Sunday, April 22, 2007

finnish pancakes, vase-thingies, bead stuff

"The invalid assumption that correlation implies cause is probably among the two or three most serious and common errors of human reasoning." (Stephen Jay Gould)

"It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong." (Richard Feynman)

"I know that most men, including those at ease with problems of the greatest complexity, can seldom accept even the simplest and most obvious truth if it be such as would oblige them to admit the falsity of conclusions which they have delighted in explaining to colleagues, which they have proudly taught to others, and which they have woven, thread by thread, into the fabric of their lives." (Leo Tolstoy)


These and other quotes regarding buggy software code, found at Sysprog.Net
Note: The biographical links are attached to editable Wikipedia articles which are subject to change and/or vandalism.
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Northern Ontario historian and entertainer Rodney Brown sings the Finnish Labour Temple Song.

Rodney Brown and Jukka Tolonen's band Cool Train recorded this song for the Hoito Project.

Plus; April 28,11am-4pm, Prosvita Hall, Thunder Bay NWOntario; Rodney Brown and other performers will get a chance to play the Six String Nation guitar.

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Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.
Pic from previous vase-thingie posting.

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The following pics in this posting click for larger images.

A previously unfinished papier-mache deer-head relief is cut out and...
Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.

... then added to the vase-thingie, along with a "stem" made from a carpet roll tube (Thanks to REVCO Carpet). Plaster of paris was mixed with sand and poured down the stem to create a stabilising weight and an angle to the vase-thingie. You will notice that the deerhead mask is now more "upright".
Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.

The "flower" is traced upon and then cut out of 1 inch thick corrugated cardboard, then a small mask hotglued-on to create a face for the flower.
Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.

The flower and petals outline are then cut (with a narrow handsaw). The petals are then separated by hand and taped to finish the "overlap" effect.
Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.

I took a quick pic to check the look of the piece, then started to paper the flower head.
Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.Papier-mache sculpture, Vase-Thingie. Broken Vulture Art, Bingorage Studio.

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Random resources and stuff:

Video beading lessons at Fire Mountain Gems.

Youtube results for "beading tutorials".

MN Artists.Org opportunities.

Rocky Mountain Bead Bazaar, April 28-29, Denver.

Another, new artist social network; MyArtSpace.Com. No review. I have not signed up yet, but it looks legit.

An online store that sells 'bisqued" ceramic beads, that you can finish, yourself.

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Today's thoughts for the "unwar" on terr0r:

An excerpt from The Ethical Spectacle. Please read the whole text.
"...After Salman vanished, a New York newspaper published an article saying that he was under investigation for links to the terrorists who attacked the U.S. on September 11-- diverse irrelevant facts were adduced to support the supposition that Salman was a terrorist, such as the fact that he had studied chemistry, that he was a lab technician at the university. Fliers went up in his neighborhood saying that the FBI wanted to speak with him--fliers that were later said not to have been authorized by any law enforcement agency.

Imagine losing your child and then having to hear that he is under suspicion. This is what Salman's parents suffered. Six months later, Salman's body was found in the wreckage of the World Trade Center. What had happened was exactly what his family had believed: he had seen the disaster and he had gone there to help. He had life-saving skills and he went there to use them and he died..."


An excerpt from an upcoming book by lawyer Clive Stafford, representing Guantan0m0 prisoners; can be found here, at The Guardian paper, online.
" I had visited several times and there was something nagging at me. I could not work out what left me uniquely unsettled about the place. It was not the depressing environment; few prisons are inspirational. It was not the occasional intimidation. Eventually it came to me: I could not remember being lied to so often and so consistently. In Guantánamo, lying was a disease that had reached pandemic proportions."


A discussion about terr0rism, at OpenPolitics.Ca; a "wiki-based" poltical discussion site where users can register and add to the debates. Although the site is registered to a "dot-C-A" domain, political discussion is not limited to Canadian issues.
"The mission of open politics is to support civic engagement and the open exchange of ideas via the internet. This site is designed to make it easier to learn, deliberate and decide complex issues in public policy..."



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