tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187770912010-01-28T16:44:12.452-08:007800 RPM Redline. Black stuff. Gadgets. Computers. Software. Leather furniture. NASCAR, F1, WRC. Referring to a car by its manufacturer chassis designation. These are a few of my favorite things.Stephen Hughes-Jelenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12183035997872526690BlackE30M3@gmail.comBlogger141125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18777091.post-91215865182887653372010-01-28T12:51:00.001-08:002010-01-28T12:51:32.383-08:00

In my time unemployed, i decided I wanted to learn a couple of useful skills. Add to that a desire for a product that’s not commercially available (a floor length wool scarf) and I ended up learning to knit. I picked up a “for Dummies” kit that included a couple sizes of needles, and got started with some scrap yarn that was floating around the house. The first thing I did was use up that skein,

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Last night Wendy and I were fortunate enough to be able to take a tour of Lake Washington on The Way Home, a 42 foot cabin cruiser that belongs to Laurie Way. Wendy met Laurie at RE Bar Camp earlier this year, and after the Bar Camp Laurie took us for a short cruise around Lake Union. I offered to help decorate her ship for the holidays, and that’s how we ended up there last night. We brought

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My heartfelt condolences go out to the friends and family of the 4 police officers shot and killed this morning in a Parkland coffee shop. hopefully the person responsible will be found shortly. If you have any information pertaining to the event, please contact CrimeStoppers, or the Lakewood Police Department.

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Mantic59, aka The Shave Tutor, has reached 5000 subscribers to his YouTube channel, and in celebration is running a contest. And here was my written entry for his blog… Classic wetshaving... I started using a brush and soap just after I was married 12 years ago. At that time, I was using a multi-bladed cartridge razor, and my new wife bought me a Shavemac 19mm silvertip travel brush and nice

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It’s definitely getting closer to winter. The trees are or have changed colors. The temperatures are falling. There are fog horns in the morning on Elliot Bay. And the sidewalks are becoming stained with the imprints of maple leaves that have fallen and then been soaked by the rain.

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I recently posted an image that contained a compendium of measurement date from the Architectural Graphic Standards from 1946. Well, here’s another interesting plate from the same book, showing the Dimensions of the Human Figure. It kind of gives you an idea of some of the things that an Architect might think about when designing a space for working in. From how high to make a shelf to how low to

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Years ago I ended up with a couple copies of the “Architectural Graphic Standards” 3rd and 5th editions. I don’t remember if we picked them up at a yard sale or if they were handed down from my Grandfather right now, but I’m thinking it was the latter… Anyway, I was glancing through them last night, because I just find them really interesting, and found in the 3rd edition (printed 1946) this

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No, this isn’t the first time I’ve ever shaved... that would be silly at my age… It is, however, the first time I’ve ever shaved with a bare blade against my neck. Today, I decided it was time to try my first straight razor shave (aka “cutthroat razor.”) No blood spilled, no nicks, no cuts, no weepers, and only a slight irritation on the jaw line where I was having trouble getting the angle of

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Fabulous new album by a very talented artist – really looking forward to this release. Preview the entire here! For more info, or to pre-order direct from miss Heap, see http://www.imogenheap.com/ellipse/ Enjoy!

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Yes, this is going to be a bit of a downer post, but I’ve been thinking about this topic for quite a while now. I’m trying to make sense of it in my head, and just haven’t been able to come to any sort of an answer to the question  “Why are Seattle streets and highways SO bad?” So here’s a few observations I’ve been making over the last few weeks/months/years that finally set off this idea for a

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I’m trying out a cool little Windows Mobile Twitter client called Twikini right now. Pretty nice, simple interface, seems to work well in the 5-10 minutes I’ve been using it so far. It has some nice features that were missing from another client I was using before. The ability to get to a URL in a tweet without using the menus is nice, and it seems to work better for one-handed operation as well.

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Yesterday while Wendy worked for a couple of hours I wandered down Greenwood Ave. outside her office, where they had closed the street to traffic from 72nd to 88th except for a couple major cross streets. This was for the 17th Annual Greenwood Car Show in Seattle. Quite the collection of classics and a few modern miracles as well. Right outside the office was a jet turbine powered dragster, and a

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The two Gillette SuperSpeed razors I collected on a recent trip have cleaned up quite nicely. I even used one of them for a nice close shave this morning. Here’s the pictures, along with the 30’s vintage Gillette New Style razor. I’m actually looking forward to trying out that old 3-piece razor, it looks like it might actually provide a decent shave…  

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This past weekend Wendy and I went to visit my sis down in Sisters OR. We took a few pictures on the way down and a coupe on the way back, so I wanted to share. A wind farm just south of the OR/WA border – lots of generators out there on Hwy 97. Pretty cool. One of the mountains in view. And another… Neat old building in the middle of a field. The Three Sisters – part

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This weekend we went to Oregon to visit my sister Kimry, and we stopped at the Antique mall and Fruit Stand at Thorpe… and I entered stage 2 of Razor Acquisition Disorder. There were a few razors there, and a couple more at an antique store in Sisters. So, here’s my collection so far: From Top to bottom: My first razor, a Weishi from RetroRazor Next I collected a 1948-50 Gillette

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Wendy bought this shaving brush for me many years ago, and I’m interested in determining what brush it actually is. If anyone has any clues, I’d appreciate it if you could let me know. What I know: I’ve had it for probably 8 years now. I’m pretty sure it’s a Super Badger, but it may be Best Badger. It was purchased from Excalibur Cutlery & Gifts. That’s about  all I’ve got. Here are a few

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Hi everyone, This year, on my birthday, I thought I’d do something a little different. After a little research, I decided to put together a short list of historical facts that, when I read them, had some sort of positive emotional reaction within me. So here’s my look back, on this day, June 18th, through history: On this day: 1155 - Frederick I Barbarossa was crowned emperor of Rome. 1778 -

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A few months ago I went to the Seattle Green Festival with Wendy, where I met Chadd from RetroRazor.com. Up until this point I’d tried a couple of different electric razors, and multi-bladed razors. I was shaving with a really snazzy Schick Quatro Ti at that time, replacing heads every few weeks (shaving just my cheeks and throat – had a little more beard at the time). In talking with him and

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This past month we have been seeing lots and lots of Goldfinches here in Seattle. They first emptied all of the black oil sunflower seeds out of out feeder al over the deck. We have now put up a feeder full of Niger seeds, and they seem to be much happier. Shot this morning. We’ve also been getting nearly over-run with hummingbirds. We heard from a neighbor who also set up a feeder that there

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Tonight I'm here at the Tibbetts church in West Seattle to listen to the Bells of the Sound play some interesting pieces on a huge bell choir... I can't remember how many octaves this bell choir is, but it's more than average. Anyway, playing with Wendy's netbook, trying to connect via the churches wifi, but having trouble making the connection so far. Kind of fun to be able to sit here and type

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I've been listening to Imogen Heap quite a bit lately, and just found out that while she was on vacation in Hawaii, she recorded some jazzy, free roving piano work. It's very nice, and I look forward to hearing more in the future! Enjoy!

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I was at the Sustainable West Seattle Festival today, and saw something I thought was totally cool. Besides the hybrid Honda ZipCar display, and scooters, and bikes, there was a 1985 Toyota MR2 that had been converted to electric. This thing was really cool. It’s based on a 1985 Toyota MR2, filled to the gills with 6v golf cart batteries, and can go about 50 miles in the best conditions. Brian

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I recently acquired a replacement for my aging Dell 5160 laptop, and have spent this last weekend getting it up and running, and all of my old data transferred over. It’s been kind of a long boring task, but towards the end of the week, I got to kind of test out the machine and see what it can really do. Needless to say, there have been some changes in the capabilities of mobile computers of the

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Seattleites: Check out this Poet Populist Seattle page, and write your own piece of poetry. here are the details: Seattle Writes 2009 Poet Populist Mike Hickey has conceived of the “Seattle Writes” program, which invites every citizen young and old to write a poem on the theme of NEIGHBORS. Poets must be residents of King County, Washington State. You can read from the submitted poems,

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