Allergies are kicking my ass today! Just annoying amount of sneezing. I hope tomorrow is better. I try not to take meds, unless it's intolerable. I want them to be able to wkr when I need them, so I try to stick it out.

Arg! My nose is all stuffy yet I am not sick. Err! Hydration is key!

I watched the cartoons, I followed the music, I viewed the movies, played the games.... It's always amazing to think about all the music he made, and to think about all the ways he changed the music industry. I know a lot of people have mixed feelings about who he was and so what... they can feel that way. I am sad that he will no longer be around to make music that is popular 20, 30 40 years later!

	Half Platform from rear With one side of the platform built, you can almost see how the lower snuggle area will come together.
	Half Platform Front View The front posts were the hardest to cut and place. Many odd angles. Thanks to Gidget for her awesome cuts!
	Welding in place
	Platform!! After all our welding, we test with one of the platforms. More cross braces will need to be put in and the platform needs to be bolted to the frame, yet it's good!

We got together for a short work day yesterday. Six of us came together and actually got some work done! Plan on working more Sunday.

Cut Away Wristy cuts away half the dash to make room for the mini-lounge.

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Hopefully the last of the artwork. Anything else you see for the Party Snail should be actual photos of the art car being built and completed.

Party Snail (5) Up Angle

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Redrew the Party Snail. There have been a few changes overall.

Party Snail (4) Lower Angle Maybe the most impressive angle, you can imagine the height and volume of the shell from this angle.

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KoolerKart Prototype IIa

Kooler Kart Prototype IIa uses a 3 wheel design. Currently, the rear wheels push forward. I am thinking about swapping them so they pull the cart forward.

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The other night, laying in bed, trying to get to sleep, I was thinking about what everyday things I could use start making the Kooler Kart. I really don't need to recreate the wheel here. I have two motors, a 24 volt power supply, and a control system. I am glad I got that wheelchair. I just need the under carriage for the Cooler.

It came to me, that maybe I could use a hand truck. They are designed to take a heavy load and move it around. Each wheel moves on it's own, so it can turn. It seemed like a great idea. the next day I got to work putting something together to see how good it might be.

I hosted my second meetup for Dumpster Diving and Trash Re-purposing. Only myself and one other person showed up. Hopefully next time it will be better.

We did peek into one of the dumpsters in the area of the meeting. I found a stand up fan, which I left, and a banged up computer. It looked like some older server that had found it's way out a window and landed on a moving car... Ok, not that bad! Just banged up on the bottom of the case.

I brought it home, did what I could to straighten the case and checked the components. From a cursory look, it appeared to be in tact. I removed all the PCI cards: video, modem, and sound. I re-seated the video card into a slot that wasn't mangled and plugged in the power supply. I energized it and fizzle poof! Ah fresh ozone. I think the power supply took the brunt of that electrical short.

I removed the components to find a Iomega Internal Zip 100 drive, a Maxoptix cartridge drive, a 32x CD-ROM drive, a floppy drive, IDE Hard Disk, a Pentium II, 128 MB of RAM, and that the motherboard was a Iwill PIILD. Not a lot I can do to bring it back to life. The mobo is warped, so I think it's seen it's last days. I think a trip to Fry's is in order so I can get an IDE to USB case enclosure. You would think I would have one already! I will make a trip down to Weird Stuff Warehouse next weekend and see if I can find a mobo that will take the 266 Mhz Pentium II, as I found the Jumpers set for that configuration on the board, I presume that is the speed of the chip.

Perhaps with a few good network cards I can put FreeBSD or a similar firewall OS on it for some added security on my network.

I think I caught venusrising's cold. She came down with it Monday near the end of the day. Scratchy throat, check. Cough, check. Feverish, check. Now I will see if I can go home early and rest.

I have posted before, about the Construct-a-Couch, and then I saw this article, The Crate Sphere! With that in mind, I thought of this: ( The Milk Crate Couch )

Saw an ad for ANEW CLINICAL Derma-Full X3 Facial Filling Serum, and it reminded me of something else I had seen...



Isn't that vaguely similar to....



the T VIRUS!?!?!?!?!

Saturday was a good morning for the camera. Here are a handful of quick snapped photos of Dezi, with a few modified in Gimp.

	Holding Dezi Working with Flash can be hard, but it can all be made up for when the subject is so furry!
	OMG WTF R U DOING TO ME!?
	I am ready for my close up...
	Wait, what?
	Let me in...
	Let me in... Now.
	Dezi walking
	Poster Dezi Color contrasts brought out by posterizing affect
	B&W Close up of Dezi Going for a threshold affect by adjusting brightness and contrast to extreme levels
	Deep Contrast B&W Dezi and TheKim Extreme Curve play against B&W Levels

The roof outside my window was all frosted over this morning. It grabbed me and I grabbed the camera. This is part of the creative itching I have been feeling I think. Burning Man, longer days, tinkering... it's all been itching under my skin in different ways.

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Today is a fluffy cloud day, a luandry day, a cleaning day, and a watching movies day. Sort of a lazy day. It's a mixed energy day, feeling like I am getting things done and also not doing anything.

The blinking cursor mocks me.... much like my energy levels and motivation.

Your result for The Quick & Painless ENNEAGRAM Test...

3 - the Achiever

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you chose AZ - your Enneagram type is THREE (aka "The Performer").

"I need to succeed"

Achievers are energetic, optimistic, self-assured, and goal oriented.

How to Get Along with Me

• Leave me alone when I am doing my work.
• Give me honest, but not unduly critical or judgmental, feedback.
• Help me keep my environment harmonious and peaceful.
• Don't burden me with negative emotions.
• Tell me you like being around me.
• Tell me when you're proud of me or my accomplishments.

What I Like About Being a THREE

• being optimistic, friendly, and upbeat
• providing well for my family
• being able to recover quickly from setbacks and to charge ahead to the next challenge
• staying informed, knowing what's going on
• being competent and able to get things to work efficiently
• being able to motivate people

What's Hard About Being a THREE

• having to put up with inefficiency and incompetence
• the fear on not being -- or of not being seen as -- successful
• comparing myself to people who do things better
• struggling to hang on to my success
• putting on facades in order to impress people
• always being "on." It's exhausting.

THREEs as Children Often

• work hard to receive appreciation for their accomplishments
• are well liked by other children and by adults
• are among the most capable and responsible children in their class or school
• are active in school government and clubs or are quietly busy working on their own projects

THREEs as Parents

• are consistent, dependable, and loyal
• struggle between wanting to spend time with their children and wanting to get more work done
• expect their children to be responsible and organized

Renee Baron & Elizabeth Wagele

The Enneagram Made Easy
Discover the 9 Types of People
Harper SanFrancisco, 1994, 161 pages

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Just some sketches to brainstorm my Yurt ideas. Can I make enough of these.. guess I will find out by making one and seeing how much work goes into it. Plus I have to find a way to insulate them still.
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Craft day was a success! It was a very productive day. For those of you who misse dout, you missed out! Many LED projects with wires, batteries, and pizza all over the place!