung for safety.”

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This dude’s name isn’t really The Cubinator. It’s Rubix. Would’ve been cool if it was though aye?! He sent me his track Baiser Sur La Disco this morning…and if crazy cut up housey electro disco sounding stuff if up your alley, then this is a track for you! The dude’s from Amsterdam and is already rocking it on the HypeM Charts.

Rubix – Baiser Sur La Disco (Rubix Refix)

Check out the vid for this track too. Is pretty stellar.

shinee – ring ding dong 

more pictures of them and another group after the jump

what do you think about their new style and comeback song?

b2st – bad girl 

as of right now, i cant tell them apart except the one i favor the 2nd to last.

what do you think of them and their style? (note that they just debuted so i dont have much pictures to work with, & these were the best)

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