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8177 – meme update
Hey, neato! My Johari thing has been updated to show breakdowns of usage and such
Arena(known to self and others)
friendly, giving, kind, loving, sentimental, warm |
Blind Spot(known only to others)
able, accepting, brave, caring, cheerful, clever, dependable, dignified, helpful, idealistic, intelligent, knowledgable, logical, observant, organised, patient, reflective, relaxed, sensible, silly, sympathetic, trustworthy, witty |
Façade(known only to self)
|
Unknown(known to nobody)
adaptable, bold, calm, complex, confident, energetic, extroverted, happy, independent, ingenious, introverted, mature, modest, nervous, powerful, proud, quiet, religious, responsive, searching, self-assertive, self-conscious, shy, spontaneous, tense, wise |
All Percentages
able (8%) accepting (8%) adaptable (0%) bold (0%) brave (8%) calm (0%) caring (50%) cheerful (8%) clever (8%) complex (0%) confident (0%) dependable (16%) dignified (8%) energetic (0%) extroverted (0%) friendly (50%) giving (16%) happy (0%) helpful (25%) idealistic (16%) independent (0%) ingenious (0%) intelligent (25%) introverted (0%) kind (41%) knowledgable (25%) logical (8%) loving (8%) mature (0%) modest (0%) nervous (0%) observant (25%) organised (8%) patient (8%) powerful (0%) proud (0%) quiet (0%) reflective (25%) relaxed (16%) religious (0%) responsive (0%) searching (0%) self-assertive (0%) self-conscious (0%) sensible (16%) sentimental (33%) shy (0%) silly (33%) spontaneous (0%) sympathetic (16%) tense (0%) trustworthy (16%) warm (16%) wise (0%) witty (25%)
Created by the Interactive Johari Window on 11.2.2006, using data from 12 respondents.
You can make your own Johari Window, or view scottobear’s full data.
You can make your own Johari Window, or view scottobear’s full data.
8176 –
Didn’t do Opa.. maybe next week. The gang didn’t gel.
Rosemary’ll be here about 9am, which means Newt and I go back to the porch for a few. Might be a tad chilly this time…we’ll see.
Written on the bus yesterday morning –
Photo is from an earlier ride, when nobody else was aboard.
I dreamt last night that someone grasped my shoulders, pressed their thumbs into my armpits, and then my chest opened up — skin pulled back like contact paper on a drawer, a curved metal pair of bands where my ribs should’ve been opening like french doors. The cavity / cache was warm and dry, no sign of it’s biological location at all. A vaguely egg-shaped mechanical device was removed, and another was put in it’s place. the newer one seemed like something freshly constructed, clean ceramic with rubber rings, smelled a bit like machine oil. I don’t recall the face of the one who did that to me.
Do they make dried olives for cooking or a garnish? Would they be edible?
The bus this morning smells like a combination of car exhaust, cherry jolly ranchers and burger king hash brown rounds. Not entirely bad, and better than it could be, for sure.
More and more folks are using the bike racks on the front of the bus… more often than not, both slots are filled when I get aboard. I may rethink my idea of cycling to the stop, unless I spot a good place to lock it down for the workday.
I think I’m just going to stop posting local news… nah. too much cool freaky stuff.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Airport baggage screeners found a human head with teeth, hair and skin in the luggage of a woman who said she intended to ward off evil spirits with it, authorities said Friday. Continue reading 8176 –
Protected: 8175 – Yay, Scary Mary fan picture!
8174 – fun meme
Mapping personality awareness– My page is here. Do me and then set up a page and I’ll do you!
The Johari Window was invented by Joseph Luft and Harrington Ingram in the 1950s as a model for mapping personality awareness. By describing yourself from a fixed list of adjectives, then asking your friends and colleagues to describe you from the same list, a grid of overlap and difference can be built up
8173 – Friday!!
I have been waiting for songbird since I first heard of iTunes. Super-duper reworking of the idea and allows open source.
May be going out with Vicki and the gang to Opa tonight to celebrate her Birthday (it was yesterday) and her new gig at the riverside. Flaming cheese, table dancers and smashed crockery!
Oh and as a public service announcement, the famous resturant across from Quiet Waters Park, Samurai Sal’s, has closed down. Who would have thought that a sushi/italian restaurant wouldn’t fly? I’m shocked. You’ll all have to go elsewhere for your sushi and pizza cravings.
Newish games journal Re:Retro reveals that “the world’s smallest website,” Guimp, has put up more of its adorable tiny clones of vintage arcade games, now including Pong, Pac Man, Asteroids(my personal fave), and Space Invaders.
Each game is boiled down to an 18-pixel square screen, replete with minimal-pixel graphics and clunky sound effects. It’s a concentrated dose of nostalgia as well as a design experiment gone horribly well.
via JB –
FREE PANCAKES! NO STRINGS ATTACHED!
On February 28, 2006 from 7 AM to 2 PM IHOPs across the country will celebrate National Pancake Day (also known as Shrove Tuesday) by offering our guests a free short stack of pancakes*. This is going to be our biggest one day celebration in our history.
National Pancake Day has a rich history that stretches back centuries and has always been a time of celebration. National Pancake Day always falls on Fat Tuesday and this year it will be a celebration at IHOP.
So gather your friends, family and neighbors and come to your local IHOP and enjoy a short stack of pancakes on us. All we ask is that you consider making a donation to a great charity like First Book or other local, worthy cause. Where else would you celebrate national pancake Day than IHOP? See you there.
* Limit one free short stack per guest. Valid for dine-in only, no to go orders. Not valid with any other offer, special, coupon,or discount. Valid at participating restaurants only, while supplies last.
Why I’d never make it as an Asian Cartoon Character. No goatee!
1 year ago – Bro & HI, website income to AmeriCares, I miss CJ (I still do), Danny gets Debate, mirror newt pics, still talking to mel, #3 for kp/rs shenanigans, Newt Love, Danny sick (and he is again this year), sedef & crew adorable, MmmmMMMmonkey, masked grader,
2 years ago – shopping for condos, zombie night club
3 years ago – memes, dreams, Streets of San Fran, computer sculptures, Pith, Good quote of the day, interviewing, hot shower
4 years ago – up early on a Sunday, Finished reading FAFCwGM, nice weather, tulpa plot
5 years ago – kid tv-memories, valentines
Protected: 8172 – Flo-duh news
8171 – Scotto hears a Who!
I saw an owl on the school fence, walking home from the bus stop last night. It was super cute… a tiny thing, maybe the size of a can of soda-pop… I was a little shocked, because I think of Owls as big birds of prey The bird looked like a brown and white feathered capsule, with huge yellow eyes and long skinny legs. I stopped in my tracks and admired it for a moment and then went to take a picture. It took off before I could snag him, but I found a very close approximation… it was a burrowing owl! (The mascot of my old university) Apparently they don’t get very large, so I doubt what I saw was a baby though it looked babyish to me at the time.
He flew off into this tree, outside of my view. The creepy yellow light looked nifty and I had the palmtop out, so I took a picture.
It’s odd… I think of owls as these huge predators, but this guy would’ve had trouble with a rat, I think. Maybe an anole or a mouse is more his speed. I’ll be coming back to see if I can spot him again. I really love living close to this sort of wildlife.
That Space piggy picture got well over 3500 hits over the course of 12 hours yesterday…that’s more hits than my coverage of the hurricane back in October, and I thought that was nuts. I wonder if someone else linked to it, because only a couple of dozen bounced through my journal-site to that page.
Made plans to go see Wicked with Danny some time in the weeks ahead. I’m looking quite forward to it, though I wonder how much he’ll like it. It was his idea, so groovy. Yikes.. I wonder how much he’ll balk when he finds out they’re between $109 and $225 per seat? I suspect I might be flying solo. A bit more expensive than the $5 seats for Arsenic and Old Lace at his school.
Pretty Keen – estimate to price of any address.
The Magenn Power Air Rotor System (MARS) is an innovative lighter-than-air tethered device that rotates about a horizontal axis in response to wind, efficiently generating clean renewable electrical energy at a lower cost than all competing systems.
The magenn flying wind turbine is held up by helium generating 4Kw,enough to power your needs. It costs around $10,000, but it could pay for itself in about 6 years depending on how you use it. It’s anchored by a tether that can extend up to 1,000 feet above ground. Generally, 400 feet is enough to catch the minimum 3 meters/sec wind speed needed to sustain a nice supply of electricity. No towers or heavy foundations are necessary and sizes range from small “backpack” models to large megawatt generating devices.
8170 – my, but this meme is yellow.
tagged by eryx –
Now I tag:-
anybody who wants to do it
to complete this same Quiz, Its HERE
Voice Post: Fogwalking
8168 –
Hard to believe it’s been a year since Mel and I were together. it doesn’t seem that long ago. Breaking up right before Vallie’s Day is a pretty stark reminder.
Newt is being a good kid, and is playing fetch with me, using his krackle-bug. He always knows when to pay extra attention. I’m very fortunate that he’s such a sweet little monkey.
These rooms are painted so that, when looked at right, optical illusions will appear. Very keen. (via jwz)
[edit – videos by the artist here – http://www.varini.org/05vid/vid01.html ]
Pigs in Space, The Early Years. via b3ta 256k image, 768 x 10944
8167 – Time out for groovy tunes.
Sun Ra and The Blues Project Do Batman and Robin (MP3s) Thanks to WFMU
8166 – If I didn’t say it before, I’m sayin’ it now. do not use compusa.
Now they want to substitute the Nvidea 5950 Ultra with a Sapphire ATI radeon 9250 256 meg ddr, a similar, but inferior card. (a more comparable one is ATi Radeon 9800XT.)
I did research, and the replacement isn’t acceptable. I get to call and tell them this morning, and try to get a card that is at least equal to the strength of what the former one was.
They’re trying to trade my $500 card for a $60 inferior replacement. I’m not fuming but my disgust levels are high. They’re either trying to scam me, or are hugely incompetent. This one is more likely to be appropriate a replacement for my original.
I’m going to verbally blast someone if I get even an iota of resistance on this. I’m mighty sick of this whole scenario.
I really feel sorry for some poor slob that doesn’t know anything about computers… this feels like how I feel sharky car mechanics are, preying on folks that don’t know any better.
I’m going to try to get an upgrade on Nvidia, just because my old software is already configured for it. Maybe the silver lining of this long wait will be a better machine?
8165 – Monday, here again. 5 day week ahead.
Kind of funny, Hav chit-chatted with Kev about the FP, and mentioned Die Hard to him before I even had a chance to do so. Hopefully we can get together more often, now that I’m a bit more north.
Woo. Chilly out this morning! 40s Fahrenheit. No wonder Newt was under the covers with me!
Best Buy wall numbers explained.
Totally Absurd Inventions – Featuring Real, USA Patented Inventions – Updated Weekly
I rather dig the flying turtle safety suit.
Today, I get to explain to everyone again that I didn’t watch the Super Bowl.
Moment of Lyric: mp3
I’m not content to be with you in the daytime
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
8164 – Last day of the long weekend, taking it slow.
The birthday FP with Kev and Tomi was fun – we watched Die Hard, an episode of Lost (they’re just getting into it – it was the Kate bank-robber one), Wedding Crashers (which was better than I thought it’d be), and played some xbox: “From Russia With Love” and “Lego Star Wars” – both of which were a great load of fun, and nifty interpretations of the source material. The Bond game had especially good sound and sets, and Lego probably would have the most repeat gameplay, if I had any talent at all for the pod racing pat of the game. The pizza was good, I’d not had the Papa Johns Square pie before, and it was pretty yummo.
Got Gun as a b’day prezzie, and I look forward to playing it once big brain returns.
Bailey-pooch won “cutest in menagerie” – Kev’s got a lot of critters staying at his house right now – three dogs, four cats, two fish, his sister, her husband, their three daughters and one son, plus Tomi. Moneypenny, the runt mainecoon (2 years old and all of seven lbs) was a close second.
Bailey with the airplane ears. They naturally stick out like that at rest,
but can go to full attention if need be. She’s a little snuggle bug.
It’ll probably be the last time for Tomi in the USA, probably – his sis and her hubby are moving to New Zealand. Just an excuse for me to go to Finland then!I now have buddies in Iceland, Norway and Finland to visit now. Maybe I should invest in a few items of cold-weather gear.