http://www.keeyool.com/ Thinking Girl en Copyright 2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:11:33 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
The flux used is Borax, but it looks like silicone at high temperatures, and glass after it cools.
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(This week's trash) ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/bag_lady.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/bag_lady.php places Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:58:49 -0500
(This image shows the scale of bike in comparison to the helmets)
(I find the rack with bungee cord extremely useful)]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/dahon_folding_bike.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/dahon_folding_bike.php design/art Wed, 27 Aug 2008 01:22:55 -0500 After stumbling through the new design interface for two weeks, I finally lost patience, and switched back to the old design (maybe it was too much for me to adopt new designs of both Facebook and Delicious at the same time). Over the two-and-a-half-weeks, I noticed that my visits to Facebook were diminishing, but maybe that's a good thing. Actually, if it weren't for Facebook, I wouldn't have planned to meet my friend for a reunion. The last time we saw each other was May 2007, so Facebook does have some utility in my life. It is different because the new design has a wider palette, however I couldn't find my favorite new apps, or figure out how to post on someone's wall. When you change your template, it automatically changes the template for all your friends' pages that you visit. But recently, I was trying to figure out how to write on someone's wall, and wasn't even sure if the message was posted. And they've managed to stick one more ad on the right side (2 ads total). When I reverted back to the old design, there was a warning that I would probably loose all my new friends that were added to my network while using the new design, but I don't think I lost them because their messages on my wall were still posted. It may look better, but I liked the old interface better because I could navigate through my ritual of checking messages, keeping up with games, poking and posting messages. Maybe this new design is suited to new users. The new one sort of reminds me of FriendFeed and a little bit of Twitter sans the neat boxes.]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/switching_back_to_the_old_face.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/switching_back_to_the_old_face.php design/art technology Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:31:26 -0500 read about a game designer, Richard Garriott who will fly to the space station in October as a private tourist via NASA. While there, he will be conducting protein-crystallization experiments for some pharmaceutical companies. It will cost $350,000 to send emails from space to Earth. Recently, my sister just got me a subscription to The Economist. I've grown to really like their Science section, which is almost like science journals except, not as technical. Some of the more interesting articles that I've read about and bookmarked in Delicious are about science research and citations, salmon farms, neuroeconomics, etc. There are broad subjects ranging from nutrition to different alternatives to designing photovoltaic cells. ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/game_designer_goes_to_space.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/game_designer_goes_to_space.php technology Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:26:05 -0500 Finally... I get to see Radiohead at All Points West, which is a music festival on the East Coast, comparable to Coachella in California. I had an opportunity to go to a Radiohead concert at the Hollywood Bowl 5 years ago (box/front row), but because I had AT&T (and the service was spotty) that I never received the calls (4x) from my friend (it was a last minute thing). Hence, I don't have an iPhone or use AT&T. Anyway, this should be good because this May at Coachella, Prince reappropriated Radiohead's song "Creep," and some listeners took video of him, and uploaded it on YouTube. And then Prince told them to take the video down. Then Radiohead got involved, and said it was there song, and to leave it up. Well they're playing tonight and tomorrow night. Also Ben Harper is playing there as well. ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/radiohead.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/radiohead.php event people places Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:56:53 -0500 ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/dedicated_director.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/dedicated_director.php people places Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:09:32 -0500 ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/top_of_the_rock_swarovski_crys.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/top_of_the_rock_swarovski_crys.php design/art Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:04:33 -0500 ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/lighting_and_color_design.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/lighting_and_color_design.php design/art Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:57:11 -0500 ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/ruffles_interesting_technique.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/ruffles_interesting_technique.php design/art Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:54:05 -0500 ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/street_art.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/street_art.php design/art Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:51:19 -0500 This treatment is not new, but I'm just noting it on my blog. Experiment with repetition. Play with just one letter.]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/signage_and_typography.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/signage_and_typography.php design/art Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:47:41 -0500 I just bought this book so I can refresh my skills at coding. The trick with Processing is to find the right instructor, and to practice, practice, practice! Daniel Shiffman was one of the most sought-after Computational Media professors at ITP. He teaches ICM (intro class), Nature of Code, and Programming from A to Z, and the Friday Review Sessions for ICM. So he has a lot of experience teaching non-tech people programming. All of those classes were full, and some had waiting lists of 35 people. He has just written this book, and Amazon is selling it for only $45 or $50. I think if you pre-order it costs slightly less. I say "just only $45 or $50" because a typical class at ITP is or was approximately $4000.00. Now that's a steal. ]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/learning_processing.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/learning_processing.php books Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:45:04 -0500 I thought this ad was funny. It's on the 4/5 train. I did do a double-take to read this ad. Anyway it's sponsored by Absolut, which is surprising because usually there ads are very elegant and sleek (e.g. artist reappropriates the Absolut Vodka bottle). This is pretty risky, and you wouldn't know who sponsored it unless you were reading it up close (i.e. versus a crowded subway). I'm not sure if I want to be Kanye.]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/be_kanye_ads.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/be_kanye_ads.php people story Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:38:28 -0500 Hypershelf and Smart Shelf (thesis and collaborative projects), which use tagging. I just bought this book about Processing (Casey Reas and Ben Fry) authored by Dan Shiffman, a professor at ITP. This book is suppose to be for beginners. Link to Amazon.]]> http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/new_tagging_feature_on_amazon.php http://www.keeyool.com/2008/08/new_tagging_feature_on_amazon.php books itp technology Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:46:43 -0500