tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704836888456335442024-02-18T22:45:29.445-08:00am i wrong? (to hunger) IIfeeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.comBlogger933125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-21318850686456183782014-02-26T12:01:00.000-08:002014-02-26T12:06:25.811-08:00live edge trestle table part 14the saga finally ends!<br />
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my friend daniels came over and saw the famous desk i had been talking about for well over a year. his initial reaction was to hug it.<br />
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it took me 90 minutes to clear out the old desk. my desk space is home to 5 speakers, two rack-mount audio components, two computers, two monitors, external hard drives, phone (land line), headset, modem, router, computer accessories, and more.<br />
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if life was simpler, this is what my desk would look like.<br />
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my place isn't huge, thus the big speaker to my left. but hey, i like speakers.<br />
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you may be able to tell that some of my pictures are clear and beautiful while others are a bit grainy and full of noise. that's because the nice pics are compliments of my new gopro hero3+, and the grainy pics are my iphone 4s. i captured these pics in the morning with just the right amount of 10am sunlight.<br />
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i have no problem hearing my music.<br />
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the desk is nice and deep. i can rest my elbows on it while i type, which is what i prefer. i can push the keyboard, mouse, and trackpad away from me and have plenty of room for good old pencil and paper.<br />
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and here we have <a href="http://high-entropy.blogspot.com/search/label/credenza" target="_blank">the credenza</a> alongside the trestle table. it feels amazing to have two pieces in my house that i built with my dad. i built these suckers to last, so hopefully they will be in my family for generations. but for now i'll be using them to write more blog posts and listen to music while doing so.</div>
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overall i spent about $750 in materials and the project took about 120 hours of labor. this doesn't include plane tickets or gas, cause i'd be visiting my parents regardless of whether i'm building a table. so what's next?feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-15009639117234740252014-02-25T18:47:00.001-08:002014-02-26T12:16:13.759-08:00live edge trestle table part 13my parents are awesome. they packed up the truck and drove 500 miles to drop off the table, then they drove 500 more just to go home. if you didn't sing that last sentence then you are missing out on a pretty nerdy song.<br />
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the table made it safely to san francisco, here's the legs and stretcher upon arrival.</div>
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the table top leaned up against the wall, just waiting to be resting on some walnut crotchwood legs.</div>
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since we finished this about a month and a half ago, the finish had cured fully and was nice and hard. this means it was ready to get waxed. my choice of wax is howard's feed-n-wax. this stuff smells good and gives a great texture to the wood. usually people look at wood pieces with their hands, this is what they are really touching. i apply with a "0000" steel wool, then wipe off with a clean rag after about 10 mins.</div>
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getting ready to assemble! i needed help so i recruited the girlfriend. she is preparing to help lift the table top onto the assembled base.<br />
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i just love how rich the legs and top came out, there's something magical and mesmerizing in that beautiful grain pattern.<br />
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feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-36950858906373544622014-02-21T13:13:00.000-08:002014-02-25T19:22:55.000-08:00live edge trestle table part 12And now folks, the moment that I've been waiting for... The finishing! I sanded this table top first at 80grit with the belt sander, then 120 then 180, then 220, then 320, then 400, and finally 600 grit!! Let me say now that this table top is smoother than a baby's butt.<br />
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Here's a shot of a crack and the swimming pool, these should blend in far more once the finish is applied.<br />
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Another epoxy filed crack close up, as you run your fingers over it with your eyes closed you can't tell where the wood stops and the epoxy starts.<br />
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I'm proud at how the joint came out, again it's hard and easy to see but impossible to detect upon touch. I guarantee you can't keep your hands off of parts like this in the table top.<br />
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In order to attach the table top to the legs I cut a few pieces of walnut and attached them to the top of the leg using screws. The screws were counter sunk and then covered with a walnut plug.<br />
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Closer pic of the holes where the hardware holds everything together.<br />
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Here's that piece with finish applied. HOLY SMOKES does it look amazing. These walnut crotches are so beautiful with light sand colored sapwood transitioning to deep browns and purples in the middle.<br />
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the stretcher looks amazing as well, with that big knot looking at you like the eye from Lord of the Rings!<br />
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The bottom of the table top has grooves routed for where the table top meets the legs.<br />
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And here's the finished table top. the colors of this black oak are simply beautiful, and all of those cracks and knots add so much character to the piece. All of the epoxy work seems to have paid off.<br />
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It's amazing when things start to come together. Usually the idea in my mind is foggy at best, but once things physically come together and my vision is realized it's like witnessing magic.<br />
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The table top has had countless hours of epoxy pouring, sanding, more sanding, more epoxy pouring, and then sanding again. I went over the bottom of the table top with rough sand paper and the sides of the table with a wire brush. This picture shows the table top after being wiped with a wet rag. Some parts of the table are already starting to dry up, but this is close to what the table will look like with finish applied.<br />
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I'm ready for my closeup!<br />
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Then we threw the table top on the legs to see how it'll look.<br />
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When everything looks good, I installed the hardware that'll hold the legs and stretcher together. These bolts are heavy duty and cost $10 each! But they are quality, and I love how they look. The bolt goes through the leg and into the stretcher, where a brass cylinder with threads receives the bolt and pulls both pieces together nice and snug.<br />
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This is the back, with that nice piece of brass showing. These two pieces ain't going anywhere, but can be easily taken apart for moving. The best of both worlds.<br />
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I was protected when sanding the epoxy off, don't want to breathe in those chemicals. I also snuck some earbuds underneath my hearing protection to keep me entertained while I battled the belt sander.<br />
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Dad got some belt sanding action as well.<br />
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Here's a close up of one of those knots all filled in and roughly sanded<br />
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After exposing the holes/cracks left, it was back to pouring more epoxy in those small bubble holes and forgotten cracks. I even tried using a credit card to squeegee the epoxy, which only created a mess.<br />
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look at all those little dabs of epoxy, there were lots of holes!<br />
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Here's a close up of the swimming pool, named by my dad. This was a very low point in one of the slabs. Instead of cutting the rest of the wood down so that the entire surface was flat, we decided to try pouring epoxy in the low part. We've never worked with epoxy before, so this was yet another guess. I sure hope things work out with this one.<br />
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Pouring epoxy is not only hard work, but there is sacrifice involved as well. In this case I got a picture of the sacrificial bee. I've heard stories of woodworkers pouring epoxy in cracks and unknowingly capturing an insect or spider. It looks nifty but is usually unintentionally done.<br />
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<a href="http://high-entropy.blogspot.com/2014/02/live-edge-trestle-table-part-11.html" target="_blank">link to part 11</a>feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-49731010603666974252014-02-14T13:30:00.000-08:002014-02-25T19:26:20.575-08:00live edge trestle table part 9I set up the stretcher, legs, and top in the garage in an effort to minimized the amount of potential dust that could settle in between epoxy pours.<br />
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Look at all those cracks and crevices that need epoxy poured. This task took me at least two weeks time to complete. Had I known how big of a job this was, I may not have chosen a piece with so many cracks and honeycombs to fill. Epoxy filling wood is not for the feint of heart.<br />
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I did this in June-July, and with the San Diego summer in full effect the epoxy cured at a pretty fast and anxiety inducing rate. I later poured some epoxy in December and was amazed at how causal the experience was, temperature has quite a bit to say about how difficult the epoxy task is.<br />
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Some of these cracks took more than 10 pours to fill!!<br />
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This is the underbelly of the knots, where we used glue and sawdust to seal the back so epoxy would be contained in the cracks.<br />
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West System was my choice of epoxy, with the 207 hardener. The pumps make mixing the right ratios real easy.<br />
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Every single time I've glued wood with my dad he's quoted one of his previous wood working instructors "All hell breaks looks when the glue hits the wood". My dad loves to repeat himself, and I'm sure I've repeated that quote <a href="http://high-entropy.blogspot.com/2012/06/credenza-part-5-this-time-for-real.html" target="_blank">once</a> or <a href="http://high-entropy.blogspot.com/2012/06/credenza-part-4-quick-dry-fit.html" target="_blank">twice</a> on this blog.<br />
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If hell breaks loose when glue hits wood, then the universe comes to a dramatic and tragic end when the epoxy hits the wood. Gluing wood was a cake walk in comparison to pouring clear pools of bubble free epoxy in Southern California summer.<br />
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Here's that knot with a healthy pool of fresh epoxy.<br />
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Sure it looks just like thick clear liquid, but the moment you mix this stuff it starts to thicken. While it's thickening it's generating heat as the curing process is a chemical reaction. Needless to say I was sweating bullets in the garage hunched over this tabletop for more hours/days than I care to recount.<br />
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This is the backside of the stretcher knot, prepping for epoxy pouring.<br />
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Take a look at how the epoxy filled knot came out. Notice a few bubbles that we didn't manage to pop in time? I had to go back with small drops of epoxy to fill those buggers.<br />
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I put some epoxy on the legs, but more for strength than for a clean and solid surface. Nobody notices blemishes in a leg, the most important is the table's top.<br />
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We used a torch to pop the epoxy bubbles, with a bit of heat the bubbles will magically disappear. It's more of an art than a science, and here you can see an artist with his brush.<br />
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I decided to use a piece of chinese elm for a test piece of epoxy filling. My end goal is to fill each and every crack, crater, and hole with epoxy so that the table top is smooth and crack free.<br />
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first, mix the epoxy. this is important as the incorrect ratio will result in the epoxy not hardening.<br />
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Tape the hole so the epoxy doesn't just flow out on the to ground<br />
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And let it sit. I made sure to fill the epoxy high enough so that I can sand the hardened epoxy down to the level of the board.<br />
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I taped some of the epoxy to do a compare contrast vs. sanded and not sanded.<br />
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here's the epoxy after being sanded on the right, and pulling the tape off the left. Looks pretty cool!<br />
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I took a belt sander to the table top before pouring epoxy. This was a complete waste of time, and it was hot outside. Next time I will pour epoxy then do my belt sanding.<br />
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well here they are! both use the same internal amplifier, battery pack, and tweeters. the only difference between the two is the suitcase and the 4" woofers. the beige suitcase was constructed with thin plywood, and the speakers i used were significantly larger/heavier. so that suitcase outweighs the blue one by almost 2x.<br />
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i gave the beige suitcase to my sister for xmas, and the blue one to my girlfriend because she deserves one. she helped me go to the fair and pick out suitcases, and she tolerates that my apartment kitchen table is more often used as a workbench than a place to sit and eat.<br />
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the volume knobs cost $4 but they were well worth it, they really give the suitcase a quality look/feel.<br />
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surprisingly both sounds pretty equal, even though the beige suitcase has significantly larger and more expensive woofers. i think i spent $75 in materials for the blue and $125 in materials for the beige including the price of the cases.feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-60836404502337876682013-08-16T14:45:00.000-07:002014-02-25T18:50:54.487-08:00Boom Backpackwhen i saw the <a href="http://theboomcase.com/">boomcase</a> on the internet i thought to myself "hey, i can do that!"
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i started looking up what pieces i'd need in order to create some sort of suitcase boombox, i even had a spreadsheet. when it was all said and done, my spreadsheet had about $100 worth of components, and that didn't even include the suitcase. this is when i thought to myself, do i really want a $100+ portable boombox? what would i use it for? and that's when the idea was put on the shelf.
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it wasn't until my brother told me that he saw one of the smaller boomcase listed in a store for $700. he said he wanted one for bay2breakers and for burning man, and that $700 was just a bit too much for him to spend. that's when i told him that i have wanted to make one for a while, but didn't have a dying need to own one.
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he said he'd pay for parts, if build it! to me that was a win, for him it was a definite win. i used the dayton audio dta-2 amp, which was $20 and very small and light. it uses very little power and sounds great, the one drawback is that as you get close to max power, the sound quality gets horrible.
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i was able to salvage the drivers from my old aiwa mini system. the system i got for xmas when i started highschool. somehow i had the speakers lying around, and i'm glad i did. they helped keep the cost down.
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i did the electronics first, to make sure i had everything soldered and wired correctly.
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then i cut some holes in a box and mounted the drivers to get an idea of how things would sound when the speakers were mounted. it worked great, i was about to tape the box shut and call it a day!
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i made a few templates for the driver placement.
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one driver installed.
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and the second driver installed. sonically it's better to have these speakers side by side, but we're not making an audiophile listening setup here, this is portable audio.
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i made a paper template that i used to make sure the tweeters would be mounted symmetrically.
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this hard case backpack used a thin plastic shell over a thicker foam. while using the dremel to cut the tweeter holes i nicked the plastic, which you can see on the lip of the hole. next time i'll buy tweeters that have a baffle that covers the edge of the hole similar to how the larger drivers mount.
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there was a decent amount of soldering for this project, but nothing that a beginner couldn't handle. this was my solder setup.
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all four drivers mounted.
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a peek inside...
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this is a regular headphone jack, where the music goes into the backpack. this way you can hook up a smartphone, ipod, or anything else that uses the 3.5mm stereo headphone jack. the knob is on/off as well as volume.
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for protection i mounted a few speaker grills over the woofers, per my brother's request.
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this blue led lets you know when the amp is turned on
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it runs on 8 aa batteries, but can also be plugged into the wall with an included ac adapter wall wort. on full charge batteries i've hit about 6hrs of playback at 1/2 volume. not shabby!
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i ended up spending $122 in total and early on he said he wanted a backpack instead of a suitcase so his hands would be free. so this is what i created. i have to say it was a fun project, i just may do it again... i did pick these up from the antique fair
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i've always felt my weakness was that i never learned a programming language.
i remember hearing co-workers at my first job talk about how programming was something that can cheaply and easily be outsourced to places like india, and learning to program would corner you into being a lowly technical individual contributor. experience, making decisions, and managing were the 'real' jobs and skills to have. with those that's how you'd get the big bucks, not by being a code monkey.<br />
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i took what they said at face value, not reading in between the lines of their advice. i was just out of college, i didn't know better. but now i see that these people telling me that coding is a waste of time, were rationalizing to me why they will never learn to code. most of them started their professional career when most desks didn't have computers, only pencil and paper. most of them used right click to copy and paste vs cntrl+c and cntrl+v. come to think of it, they didn't know any keyboard shortcuts.<br />
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but i heard the advice i wanted to hear. in college i took c++, and barely passed. i even had a weekly tutor session still i barely squeaked by. i thought that maybe programming is too tough for my simple brain to understand? and so these older co-workers who were also unable to program were telling me not to learn it, not to waste my time was just what i wanted to hear.<br />
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now i find myself in san francisco, during a huge tech boom. rents are up, prices are up, new companies are hiring like crazy, south bay companies are providing free wifi enabled charter busses to city residents who work down south. and almost all of these people are fluent in more than one programming language.<br />
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to think, the generation before me shed some bad advice. typical.
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fast forward to right now. i find myself building excel formulas that use other formulas which take hours to compute. i think to myself, if excel was a programming language, i would have just written a pretty decent program. and that's when my fear lay down and i enrolled in a sql class.
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sql - structured query language, is not so much about writing 'programs' as it is writing queries that pull and manipulate data from a database. usually you write a few queries in sql, and then write a program that knows when to use the sql queries to get the data that you want.
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i took the class online during summer session, through the local community college. taking an online class was a brand new experience for me. each week i had two lectures to read, and two homework assignments to complete and upload. summer session is compressed, a normal semester only has one lecture per week and one homework per week. needless to say this was a very intense seven weeks. i stayed home on weekends, brought my laptop when i went to my parent's place, and even went back home after a few drinks to complete homework by the due date.
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but i loved it. i was learning something that was directly applicable to my current job. half way through the course i was writing sql statements and pulling data faster and better than ever. of the possible 500 points for homework assignments, i received 478.
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the final exam was the only portion of the class that we had to go to campus for. we sat in a dark underground classroom for 2 hours, and wrote our sql statements with pencil and paper. i never practiced coding with pencil and paper, though the teacher did advise this. there was one problem where i had to erase about 7 lines of code in order to insert a row that i had forgotten. there's no copy, paste, indent, or insert with pencil and paper. i bombed it, getting only 250 points out of the 400 possible. this resulted in me getting a b in the class.
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don't get me wrong, i wanted to get an a. but i wanted to learn sql more.
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it was frustrating when some of the lesser common aspects of sql were being taught. during some weeks the homework would ask us to write a query that pulls specific data, but to not use some of the built in features of sql. it's frustrating because no manager will ask me to pull some important data for our upcoming report but ask me not to use joins or like statements. it would be like asking a chef to not use knifes this week in the restaurant. but how else can you teach concepts that exist but aren't necessary? but maybe this i my way of rationalizing why i didn't get the a in the class. i've learned the lesson of rationalization and how to use it to make yourself feel good under the mask of advice that's for sure.
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in all i walked out with a ton more than i walked in with. and today my next class starts. this class is 100% online, even the final. i'll be learning perl, and this is a 15 week course, not the condensed 7 week course that the sql class was.
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feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-60810409666237512262013-04-05T15:02:00.002-07:002013-04-05T15:04:54.648-07:00my first cell phonerecently it was the cell phone's 40th birthday, as featured on <a href="http://gizmodo.com/5993422/the-cellphone-turns-40-today" target="_blank">gizmodo</a>. this made me wonder back to my very first cell phone. i was working at a rotisserie chicken fast food joint that may have been associated with a grey haired country singer.<br />
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it was my senior year of highschool and sprint pcs was just coming out with their <a href="http://www.qualcomm.com/media/releases/1996/12/27/sprint-pcs-introduces-pioneer-program-san-diego-consumers" target="_blank">sprint pcs pioneer plan</a>. The plan was dead simple. Pay $199 for the phone up front. $0.35 per minute, and first incoming minute is free.<br />
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sure it may sound normal for you to hear about a high schooler with a cell phone, but this was 1997!<br />
princess diana died, gas was $1.22/gal, mike tyson bit evander holyfield's ear off, and the titanic was in theaters. at this point i owned a pager for a few years and i obviously needed much more powerful communication methods for my hectic lifestyle.<br />
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fast forward through my cell phone life and you'll see i went on to own a few different sprint phones, then jumped to nextel for a bit, and then on to t-mobile where the sidekick color and sidekick ii kept me more than happy. in fact, i owned a good number of wired's list of the <a href="http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/04/influential-cellphones/?viewall=true" target="_blank">12 most influential phones</a> including a $699 first generation apple iphone bought the day after its release.<br />
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happy birthday to my electronic leash, which i now use for navigation and games more than calls or texts. sometimes i wish i had that little beep at 0:50 seconds of every minute, but not to save costs -to save me from long phone calls!feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-3897878467807720792013-03-11T21:52:00.001-07:002014-05-29T12:44:50.926-07:00record label saveri have about 200 vinyl records that i started collecting in the early 2000's. Most of my collection is made up of primarily deep house music, with some various electronic tracks and an even smaller section of "everything else". I've been toying around with the idea of digitizing all of my vinyl records. i think it would be super cool to have the audio files of these hard to get songs in my pocket. the down side to this is that each record holds anywhere from one song to 45mins worth of music. recording them all would be a huge feat, imagine recording one record each business day for an entire year.<br />
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back when my friends and i would go digging for records, i'd buy most of these records for only 1 of the songs on the record. most records have 3 other tracks (2 songs per side seems to be the most popular format). so there is also the possibility that i'll discover some gems on sides of records that maybe received 10 seconds of my attention while i stood at a record store turntable auditioning stacks of records.<br />
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i recently input my collection of records on discogs (<a href="http://www.discogs.com/collection?user=highentropy" target="_blank">see my list here</a>) to find that i have 246 records that are in the discogs database, and about 10 that aren't. The discogs database is real easy, each recording has a alphanumeric identifier making the lookup process real fast. doing this made me want to digitize even more.<br />
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but before i do an analog to digital conversion, i want to make sure that i can minimize as many snaps and pops that accompany old records as possible. i thought about buying different record washing mechanisms, but wasn't convinced i'd be happy spending $79.99 on a <a href="http://www.spincleanrecordwasher.com/" target="_blank">spin clean washer</a> without trying my own diy project first.<br />
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i came across a label saver idea called <a href="http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=186385&highlight=groovmaster" target="_blank">groovmaster</a> on an audiokarma thread. the design was simple and effective. after reading about different brush and solution ideas, i went to the hardware store and bought a few items.<br />
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these two mini plungers looked perfect. and at $1.99 ea how could i go wrong?<br />
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record labels are 4" in diameter, this is just the size i needed.<br />
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slipped the threaded bar through, with some washers and wing nuts for clamping power, and there you have it. two plungers that will end up squeezing my record during bath time.<br />
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i somehow have a copy of the original westside story broadway show, and it has been beaten to hell. i couldn't think of a better record suited for job of test drive the washing.<br />
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i washed a few records successfully, using a solution of 1/3 90% isopropyl alcohol, 2/3 water, and a drop of dish soap. after scrubbing along the grooves using my paint pad, i rinse with lukewarm water. some microfiber towels are used to dry the records and i'm good to go!<br />
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here we have an analog to digital recording in progress.<br />
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so i drilled a big fat hole in it, and the hole went all the way through to the solid table slab.<br />
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here's the hole where the dowel and glue will be inserted.<br />
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here you can see it all. the dowel will be trimmed when we get closer to doing detail work on the edge.<br />
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with the top glued up, and the location of where the legs are to be mounted nice and spot faced, it's time to get working on some legs. you've heard the phrase "measure twice cut once"? we measure 5-6 times, we chalk it up, we draw it out on paper a few times, then we line up the cut, and quickly review our chalk and paper, then we cut. and still there are times we goof it up.<br />
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these beautiful pieces of crotch walnut are also bookmatched. you can see the piece on the left has been planed and cleaned up, the piece on the right has not. but just imagine the saw going right through this piece, the cracks line up, and so do all other patterns.<br />
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here's a rough idea how the leg will look mated to the stretcher, of course this is upside down and the legs have to be trimmed yet.<br />
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so back to the router we go. the fences are set and clamped so that we cut exactly the width of our stretcher.<br />
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here's a router level view of the action.<br />
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we made the mortise 7/8 of an inch deep, plenty of contact area for strength.<br />
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this was a quick trial to see if everything was as we expected, since the stretcher is finished lumber the dimensions are similar enough to this piece that substitution was acceptable. the actual stretcher needs to be cut still, and will be more than twice this length.<br />
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it turns out our sled wasn't big enough, and the legs didn't quite fit. after a few minutes with the palm router we were set.<br />
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we measured the stretcher, and cut it to dimension, then set up the legs for another dry fit.<br />
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the stretcher fit perfectly into our mortise. with the base firmly in place, the only logical next step is to set the table top on and take tons of pics!!!<br />
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strike a pose with the table during the first time ever that it is assembled<br />
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the last piece of wood i needed was a stretcher. the stretcher is the piece that goes between the legs, acting like a brace. i wanted a big beefy stretcher to match the thick slabs of wood that make up the rest of the table. this piece is a bit over 6 feet long, 11 inches wide, and 2 inches thick. i'll only be using about 4 feet of this beautiful walnut piece.<br />
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with the glue dry, we took the clamps off the table top and started determining the table height. it's amazing how used to standard heights we are. roughly dining tables are 30" tall, counters are 36" tall, and bars are 42" tall. i sat at every table in my parents house, and even put some of the tables on bricks in order to experience the difference between heights.<br />
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i ended up choosing a 32" table height. 32" is tall for a table, but my table is going to be substantial, and i want it to feel that way. next up we toyed with exactly where the legs should go.<br />
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at first this table will be my desk. it'll be up against the wall with computer monitors, speakers, and other electronic devices sitting all around. but it may not always be a desk, and in the case that it needs to serve as a table, we wanted to make sure that we could maximize the function. we figure 6 people could squeeze at the table for a casual meal.<br />
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on a little bit of a tangent, i took a small piece of walnut and cut it to the same size as the mulberry spline. this is simply cosmetic, and will be cut flush to the end of the table when the glue has cured fully. as of now the table is only black oak and walnut, introducing another wood, even just a small spline reveal, loses consistency. so this is a cover up, only i'll truly know all the woods that make up this desk!<br />
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because we didn't plane the underside of the table top, the surface remains very rough and wavy. mounting legs to an uneven surface isn't an option, so we made this sled for our router. the piece in the middle is about 3" wide.<br />
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we put the sled where we want the leg to attach to the bottom of the table, and used shims to get it nice and level.<br />
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with a few quick passes of the router, we've got a nice flat place for the legs to attach to the table.<br />
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hard work like this deserves a craft beer and a nice cigar. cheers!<br />
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next up it's time to glue the two pieces of bookmatched black oak together to form the tabletop. we choose to use a spline for this, which you will see below. step one, route a groove for the spline to fit into. we had to clamp the pieces on an edge so we could work with the side that will be glued.<br />
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with a few passes of the router, i had a nice and straight channel for the spline to fit into.<br />
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we made a test spline with a piece of scrap first, in order to get the perfect thinkness for our spline.<br />
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and when we were satisfied with the thickness of our test piece, we cut the near full length spline. i didn't want to reveal the spline at the edge that has the tree's natural edge, so the routed groove didn't go all the way through that edge. i did want a reveal at the edge that is closer in this picture. this spline is made from leftover mulberry, the same wood i made my <a href="http://high-entropy.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-credenza-part-10-project-complete.html" target="_blank">credenza</a> out of.<br />
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Here's a close up view of the spline, there's dried glue on the table that looks like a piece of the spline.<br />
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we used as many clamps as it took to get a nice squeeze out (when the glue starts to ooze out of the cracks of the two edges you are gluing).<br />
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it was super super dry this day in san diego, the glue dried even faster than it normally does. the glue process was even more hectic since we had to clamp the pieces vertical first (just like when we routed each piece) in order to apply the glue. then we had to take the pieces to vertical, brush glue on the spline, line it up, and clamp. i had no time to take pics during glue since time is so essential.<br />
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dad is doing a lean of relief, that everything went smooth.<br />
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with a bit of imagination i can start to see how this table top wil finish out. the cracks will be epoxy filled and the finish will make all of those beautiful grains and colors pop out at you.</div>
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before filling the cracks with epoxy, we had to seal the bottom of the cracks. if we didn't, then the epoxy go in one side and out the other. to seal the cracks we mixed wood shavings from the grinding and planing process with some wood glue.</center>
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we took the wood glue and shavings mix and stuff the bottom cracks</center>
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this was just enough to seal the bottom so that when we pour the epoxy further down the line, everything sets perfectly</center>
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remember this guy? i posted this pic in part 1. this is a walnut crotch.</div>
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I took the planar to this just to see what was under that rough brown exterior.</div>
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holy smokes look at how beautiful this walnut is! even without finish i can see an array of beautiful colors and grains in this wood. these legs are going to be amazing.</center>
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a close up of the freshly planed walnut crotch. </center>
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after envisioning how amazing the finished product would be, and going through any other possibilities that i may want to entertain with 4 massive pieces of beautiful wood it was time to get to work. the grinder was my first order of business.</div>
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i wanted to grind down all of the very high spots and open cracks that would give the hand planar too much difficulty.</div>
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once the high spots were ground down i took a straight piece of wood to assure the planar would be able to do what it does.</div>
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we cut the side that would be joined with a circular saw<br />
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and inspected it intensely, no posing for the camera here... this is all real life!<br />
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and then we jointed the side that we cut. this heavy piece was a pain to joint, but having that precision edge is critical. the table top will be glued together at this seam, so the faces that are glued must be perfectly matched or the top will not be strong enough at the seam.<br />
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this is how the table top pieces will come together.<br />
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projects like this take lots of planning, thinking, and problem solving. it's not uncommon for us to spend plenty of time just sitting around thinking, which is one of my favorite parts of working with wood.<br />
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during the 2012 holiday dad and i went wood shopping. here's a picture of our bounty. four of those slabs will become a trestle style table/desk for me.<br />
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i've been fascinated with the "natural edge" aka "live edge" solid wood slabs for some time. i always admire when a restaurant has a huge slab for tables or a bar, and have wanted something of my own in that style. there's something amazing about a 2" thick slab of tree that's flat and perfectly smooth at the table top, but rough and still reminiscent of the tree that it came from around the edges.<br />
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working with slabs like this is very different than working with squared lumber like my other projects. some of the fundamental tricks and techniques of woodworking are no longer useable. this wood comes with tons of imperfections that would normally be unsightly or discarded, and instead is now coveted and showcased. these slabs are about 5 1/2 feet long and 1 1/2 feet wide each.<br />
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initially i'll be using this piece of furniture for my computer desk, which is just slightly smaller than this will finish out at. but the table will be big enough to function as a kitchen table in the future.<br />
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these two slabs of black oak will be the table top. they are book matched, meaning the two faces you see is where these two slabs used to be connected, thus the slightly mirrored image look. these weigh over 50 lbs. each<br />
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is it time for my closeup?<br />
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two of these walnut crotches will make the legs of the table. each one weighs about 45 lbs.<br />
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here's dad doing som rough calculations on the walnut crotches. this is the part of the tree that goes from trunk to branches<br />
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in 2012 my friends started <a href="http://fiftyfifty.me/">fiftyfifty.me</a>, a collective group of book and movie lovers who set a challenge to read 50 books and watch 50 movies in the year of 2012. for perspective, one is a published author and the other is a literary agent, they live books. but yes, this is a challenge to read 1 book and watch one movie per week on average, with 2 weeks for vacation.<br />
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i don't know about you, but i cannot read a book in a week. in fact, a 2010 goal of mine was to read 1 book each month. i ended 2010 with 10 completed books, not bad. 50 movies on the other hand was child's play for me. i could rant for 1,000 words why i don't pay $70+ dollars a month for the ability to sit through cable tv's bullshit commercials, but i'll save my typing fingers. instead i watch things on netflix or via torrent primarily.<br />
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so how did i do this year?<br />
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first i will have to outline how i modified the 50/50 challenge to suit my handicap. in order to help me attend more live music shows, and cushion the fact that i will never read a book a week for 50 weeks, i allowed one concert to take the place of one book. i also tracked television series, allowing for a complete season to equal one movie.<br />
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there was tons of discussion of what 'counts' and what doesn't, as well as ways to cheat or other loopholes. i guess humans are programmed to find and exploit any and all loopholes. but really, this just a personal challenge that a group of people have decided to do together. it's more like going on a sunday run, it's good for you and if you have friends along it will be more enjoyable.<br />
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onto the stats!!<br />
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<b>movies:</b><br />
i watched 77 movies. take these ratings with a grain of salt, on a different day or viewing it's very possible that movies would be graded a letter grade higher or lower.<br />
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i watched via:<br />
movie theaters<br />
airplanes<br />
crackle - ipad app<br />
itunes (rented via apple tv)<br />
navi-x (jailbreak apple tv add-on)<br />
netflix<br />
torrent<br />
youtube<br />
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the oldest movie i watched was released in 1984.<br />
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I rated the movies. here's some interesting figures<br />
A: 20<br />
B: 35<br />
C: 16<br />
D: 6<br />
F: 0<br />
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<b>tv series:</b><br />
i watched 19 seasons of tv series. grades are much higher for these as they are a much larger time commitment and choosing them takes much more caution.<br />
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the oldest series i watched was released in 2001<br />
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A: 10<br />
B: 4<br />
C: 5<br />
D: 0<br />
F: 0<br />
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<b>books:</b><br />
i read four books. yes, pathetically i read only four books. three of them were the hunger games trilogy. 2012 was a bad year for reading. in april i started a book titled john dies at the end, and i'm still 1/2 way through it. i have now officially put it down to never pick up again. this is a skill i hope i've learned for 2013. when you don't vibe with a book, get rid of it. the other book i read is a top secret book that i am unable to disclose on a public forum like this blog.<br />
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<b>concerts:</b><br />
i went to 15 concerts. that's a bit over one a month, and i hope to exceed that in 2013.<br />
A: 10<br />
B: 3<br />
C: 2<br />
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how did i do? i did pretty good, but could have done better. and i'm satisfied with that. i've learned that 21 of my movies were C or D rated, so maybe not so many movies in 2013. i also learned to put down bad books, don't fight it. i wish i had gone to more live music events, in 2012 i bought some -12db rated <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Etymotic-Research-ETY-Plugs-Protection-Earplugs/dp/B0044DEESS/" target="_blank">earplugs</a> that i take everywhere. my friends are used to me wearing earplugs in the club too, it's funny if nothing else.<br />
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i'm proud that i was even able to track all of this stuff. i best share thanks to google docs.<br />
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movies: (title & year of release)<br />
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Life in a Day<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Marwencol<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 2011<br />
Tiny Furniture<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 2010<br />
No Strings Attached<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Year One<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<br />
The Notebook<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2004<br />
Drive<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
The Warrior's Way<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
Limitless<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
In Time<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Rum diaries<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
The Fighter<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
The Descendants<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Hunger Games<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
How Beer Saved The World<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Wrath of the Titans<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Jiro Dreams of Sushi<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Dream A Little Dream<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1989<br />
Blue Planet Ocean World<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2001<br />
Ironclad<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Tigers of the Snow<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1997<br />
Beer Wars<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<br />
Ghostbusters<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1984<br />
Religulous<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008<br />
Empires of Industry: Brewed in America<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2006<br />
Everything must go<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
Marley<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
I need that record<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008<br />
The avengers<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Eden of the east movie 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<br />
Young Adult<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Footloose<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
The historic pubs of dublin<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008<br />
The Golden Child<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1986<br />
Promethius<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
The Good The Bad And The Weird<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008<br />
Moonrise Kingdom<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
thor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
fish tank<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<br />
Submarine<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
the girlfriend experience<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<br />
The Dark Knight Rises<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Captain America<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Urbanized<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Premium Rush<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Fat, Sick, and nearly Dead<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
Chronicle <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Tommy Boy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1995<br />
Chronicle<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
A Separation<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Melancholia<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Education INC<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
New York I Love You<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<br />
Fixation<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Boomerang<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1992<br />
Senna<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Five Year Engagement<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Why Thin People Aren't Fat BBC Documentary<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Searching for Sugar Man<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span> 2012<br />
High school<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2009<br />
Alpha Dog<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2006<br />
Death By Design<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1995<br />
Battleship<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Freakonomics<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
Katy Perry Documentary<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Liberal Arts<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
God bless America<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Life of pi<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Snow White and the Huntsman<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Brave<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Presspauseplay<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Something From Nothing: The Art Of Rap<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Hugo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Flying Swords of Dragon Gate<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Django<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
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tv series: (title & year of release)<br />
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Chobits<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2002<br />
Portlandia<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Shuffle!<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2006<br />
Burst Angel<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2004<br />
Fruits Basket<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2001<br />
Rosario + vampire<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008<br />
Game of Thrones Season 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Game of Thrones Season 2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Let's Big Happy<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Angel Beats<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
Demon King Daimao<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Elfen Leid<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2004<br />
America: The Story of US<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2010<br />
Weeds: Season 7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2011<br />
Breaking Bad: Season 5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2012<br />
Samurai Champloo<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2004<br />
How Stuff Works<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2008<br />
Chappelle show Season 1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2003<br />
Chappelle show Season 2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2004<br />
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live music: (performer & venue)<br />
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Euphorchestra<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hotel Utah<br />
Asteroid Galaxy Tour<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Independent<br />
Aeroplane, Poolside, Cassian<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mezzanine<br />
Japan Nite<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Independent<br />
Kings of House - Li'l Louie Vega, David Morales, Tony Humphries<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mighty<br />
The Magician<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mezzanine<br />
Mayer Hawthorn<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>The Fillmore<br />
Mayer Hawthorn DJ Set<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Public Works<br />
The Family Crest<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hannah's House<br />
The Blank Tapes & Jesus and the Rabbis<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>50 Mason<br />
Porter Robinson<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>XS<br />
Gui Boratto<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Mezzanine<br />
Jason Mraz<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Berkeley Greek<br />
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>SF GG Park<br />
Not So Silent Night<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Oracle<br />
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feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-16314614179675545872012-12-05T17:10:00.000-08:002012-12-05T17:10:14.516-08:00spreadsheets and working out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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at the beginning of 2011 i started tracking the number of days that i worked out in a spreadsheet. i also held a strict regimen of recording my weight on sundays. i'd record my weight before eating lunch, usually before my shower, so that i could eliminate any weight variances that occur between the different hours of the day.<br />
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in 2012 i decided to keep the habit of tracking each workout, however the 1/week weigh-ins weren't doing me much good, so i decided to weigh-in when i felt like it, and record when i did. as far as 2012 is concerned, i've recorded 47 weigh-ins. unknowingly i've just about kept up with one weigh-in per week, as i compose this blog in the 49th week of the year.<br />
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so far i've worked out 119 days this year. today is the 340th day of the year.<br />
that's 35% of the days. my goal of 3 workouts each 7 day week would equal 42% of the days.<br />
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i'm still shy of my goal, but i'm showing improvement as my 2011 workout count was 73 days, leaving me at a measly 20%<br />
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in january 2012 my average weight was 189 lbs. between late october and current day my average weight is 179 lbs. that's roughly a 10 pound loss in 11 months! i have never considered myself obese, fat, overweight, or any of the likes, however i have wanted to shed a few lbs off the gut for longer than i care to admit.<br />
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i've also changed my eating habits over the course of the last two years. eating too much is the worst. almost every meal i sit down to i tell myself not to over eat. i wish i could tell you that i've never failed, but that'd be the greatest lie ever told. yet, for each time i'm successful, my waistline has a small win. i have not put my eating habits on a spreadsheet like my workouts and weight. i used an iphone app to log calories for a month, and i now have a much better gage of daily caloric intake which has greatly helped.<br />
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i've cycled through different workouts this year. i get bored with any workout after 2-3 months. in the beginning of the year i was doing lots of running. then i moved to kettlebell workouts. after that i started bike riding. it's been long enough since i ran that now i'm getting back into it. i guess i've found what works for me, my personal amount of required variation.<br />
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i love getting outside on a beautiful day, running or riding through the priceless streets of san francisco. i notice houses, people, shops, parks, dogs on walks, things that i wouldn't normally see if i weren't out just to be out and break a sweat. but not every day in san francisco is beautiful.<br />
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i mentioned kettlebells earlier, and i can't rave enough about the wonders of kettlebell workouts. i bought a 30 lbs kbell, which is pretty middle of the road regarding weight for someone of my size/age. there are unlimited workout moves and routines that work muscles that you never knew you had. i've read blogs, sites, watched youtube videos, and shared notes with friends to amass the kettlebell repertoire that i have today. according to this<a href="http://www.livestrong.com/article/223149-how-many-calories-are-burned-with-kettlebell-training/" target="_blank"> livestrong.com calculation</a>, my personal kettlebell workout burns 456 calories in a 25min session, and always guarantees sore muscles the next morning.<br />
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the three things about kettlebells that make this workout a favorite of mine are: 1.) cheap to start, just gotta buy one kettlebell, which cost about $2 per pound 2.) always a new routine/move available 3.) doesn't take much space to store, or when working out.<br />
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as i think about 2013, and the things i'd like to accomplish in the upcoming new year this lifestyle of eating and exercising are up on the top of the list. i feel great and i look, well, less bad than i would if these things weren't a part of my life.feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-3772899972875338762012-12-03T17:13:00.001-08:002012-12-04T10:41:59.427-08:00making my own drinks<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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i love drinking.<br />
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most people say that same sentence, but they imply that they love drinking alcohol. i love drinking far more than just booze. not only do i love drinking drinks, but i love making them. again, i'm talking more than alcoholic drinks here.<br />
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my latest drink is <a href="http://whatiskombucha.com/" target="_blank">kombucha</a>, a fermented tea. it takes 2 weeks to make, and is a very similar process to brewing beer. the first week 1 gallon of kombucha ferments in a jar as a result of the s.c.o.b.y. (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast). i enjoy drinking this carbonated beverage in the evening after dinner, it satisfies any sweet craving as well as any soda craving. i've described the flavor to others as healthy ginger ale flavored. technically there may be a fraction of a percent of alcohol in this drink, but any drink with <0.5% alcohol is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-alcohol_beer" target="_blank">considered non-alcoholic</a>.<br />
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speaking of alcohol i've brewed a few batches of beer recently, and have a few more batches in the queue to brew. i've brewed 1 gallon batches, which yields about 10 bottles of beer. as i don't drink beer daily, this is plenty for me to enjoy once in a while. i also can appreciate the flavors in beers that i drink. i'm planning to brew a 7 gallon batch with my dad when i visit for the holidays. he's been brewing since the 80's.<br />
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my second most recently acquired drink to make is soymilk. a friend came back from taiwan with a soymilk maker, and made fresh soymilk for us. i was hooked, and started shopping around for a soymilk maker of my own. fill your soymilk maker with soybeans and water. the devices heats and blends for about 45 minutes resulting with a deliciously warm and fresh soymilk (the last step is to strain the gritty bean residue, if that's your preference). i was searching the appliances section of craigslist for coffee paraphernalia and the most recent post in the category was a 'used once soymilk maker'. some fella's girlfriend bought it, used it once, and it took up kitchen space for a year. i took it off his hands for $40 (originally $120) and have made my fair share of soymilk. it's delicious when hot before bed, or cold in the morning, and of course i put some in my coffee when the bitterness needs a bit of balance.<br />
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the drink that i've been making myself <a href="http://high-entropy.blogspot.com/2009/08/purple-smoothie.html" target="_blank">for the longest</a> is the <a href="http://high-entropy.blogspot.com/2010/01/purple-smoothie.html" target="_blank">purple smoothie</a>. this has been breakfast on and off for the last few years. there's lots of effort (and produce) that goes into a smoothie. but the smoothies are healthy, filling, and delicious. i make them in in batches of 6-8 bottles, so i've got breakfast for a week. when i go too long without one i can tell, and i quickly get back on the purple smoothie wagon.<br />
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the drink that i drink the most, have spent the most time and money on, and am currently the most obsessed with is coffee. i greatly dislike coffee snobs, and i greatly dislike seeing the signs of myself slowly becoming one. i subscribe to <a href="http://www.seattlecoffeegear.com/" target="_blank">seattle coffee gear</a> on youtube, i get 6oz of beans delivered every two weeks via <a href="http://www.tonx.org/" target="_blank">tonx</a>, i have more brewing equipment than i know what to do with, and could easily spend $3000 on more brewing equipment in 10 minutes if given the change (or the money really). i keep a notebook in the same drawer as my scale, and take notes on beans, ratios, grinds, and even water temperatures. i have a quick reference chart on the back of a cupboard door with grind to water ratios so i know exactly how many grams of coffee to water i'll need for an 1:18 ratio cup of joe. needless to say, i love my coffee.<br />
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i'm not sure what the next drink is that i'll acquire in my drink making repertoire, but i do know that drinking is something i enjoy. drink making can be quite a process, as with beer and kombucha it takes at least two weeks in order to benefit from the fruits of your labor. our palette is so refined that any human can taste the differences and deliciousness of different drinks. i'm thankful for that ability, and take advantage of it whenever i'm able to.feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-4399396432804893892012-11-23T14:25:00.000-08:002012-11-23T14:25:45.455-08:00boy on a mission<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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when i first moved to sf, my least favorite neighborhood was the mission. a friend of mine who had been living in the city for one year described the mission as "dirty, but with good cheap food". and that's how it remained in my mind for quite a while.<script src="http://mediaplayer.yahoo.com/js" type="text/javascript"></script><br />
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one of the first times i came to the mission it was in hopes to meet up with some friends for after work drinks. i was driving. that's the first mistake i made, but more on that later. so i'm driving. scouring the place for a parking spot. just before a 4 way stop sign i pull to the right and start texting friends for an update. as i'm finishing my text i hear a horn beep, there's an old accord with two thugs in the car beeping me to get out of their way.<br />
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there's no other car on the road (besides parked cars), why don't these jerks go around me? instead they feel the need to gently nudge my car from the rear before reversing to then go around me. that's right these assholes intentionally bumped into my rear bumper. i caught a glimpse of them passing me, both with open corona bottles in hand, the passenger swigged his as they drove past my window. welcome to the mission sucka.<br />
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i was pissed off, but i found a spot and tried to buff the new rear bumper blemish with some spit and my thumb. no dice. what jerks.<br />
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the next time i found myself in the mission was about 2 months later. again, after work i was looking for parking in order to grab a drink and possibly dinner with some friends. on mission street heading southbound i saw an open spot on the other side of the street, so i signaled to turn left at the next light in order to get that spot.<br />
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the light turned green and i started to u turn. all of a sudden some jerk in a red civic turning right pulls way too far into the intersection and blocks my smooth u turn. he was on the street that intersects mission street, going the same direction as i wanted to go. so he was at a red light turning right, and i had a green light doing a u turn. and yes, i made sure that a u turn on this intersection was legal before going for it.<br />
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so there i am, cock blocked by an overly ambitious right from mr. civic. now my u turn has to be a 3 point turn, so i reverse up slightly and BAM. the mini van behind me connects with my rear bumper. fuck!<br />
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we both pull over and get out of the car. the short hispanic woman driving has 2-3 young children and a 12 year old boy who could almost pass for someone who speaks english. the boy tells me that his mom says it's my fault and they demand my insurance pay for the damage to their new minivan. they call for backup, i assume a grown up who can somewhat communicate in english. they repeatedly tell me that they were heading home from church and that they had babies in the car.<br />
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hours pass (more like 15mins) and my phone is telling me via sms that my friends are drinking and waiting for me. i get paper to write down my insurance and contact info, and show them that they need to give me theirs. i hand them the paper, and they take it. when i ask for their info they shake their heads. are you fucking kidding me? give me your info so we can move on with our lives!! but somehow they seemed to think that things worked differently.<br />
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in the real world, both insurance companies are informed and those companies decide who's at fault and who pays what. these guys thought that they could just call my insurance and miraculously my insurance would fix their car at no charge to them. that was my first clue that i was in for a fun time.<br />
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so i called the police.<br />
me: "hey, hi. i just got into a fender bender here on mission street".<br />
dispatch: "if nobody is hurt a police cruiser doesn't need to arrive. just swap insurance info and go on your way"<br />
me: "yea, that's the thing. i gave them my info and they won't give me theirs, they only speak spanish"<br />
dispatch: "we'll send a patrol car with a spanish speaker"<br />
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it's been like an hour. a few white mission-hipster-do-gooders who think they are bilingual stop to talk to me and the minivan driver and her entourage. one guy was extremely sympathetic to the woman, and started grilling me, making sure that i didn't have anything to drink and assuring that i didn't break any traffic rules. who the fuck is this guy? go home! mind your own business dude.<br />
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the cops show up and soon minivan lady's face turns pale. turns out our mini van lady is not a licensed driver. in fact, she has no id. it is very possible she is not a legal resident. i told the cops that i'm over it, i have been standing here for nearly 90mins and i'm ready to go home. my friends texted saying that they are paying the bill and going home.<br />
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soon the spanish speaking cop explains to the mini van lady the situation. if she were to file a claim with my insurance, they would have to first prove that she was a citizen. after that was done, then they'd want to see her driver's lic, and they'd find that she was an unlicensed driver. at which point simply driving without a license made the accident 100% her fault.<br />
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he explained to her (and her entourage) that if i wanted, i could make her world a really painful one, but she should take advantage of the fact that i just wanted to forget the whole thing and go home. she should be very thankful to me, apologize, return the paper with the information i wrote down for her, and quickly go without causing me any more pain. he told her that i was being extremely kind to her. i could see the remorse in her face, she knew she was being a punk and she was caught. she also knew she was getting off the hook real easy here, the only thing to show for her negligence was a dent in the driver's side of her new minivan.<br />
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she put her tail between her legs, and got into the van passenger side. her entourage also loaded the van and one of the men drove the van back. the officer apologized to me as well. "i'm sorry that you had to stay out here so long, these guys should be really grateful that you are willing to just let them go. you know cool heads always prevail."<br />
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that line stuck with me, and it has proven to be a very very useful piece of advice. "cool heads always prevail"<br />
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not too much later i sold that car and it's cursed rear bumper.<br />
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fast forward to present day, i live in the mission, and love it. i've been here for 2 years and have my own parking spot for a whopping $50/month. i ride my bike or walk to anywhere in the mission, and still greatly enjoy drinks with friends at the local bars nearby.<br />
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those first two mission experiences were tough ones, and if i wasn't forced into giving the mission a few more tries i may have never set foot back in this amazing neighborhood.<br />
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i have also often times repeated to myself that "cool heads always prevail" during times of anger, stress, or frustration. it's on par with breathing deep, counting to ten, or whatever technique people use to cool off a hot head. so far i've prevailed when i do keep cool, that lesson was well worth a dent and 90mins of frustration.feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-18460538781978310912012-11-20T10:00:00.000-08:002012-11-20T10:00:05.401-08:00volunteering<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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i started working for my current employer on the very first business day of 2006. one of the first things new hires do is sign a thousand papers, the next thing is learn all of the benefits. one benefit that stood out to me was the ability to volunteer for 2 hours every week during the 40 hour work week.<br />
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<b>did i hear</b> that right? skip out on 2 hours of work once a week to go volunteer, sign me up!<br />
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i intended to find a volunteer-ship that fit me as soon as possible. 5 years later it finally happened. i had been working from home for over a year and realized that it was regular for me to go a few days without seeing anyone in person. i needed to get out of the house, and i needed to spend time with people outside of my immediate friends.<br />
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i applied to help out tutoring at risk 17-21 year olds at an organization located a few blocks from my house. the plan was to help students who had dropped out of high school study for the g.e.d. test. the g.e.d. is the equivalent of a high school diploma. the test is cut into five sections: math, science, reading, writing, and social studies.<br />
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<b>the first few</b> interns (they are called interns in this program) i tutored were unsuccessful, and ended up dropping out of the program or quitting the g.e.d. portion. the fourth intern i worked with was the first to sign up and take a g.e.d. test. he passed 3 of the 5, and then his internship with the company ended. and i didn't hear from him after that.<br />
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my next intern had already completed 2 of the tests, math and science. i worked with him for a few months and 2 weeks after our last tutoring session he texted me a picture of his g.e.d. certificate. shortly after, the case manager of my other intern texted me saying that he also passed his g.e.d. tests. upon hearing about the success of others that i had a slight part in gave me an unexpected feeling of joy. it surprised me how stoked i was for these interns, and how good i felt about it.<br />
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it started with a selfish desire to skip out on work, but soon turned into a very rewarding experience learning about myself and working to help others. right now i'm not volunteering, and i miss it. hopefully there's someone who needs my help in the next batch of interns.feeling entropyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15166021194613001935noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-370483688845633544.post-4042546609043350042012-11-16T14:56:00.002-08:002012-11-16T14:56:36.117-08:00kings of rap<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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on audiokarma, a forum i frequent, someone started a thread asking members to list their first album ever purchased.<br />
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for the life of me, i couldn't remember what the first album i ever bought was. but i do remember the <a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Kings-Of-Rap/release/659518" target="_blank">first recording</a> i ever owned, <a href="http://www.staylucid.com/tag/kings-of-rap/" target="_blank">kings of rap</a>. the compilation came out in 1985, and i'm thinking that i either got it for my birthday in '85 or '86, it's hard to remember as i was 6-7 years old then.<br />
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i'm not sure that tape was the reason that i spent from the late 80's to the late 90's loving what was then called rap. but i did listen to the tape so much that towards the end of the casette's life audible sound quality loss was very apparent, some would describe the tape as stretching from being played too much. who knows i was probably 8years old by the time the tape was tossed.<br />
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but i still know these tracks. in fact, years later when the notorious b.i.g. sang "remember rappin' duke, da-ha da-ha, you never thought that hip hop would take it this far". nobody i knew had any idea what this line was about. I had been playing my kings of rap tape over and over, with rappin' duke as my very favorite of all ten tracks so i was right there with biggie.<br />
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i lived and breathed rap music through high school, which ended in the late 90's. at least once a week i'd go to the warehouse music store, since they had the best selection of used cds and didn't mind that i was under 17 years old buying cds with the parental advisory explicit lyrics sticker on the front. if i could, i'd tag along with mom on shopping errands with the hopes i could sneak into a different warehouse music store than the closest one to my house.<br />
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maybe i do have kings of rap to thank for my hip hop/rap education.<br />
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