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Pool Party Season Has Begun
Last year. JellyNYC's "Pool Parties" at Brooklyn's McCarren Pool were the thing to do every Sunday. Yesterday marked the beginning of this year's pool season, with Superchunk totally rocking the place with their '90s Chapel Hill sound. Hundreds of 20-something hipsters were joined by old fans, neighborhood residents, and little children for a day full of loud music, flying dodgeballs, Slip'n Slide, and large sunglasses. Perfect weather helped to make it one incredibly enjoyable day, on par with any of last year's memorable Pool Parties. NYC locals Oakley Hall and +/- took the stage earlier in the day, and both did a great job in creating a soundtrack for all of the activities going on in the huge abandoned pool. Many kids and adults cool by hitting the Slip'n Slide. Dodgeball, again this year, was incredibly entertaining. There's something really enjoyable about watching rubber balls hit people so hard that it knocks them to the ground.
As good as yesterday's Pool Party was, there's a whole lot to look forward with great bands like TV On The Radio, Blonde Redhead, and Ted Leo playing these free concerts every Sunday. Next Sunday Man Man, Illinois, and Dengue Fever will be playing. Check out Jelly NYC's Pool Party website for more to see the full schedule.
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The new radios have some features that make our flying experience even more fun. While I was reviewing the T-Rex Pro 450 I had the opportunity to set it up with the JR 12X transmitter. Now, I have a terrible time remembering to start the flight timer when I fly airplanes or helicopters, so I was happy to see the "stick timer" function in the 12X. Well I found that it goes beyond that. For electric models we really need to be able to time the motor run time as opposed to the flight time. This means that when the throttle is at "idle" the timer should stop (when we are not using battery power) but then it should start again as soon as the throttle is advanced. The 12X offers this feature, so I thought I would show the steps I followed to have it working properly.
After making this setup, I am able to accurately time the motor run of my helicopter and know exactly how much battery power I have left. Take a look at the video and see what you think. The 12X provides even more ways to use multiple timers for applications like powered sailplanes where you would want to time the motor run time as well as the total flight time. See what I mean, this is all more fun!
- System Mode List
- Select the correct model memory
- Scroll to Stick Position Switch and select
- Assign SPSO: To Throttle
- Set Position to L100 (this is low throttle point where the timer will stop running)
- Set ON: to Hi
- Set SYM to OFF
Function Mode List
- Timer 1 - set to Down-T or Stop W - whichever you prefer; I used the countdown mode.
- Start: Select SPS0
- Set Time: I set to 7:30 which gives me some time to land the model before the battery is gone
- Interval: You can set it to hear a tone each minute during the flight. I set this one to INH.
- Down Alarm: I set to 20 seconds. This sets the warning time as you reach the end of your flight.
- One Time: Set this to Off - this is the key to the stick controlling the timer.
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ANN ARBOR, MI (WTVB) - Good vibrations about putting your dollars to work. Consumers continue to feel more confident about their spending. The latest Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan consumer sentiment index shows an uptick of nearly a half percent in February compared with January's numbers. Economists use the index to gauge how confident consumers feel about increasing their spending.
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Chumby has just released the all new Chumby 8 and boy are we excited. We reviewed the Chumby One, but felt as though it left something to be desired, especially from a screen size and processor standpoint.
The new Chumby however sports a larger 8-inch screen, a faster processor (800MHz Marvell ARMADA 166) and twice the RAM (128 MB DDR2 SDRAM). But that's not all. You can now upload photos to your favorite sharing sites from the Chumby and manage your apps (i.e. content) directly from the touchscreen device – before you had to log into a computer.
While they've added a mic, no doubt to support VoIP calls, they've removed the presence of the FM radio, at least according to the spec sheet, and a USB input for attaching a compatible MP3 player, such as an iPod. The form factor has also taken a notable change, reflecting that of a digital photo frame.
The new Chumby 8, which measures 8.7″ widex 6.75″ tall x 5.5″ deep, will ship April 5th for $199.95. You can preorder today.


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FOND DU LAC, Wis. (WHBL) - A former Fond du Lac city official is waiting to find out when he'll be sentenced, after a jury convicted him of running a 240-thousand-dollar embezzlement scheme. The jury found 65-year-old Mark Beveridge guilty of 17 criminal charges and innocent of eight others. Beveridge used to be in charge of the Fond du Lac city government's computer systems. Prosecutors said he gave his password to others in the Management Information Systems department. And they used it to buy personal electronics and musical equipment – even a kangaroo outfit for a child. Defense lawyer Michael O'Rourke said authorities found only about two-thousand dollars of the stolen items in Beveridge's home. O'Rourke said his client was a "lousy manager" who should have been fired – but he didn't do anything criminal, unlike others in his department. Three of Beveridge's ex-employees were sentenced to up to three years' in jail plus probation – Jon Lippert, Jason Wianecki, and Ken Moran. Milwaukee vendor Emil Devcic was also convicted as part of the scheme. Officials said Lippert stole the most, around 110-thousand dollars.
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Monday's Sports Minute
Here is a look at the big sports stories you'll be talking about today, Monday, Sept. 8.
Yankees take their turn to salute Derek Jeter
A flyover from space, a showering of gifts, and waves of love and respect poured forth as the Yankees and their fans saluted their team captain.
NBA Hawks' owner to sell control of team, cites racist remarks
The owner of the Atlanta Hawks says he will sell his controlling interest in an echo of a scandal involving the former owner of the Clippers.
Pittsburgh's 'Karate Kid'
One of Sunday's most-talked about plays in the NFL gets mashed up with "Karate Kid" for hilarious results.
Williams beats Wozniacki for 18th grand slam title
World No. 1 Serena Williams moved up in the record books with her 18th grand slam title.
This week's top sports shots
A look at the biggest stories and best photography in sports this week.
This weekend's sports schedule
A complete look at this weekend's sports schedule.
49ers' are the 'most expensive' team in football
The San Francisco 49ers' new stadium is the most expensive venue to take a family of four for an NFL game.
Federer pulls off great escape to reach semi-finals
Roger Federer fought off two match points to beat Gael Monfils and reach the semi-finals of the U.S. Open.
Friday's Sports Minute
Here's a look at the big sports stories you'll be talking about today, Friday, Sept. 5.
Seahawks dominate Packers in season opener
The Super Bowl champs had a dominant 36-16 win over Green Bay as the new NFL season kicked off.
Raiders pay $1M in cheerleader lawsuit
The Oakland Raiders will settle a lawsuit brought by 90 members of the cheerleading squad who alleged violations of California labor law.
Whisenhunt wants to win in second shot as head coach
Whisenhunt makes his debut Sunday at Kansas City, one of three NFL head coaches getting a second chance at the helm.
New Zealand's amazing FIBA World Cup entrance
The New Zealand Tall Blacks do their famous Haka ahead of their game against the USA.
'Madden' glitch shrinks Browns' linebacker
Rookie linebacker Chris Kirksey is a big man, on and off the field. But he's more like a munchkin in "Madden 15."
Djokovic, Nishikori take long road to semi-finals
Serena Williams and Ekaterina Makarova sprinted into the semi-finals, while Novak Djokovic and Kei Nishikori were forced to take the long road into the last four.
Thursday's Sports Minute
Here is a look at the big sports news making headlines today, Sept. 4.
McIlroy looks to cap off banner year in style
Rory McIlroy says he will be "disappointed" unless he can cap his banner year by capturing FedExCup honors and the $10 million bonus.
NFL: 5 storylines to watch this year
Here are five storylines to watch during the National Football League's 2014 season, which kicks off Thursday in Seattle.
Key dates in the 2014/15 NFL season
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This is my dumping ground for quotes and other stuff relating to the wonderful world of digital & communications.
Virtually every U.S. household with an annual income over $75,000 is online, but that's only true for 63% of adults who live in a household with an annual income under $30,000. The numbers look quite similar for different education levels: 94% of adults with post-graduate degrees are online, but 57% of those without high school diplomas remain offline.
While Norwegian is spoken by 4.6 million people, there are 300,000 articles on Wikipedia in the language. Finnish is spoken by 5 million people, and there are 273,000 articles on Wikipedia in the language.
In comparison, there are only 154,000 articles in Arabic, despite the fact that there are roughly 374 million Arabic speakers, making it the fifth most commonly spoken language in the world. Wikipedia's Arabic articles account for a measly 0.007% of its overall content.
"Virtually all young people are familiar with electronic games and social networking and might be considered as 'digital natives', but they are not "digitally competent" in the sense that they do not know sufficiently how to use the digital world in a business context," said the EC.
The European e-Skills Week will comprise a number of activities and events designed to inform young people on how to acquire such skills from between the 19 and 30 March. The EC says that the driving force behind the initiative was the importance of ICT skills to the future of the European economy and an increase in jobs which require a high level of education.
Schmidt promoted the idea of a stepping stone as the world figures out how to connect the very poor to the Internet. He said that "mesh networks" — small groups of devices connected to one another but not the Internet — are a way to at least get remote communities together. Mesh networks can serve as a kind of "digital watering hole," where small communities can work out important issues.
"No one is saying technology will suddenly change the world's social structure, but connectivity changes lives
saying kids are digital natives because they can text, send email, and use facebook… is like claiming that kids these days are all automotive engineers because they have driver's licenses.
I teach freshmen. Most of them have the barest idea of how to use the Internet except for simple, pre-packaged tasks
Codecademy's "Code Summer+" will teach the basics of programming online as an abbreviated version of its popular Code Year program. This effort aims to train thousands of low-income youths to build innovative online apps
Robert Scoble tweeted that "only about 30% of Davos attendees are on Twitter."
It's daunting, actually, to think about how hard I would have to work, and how much I would have to learn, and how many silently-and-inexplicably-failing scripts I would have to write, before I could produce code that would rival what the professionals write and put on the internet gratis.
I just can't resist all the free goodies. If knowing how to program is tomorrow's "basic literacy," I afraid I'm just going to have to die as an illiterate code plagiarist.
every year about 200 million people are going online for the very first time.
However, traditional internet access via a copper wire and a desktop PC will fade into the background.
The rapid fall in the cost of smartphones - with cheap versions now costing about $100 - means that by 2016 about 80% of all internet users will access the web using a mobile phone.
The majority of Facebook and Twitter audiences are over 40-years-old," says Gerzema. "You're dealing with people who have worked in and around computing for 30 years – 15 of them online – and who are completely at ease with technological innovation. It's no longer safe to try and demark the early adopter demographic by age alone.
The world's congested mobile airwaves are being divided in a lopsided manner, with 1 percent of consumers generating half of all traffic. The top 10 percent of users, meanwhile, are consuming 90 percent


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Rigorous Quantum Field Theory.
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Could you please give me a specific reference where these statements are derived rigorously?
(Or are they easy to derive but I'm still missing something?)
Oh, they're certainly not easy to derive. The fact that Wick products give densely defined operators was first proved by Jaffe in 1966 [1]. However I personally fined a later derivation by Segal in 1967 to be much clearer [2]. Segal has a very erudite way of writing, which you will either love or find very difficult to read.
I should also say the theorem is much harder to prove in the Hamiltonian approach that I'm discussing. In the Functional-Integral (Path-Integral) approach it's just a matter of evaluating a single Feynman diagram. See Glimm and Jaffe's book Section 8.5, Proposition 8.5.1.
[1] Jaffe, A. : Wick polynomials at a fixed time.
J. Math. Phys.
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[2] Segal, I. "Notes toward the construction of nonlinear relativistic quantum
fields, I. The Hamiltonian in two space-time dimensions as the generator
of a C*-automorphism group."
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S.
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[Edit: I sense a note of frustration in your post #241, so I just like to say two things:
a) THANK YOU for going to the effort in those earlier posts, and THANK YOU in advance
for (hopefully) future episodes of the climbing-the-ladder saga.
b) I do want to understand these things rigorously, including how one goes about
proving convergence since (among other things) acquiring such functional-analytic
skill is clearly valuable in any other non-Wightman approach that one might wish to
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THE MEDIEVAL CITY OF MERV AND THE BUILDINGS OF THE MERV OASIS | 1997The location of the Merv oasis in the Karakum desert, Turkmenistan, has made it of strategic importance at least from the Bronze Age. Merv was one of the leading ancient and medieval cities of Western Central Asia and served as a vital staging post on the Great Khurasan Road linking Iran with Central Asia and China, as well as forming an important military headquarters. The ruins of Merv occupy more than 1'000 hectares and consist of a series of adjacent walled city-sites: occupation in the ancient city probably began in the Achaemenian period and continued into the Early Islamic period. As early as the eighth century extramural occupation to the west began to form the core of the medieval city, known today as Sultan Kala, while to the south lie the ruins of the post-medieval city, a Timurid foundation, which continued in use until the 19th century.
The International Merv Project began work at Merv in 1992 and completed its sixth season in 19971 . The I.M.P. is a collaboration between the Institute of Archaeology, University College London and YuTAKE, the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, and has recently been joined by the British Museum. The aim of our multi-disciplinary study is to contribute to the understanding of Merv's urban and cultural development and to offer fixed points of reference and contrast with other excavated Sasanian and Islamic sites in Central Asia, Iran and Mesopotamia. The recording of the disintegrating Islamic monuments located throughout the oasis is also a priority. Work in the field consists of mapping, surveys, excavation, recording the monuments and walls, and the collection of data from unpublished Turkmen excavations. In order to overcome the problem of excessive build-up of data, completed sections of the programme are being prepared for publication as separate volumes. This will enable us to justify long-term involvement at a site considered to be one of the most important in Western Central Asia.
I.M.P.'s Islamic Programme
The standard 'history' of medieval Merv was that the eighth century suburbs developed into the Seljuk metropolis of Marv-ash-Shahijan, one of the capitals of the eastern Muslim world. Malik-shah (1072-92) walled the city, while Sultan Sanjar (1118-1157) formed the citadel and enclosed the suburbs. Savage attacks by the Mongols in 1221 and 1222 were said to have ended occupation of the city, and both ibn Battuta and Mustawfi described Merv as still almost entirely a ruin in the early fourteenth century. However, unpublished Turkmen excavations document considerable post-Seljuk occupation both within and outside the city walls.
It was with the aim of documenting the archaeology and history of late and post-Seljuk Merv that we began work in the citadel. Its layout consists of a series of 'streets' lined with monumental buildings with spacious outer courtyards. These structures were generally built on low mounds. Two of the best preserved include a long rectangular structure with corrugated walls, the kepter khan, and the remains of a four iwan courtyard building, considered to be the palace of the Seljuk sultans. The small size of the 'palace', its height above present ground level, as well as the form of some of the low balkhi vaults, raised doubts about its traditional dating - and therefore that of the other structures in the citadel.
With the aim of throwing more light on the construction and abandonment of the citadel, we began excavations in a corner of one of the smaller buildings, as well as clearing its surface to reveal the plan. In its final phase this consisted of two parts, a residential area with a four iwan courtyard at the better preserved eastern end, and a domestic area to the west, the whole occupying an area of some 35 x 25 m. Unfortunately, the excavations, in one corner of the domestic area, provided no significant finds from the primary phase of construction and use, which appears to have been followed by the systematic reuse of fittings. A process of increasingly shoddy architectural modifications was made, followed by the use of a partly collapsed shell of a building for temporary cooking fires. A small number of Ilkhanid, Timurid and later sherds suggest that these secondary phases lasted from the 13th-15th centuries, if not later. Excluding residual, earlier medieval sherds and coins, deriving from the disintegration of mudbrick incorporating cultural materials, there remained a significant quantity of glazed wares attributed locally to the late 12th-early 13th centuries ('Khorezmshah period'). This is the date currently suggested for the foundation of this building, which appears to have been built shortly before the Mongol sack of 1220-21 and reused as a refuge thereafter until the Timurid foundation of a new city. Such a late date disagrees with historical evidence suggesting that the citadel was a Seljuk foundation.
The Fortifications
In 1995 a programme recording the well-preserved walls of the medieval city was begun and will result in a measured plan of the defences, with each sector and tower numbered and measured. Two principal periods of construction have been established. During the first, hollow fortifications were in use, with curtains containing galleries and towers with inner chambers. The defence was from inside the wall and the upper platform. During the second period solid curtains and towers with neither corridor nor chamber were introduced: only the upper platform would have been used for defence. Its seems probable that the military architecture of Sultan Kala was initially based on hollow walls and afterwards on solid fortifications. This change is important, expressing a radical move in strategy. The fortifications were probably adapted to counter an enemy using artillery, mobile tower and sap. The corridor and inner chamber would have been more vulnerable to the new military techniques, although a solid wall formed an adequate response. A similar evolution was noticed by Francfort when the Greeks settled in the south of Central Asia. The exceptional state of preservation of the medieval walls of Sultan Kala are making possible the first detailed study of the military architecture of this region. Comparable Islamic cities, such as Nishapur and Rayy, have been destroyed or have a heavy overburden (Samarkand and Bukhara).
The Monuments of Merv
The buildings of Merv were first described by the Russian academician, V.A. Zhukovsky in 1894 and were recorded by Soviet expeditions from the 1930s to the 1950s. Today the monuments are under threat from major programmes of irrigation, an increasing population and the pressures of tourism and increasing religious fervour. Since 1992 the monuments have been the focus of an I.M.P. programme of planning and photography to be published in the first of the Merv final reports, The Monuments of Merv. More than 60 buildings, both religious and secular, survive in varying states of repair in and around the cities and throughout the oasis. These include important mausolea, such as those of Sultan Sanjar and Muhammad ibn Zayd, Timurid monuments, the corrugated castles or köshks, characteristic of the oasis, as well as dings and ice-houses.
1 Preliminary reports of each season have been published in Iran, the journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies (volumes 31-35, 1993-97)


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Meghan Boody's Trippy Tribeca Loft
New York Magazine
The image above shows artist Meghan Boody in the tiny doorway of one of her secret rooms in her Tribeca loft. New York Magazine describes the unique space as a "seven-room fantasy lair that is equal parts Alice in Wonderland and Being John Malkovich" — and they are right on the money.
A rental that she now owns, the apartment was transformed by Boody's aesthetic and the help of architect David Hotson and artist-contractor Randy Polumbo. It is a mix of overgrown English garden, Victorian wallpaper in candy colors, Moorish antiques and Boody's own artwork — don't miss the description of the sculpture in the living room that features a silicon child and live mice!
See the full story at New York Magazine | We're All Mad Here.
Images: Ofer Wolberger
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THAT CHILD IN THE CASE IS A HORROR! Why in the name of anything good in this universe would you want a child in what looks like a Victorian coffin. BAD MOJO, very bad mojo. Just looking at it turns my stomach. I couldn't care less about the rest of this pad no matter how gorgeous it might be.
well, if you take away all the bizarre s#!t that this gal has, the apartment itself is quite fantastic.
I think it's funkadelic!
That bed just makes me want to curl up and read a fairytale!
I second house of deva! It ruined what should have been an innovative and inspiring post.
A bit too avant-garde for my tastes!
Well, it's different.
The table is an art installation of hers. It's probably meant to be upsetting, so mission accomplished. I actually found that little staircase more disturbing. That's an ER visit in the making!
Love that sunny palm room -- minus the body in a glass box.
"it takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world. Yes it does. It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world. "
I think it's fabulous!
Haha, love it! Bizarre and interesting.
I'm highly disturbed by the little girl in the glass case... but everything else is AMAZING!!!!
Cool. Creative. Unique. 3 of my favorite things! I'd love to have a conversation with this chic.
LoveLoveLove it. This is the best thing I've seen in ages!
And really, children in vitrines are the best kind of children.
Love the living room without that horrific child. The rest is too much of the same.
Registered after months of silent looking to say, "YES."
I Like the whimsy, all fairytales are a bit morbid, so its fitting for the theme. I would be scared witless every time I walked by the encased child LOL otherwise well done :)
well, the plants are nice...???
The living room sculpture is lovely to look at, but I'm finding myself concerned for the mice. Is silicone a good material for them to be "nibbling" on? Are they adored pets or simply a part of the piece? Hm. Live animals as artwork: ok, I guess, as long as they're well treated.
i love this! very creative! always fun to see something different.
I love it... for my quirky friend... not me!
I love it too...weird child in the table and all :D
I love the whimsy of her place! I think a child would find it heavenly to live in a place with secret rooms and secret stairs. Absolutely brilliant!
Pretty awesome and very fun to look at. Yes, the sculpture is quite disturbing to me, too (as his its placement under a sex toy-esque sculpture). I might also be terrified of being trapped in that secret alcove, especially since the door to the stairway up is camouflaged! Nevertheless I bet this place is quite a trip to explore!
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I like it but it screams "code violations" to me.
I'd like to be cool and tongue-in-cheek regarding the childlike doll in a glass case (@ arroyo: hahaha yes, real children are difficult, why do people still bother to have them instead of just keeping cute dolls in vitrines). But there's a "sex-toy inspired sculpture" sitting on that glass case (a silicone dildo bouquet if you will), and live mice inside the case. What is the narrative suggested by these elements? The article says the installation is "autobiographically inspired": okay, to each their own. But in light of the dildos and the faceless blonde in black lace stockings, the childlike elements are sexualized. In that light, to me the whole dwelling's dolls and secret closets take on the same necro/pedophillic air. Sure, it's a unique space with great architecture and design details, surreal, avant-garde, whatever. But no thanks.
I'd really like to see more of this! While I don't necessarily love all the individual touches, I love how the main living space seems to be layed out, and the color palette is beautiful!
I love it. The 8 photos in the original article are not enough, and I really wish they were bigger. I think the installation with the child is amazing. I wonder if the mice live in there full time though, I'm sure they would eventually ruin the silicone doll, which would be a shame.
Secret room - LOVEOMGLOVE. Miss Thang in the Box...erm...maybe she just brings it out for cocktail parties? How in God's name does she keep it clean...?
Maybe the mice are for the cat? If that's a real cat...?
Those stairs and that secret room... too claustrophobic. Panic inducing. Can't breathe...
It doesn't bother me at all, cause, I was, like, at Woodstock!
I didn't read the article (because I just don't want to) but my guess is that this is a gallery as well as being her home. I'm sure all of her art is for sale and good for her. ...and living with one's art is not unusual. It's what artists do kiddies.
whoa. calm down house of deva. breath into a paper bag or something. i seriously doubt that it's a real child, and not everything appeals to everyone. this is a little too contrived for my tastes, but it certainly is an attention grabber!
I LOVE IT! I want it. It would be like living in a museum.
is that a child in the case??
I thought was a wax sculpture of an emaciated model that suffered of anorexia.... (°_°)
On a brighter side, how you manage do do the bed? putting it vertical against a wall every time?
Love that little room. Thought of Alice in Wonderland before I saw the reference.
I always enjoy looking at these showcases/pieces but they always leave me wondering how people manage to live in them? I mean, when you come home from work and want to throw your shoes off, lounge around and eat a bowl of pasta in front of the TV... how do you do that in such a delicately-placed environment?
Fantastic! So creative and inspiring. Love the interior and fascinating art - including the disturbing child under glass.
I love NYmag, they find the coolest people. I would live here in a heartbeat. A little macabre is good for you! Life needs both death and humor.
Very creative, great design overall. I love the duplex/kitchen, it's amazing. I could not live with the child/mice sculpture though, I would find it endlessly creepy, plus I hate rodents. The rest of the house is fabulous, though. Seems like somewhere Lady Gaga might live.
This apartment is a work of art and a work of personal expression. Bravo to the owner to be able to express her dream home in real life. Thanks for sharing.
You wouldnt have a child without something to do with sex...
I dunno if I could live with the doll-in-a-box, or the mice, mostly bc caged things & things that arent alive but could be when my back is turned are scary, but very cool.
& thought provoking
I love it. Unreservedly. Its got the wonderful mix of Victorian + candy colours that I am unable to resist.
The mice/cat combo would make me nervous but its an amazing space.
I wish I had the architecture to pull off this effect.
Wow, trippy!
I kinda hate it. But I think that's the point.
I met a girl from NY at a party in Dubai and she referred to herself and other artists as 'creatives' saying, "It can be really hard for us creatives when..."
It made me roll my eyes. Like this space does. It's trying pretty hard to do/be something and in doing so, seems to fall flat.
I'm not usually this mean. But it felt a little pretentious and really turned me off.
I absolutely love it! I think it's wonderful that the artist was able to create her "dream home" in such a creative way.
Will everyone hate me if I use those corbel shelves to display things under glass? Because I really love those.
I would kill for those ceiling heights but I can at least buy corbels.
Love it. Yes sir, I love it a lot.
i feel bad for her son...
I think the mixed reaction is what she is going for...."kid repeller" chic. Parental consent required.
"Artists, or at least good artists, generally want to convey sophisticated emotional messages. The silicone child in the box is unsettling, perhaps even a little macabre, but it challenges the (intelligent) viewer to analyse what it is about this lump of silicone in a glass case that generates a certain emotional state. "
Um... I'm pretty intelligent. (Scored 99th percentile on all those elementary-school IQ tests 40 years ago, in case you need proof.)
There's no mystery at all about why the "installation" generates a certain emotional state. The thing looks like a dead child on display. And possibly a child who'd been starved a bit before ending up dead. I would hope that generates an emotional state.
That doesn't feel sophisticated to me. It feels blatant and manipulative. Dead children scare people. The idea of mice nibbling on our corpses scares people. The notion of a little girl lying under a pile of sex toys creeps people out, for good and obvious reasons. That's not cool or chic or subtle or sophisticated. It's all in-your-face shock value. Meh.
Beyond that, as someone who owned gerbils in her uber-smart elementary days... mice in there? Really? The droppings? The smell? The inability to easily clean the bottom of the thing? ::Shudder::
(Sorry if this offends the artist - who by all means must mine her emotional depths to find her themes. But it does get tiring, to those of us living outside chic little artists' circles, to be told that the reason we don't appreciate certain work is that we're unintelligent or unsophisticated.)
I like the apartment, though. Cool little alcoves. I'd never climb that staircase (not sure if I'd fit)... but the tiny bedroom is an interesting place to spend time, I'm sure. The decor, the grid of display shelves, the giant column, the great old doors - wonderful use of fun and funky elements. So - good job on the decorating.
That living room is splendid, but let's just say the shock jock piece didn't enhance my understanding of anything.
Going through that doorway everyday would become such a pain. It looks very nice ( other than her art installation), but I would never be able to live there.
I really like it (although I wouldn't want to live there), but the live mice sort of disturbed me. I hope someone feeds them.
Reminds me of the apartment of a rather creepy old great aunt I visited as a child. But all in all I do admire the extent of art and color. Very interesting.
I could move right in. the trippy little room up the hidden stair = fantastic way to end a first date. I always wanted to have a 'real love' doll simply for the creepy factor; now, looking at her vitrine of mice, I know exactly what to do with it when I make the purchase. I want to see like 60 images of this place please!
I run screaming in the night...
No. Never.
I really love the first little room, the second room, meh. The pearl clutching is much more amusing to me. I went to art school, and nothing much shocks me anymore, including accusations of pretension and statements about how art is a waste of time and money. I've heard (and seen) it all.
I love it and as an artist, I would love to be as brave as she is in showing her heart!
I love the colors! The tiny little bedroom is magical, But I agree the artificial girl in the box has to go!
I take pride in how "goth" my sensibilities are but this place creeps me out. Something about dead children, dolls and pastels is just ghaslty.
Well, as long as she doesn't care about resale value.
The little girl in the box is beyond freaky...
I'm a "creative." I'm quirky, and "off" at times. I get it, kinda. But she's got a 9 yr old kiddo at home, for cryin' out loud. I've got a 10 yr old. A semi-supine skirted lass in a glass box? With rodents skipping up and down her young lady-ness? what is ok about that in a family setting? I get the shock value, I do, but I got to question this deal.
Oh, I've seen that "Lovesac" sculpture before. It's a bunch of glass sex toys in a glass Hermes Birkin. I wouldn't worry so much about the kids. I would assume they didn't know what they were.
I don't think the bower is particularly creepy. The little girl doesn't look dead. Her eyes are open, she's looking at the swan in her hand. I just thought of finding a cool, magical place to play. It reminds me of a miniature scene, like from the Thorne Room, just blown up to life size. Practically speaking, it just seems like a giant mouse cage with a doll in it. I don't think it would be too hard to take care of (I hope the mice don't really eat the silicone).
I like the apartment, especially its doors. I wish it were mine.
Pass on the child being chewed by mice under the sex toy sculpture. @FWD, I think that's a tea cup in her hand.
It's an interesting and bold house though. Kudos to her for being fearless.
Welp.... It certainly is different. I, however, try my best to be open to others ideas of art, but the dead, skinny child in the case is a bit off for me and my tastes. The case itself is wonderful though. Alice in Wonderland with shruumz...
The girl in the case cracks me up! Hilarious! Love the sense of humor in this apartment.
I dreamt about this apartment last night. I plan to haunt it when I die. I don't think AT can get better than this. This is the single best post ever.
I had nightmares about this apt. terrible layout. Full of junk, cheap finishes, garish colors. Add Boody's pompous comments and its a mad world alright!
In the spirit of full disclosure, I am a sculptor myself and it pains me to see who gets attention. Little talent but clearly some cash coming from somewhere other than her art sales or design work. Emperors New Clothes Time.
Hm. Dead child. Live mice. Basket of dildos. Secret rooms.
No thanks.
uhh, "weirdo" is the only thing that pops into my head.
What happens if someone shuts the stairs door? How do you reach the knob.
I'm with ya lolafabiola re: sexualized child motif (Are you an academic? I swear we're in the same field!). I also find the space to be contrived and shameless in its attempt at shock value. I understand wanting to live with your art, but why do you have to try so hard in your own home?!
CSI called, they want their child victim back.
wow... do i praise, or gawk..i dont know..
I dig it.
I see a lot of criticism and stereotyping of artsy types, and I want to play devil's advocate. While some in the art community can be pretentious and create for the sake of shock value, there are just as many (or perhaps more) who are compelled to create regardless of the reaction of any person but themselves. The very creation of them brings them peace and/or satisfaction. And then, why not share it with others -- because what is this life if you have no one else to share it with? Anyone who appreciates pop music can appreciate the value of expressing emotions through extreme language. Visual art does much of the same.
My favorite posts on AT are spaces that are not only aesthetically pleasing but look like a real, live, feeling person lives there, who has created a home that has heart, not just designer duds and a color-of-the-year.
To me, a native Best Coaster, this apartment showcases the broad spectrum of great NYC living. There are so many beautiful, unique and interesting spaces that have history and character. Seeing a home that is so joyous, honest and gritty makes me love the human race a little bit more.
The whole loft is like an installation piece but without the pretense.
That made me laugh. Dead child kitsch is pretentious, special pleading or not.
I guess the "girl" (uhhh, it's a doll) in the glass case might be seem creepy, but I find it a beautiful and incredibly compelling piece of art. (There are also live mice inside and I'm much more creeped out by that!) In the end, it's art and if Ms. Boody can live with it ...
That tiny room is so beautiful. The colors are subtle and pleasing together ... ditto the blanket and rug (though as an adult I would feel claustraphobic in there, and a little scared).
I love this place. As an artist's home, it's both artistic and homey.
Medusa: your post assumes that there are "artists" and then there are the "rest of us."
That's one of the things that drives me crazy about considerations of art.
Everyone creates in his or her life, whether it is to earn a living doing art "installations" or to tweak a recipe or to repurpose a chest of drawers to fit a new function. All creation comes from the same place.
It has always annoyed the heck out of me when people tell me "I'm an artist," as if they are differentiating themselves from poor, everyday me. (Lord, if someone told me, "I'm a creative," I think I would turn around and walk the other way, for fear of smacking them in the face.)
I'm an artist, he's an artist, she's an artist. We're all artists. Some people dive in an decide to earn their pay that way - the rest of us go about the perpetually creative task of being human.
I find this space quite interesting and theatrical. It is a little reminiscent of Tony Duquette. I agree the girl in box must go but the rest is quite wonderful. You must be a certain sort of person to live here(I am a minimalist at heart so not for me)but I would sure love to hang around awhile and find all the interesting little touches.
I LOVE THIS! this is exactly my style and it's tragically hip. Haters gonna Hate
@ Mary B C- I am an artist. And I am creative. I know some people might find it pretentious for me to say so... but the fact is that I've diligently studied and continue to practice many kinds of visual arts: painting, drawing, photography, sculpture. I feel it's just as appropriate for me to to call myself an artist as it is for someone who's gotten a medical degree to call themselves a Doctor. And yes, it does differentiate me from some other humans... the way all categories and labels do. But, that doesn't stop me from identifying myself as a female in her twenties, because (like being an artist) those things are true about me too.
Obviously there is a looser definition to the word "artist" than to some other terms, like doctor, lawyer, or school teacher. The latter titles are earned through completing the proper education and fieldwork. But defining the parameters for becoming an artist is trickier. I generally feel that if one identifies strongly with the word artist, than it is appropriate for them to describe themselves as such.
When I tell someone I'm an artist, it's not because I'm bragging or trying to be superior. It's because it is genuinely a big part of my life and I'm excited to share that about myself!
I saw a similar glass case with Jesus and rose petals at some kitschy store in Montreal. While I love the idea, I would not want it in my apartment. I like functional furniture, but this is all a matter of personal taste.


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At stake are the lives of thousands of HIV/AIDS patients receiving anti-retroviral drugs whose effectiveness depends upon proper nourishment
WFP Executive Director, James Morris
But at the same time WFP warned that more donations were desperately needed to ensure the full resumption of operations in the country.
In January, key WFP activities in Cambodia were suspended due to lack of funding. Now, thanks to this generous contribution, food aid to 70,000 people affected by HIV/AIDS and 18,000 TB patients, will resume earlier than originally expected.
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"At stake are the lives of thousands of HIV/AIDS patients receiving anti-retroviral drugs whose effectiveness depends upon proper nourishment," said WFP Executive Director, James Morris.
"And then there are the TB patients whose incentive to complete their treatment is often the food aid they receive at treatment centres. All these people are desperately poor – this helping hand from Dubai is truly lifesaving."
In a poor country like Cambodia where 35 percent of the population lives below the poverty line, hundreds of thousands of children are dependent on WFP meals provided by the agency's food for education programme.
Negative impact
WFP is already starting to see the negative impacts of the suspension of its activities: declines in school attendance rates; reduced attention spans of children in class and worsening health of HIV/AIDS and TB patients as well as, in some cases, a drop in treatment adherence.
The donation by the Government of Dubai will be used to prioritise HIV/AIDS and TB patients but more donations are needed to resume the food for education programme.
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Marge vs. the Monorail
|This article's lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents. (August 2014)
"Marge vs. the Monorail" is the twelfth episode of The Simpsons' fourth season and originally aired on January 14, 1993. The plot revolves around Springfield's purchase of a monorail from a conman, and Marge's dislike of the purchase. It was written by Conan O'Brien and directed by Rich Moore. Guest stars include Leonard Nimoy as himself and Phil Hartman as Lyle Lanley.
After being caught dumping nuclear waste in the city park by the EPA, Mr. Burns is fined $3 million. A town meeting is immediately held so that the citizens can decide what to spend the money on and Marge suggests that the city use the money to fix up Main Street, which is in poor condition. Grandpa tries to protest it; however, the townspeople mistakenly believe that he is encouraging them to fix Main Street. The town shows enthusiasm for this idea and is about to vote for it when suddenly a sleazy, silver-tongued, fast-talking gentleman named Lyle Lanley suggests that the town construct a city monorail. He leads them in a song, which convinces the town to buy the monorail.
Even though Lanley succeeds in winning over the entire town, including skeptical Lisa, Marge is unhappy with the purchase, believing that the monorail is unsafe. While watching TV, Homer sees an advertisement that suggests he become a monorail conductor, and Homer, claiming it to be a lifelong dream, immediately agrees. After a three-week course described by Lanley as "intensive," Homer is selected at random from among his classmates to be the monorail conductor. Still feeling uneasy about the monorail, Marge decides to visit Lyle Lanley and discovers a notebook that reveals Lanley's true intentions of running off with bags of money while everyone else falls victim to a faulty monorail. Marge immediately drives to North Haverbrook, which Lanley mentioned was a previous purchaser of one of his monorails. Once she arrives, Marge discovers that the town is in ruins, and that those still living there deny that they ever had a monorail, despite the fact that the town is covered in advertisements for it. While exploring, she meets Sebastian Cobb, the man who designed Lanley's monorail for North Haverbrook. He explains to her that Lanley cut costs everywhere when building it, and that the entire thing is a scam.
At the maiden voyage of the monorail, all of Springfield has come out, and Leonard Nimoy is the guest of honor. Lanley grabs his money and, preempting Lisa's offer to ride the train himself, jumps into a taxi, which takes him to the airport. The monorail leaves just before Marge and Cobb arrive (due to Cobb stopping for a haircut). Although the monorail runs normally, the controls soon malfunction causing the monorail to go out of control, putting Homer, Bart, and the passengers in danger. Even worse, the power of the monorail cannot be shut off due to it being solar powered. Meanwhile, Lanley's flight makes a brief unscheduled stop in North Haverbrook, where Lanley is immediately recognized and brutally beaten down by the locals as revenge for ruining their town. Back in Springfield, Cobb tells Homer that in order to stop the train, he needs to find an anchor. Homer grabs the giant "M" from the side of the monorail and uses it as an anchor. Eventually, it latches onto a giant doughnut sign, stopping the monorail and saving its passengers.[1][3][4] The episode ends with a narration of Marge saying that was the only folly the people of Springfield ever embarked upon, except for a popsicle stick skyscraper, a 50-foot magnifying glass, and an escalator to nowhere.
Conan O'Brien conceived the idea when he saw a billboard that just said "Monorail" on it.[5] He first pitched this episode at a story retreat — to Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who said the episode was a little crazy and thought he should try some other material first. O'Brien had previously pitched episodes where Lisa had a rival and where Marge gets a job at the power plant and Burns falls in love with her; both went well. James L. Brooks "absolutely loved" this episode when O'Brien presented it.[6]
Leonard Nimoy was not originally considered for the role as the celebrity at the maiden voyage of the monorail, as the writing staff did not think he would accept, because William Shatner had previously turned the show down. Instead, George Takei was asked to guest star as he had appeared on the show once before. After demanding several script changes,[7] Takei declined, saying he did not want to make fun of public transportation as he was a member of the board of directors of the Southern California Rapid Transit District. As a result, the staff went to Nimoy, who accepted.[6]
Cultural references[edit]
The episode is also a partial spoof of The Music Man, with "The Monorail Song" strongly resembling the Music Man's "Trouble" and with Lyle Lanley being a doppelganger for Harold Hill.[2]
The episode starts with a tribute song to The Flintstones as Homer heads home from work and crashes his car into a chestnut tree.[2] Later, Leonard Nimoy makes a guest appearance as himself. References are made to his role in Star Trek: The Original Series, and an allusion to his role as the host of In Search of... from 1976 to 1982. Kyle Darren, the caricature of Luke Perry star of Beverly Hills, 90210, appears as well.[8] Mayor Quimby uses the phrase "May the Force be with you" from the Star Wars franchise, confusing it with Nimoy's work on Star Trek (and—at the same time—believing Nimoy of having been "one of The Little Rascals").[9] Homer's Monorail conductor uniform is based on uniforms from Star Wars.[10] When Mr. Burns is brought into the court room, he is restrained in the same way as Hannibal Lecter in the film The Silence of the Lambs.[2]
In its original American broadcast, "Marge vs. the Monorail" finished 30th in the ratings for the week of January 11 to January 17, 1993, with a Nielsen rating of 13.7.[11] The episode was the highest-rated show on the Fox network that week.[11]
"Marge vs. the Monorail" has frequently been selected in lists of the show's best episodes. In 2003, Entertainment Weekly released a list of its Top 25 episodes, ranking this episode in fourth, saying "the episode has arguably the highest throwaway-gag-per-minute ratio of any Simpsons, and all of them are laugh-out-loud funny."[12] In his book Planet Simpson, Chris Turner named the episode as being one of his five favorites.[13] In 2006, IGN.com named the episode the best of the fourth season.[14] John Ortved of Vanity Fair called it the third best episode of the show, due to, "An amazing musical number; Leonard Nimoy in a random guest appearance... Besides being replete with excellent jokes, this episode reveals the town's mob mentality and its collective lack of reason. This is the episode that defines Springfield more than any other."[15] In 2010, Michael Moran of The Times ranked the episode as the ninth best in the show's history.[16]
The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, called it "an unsurpassed episode. It's hard to know where to start dishing out the praise — Leonard Nimoy's guest appearance, the Monorail song, Marge's narration, the truck full of popcorn..."[2] Robert Canning of IGN strongly praised the episode, stating "It is by far one of the most loved episodes of The Simpsons and can safely be called a classic by any fan. From beginning to end, there's joke after joke after hilarious joke. There's nothing in this half-hour that doesn't work, and no matter how many times I watch this episode, it never, ever gets old."[17] Todd VanDerWerff of Slant Magazine named it the show's best episode, stating "It's the one you think of when you think of a Simpsons episode," and is "maybe the show's funniest, and it most perfectly encapsulates what may be the show's overriding theme: People are really stupid and self-serving, but if you give them long enough, they'll eventually bumble toward the right answer."[18]
Leonard Nimoy's appearance as himself has been praised as being one of the show's best guest appearances.[7] In a list of the 25 greatest guest voices on the show, released September 5, 2006, IGN.com ranked Leonard Nimoy at 11th.[19] Nathan Ditum ranked his performance as the 13th best guest appearance in the show's history.[20] Nimoy would make a second guest appearance in season eight's "The Springfield Files".[19]
Conan O'Brien has said that of all the episodes of The Simpsons he wrote, this is his favorite.[21] Homer's lines "I call the big one Bitey" and "doughnuts, is there anything they can't do?" are among series creator Matt Groening's favorite Simpsons lines.[22]
In 2012, "Marge vs. the Monorail" was the second-place finisher in a Splitsider reader poll to decide on the best episode of any television sitcom, losing to the Community episode "Remedial Chaos Theory."[23]
In August 2014, Conan O'Brien and Hank Azaria performed the monorail song live at "The Simpsons Take The Bowl," at the Hollywood Bowl, on September 12-14.
See also[edit]
- 58th Primetime Emmy Awards, where episode writer Conan O'Brien performed a parody of Ya Got Trouble
- ^ a b c "Marge vs. the Monorail" The Simpsons.com. Retrieved on February 14, 2007
- ^ a b c d e f g h Marge vs. the Monorail BBC.co.uk. Retrieved on February 14, 2007
- ^ a b Martyn, Warren; Adrian Wood (2000). I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0495-2.
- ^ Richmond & Coffman 1997, p. 173.
- ^ O'Brien, Conan (2013). "The Simpsons" Writers Reunion – Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O'Brien (Online video). Team Coco. Retrieved 2013-04-15.
- ^ a b Jean, Al (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ a b Reiss, Mike (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Mullen, p. 74
- ^ Chernoff, Scott (2007-07-24). "I Bent My Wookiee! Celebrating the Star Wars/Simpsons Connection". Star Wars.com. Retrieved 2011-08-28.[dead link]
- ^ Moore, Rich (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ a b "NIELSEN RATINGS /JAN. 11-17". Long Beach Press-Telegram. January 20, 1993. p. C5.
- ^ The Family Dynamic EW.com. Retrieved on February 13, 2007
- ^ Turner 2004.
- ^ The Simpsons: 17 Seasons, 17 Episodes IGN.com. Retrieved on February 14, 2007
- ^ Orvted, John (2007-07-05). "Springfield's Best". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ Moran, Michael (January 14, 2010). "The 10 best Simpsons episodes ever". The Times. Retrieved 2010-01-14.
- ^ Canning, Robert (2009-06-09). "The Simpsons Flashback: "Marge vs. the Monorail" Review". IGN. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ VanDerWerff, Todd (2007-08-01). "5 for the Day: The Simpsons". Slant Magazine. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ a b Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances IGN.com
- ^ Ditum, Nathan (March 29, 2009). "The 20 Best Simpsons Movie-Star Guest Spots". Total Film. Retrieved 2009-08-02.
- ^ O'Brien, Conan (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Groening, Matt (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
- ^ Frucci, Adam (March 7, 2012). "And the Best Sitcom Episode of All Time Is…". Splitsider. Retrieved 2014-02-23.
- Bibliography
- Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia, eds. The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family. Created by Matt Groening; edited by Ray Richmond and Antonia Coffman. (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. ASIN 0060952520. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M. ISBN 0-06-095252-0, 978-0-06-095252-5.
- Mullen, Megan (2004). "The Simpsons and Hanna-Barbera's Animation Legacy". In Alberti, John. Leaving Springfield. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2849-0. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- Turner, Chris (2004). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Foreword by Douglas Coupland. (1st ed.). Toronto: Random House Canada. ASIN 0679313184. OCLC 55682258. ISBN 0-679-31318-4, 978-0-679-31318-2.
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Super good movie! I thought i gave it a shot and was well payed for! Very good acting and a excellent true life film. I might add that Golf movies are really not my cup of tea even though i love sport movies.
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We're keeping on keeping on here at ROFLCon HQ with all the guest announcements, and I'm happy to confirm all the rumors today that internet elder statesman and awesome dude Aaron Peckham, the creator of the internet knowledge repository that is Urban Dictionary, will be attending (and speaking at) ROFLCon II.
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Name: Danny Kass
Age: 29
Location: Radical dude… local of the world no homebase
Astrological sign: Vertigo
Cats name: Bloo aka B100 bloothecat
Gear Setup: DK 153-158 anything with that Banana c2x and other topsecret formulas
I know you go on alot of TRIPS, but what was your favorite TRIP this winter?
Favorite trip would be austria with gigi ruff eric jackson and wolfgang, brusti and and hostnik for the new absinthe film and Nike edit.
Do you like to get weird, if so why and what do you do, if not why not?
I like to get weird some think i am a nerd but really its just the way i get weird. I drink coffee in the shower, drive and skate on snow, cook naked wearing a grenade mitten.
What terrain is your preffered? I like sand boarding myself.
I have really enjoyed hiking pow terrain. I like catching me some airtime so really everything from pow to slush.
Whats an average day in your life right now?
Well the average day in my life would consist of waking up eating some food packing a lunch and heading to the hill for one really long run of hiking and building. Then off the mountain for a little apre maybe, then followed by a candle light dinner with my cat on skype.
Optimist / Pessimist? Realist? Weirdest?
I would have to go with a cross breed of weirdest/ radicalist so it would be a weirdicalist.
Do make a living off the snow?
Yes i have worked in the snow industry since i was 16 and i have been doing it on gnu snow toys since i was 12 years old.
What does Gnu mean to you?
It means the self expression of ones riding fun and getting the opportunity to be weird.
Besides Shredding, what do you enjoy doing? i enjoy canoeing on fool moons. you?
I like to build bird houses as a new hobby. I also enjoy skating at midnight and instagraming
What gets you out of bed in the morning, what inspires you?
Sunrises and music.
Favorite Gnu Board? and why?
Anything with the banana tech my favorite is my promodel.
Currently listening to?
Band of skulls bruises as i type.
Currently looking at?
My buddy ripzinger hanging in tokyo for a few days to drink the first legal monster in Japan getting ready to go skate.
Favorite website or blog? are you in INSTA-WEIRD, whats your user name?
@dannykass and grenadegloves.com
Thanks to everyone at Mervin the Pinski, Steezeach, Pete and Mike and all the snowboarders building boards at Mervin. Thanks for the toys boys.


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Sorry my opinion isn't popular, but I stand by it. The fact remains, that the website is free and hosting a website costs far more than developing an app. Especially with how popular this particular one is.
It's not about the $2. It just feels wrong to be charging for the app when the website remains free.
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As a web application developer I can say without a doubt that development and support are much more costly than running a web server and maintenance. And the fact your not willing to spend 2$ to support the people that spend a lot of their free time and their own money making the mr. robot means your a horrible person.
Joseph Smith said...
Mr Robot was nice enough to provide the service for free on his website. He still hasn't even made money from it by putting ads on.
He then coded for probably 6 months or so to bring the same functionality to the android and iOS platforms so that you could do it on your mobile device. If you don't have the spare cash around to buy him a coffee for his trouble, well, you can still use the FREE website and have the features there. I don't see why you would feel the need to sound like he turned around and made the website into a premium pay service after getting you addicted to it.
As much as it's about convenience for me, I also believe in supporting developers when I can.
Point of fact you COULD use the web browser on your mobile device to access the FREE website and have some of the same experience, He didn't block the site from portable devices. Though personally, I prefer the layout of the app on the iPhone to the web service.


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Opera 9
It's past midnight and I'm revising for an exam in Electronic Communications that is tomorrow. Not much time for a post, but I just used Opera 9 for the first time.
It's getting ever more similar to Firefox, strangely. I remember that Opera 8 didn't even know what a "Tab" was. It was called a "page", and pages were always opened in the same window unless you wanted to open a new window. This was reflected in the hotkeys. Ctrl-T was right out; you had to learn that if you were used to Firefox. T made a bookmark. The key for a new page was Ctrl-N.
Having just opened Opera 9 for the first time after updating (pdf documents are too slow in Firefox for me - the extensions and plugins just weigh down the program), I was surprised to notice that Ctrl-N now opens a new window. I check the hotkeys, and sure enough, the "New Tab" combination is Ctrl-T. It would appear I will have to learn once again...
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Larger/Taller Char Sprites?, Read entire post for clarification.
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I'm not sure whether there is already a script somewhere for this, but I've tried to find one with no success.
I want to use sprites which don't follow the conventional sprite size and as you probably know - RMVX sprites seem to be all the same size, that is 32 x 32 pixels. I've tried importing charsets with larger sprites, but the highlighting box that defines each sprite doesn't match the size, of course.
So I'm wondering if there is a script, or if one can be made to allow character sprites that are like 32 x 64 (width x height) for example. And have it so that the lower half acts like a regular sprite and the upper half has no collision and appears on top of map tiles. So it gives that illusion that the sprite is tall, and it will share collision on the lower half, just like normal sprites, but allow things to appear or walk behind the top half.
As long as that can be fulfilled, I can mix around sprite sizes and just use the 32x64 or whatever template for all of them. That way even if the actual sprite is only 32 x 50 pixels, the image will have empty space to fill that 32 x 64 area, which is 2 tiles in RMVX.
Yikes, I made it sound complicated, pretty much I just want a script that allows larger char sprites to be used. And if that extra part (wall tiles or table tiles appear behind the top half of the sprite and don't collide) is possible, that would be the best!
Thanks so much!
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Type: Writer
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
As long as you put the sprites in a perfect grid, you can use whatever size you want pretty much. Take a look at the Mack sized characters. They are much larger(32X48) and work with no scripting. This is as simple as just making sure the sprites you use are aligned properly.
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Apr 13 2009, 04:04 PM
Post #3
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Type: Spriter
Alignment: Lawful Evil
You don't need a script, VX handles the tall chars the same way it handles short ones. You either add $ to the name or put the tall chars in an 8 chars based sheet
Aug 18 2009, 02:21 PM
Post #4
Type: Spriter
You don't need a script, VX handles the tall chars the same way it handles short ones. You either add $ to the name or put the tall chars in an 8 chars based sheet
Okay so, if you put a $ in front of seifer or something you could make it huge? oh, and there's a sprite i want you to grade for me, if that's okay with you.
i made a seifer sprite from ff8 and it looks okay but i guess i could had done better, the hair looks kinda' like snot but idk...i made it in photoshop.
Aug 18 2009, 03:04 PM
Post #5
Type: Coder
Alignment: True Neutral
@poiuiop316 - This isnt the place for that. Make your own thread on the correct forum. Also, don't necropost.
This is solved, even though the OP never responded, so I'm closing this.
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