unpredictable thoughts » moments of indecision http://unpredictablethoughts.com the intersection of work and play Mon, 07 May 2012 00:13:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 NYC according to Fran Lebowitz http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2012/04/24/nyc-according-to-fran-lebowitz/ http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2012/04/24/nyc-according-to-fran-lebowitz/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:33:20 +0000 ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/?p=2752 ]]>

If you don’t like it here go away.

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Friday would have been Steve Job’s 57th birthday.

I was born the same year.

 

 

 

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The simplicity of the slinky is pure delight.

I have one on my desk and play with it often when mulling a problem. I view it from one angle and then another. I listen to the sound as I rock it back and forth. I explore it’s line and displacement of space.

It quiets my thoughts. It provides space for clarity.

 

from Wikipedia:

The toy was invented and developed by naval engineer Richard James in the early 1940s and demonstrated at Gimbels department store inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania in November 1945. The toy was a hit, selling its entire inventory of 400 units in ninety minutes. James and his wifeBetty formed James Industries in Philadelphia to manufacture Slinky and several related toys such as the Slinky Dog and Suzie, the Slinky Worm.

 

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I set up my about.me splash page and want to share it with you: http://about.me/stellagassaway/.

If you don’t have an about.me splash page, you can get one for free at http://about.me/. Names are going fast so you might want to get yours now.

@ste!!a

]]> http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/10/21/about-me/feed/ 0 Oh Yankees you break my heart, http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/10/07/oh-yankees-you-break-my-heart/ http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/10/07/oh-yankees-you-break-my-heart/#comments Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:45:53 +0000 ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/?p=1484 ]]> Oh Yankees you break my heart,

]]> http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/10/07/oh-yankees-you-break-my-heart/feed/ 0 Filofax or Moleskine over iCal or Google Calendar http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/08/02/filofax-or-moleskine-over-ical-or-google-calendar/ http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/08/02/filofax-or-moleskine-over-ical-or-google-calendar/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:41:38 +0000 ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/?p=1374 ]]> I’m a geek and the only time I used an electronic calendar that I paid attention to and that worked was back on my Palm. Ever since then now other device offered has worked for me. In fact I kept a filofax at the same time.

I try to use electronic calendars but they don’t think the way I do.

Now I use a Moleskine.

]]> http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/08/02/filofax-or-moleskine-over-ical-or-google-calendar/feed/ 0 wisdom and clarity. http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/06/13/wisdom-and-clarity/ http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/06/13/wisdom-and-clarity/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:53:06 +0000 ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/?p=1328 ]]> “We must abandon our efforts, think of the situation in a fresh spirit, then win in the new rhythm.” – Miyamoto Musashi

]]> http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/06/13/wisdom-and-clarity/feed/ 0 letterpress, yep. there’s an app for that. http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/02/20/letterpress-yep-theres-an-app-for-that/ http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/02/20/letterpress-yep-theres-an-app-for-that/#comments Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:18:43 +0000 ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/?p=1252 ]]> Was wandering around Kickstarter discovering projects and came across this one. It’s a strange thing… an app for doing letterpress on the iPad. An intersection of two technologies one simulating the highly tactile and mechanical act of setting type for letterpress.

Strange.

I’m not sure what to think.

]]> http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/02/20/letterpress-yep-theres-an-app-for-that/feed/ 0 letterpress, yep. there’s an app for that. http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/02/20/letterpress-yep-there%e2%80%99s-an-app-for-that/ http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/02/20/letterpress-yep-there%e2%80%99s-an-app-for-that/#comments Sun, 20 Feb 2011 17:40:40 +0000 ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.culturedriventools.com/?p=1597 ]]> Was wandering around Kickstarter discovering projects and came across this one. It’s a strange thing… an app for doing letterpress on the iPad. An intersection of two technologies one simulating the highly tactile and mechanical act of setting type for letterpress.

Strange.

I’m not sure what to think.

]]> http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2011/02/20/letterpress-yep-there%e2%80%99s-an-app-for-that/feed/ 0 Patti Smith picks Dylan, Boots of Spanish Leather http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2010/12/28/patti-smith-picks-dylan-boots-of-spanish-leather/ http://unpredictablethoughts.com/2010/12/28/patti-smith-picks-dylan-boots-of-spanish-leather/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 21:01:07 +0000 ste!!a http://unpredictablethoughts.com/?p=1198 ]]> No video available for this one. I’m not so with Patti on this one. But it was worth another listen. Click on the title for a link to the recording.

Boots of Spanish Leather 1964

Oh, I’m sailin’ away my own true love
I’m sailin’ away in the morning
Is there something I can send you from across the sea
From the place that I’ll be landing?

No, there’s nothin’ you can send me, my own true love
There’s nothin’ I wish to be ownin’
Just carry yourself back to me unspoiled
From across that lonesome ocean

Oh, but I just thought you might want something fine
Made of silver or of golden
Either from the mountains of Madrid
Or from the coast of Barcelona

Oh, but if I had the stars from the darkest night
And the diamonds from the deepest ocean
I’d forsake them all for your sweet kiss
For that’s all I’m wishin’ to be ownin’

That I might be gone a long time
And it’s only that I’m askin’
Is there something I can send you to remember me by
To make your time more easy passin’

Oh, how can, how can you ask me again
It only brings me sorrow
The same thing I want from you today
I would want again tomorrow

I got a letter on a lonesome day
It was from her ship a-sailin’
Saying I don’t know when I’ll be comin’ back again
It depends on how I’m a-feelin’

Well, if you, my love, must think that-a-way
I’m sure your mind is roamin’
I’m sure your heart is not with me
But with the country to where you’re goin’

So take heed, take heed of the western wind
Take heed of the stormy weather
And yes, there’s something you can send back to me
Spanish boots of Spanish leather

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