Shapes and Lines

I’m always interested in the concert between form and function.

Theo Jansen is a “Kinetic sculptor”. His creations live or die by their simultaneously complex and elegantly simple design.

This guy is like DaVinci reincarnated and locked in a room with an Erector set ..that’s a really old toy for generationally challenged out there.

On another front, I just wrapped up 5 weeks on a contract job. ..now just a few days to revise and polish.

This was a great reminder of why contractors should keep in mind that Murphy’s law always applies, and no matter how certain you are about a schedule and the work involved, something will always happen that you can’t predict.

That’s why I include a 15% margin for error in delivery times.

I estimated the job at 5 weeks, that’s 25 work days. A 15% margin for error could mean as much as 3 and 1/4 days, give or take.

Well, the Murphy effect that I didn’t predict this time was that I forgot to include my 15% rule in the estimate…

…Electric Boogaloo

The Koi picture below was a recent speed painting exercise I did while eating breakfast a few days ago. This is version 2.

A friend pointed out to me that the rocks and the fish weren’t working together, and they were right. It was bothering me since my first iteration on the painting, but I had intended to leave it alone and let it be. It was after all just an exercise. …but I couldn’t help taking another pass at it. I like this one a lot better …except for the fish, I think they turned out better in the first painting.

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Yesterday was the first day of Spring! …well, not technically, but in so much as Eugene seems to have transitioned from winter rain, hail, and 40 degrees, to blue skies, sunshine and 70+ in less than a week.

It was definitely my first day of Spring.  I worked long hours all weekend on a very important project and decided a siesta was in order. A couple of drinks at the Vintage with great company and a walk around town enjoying the sunshine made for a perfect end to the day, and an awesome start to Spring.

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